HAMPTON, Iowa (AP) — Shots echoed through the halls of a Hampton elementary school this week as authorities trained staff about how to respond to a school shooter. Two rounds of gunshot blanks, one from a rifle and another from a handgun, were fired in Hampton-Dumont’s South Side Elementary School on Wednesday as a part of ALICE training, the Mason City Globe Gazette reports.

ROCKWELL CITY, Iowa (AP) — The discovery of hundreds of capsules containing an unknown substance at a northern Iowa prison has prompted a state drug investigation, officials said yesterday. Authorities said that 300 to 400 capsules were found last week during routine searches by staff at the North Central Correctional Facility in Rockwell City.

GRAF, Iowa (AP) — An unknown amount of manure from a dairy operation in northeast Iowa spilled into the Little Maquoketa River over several days, officials said yesterday. The state Department of Natural Resources said the spill has been linked to a report of dead fish in the river, though an exact amount has not been released. Officials said they will attempt to count the dead fish today.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa City officials are considering approving a co-housing development in which privately owned homes would be built around a shared facility for activities including cooking, child care and gardening. Development group Prairie Hill is seeking to build what could be the state’s first co-housing community near the former Roosevelt Elementary school, the Iowa City Press-Citizen reports.