Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Jury selection has begun in what is expected to be a monthlong civil trial over allegations that former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad pressured an official to quit because he was gay. Branstad’s attorney predicts it will escalate into an “unhinged attack on the Republican Party.” An attorney for Chris Godfrey, the former official, says his 2011 pay cut must be viewed in light of the political upheaval in Iowa at the time involving gay rights.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Thanks to wet weather, it has been decades since Iowa farmers were so far behind in planting their expected corn and soybean crops. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Monday that 80% of the expected corn crop had been planted in Iowa in the week ending Sunday. That’s three-weeks behind the five-year average and the smallest percentage planted since 1982, when 76% of the crop had been planted. The 41% of the soybean crop that has been planted was the smallest percentage since 1993.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller is asking Roman Catholic officials in Iowa to provide records on clergy sexual abuse so his office can launch a third-party review. Miller says he’s sent letters to bishops overseeing church organizations in Davenport, Des Moines, Dubuque and Sioux City seeking lists of priests and other church employees deemed “credibly accused” of sexual abuse and lists of accusations deemed not credible.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a man who drowned Friday in an Iowa City lake. Police identified the man as 22-year-old Eric Mutarika. He drowned Friday afternoon in a lake at Terry Trueblood Recreation Area. Searchers with law enforcement and the Johnson County Metro Dive Team found the body about an hour after the incident was reported.