CHICAGO (AP) — Weekend thunderstorms and at least two tornadoes that rolled through the Midwest are expected to give way to a blistering hot and sticky week. Temperatures in Chicago and stretching into Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and up into Wisconsin are expected to reach 90 degrees by Thursday or Friday, with the same story _ though perhaps warmer _ anticipated in Minnesota. And in all these areas, the humidity is going to make the temperatures feel like they have reached and even passed 100 degrees.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — National Weather Service confirms at least two tornadoes in storms that caused damage across eastern Iowa Sunday morning. The storms damaged homes and businesses and knocked down trees across the area. At least one home collapsed from the damage in Walford, Iowa, and tore the roof off an apartment complex in Vinton, Iowa.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A 34-year-old city councilman from Mason City, Iowa, has died. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/2alnri8) Alex Kuhn died Friday in Floyd County where he grew up. The Floyd County Sheriff’s Department did not release any details of his death

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa correctional officials are revamping their procedure for issuing a little-known certificate aimed at helping inmates secure jobs once they leave prison. The Iowa Board of Parole and the Iowa Department of Corrections began a formal process this summer to propose new language in state code on how a certificate of employability is issued to an inmate who completes certain skills training in prison.