The Iowa Department of Transportation is announcing that its popular “IA Driver Test” app, a practice test for the real written exam that applicants must take to get their driver’s license, is now available online for all web users. With the addition of the desktop/laptop version, the test is now available for most electronic communication including iPads, Android devices, Kindle Fire devices and personal computers.

The web practice test generates 25 questions, randomly chosen from a larger group of sample questions from the real knowledge test given at any Iowa driver’s license station or county treasurer’s office. Users can repeat the test as often as they like; each test generates a new set of 25 questions. The web version also tracks a user’s high scores and includes a pass/fail indicator.

The practice test, whether online or on a mobile device, is not just for teens. It’s great for experienced drivers as well. Take the quiz just for fun, as a family, with friends, or as a refresher to see if you are as smart as a 14 year old – the youngest age in which someone in Iowa can get an instruction permit to drive.

To find all versions of the Iowa DOT’s driver test, go to http://www.iowadot.gov/mvd/ods/iadrivertest.html, or search your device store for “IA DOT driver test.” Don’t be fooled by imitation apps that may be unreliable and possibly charge a fee. The official Iowa DOT test is free and will appear with the words “Iowa DOT” on the icon.

(Updated 9:44-a.m.)

Several law enforcement agencies converged on a location in southern Cass County late last night. According Sheriff Darby McLaren, the incident involving a man with a gun began at around 10:45-p.m, near 660^th and Yankton Road, northeast of Grant.

McLaren says a man making threats to his own life went to a bridge about 5-miles east of Highway 71 on Yankton Road, and began firing rounds from a weapon. Law enforcement was notified. Responding agencies included the Adair, Adams, Cass and Montgomery County Sheriff’s Offices, Iowa State Patrol, and Able 1 helicopter. The man eventually surrendered to authorities and was taken into custody without further incident. He was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic for evaluation.

The incident ended at around 12:04-a.m. at the man’s nearby residence. No injuries were reported. McLaren said alcohol may have played a role in the incident. He says also, that no charges will be filed.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in eastern Iowa have arrested a western Iowa woman they say intentionally set a fire that injured a firefighter more than two years ago. Iowa City police arrested 25-year-old Nicole Kramer, of Carter Lake, on Wednesday. She is charged with first-degree arson.

A structure fire in January 2011 burned the hands of a firefighter trying to contain the damage. Authorities later determined that the fire was intentionally set with gasoline. Officials did not release details about the investigation, or how they linked Kramer.

Kramer was taken to the Johnson County Jail.