Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says egg production in Iowa was as a record high in October at 1.41 billion eggs. The department’s National Agricultural Statistics Service says that number is up 3 percent from September and up 4 percent from October last year. Iowa also had a record number of egg laying hens on hand in October at 59.2 million.

AKRON, Iowa (AP) — Police have arrested a 37-year-old Akron man after they say he twice threatened to blow up the White House. The Sioux City Journal reports that the man called the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office Thursday afternoon and asked to speak with sheriff. Authorities say that when the man was told he would have to leave a message for the sheriff, he told the dispatcher he was going to blow up the White House.

SLOAN, Iowa (AP) — Five people have been killed and three others taken to a hospital in serious condition after a head-on crash east of Sloan. Woodbury County Sheriff Dave Drew tells the Sioux City Journal that the crash happened about 3:30 p.m. yesterday at Highway 141 and Eastland Avenue.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Grocery store chain Hy-Vee has donated $500,000 for the construction of the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. The university’s foundation tells the Iowa City Press-Citizen that the new 480,000 square-foot pediatric hospital is scheduled to open in 2016.