Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:00 a.m. CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Republican-led Iowa House has voted to reject 29 absentee mail ballots cast in a northeast Iowa House district handing a Republican who won by nine votes the seat in the first contested election to go before the Legislature in 27 years. The ballots have been confirmed by a U.S. Postal Service scan of a barcode on the envelopes as having been sent to election officials on time but Republicans insist those barcodes can’t be used to validate ballots.

NEW LONDON, Iowa (AP) — A southeast Iowa school has turned a conference room into a food pantry for students and their families. The Hawk Eye reports that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Bank of Iowa and local community groups helped launch the food pantry at New London School District in December. Families in the district with a student in kindergarten through 12th grade can use the food pantry, which is open on Thursdays. About 30 families have used the resource so far.

ROSSIE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a man by another hunter in northwest Iowa. The Iowa Natural Resources Department said Monday that sheriff’s deputies responded to a shooting report around 11:15 a.m. Sunday. The shooting occurred about 4 miles west of Rossi in Clay County. The department says Granville resident Kirk Struve was struck by a bullet believed fired by another member of his party while hunting coyotes. The name of the other hunter hasn’t been released.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Police say the death of a man whose body was found in a western Iowa apartment was a homicide. Council Bluffs police identified the man in a news release Monday as Adam Angeroth. Angeroth’s body was found Thursday in Council Bluffs by officers sent to check on him. The cause of his death isn’t being released yet. No arrests have been reported.