Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

ALTOONA, Iowa (AP) — Facebook has officially launched a data center in central Iowa. The social media giant opened its doors Friday to showcase its 476,000-square-foot facility in Altoona, just outside of Des Moines. A second data center is under construction next door. The first data center has 75 employees.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The English Valley Elementary school in North English implemented a lockdown and security measures yesterday after a man who appeared intoxicated and claimed to have a knife caused a disturbance in the school’s office. The Iowa County sheriff’s office says 28-year-old Coty Schwochow (ShWOW-cow) entered the school office at 8:40 a.m. Friday and appeared to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol. No one was injured and no children were in the office at the time.

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two osprey birds who nested in construction equipment this summer at the Wells Fargo complex in West Des Moines will find their nest atop a 55-foot-tall pole when they return in the spring. The Des Moines Register reports the birds had built a nest atop a construction crane.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Drake seniors Gary Ricks, Junior and Karl Madison have each been suspended for three games by the school for accepting improper benefits. The school says Ricks and Madison received the benefits in 2012 to 2013, when they played under former coach Mark Phelps. They’ll miss Drake’s first three games, starting with yesterday’s opener against Bowling Green.

A southwest Iowa man is dead following a crash that was discovered early this (Friday) morning, in Fremont County. The Sheriff’s Office reports the body of 55-year old Patrick Tobin, of Tabor, was found by a deputy at around 9:30-a.m.  The man was inside his vehicle, which was located in a spillway in the 1300 block of Plum Creek Road, about 3.5-miles southwest of Tabor. Tobin was pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities think the accident happened sometime early this (Friday) morning. They said the vehicle was difficult to see from the road because of where it came to rest in the water. Tobin’s body was sent to the State DCI Crime Lab in Ankeny for an autopsy.

The Fremont County Coroner’s Office, Tabor Fire and Rescue and Thurman’s Fire Department assisted the sheriff’s office at the scene.

Officials in Harlan said Friday Todd Valline, of Elko, NV, has been named the executive director of the newly merged Shelby County Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Valline, an Iowa native who has strong family ties in the Nevada, Iowa, area, will begin his new position on Mon., Dec. 1. He replaces Jane Nielsen who has been the interim director since January 2014.

Todd Valline, new Exec. Dir. of the Shelby Co. Chamber of Commerce.

Chamber president, Kevin Campbell, Shelby County State Bank, said, “The Executive Com- mittee was delighted by the amount of interest we had in this role. Applicants from coast to coast were interested, but Todd stood out from the very beginning. His preparation and research was noticeably ahead of the other applicants.”

Valline has over 20 years of professional marketing, sales and administration experience in multiple areas across multiple industry and also has workforce development experience. He was one of four finalists among 18 candidates in the selection process which began in September.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports three, recent arrests. On Thursday, 18-year old Johnathan Robert Sibbitt, of Glenwood, was arrested at the Mills County Sheriff’s Office, on a warrant for Probation Violation. His bond was set at $10,000.

And on Wednesday, 20-year old Mitchell Stephen Waller, of Glenwood,  was arrested on a warrant for Theft in the 5th degree. His bond was set at $300. That same day, 30-year old Thomas Lee Roush, of Tabor, was arrested on a warrant for Driving Under Suspension. Bondwas set at $500.