Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:40 a.m. CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa hotel has settled a lawsuit with a New Jersey woman who was raped and battered after the front desk gave the attacker her room key. Attorneys for Cheri Marchionda say the operators of the Embassy Suites Hotel in Des Moines agreed to a settlement before she was set to testify Wednesday. Terms were not disclosed. Christopher LaPointe, of New York, is serving a 20-year prison sentence for the 2014 attack

ELDORA, Iowa (AP) — The injuries prosecutors say an 8-year-old boy sustained at the hands of his father and a woman who confined the boy in a basement have been detailed in court. Pediatric nurse practitioner Ann Swisher said Wednesday one of the U-shaped marks on the boy’s buttock was likely the result of him being spanked by a flyswatter.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A jury has ruled that the Iowa Department of Corrections discriminated against a transgender employee by denying him the use of men’s restrooms at the prison where he worked. Jurors also ruled that the state violated the Iowa Civil Rights Act by offering health insurance plans that didn’t cover gender reassignment surgery. The ACLU says its Jesse Vroegh’s lawsuit was the first of its kind since lawmakers amended state law in 2007 to bar discrimination on the basis of gender identity.

MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — A boom being used at an interstate bridge over the Mississippi River near Moline, Illinois has fallen into the water. Iowa Department of Transportation officials said Wednesday the agency is working to remove the lattice boom of the crane working at the Interstate 74 bridge site. IDOT has not said what caused the boom to fall. Construction on the bridge began in July 2017 and is expected to be completed in 2020.