LE MARS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say two people were sent to a hospital after a fire damaged a house containing two apartments in the northwest Iowa city of Le Mars. The fire was reported a little after 11:45 p.m. Monday. Fire officials say 10 people in two families were in the structure when the blaze started. Investigators suspect an unattended candle in a bedroom ignited nearby materials.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 42-year-old Iowa man suspected in a hit-and-run accident has been fatally injured in a north Omaha crash. Police say Robert Robison of Carter Lake, Iowa was pronounced dead at an Omaha hospital after Tuesday night’s accident.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A business has donated tools worth thousands of dollars to Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity after many of the group’s tools were stolen last month. Cedar Rapids television station KCRG-TV reports a thief broke into a locked trailer parked outside of the group’s warehouse in September, taking off with the tools. On Tuesday, farm supply business Theisen’s gave several brand new tools, worth an estimated $3,500, to the community organization.