DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Hy-Vee food store chain has recalled store branded candy distributed to 242 stores in eight states after learning an ingredient from another company could be contaminated with salmonella bacteria.

West Des Moines-based Hy-Vee says a milk powder ingredient used in chocolate coating has the potential for contamination and the candy’s manufacturer, Palmer Candy Co., announced a recall of some of its products.

The candy is in a clear plastic container with sell-by dates between Jan. 26 and Feb. 23. It includes chocolate almond bark, chocolate almond pretzels, dazzled peanut brittle, holiday candy trays and others fully listed on the FDA recall website .

The candy was distributed to Hy-Vee’s eight-state region, including Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

No illnesses have been reported.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Iowa authorities intend to file murder and other charges against a man accused of killing a Des Moines resident who’d been reported missing. The Des Moines Police Department said in a news release Friday that prosecutors have approved charges of robbery, burglary and first-degree murder against 22-year-old Kyle Jepson, of Des Moines. He’s accused of killing Gloria Gary, who was reported missing Jan. 5 and was last seen Jan. 3

Her car was spotted Wednesday in Parowan City, Utah, and again Thursday in Tooele  County, Utah. Authorities say Jepson was taken into custody there and will be returned to Iowa. Des Moines police say they obtained a search warrant for Gary’s home and found a body believed to be hers. A positive identification awaits autopsy results.

A traffic stop in Avoca Thursday morning on a vehicle with no license plates or in-transit sticker, resulted in the arrest of a man wanted on a warrant from Texas. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports a passenger in the vehicle, 26-year old Jesse Warren Bozarth, of Victoria, TX, was wanted on warrants for aggravated robbery and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was booked into the Pott. County Jail for being a Fugitive from Justice. The driver of the car, Lisa Detrich, was cited for Failure to have a valid license, and released.

And, at around 3:40-a.m. today (Friday), 41-year old Adam David Carman, of Council Bluffs, was arrested in Pottawattamie County on a Council Bluffs Police Department warrant for Theft in the 3rd Degree. His arrest took place following a traffic stop. Carmen was a passenger in the vehicle. He was booked into the Pott. County Jail on the warrant.

Police in Council Bluffs have arrested a man on a charge of Child Endangerment causing serious Injury. 28-year old Jack Williams, of Council Bluffs, was arrested in connection with an incident that took place at around 1:50-a.m. Thursday, at the American Inn Motel on S. 24th Street, in Council Bluffs. Williams was being held in the Pottawattamie County Jail.

Authorities say officers were dispatched to assist rescue personnel. Responding units learned that a 4 month old male infant had stopped breathing, but his parents were able to resuscitate him. The child was transported by rescue squad to Jennie Edmundson Hospital. At Jennie Edmundson, emergency medical staff observed injuries on the infant that were consistent with him being physically abused. The child’s condition began to deteriorate and he was transferred to Children’s Hospital in Omaha where he remains in critical condition.

Detectives from the Criminal Investigation Division were notified and took over the investigation. As a result of the investigation it was determined that the infant’s father, Jack Williams was the sole caretaker for the infant when the injuries occurred.

Officers located Williams at the motel Thursday afternoon and took him into custody.

Jack Williams