EASTERN IOWA (IRN) – Flash flooding hit many eastern Iowa and western Illinois cities Sunday night. WQAD-TV reports Muscatine and Clinton had as much as five feet of water on some city streets.

DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – A letter posted on phone poles and businesses in Davenport is being investigated. KWQC-TV reports the letter reads, in part, “the city of Davenport has been infested with the diseased. The homeless, the addicts, the gang members and the like need to disappear permanently from our world…the city of Davenport will soon bear witness to the to the swift and bloody hands of the Night Lion’s justice…” The letter ends with, “the Night Lion’s gun is loaded, ready to go. The question is, are you?”

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Catholic bishop of Des Moines is calling for churchgoers to fast certain days this month, according to KCCI-TV. It’s in response to decades of sexual abuse by priests. Bishop Richard Pates says it’s time for penance and prayer to honor the victims of sex abuse in the church.

BARTLETT, IA (IRN) – A medical emergency caused a close call for passengers involved in a Sunday accident in the western Iowa town of Bartlett, according to WOWT. A vehicle left the road, struck several mailboxes and left the scene with a board sticking through the windshield. Deputies located the vehicle and determined the driver suffered from a medical condition that caused the accident. A 10-foot-long two-by-six board went through the windshield and stopped a few inches from the front seat passenger, who was a child. Everyone is OK.

AMES, IA (IRN) – Severe weather cancelled the Iowa State University football game Saturday, and Cyclone fans are wondering if they will get their money back, or if the game will be replayed. So far, ISU isn’t saying. WHO-TV reports the last time a game was cancelled was in 1963 when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and in 2001 a game was postponed after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.