Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:35 a.m. CST

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A storm packing heavy snow and high winds that wreaked havoc as it whipped through western states is marching into the upper Midwest as anxious Thanksgiving travelers brace for a busy holiday week. The wintry storm that left at least one person dead was pushing eastward into South Dakota, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin on Wednesday, while a “bomb cyclone” weather phenomenon was expected to simultaneously topple trees, knock out power and dump snow in California and Oregon.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A state board responsible for enforcing Iowa’s ethics laws for state elected officials and employees and ensuring political campaigns follow the law has named an attorney who was once secretary of the Iowa Senate as its new executive director. The Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board said Tuesday Mike Marshall will provide leadership for the board and serve as legal counsel succeeding Megan Tooker who is leaving the job after nine years.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa-based nonprofit owned and operated by dozens of state lotteries says it is a “private entity” and not subject to the state open records law. The Multi-State Lottery Association said Tuesday that a legal review has determined it does not have to release a copy of its recent legal settlement of a lawsuit that had sought millions of dollars in damages. The group helps run the Powerball game and others

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An attorney says a second patient at a program for Iowa’s most dangerous sex offenders is accusing its former treatment director of encouraging an improperly close relationship. Attorney Jason Dunn says he’s representing Daniel Roe, a convicted rapist who is a patient at the Civil Commitment Unit for Sex Offenders in Cherokee. He says Roe fell in love with Shannon Sanders, an unlicensed psychologist who was the program’s treatment director until September.