COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA (IRN) – A 39-year-old mother of three used meth before taking her kids to Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurant in Council Bluffs. The Daily Nonpareil reports Christine Hall is now facing child neglect and endangerment charges after she tested positive for drug use, and meth was found in her 3-year-old’s hair. Hall’s kids are ages 1, 3 and 16.

DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – A Davenport man who allegedly beat his six-months pregnant girlfriend so badly it caused her to miscarry has been arrested by police. WQAD-TV reports 23-year-old Mark Roberts faces charges of domestic abuse and nonconsensual termination of a pregnancy, among other charges.

AMES, IA (IRN) – An Ames family lost a wife, mother and grandmother as well as their home of 40 years in one morning. Firefighters rescued 72-year-old Joanna Alexander and rushed her to the hospital Tuesday, but it was too late. Two cats also died in the fire.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Dozens of seniors who live in a Des Moines assisted living facility just found out they have one month to find a new place to live. KCCI-TV reports staff at Walden Point Assisted Living told residents that they are dropping assisted living to become regular senior housing. Pastor Jim Craig says “It’s already traumatic for having to live here in the first place — now they lose that home on short notice.”

UNION COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A 24-year-old Afton man suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his thigh while checking traps in rural Union County Sunday morning. Zachery Springer had shot a raccoon that was caught in a trap with his .22 caliber pistol and when he was holstering the pistol, the gun fired, shooting him in the upper thigh.

DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – More than a dozen people complained to the Dubuque school board about a book used in class and asked officials to consider a policy for material some consider obscene. The Telegraph Herald reports people objected Monday to the book, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.” They say it has “graphic sex scenes,” and depicts alcohol and drug abuse.