Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Police say a man has killed himself outside an eastern Iowa business. The incident happened shortly after officers responded to shots fired at another location where two people received minor injuries. Bettendorf police says the man had been standing in the parking lot of a business when he saw officers and fired one round into his head.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa-based company that mixes and transports chemicals for customers in the printing, coating, and cleaning industries has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle federal environmental violations in Iowa, Kansas and Wisconsin. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says Barton Solvents agreed to changes to correct found hazardous-waste storage and spill-prevention regulation violations.

SHELLSBURG, Iowa (AP) — Iowa authorities are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found near a stolen truck that had crashed north of Shellsburg. The truck was stolen Sunday in Benton County. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and the Benton County Sheriff’s Office identified the woman as Sabrina Christine Hustad.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An education task force says Iowa’s system for offering skilled labor training can be improved with more focused coursework offerings and additional collaboration. The Secondary Career and Technical Education Task Force says all Iowa students should be offered coursework on career and technical education beginning in the seventh grade. Career and technical education prepares Iowans for vocational work that requires more than a high school diploma.

Police in Council Bluffs are investigating the armed robbery of a woman that took place Monday night, near a grocery store. Officers meeting with 47-year old Kelly Cornell, of Council Bluffs, at around 9:20-p.m., at 1902 6th Avenue, were told by Cornell that she was walking from the No Frills Grocery Store to a friend’s house when she observed a man following her near the area of 5th and 19th street.

Cornell told police the man then pointed a handgun at her demanding all of her money. She complied, giving the suspect an undetermined amount of cash and a pocket folding knife. The suspect then physically attempted to take Cornell’s purse. When she tried to turn away from the suspect, the woman was struck on the left side of her face with the man’s fist or the handgun he was holding.

The suspect was last seen running north and east from 5th Ave. He was described as being a medium build black male, 18-to 30-years of age, 5-feet 7-inches tall, weighing  170-pounds. He wore a black hoodie, jeans, red scarf covering his face and possessed an unknown type of handgun.  Anyone with any information about the crime is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at 712-328-7867.

Sheriff’s officials in Union County say a woman from Afton reported last Friday evening that numerous items had been taken from her home in the 2600 block of 170th Street. The victim said someone had entered her home during the day, Friday, and took: Jewelry; a Craftsman drill; a DeWalt drill; a purse and billfold; a DVD player and movies; coats; meat from the freezer; jeans; an I-Pad; a Remington 1100 12 gauge; an I-pod 5; a spotting scope; a jar of change; dance shoes; and a Toshiba laptop computer. The loss was estimated at $6,600.

Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested an Anita Man on Oct. 17th. Authorities said Monday (today), 46-year old Bradley Leo Ranney, of Anita, was arrested on a District Court warrant for Failure to Appear. Ranney was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains held on $2,000 bond.