LA PORTE CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa authorities are looking for a 19-year-old Hawkeye Community College student who disappeared early Sunday morning while walking barefoot in a wildlife area. The Black Hawk County Sheriff’s office spent most of yesterday searching for Taylor Franco in the Klima Wildlife Area by La Porte City. The search was suspended last night but should resume today.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The main producer of the lean beef trimmings that critics call “pink slime” continues to have the support of the community where the company is based. Several thousand people attended a picnic in Sioux City on Saturday to support Beef Products Incorporated and dine on hamburgers made with its beef.

AINSWORTH, Iowa (AP) — Fire investigators are trying to determine what caused an explosion at a home in southeast Iowa. Officials say the explosion was reported in Ainsworth around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. The town is about 30 miles south of Iowa City.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The big winner in Iowa from last week’s $640 million Mega Million jackpot was the state treasury. Although a winning ticket wasn’t sold in Iowa, the surge in ticket sales paid off for the state. From the last Mega Millions jackpot on January 24th to Friday night’s drawing, The Des Moines Register reports the Iowa Lottery sold nearly $9.7 million in tickets. The newspaper reports the Iowa treasury will receive about $3.4 million in profits from the sales.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa City police say they’ve arrested a man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman who was showing him an apartment Thursday night. Twenty-one-year-old Peng Tang was arrested Friday night on suspicion of kidnapping and sexual assault. Tang remained jailed and was unavailable for comment yesterday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Polk County prosecutors have filed charges against two former Des Moines police officers accused of assaulting a man during a traffic stop in 2008. The Des Moines Register reports that former officers Mersed Dautovic and John Mailander were charged in March with willful injury, felonious misconduct in office and perjury. Mailander pleaded guilty to a federal charge in the case earlier this year after he and Dautovic were indicted by federal grand jury.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) —Jurors have acquitted a Mason City Lutheran pastor accused of hitting a teen who used profanity during a confirmation class in church. The Reverend Paul Nelson of St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church was found not guilty Friday night of assault.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police are looking for the person or people responsible for stealing nearly $1,400 worth of cigarettes from a convenience store. The Des Moines Register reports that officers were called to the Git-n-Go around 4:30 a.m. Friday. Officers say a concrete block had been used to smash in the store’s glass door. The cigarettes were taken from behind the store’s counter.