DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican gubernatorial hopeful Ron Corbett says he’s raised more than $800,000 since announcing his campaign less than a month ago. The Cedar Rapids mayor says Wednesday that donors had promised to contribute another $219,000, bringing total fundraising to more than $1 million. He says the figure allows him to run a strong primary campaign in his challenge of Gov. Kim Reynolds, who announced in January she had raised more than $1 million for her campaign

MOVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Police in western Iowa say a man has died from injuries he received earlier this week in a riding lawn mower accident. Police say 57-year-old Leiv Salte, of Moville, was riding a lawn mower around 6:30 p.m. Monday on a frontage road just off Highway 20. The Sioux City Journal reports he apparently lost control of the mower and went over a retaining wall.

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — A jury has been seated in the trial of a man accused of killing two people in Mason City last November. The Globe Gazette reports that the jury selection for the trial of 31-year-old Peter Veal wrapped up midday Wednesday at the Webster County Courthouse in Fort Dodge. Police say Veal, of Lake Mills, killed Caleb Christensen and Melinda Kavars.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A man has been given 15 years in prison for stealing money and the safe it was in from his Burlington employer. The Hawk Eye reports that Jacob Smith was sentenced Tuesday as a habitual criminal because of his previous convictions. A Des Moines County jury found him guilty of stealing the safe and more than $4,700 in cash in December 2015 from the hardware store where he’d been working.