Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:30 a.m. CDT

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Republicans in Iowa and New Hampshire are vowing to hold a caucus and primary next year, even as party leaders in South Carolina, Nevada, Arizona and Kansas have canceled their contests to help smooth President Donald Trump’s path to reelection. At least three Republicans have stepped up to challenge Trump’s claim to the party’s 2020 presidential nomination, though none is expected to generate enough support to defeat the incumbent.

BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — Police in eastern Iowa say they’ve determined that an Illinois man who shot and killed himself as he fled troopers in western Nebraska last month was the gunman who killed a convenience store clerk a day before his death. Bettendorf police issued a written report Tuesday saying police “are certain” 21-year-old Manuel Rangel, of Genoa, Illinois, killed 28-year-old Brittany Wilson. Wilson was found Aug. 17 on the floor of the Big 10 Mart in Bettendorf, where she died.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A Mason City woman who pleaded guilty in a case in which prosecutors say burglarized 13 Iowa homes of patients in search of painkillers has been sentenced to more than a year in federal prison. Federal prosecutors for Iowa say 33-year-old Samantha Jo Rogers was sentenced Monday. The thefts occurred in Cerro Gordo County. Prosecutors say Rogers accessed the private health and residence information of at least 1,900 patients and used that information to steal opioids from patients’ homes.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Providers of Medicaid services in Iowa say they’re owed up to $1.4 million by an insurance company that left the Iowa Medicaid program two years ago. Documents filed with the Iowa Insurance Division show AmeriHealth Caritas could owe as much as $1.4 million to Iowa hospitals, nursing homes and providers of mental health services. An AmeriHealth spokesman says the company continues “to diligently work to resolve any outstanding items.”