FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — A Fort Dodge tire warehouse is being demolished after a fire destroyed the walls of the building. The Fort Dodge Messenger reports the front wall of the building on Central Avenue has been knocked down and additional demolition is in progress. Fire Chief Kent Hulett said the front and rear walls of the building were “structurally unsound” after the fire on Monday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — More hospitals and ambulances across the state may soon have access to an automated CPR device that health officials say is more consistent than human-performed CPR. The Iowa Department of Public Health has received a $6.3 million grant that will mainly go toward installing automated chest compression devices in ambulances and hospitals around Iowa, and to provide training for their use. The devices cost about $10,000 each.

HOLLIS, N.H. (AP) — Texas Senator Ted Cruz says his campaign took in $700,000 after Iowa Governor Terry Branstad declared he hoped Cruz would be defeated in the Hawkeye State. Cruz told reporters Wednesday in New Hampshire that the “Washington establishment” he loves to rail against is abandoning Florida Senator Marco Rubio and coalescing behind Donald Trump.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Ron Baker scored 21 points and Wichita State pulled away from Northern Iowa down the stretch in the Shockers 74-55 win Wednesday night. Northern Iowa has lost five of their last six.