Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — More than 15,000 people turned out for Sunday’s race to raise money to fight breast cancer at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. More than $370,000 from race registrations go to the “Especially for You” fund, which provides mammography and other breast-care services for area individuals who cannot otherwise afford them. Last year the fund helped 773 people receive more than 1,000 services in Linn County.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa-born opera singer Simon Estes has spent a career traveling the world singing and now is lending his voice to help end child deaths caused by malaria in Africa. The Des Moines Register reports Centerville native Estes is inviting every student in Iowa from kindergarten to 12th grade to sell at least three copies of his latest CD, “Save the Children, Save Their Lives.”

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A Dubuque junior hockey league player has been released from the hospital after he struck his head on the ice during a game between the Dubuque Fighting Saints and the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders. KGAN-TV reports 18-year-old Dylan Chanter is home after Saturday night’s injury.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A police officer for the city of Sloan has been hospitalized after his car hit a light pole and flipped over as he was responding to a drunken driver call. Sioux City police tell KTIV-TV that 45-year-old Brent Vanderweil lost control of his patrol car just before 3 a.m. Saturday in Sioux City.