Firefighters in Atlantic were called to the scene of a storage shed fire Saturday evening. The call was dispatched at 6:21-p.m. for an unknown-type fire in the alley just south of the Post Office, between 5th and 6th Streets.

Storage Shed fire in Atlantic (11/2/13) – Ric Hanson photo.

First Assistant Fire Chief Russell Peck told KJAN News when they arrived, there was a lot of thick, black smoke coming out of the second of six storage units on the north side of the structure. Inside the unit was several oil cans other such materials that apparently created the thickness of the smoke.

Peck said the back window to that unit was broken and flames were shooting out. Firefighters entered the unit and knocked down  the flames within about 20-minutes, and began clean-up duties while making sure there were no other hot spots.

Peck said the cause of the fire remains undetermined, and investigators will be on the scene Sunday morning when there is more available light, to try and narrow down the cause. However, Peck said that because there was no electricity to the building, an electrical fire could be ruled out.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Baltimore, Md.-based life insurance company says it’s moving its corporate offices to Des Moines and it plans to employ 50 workers within the next three years. The Des Moines Register reports Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Co. has a temporary location in downtown Des Moines, a presence that will grow as it makes the headquarters transition. The company sells annuities and life insurance.

Some workers will remain in Baltimore and the company will keep employees in an office in Lincoln, Neb. CEO Lee Launer says Iowa is attractive because of its experienced insurance industry workers, the state’s regulatory approach, and “strong business climate.”

The insurance industry employs about 24,000 people in the Des Moines area. The Iowa Insurance Division says 212 insurance companies are based in Iowa.

Here is a roundup of some of the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

ALGONA, Iowa (AP) — Police say a man whose body was found on property of the Algona High School/Middle School apparently killed himself. Algona Police Chief Curtis Schipper told the Mason City Globe Gazette that the body found about 1:20 a.m. yesterday has been identified as 23-year-old Shane Ballenger, a 2008 AHS graduate who was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps.

SWALEDALE, Iowa (AP) — A grain truck hit and killed a 7-year-old boy in the small northern Iowa community of Swaledale. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports Devlin Michael Obregon, of Swaledale, was pronounced dead at a Mason City hospital. The Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office didn’t provide details about the accident but says charges aren’t anticipated against the 37-year-old driver of the truck, Robert Quinlan, of Rockwell. Swaledale is 16 miles southwest of Mason City.

GLENWOOD, Iowa (AP) — An armed 25-year-old man wanted on a murder arrest warrant from Georgia has been captured in western Iowa. State Patrol troopers say they took 25-year-old Courtni Thomas into custody without incident around 5 p.m. Thursday. His vehicle had been stopped about four miles north of the Glenwood exit on Interstate 29. Georgia authorities who were tracking Thomas’ cellphone signal alerted the Iowa patrol when his vehicle crossed from Missouri into Iowa.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Police have arrested a Cedar Rapids man and apparently solved the mystery of Greek letters missing from a University of Northern Iowa sorority. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports university police searched a UNI dormitory Monday as part of an investigation into forged identification cards. The Phi had been reported stolen from the front of the Alpha Phi sorority house on August 29th.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Officials battling the spread of a destructive beetle in Iowa have quarantined firewood and ash products moving within 25 counties in the eastern part of the state. The state Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced the regional quarantine on Friday.