Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DAYTON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are halting their search for an Iowa teenager who was abducted more than a week ago. The Iowa Department of Public Safety announced yesterday that investigators have exhausted their ground search efforts for 15-year-old Kathlynn Shepard. Officials also say flooding has affected their efforts. Officials have searched more than 250 square miles in the Dayton area, about 60 miles north Des Moines.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa says it will shut down three buildings on its arts campus ahead of flooding that is forecast to hit in the coming days. University official Rod Lehnertz said yesterday that an art building, a former art museum now used for music programs, and a theatre building would be emptied and closed by tomorrow.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police say a 2-year-old girl has survived a fall from a second-floor window. The Des Moines Register reports officers and medics were called to a home Tuesday evening. Medics took the girl to a hospital, where police say she was in stable condition.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Donna Ginter, a Dubuque philanthropist who organized a longstanding Thanksgiving dinner for the needy, has died. She was 84. Ginter’s daughter, Genny, told the Telegraph Herald of Dubuque that her mother died Tuesday at Unity Point Health-Finley Hospital.