Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:20 a.m. CST

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A lawyer for an Iowa hunter injured in a rifle explosion says internal records show the manufacturer knew for years about extensive problems with that model’s barrel. Attorney Steve Crowley says Savage Arms has released a list of 300 customers who returned stainless steel 10 ML-II muzzleloaders due to bulging or split barrels. He said documents detailing the rifle’s history show the problem “is much deeper than the company has ever acknowledged.” Savage Arms says the gun isn’t defective.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a 46-year-old man has died in a workplace accident in eastern Iowa. Television station KCRG reports that the man was run over by a semitrailer at DuPont Industrial Bioscience in Cedar Rapids. Police and emergency medical technicians responded to the business just before 10 a.m. Wednesday for a report of an employee who had been run over. Police say the man died at the scene. His name has not yet been released.

CENTERVILLE, Iowa (AP) — A man charged with first-degree murder in the death of a hunter in south-central Iowa has made an initial court appearance in the case. The Daily Iowegian reports that 27-year-old Ethan Davis, of Promise City, appeared Wednesday in Appanoose County District Court, where a judge set his bail at $1 million. Davis is suspected of killing 31-year-old Curtis Ross, of Cedar Falls, whose body was found in a remote area of Appanoose County on Saturday.

STORM LAKE, Iowa (AP) — An employee at the farm supply store in Storm Lake has been arrested, accused of stealing more than $7,000 in cash from the store. The Sioux City Journal reports that 19-year-old Abigail Clark, of Early, was arrested Tuesday and charged of ongoing criminal conduct, second-degree theft and five counts of forgery. Storm Lake police say Clark forged customer names and completed fraudulent returns for cash within the Bomgaars store where she worked, and then kept the money.