CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating the cause of an explosion at a Cedar Rapids mobile home that injured four people. Fire Department spokesman Greg Buelow says two adults and two children were inside the mobile home at Prairie Oak Manufactured Home Community when an explosion occurred yesterday afternoon. The injuries are non-life-threatening.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A California company has voluntarily suspended production of salad mix at a Mexico processing facility that has been linked to an outbreak of stomach illnesses in Iowa and Nebraska. Salinas, Calif.-based Taylor Farms announced yesterday that Taylor Farms de Mexico has stopped production of salad mix and leafy greens at its facility. Production has been shifted to crops and processing facilities in the United States.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in Waterloo have arrested three people in connection with the theft of scrap metal worth about $8,000. Waterloo police say 19-year-old John Lester Fluhr and 19-year-old Cole Dean McNamara were arrested early Monday after it was determined that scrap metal was stolen from a local business. A 16-year-old boy was also arrested.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa City man has been accused of threatening staff at a convenience store and fighting with police. Iowa City police say 22-year-old Brandon Blake entered the store with an open liquor bottle and staff instructed him to leave. He is accused of removing his T-shirt in the store parking lot and making verbal threats to staff.