ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota company is recalling some of its peanut butter, cheese, salsa and spreads that are distributed nationwide after authorities discovered some samples of the products contained listeria. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture says there have been no reports of illness from the bacterium and that Coon Rapids-based Parkers Farm Acquisition is cooperating with the investigation.

The company has issued a voluntary recall of several products with various sell-by dates. Consumers who bought these products are urged to return them to the store or throw them away. The products are distributed nationwide under the Parkers Farm, Parkers, Happy Farms, Central Markets, Hy-Top, Amish Classic, Say Cheez, Win Schuler and Bucky Badger labels.

These items were sold at several stores, including Hy-Vee, Cub, Rainbow, Byerly’s, Lunds, Target, Whole Foods, Price Chopper, Nash Finch, Costco, ALDI, Wal-Mart and Brookshire stores.

Firefighters from Massena were called to the scene of an out-of-control grass fire Sunday afternoon on the Cass-Adams County line. The call went out at around 12:36-p.m for the fire located about 1.5-miles east of Highway 148. Crews were on the scene for about 25 minutes.

No other details are available.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Police in eastern Iowa are investigating the fatal stabbing of a man in the parking lot of a Davenport strip club. The Quad-City Times reports that Davenport police were called early yesterday morning to The Chorus Line, where they discovered the gravely wounded man. Police have not yet identified the victim pending notification of his family.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say a Des Moines home was burglarized after a woman posing as an Iowa Department of Human Services employee lured the family out of their house. The Des Moines Register reports that the impostor knocked on the family’s door on Wednesday and told a 13-year-old girl who answered that she needed to speak to the girl’s mother. The woman called the mother the next day, saying a child endangerment report had been filed and that they needed to meet at a restaurant, but no one showed up.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say they’ve arrested a man accused of breaking into his old house in Des Moines. The Register reports that the 40-year-old man had owned the Oak Park neighborhood home for nearly eight years, but lost it a year ago.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Georges Niang scored 24 points to lead third-seeded Iowa State as the Cyclones pulled away from Number 14 North Carolina Central for a 93-75 win Friday night in the East Region. ISU will tip off against North Carolina at 5:15 this evening in San Antonio, Texas.

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The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest Friday of 43-year-old Shelby Joann Olivares of Red Oak on a Simple Assault charge.  The arrest occurred at approximately 2:21pm Friday, March 21st at her residence on E Maple Street in Red Oak.  No further details were given at this time and Olivares was taken to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on $300 bond.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa coach Fran McCaffery says the tumor that doctors removed from his son’s thyroid earlier this week was malignant. McCaffery’s 14-year-old son Patrick had surgery in Iowa City on Wednesday, just hours before the Hawkeyes lost to Tennessee in the First Four of the NCAA tournament.

McCaffery says he and his family will meet with doctors soon to determine further treatment for Patrick. McCaffery isn’t planning to additional comment on his son’s condition at this time.

Shelby County Emergency Management officials report 2300th Street will be closed while a bridge is being replaced with a culvert. The bridge is located one-quarter of a mile west of County Road M-16 on 2300th Street, over an unnamed tributary of Moser Creek. It is located between Union Townships 17 & 18.

Work on the project will begin March 31st and continue for about six-to eight-weeks. Emergency responders and residents should plan for alternate routes to homes in the area. For more information, call the Shelby County Engineer’s Office at 712-755-5954.

COUNTIES: MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE–
1232 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2014

…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
    WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
    SOUTHWEST IOWA…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* WINDS…NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 15 TO 25 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS…VEGETATION IS VERY DRY ACROSS THE AREA. WITH LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY…GUSTY WINDS…AND DRY FUELS…FIRES CAN
IGNITE AND SPREAD QUICKLY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW…OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS…LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

Sheriff’s officials in Cass County report the arrest this (Friday) morning of a Council Bluffs man. 21-year old Brandon Adam Fredericksen, was taken into custody on a District Court warrant for Failure to Appear for Child Support Hearing. Fredericksen was taken to the Cass County Jail and held on $2000 bond.

While other counties in southwest Iowa have elected to issue a ban on open burning, Cass County will not being doing so at this time. The was the consensus of the fire chiefs who attended the Cass County Fireman’s Association meeting Thursday night, in Marne. Cass County Emergency Management Director Mike Kennon says a ban on open outdoor burning won’t be necessary if people use common sense. He says for the most parts area residents have acted responsibly, and if they continue to act responsibly, the County will refrain from issuing a burn ban.

Acting responsibly means planning ahead before you conduct any outdoor burning. Kennon says residents should check the weather forecast to make sure the winds won’t be strong, call your local fire chief to confirm the time and place of the intended burn. You also need to call the Cass County Communications Center at 243-2204 well ahead of time, so they know not to send out fire crews and equipment when they receive calls from the public fearing a fire is out of control.

Even though there is no burn ban currently in effect in Cass County, Kennon and the area Fire Chiefs are urging residents not to burn for the next couple of days because conditions are expected to be dry and windy. Once a fire is lit, according to Kennon, it needs to be attended to and monitored even when you think it has been extinguished.

He said some of the larger brush piles can burn for days, so to can’t just walk away. They need to be monitored closely.