HAMILTON COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Investigators in Hamilton County are trying to figure out what caused a home to explode. It happened Sunday night about eight miles east of Webster City. The home was unoccupied and no one was hurt.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The body of a woman was found in the parking lot of a business in Des Moines Sunday morning. Police are investigating.

MASON CITY, IA (IRN) – A Dairy Queen employee in Mason City arrived at work to open the business on Saturday, only to find a man inside the building. The man threatened the employee with a knife. The employee was able to get away and leave the business before calling police. The intruder escaped.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A driver was taken to the hospital in critical condition after a car veered off eastbound I-235 in Des Moines and ran down a steep embankment late Sunday. The Nissan SUV came to rest in a residential neighborhood after crashing over a chain-link fence and clipping another SUV. Police say it looks like it was a medical emergency, and no one else was injured.

CHARLES CITY, IA (IRN) – Several inches of rain has fallen in a very short period of time late Sunday night in eastern Iowa. Floyd and Chickasaw Counties were particularly hard hit. Many streets and intersections in Charles City were closed due to flooding.