Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Miss Nevada Nia Sanchez has been crowned Miss USA 2014. She has beat out 50 other contestants Sunday night in Louisiana. First runner-up was Miss North Dakota Audra Mari. Miss Iowa Carlyn Bradarich was one of the other runner ups in Baton Rouge. Bradarich got a second chance when the viewing audience gave her the most votes on Twitter.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — University of Iowa defensive back Nico Law is facing a criminal charge and consequences at school for fighting outside an Iowa City restaurant. Law, who will be a senior this fall, was cited for disorderly conduct after the incident at 1:45 a.m. Saturday. Police say the 21-year-old football player assaulted another man after that man argued with a woman who was with Law.
MEDIAPOLIS, Iowa (AP) — A string of nearly 60 burglaries since February has unnerved residents of the small Iowa town of Mediapolis. Des Moines County Sheriff Mike Johnstone tells The Burlington Hawk Eye the crimes are likely being committed by someone who lives in the area and needs cash, but the culprit has eluded capture.
OSKALOOSA, Iowa (AP) — The Department of Natural Resources says a Des Moines woman was seriously injured when the all-terrain vehicle she was riding rolled over. The DNR says the crash happened Sunday afternoon at Bluff Creek park southwest of Oskaloosa when 36-year-old Roberta Curry apparently hit a tree root, causing the four-wheel vehicle she was riding to overturn.