ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — The Des Moines suburb of Ankeny has selected the Polk County administrator as its news city manager. The City Council last night chose David Jones, who as Polk County administrator was responsible for administration of county operations, staff and managing the budget. Ankeny is north of Des Moines and has a population of more than 45,000.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa House Speaker Kraig Paulsen says he will not run for the congressional seat being vacated by U.S. Representative Bruce Braley’s run for Senate. In an email to supporters yesterday, the Hiawatha resident says he will run for re-election to the state House.

MARENGO, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in eastern Iowa have arrested two people in connection with a robbery at a church. The Iowa County Sheriff’s Office says 42-year-old Robby Jones, and 38-year-old Rana Frisch, both of Newton, were arrested yesterday. Police say Jones and Frisch entered St. John’s Lutheran Church in Marengo and robbed a church employee on Wednesday.

MAQUOKETA, Iowa (AP) — Students, teachers and parents from an eastern Iowa high school have been stranded in east Africa after a fire swelled into a roaring inferno at Kenya’s main airport and halted international flights. The group of 26 from Maquoketa High School was in the area after completing a mission trip that helps build houses and hospitals. The group has been told the earliest they can travel out of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi is Friday.