MALVERN, IA (IRN) – Fire destroyed the Mulholland Grocery on Main Street in Malvern, Iowa Monday evening destroying the familiar, popular and widely-used business. Mulholland Grocery served as a grocery store, catering business and butcher shop for residents throughout Mills County. It was the only grocery store in town. The business first opened in the 1870s as a dry goods store.

POWESHIEK COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Steven Alan Vogel, who was found guilty of Murder in the first degree and guilty of abuse of the corpse of Michael Williams, was sentenced to life in prison and an additional 5 years. Officials in Jasper County found Williams’ body burning in a roadside ditch on September 16th. Investigators say Vogel hit Williams multiple times in the head with a baseball bat before strangling and killing him.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A trio of Iowa state budget experts predicted Monday that state revenue will increase by about 3% for the current fiscal year and 1.7% next year, leaving billions of dollars in unspent money. Republican leaders say the money should be returned to Iowans in the form of tax cuts.

URBANDALE, IA (IRN) – Five different books, labeled inappropriate by some parents, will stay on Urbandale school shelves. A committee held a meeting Monday to discuss pulling the books from the school library. The committee voted on each book individually, voting to keep all of them.

WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Hy-Vee is sending food and water to those devastated by tornadoes in Mayfield, Kentucky. Nearly 40 Hy-Vee employees and volunteers were in West Des Moines Saturday morning loading snacks and water into a fleet of disaster relief trucks. After a stop in Chariton to gain more food and water, the trucks traveled to Mayfield, Kentucky to distribute the food. In total, Hy-Vee is sending 328,000 bottles of water and 225 thousand snacks like granola bars and chips.