(Radio Iowa) — All classes and activities are cancelled through Sunday after a threat was made against a northeast Iowa school district. Officials with the Benton Community School District say they’re working with the FBI to find whoever is responsible for the threat, though they’re not saying how it was received. The violence was reportedly directed at the combined middle and high school in Van Horne. In addition to classes being cancelled, a host of academic and sports practices and events are cancelled, from drivers ed courses to wrestling meets.

(Radio Iowa) — The Iowa State Patrol is investigating a deadly crash on Thursday in south-central Iowa’s Decatur County. Troopers say a pickup truck crossed the center line of a county road, forcing an oncoming septic pump truck to pull onto the shoulder, but it was still hit by the pickup, rolling the pump truck into the ditch. The pickup ended up in the opposite ditch, killing its driver, identified as 34-year-old Curtis Cowling, of Garden Grove. Two men in the pump truck were hurt and taken to Decatur County Hospital for treatment.

In a brief, Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s report this (Friday) morning, authorities said there were no arrests over the previous 24-hours, but there were two prisoner transfers to the jail. 30-year old Joshua James Dyer, of Council Bluffs, was transported from the Shelby County Jail to Pott. County, where he was wanted on a warrant for Violation of Parole, and on a Hold for another agency. And, 44-year old Jennifer Lee Rousseau, of Fremont, NE., was transported from the Saunders County, NE., jail to Pott. County, where she was wanted on a warrant for Violation of Probation.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — A former student and his wife are donating $10 million to the University of Northern Iowa. University President Mark Nook said Thursday the gift from David and Karen Takes will support a variety of programs and projects. For example, some money will go to an endowment that supports business students interested in gaining international experiences. Some will go to support an endowment that supports the university’s mascots and those students who lead the mascot program at the Cedar Falls campus.

Nook also says the donation will benefit critical future capital projects. David Takes is president and CEO of Doerfer Cos., a manufacturing company that markets its products to aerospace, automotive, electronics, health care and energy customers.