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Iowa early News Headlines: Saturday, April 20, 2019

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April 20th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:50 a.m. CDT

MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) ā€” Authorities say a woman is in stable condition after being rescued from an apartment fire in eastern Iowa. The Muscatine Fire Department said Friday in a news release that the fire was reported just before midnight Thursday. Arriving firefighters could see flames through the second story window and forced the door to the smoke-filled apartment. Firefighters found the woman and pulled her out. She was taken by ambulance to a hospital.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) ā€” A series of infrastructure failures in a crumbling state dormitory caused a toxic gas leak at an Iowa police academy that sickened dozens of recruits and could have killed some of them. Workplace safety records obtained by The Associated press show that at least three recruits were poisoned by potentially lethal levels of carbon monoxide after an air handling unit and a vent malfunctioned Nov. 15 at the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy. The academy paid a $5,500 penalty to settle violations.