AMES, Iowa (AP) – Six Iowa State University students living in a rented home in Ames have been vaccinated for rabies after officials learned they have collectively killed 23 bats in their home. The Des Moines Register reports the students were vaccinated Tuesday night. Ames Animal Control supervisor Ron Edwards told the students and their girlfriends to get vaccinated once he learned how many bats they had been exposed to. One bat tested negative for rabies.

Twenty-one-year-old Quinn Nordland said a roommate found the first bat in the basement Aug. 30, and another one the next morning. The bats kept continued to appear and the students would walk the hallways at night with tennis rackets to combat the animals.

The students said the infestation has persisted despite reporting it to their landlord. Mike Fresco of First Property Management said a company has been hired to find a solution to the problem.

A search warrant executed Thursday night at a home in Red Oak resulted in one person being arrested on numerous drug-related charges. Police say 28-year old David Andrew Strange, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 9:30-p.m. at 111 E. Prospect Street.

Strange faces felony charges that include 3 counts of Delivery of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana, and Possession with the Intent to Deliver. He also faces varying degrees of misdemeanor charges that include: Possession of a Controlled Substance/Methamphetamine – 2nd offense; Unlawful Possession of Prescription Pills; and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

Strange was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $5,000 cash bond.

A Red Oak man was arrested Thursday night on an assault charge. Police says 28-year old Travis Ray Thompson faces a Simple Assault charge after he was taken into custody at around 11:45-p.m.  Thompson was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $300 cash bond.

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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Cedar Rapids police say they’ve arrested a 14-year-old suspect in the shooting death of a 15-year-old. Authorities say the 14-year-old faces a first-degree murder charge in connection with the death of Aaron Richardson. The 14-year-old has been taken to the Linn County Juvenile Detention Center.

FAIRFIELD, Iowa (AP) — The Van Buren County attorney has determined two Fairfield police officers didn’t violate the law when they opened fire on a vehicle carrying two teenagers. County Attorney Abraham Watkins says that after reviewing an report by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, he determined officers Kathy Blumhagen and David Wall acted lawfully when they fired in the direction of the car. The shooting happened in early June.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A state medical examiner says the death of a toddler found unconscious in a car seat at a Waterloo day care was accidental. Dr. Michele Catellier indicated that 18-month-old Brody Harrelson died of mechanical or positional asphyxia from a car seat strap. No charges have been filed. Police say the boy was buckled into the seat for a nap and was found unresponsive later on June 17th.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Officials in two Iowa counties are considering separate plans for new or expanded psychiatric hospitals. The Broadlawns Medical Center in Polk County plans to expand its in-patient psychiatric unit to help address a shortage of services for people with serious mental illnesses. In Scott County, a majority of county supervisors say they’re inclined to back Strategic Behavioral Health’s efforts to build a 72-bed hospital in Davenport.