DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Officials say more than two dozen animals have been removed from a feces-filled home of a hoarder in Des Moines. The Animal Rescue League of Iowa says it took 21 dogs and five cats and kittens from the house Tuesday. A news release says the animals were “crawling with fleas and reeking of urine.” Feces and trash were found all over the living space.

The release says the dogs’ nails were so overgrown it was impossible for them to walk comfortably, and at least six of the dogs “will need extensive behavioral rehabilitation before they’re ready for new homes.” It’s unclear whether the person or people living with the animals will face any criminal charges.

Police in Red Oak, Wednesday night, arrested 44-year old Jason Neal Beachum, of Red Oak. He was taken into custody a little before 9-p.m. in the 300 block of E. Prospect Street, for Violation of a No Contact Order. Beachum was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail .

(Radio Iowa) — The number of homes sold and the sales prices for homes in Iowa went up in October — the fourth consecutive month there’s been an increase. According to data released by the Iowa Association of Realtors, homes sales were up four-point-two percent in October compared to October of last year. The median price for an Iowa home that was sold last month was 161-thousand dollars — that’s nearly four percent higher than in October of 2018. Fifty-six days was the average time a home that sold last month had been on the market.

More than 37-hundred home sales were closed in Iowa last month. More than 31-thousand single-family detached homes have sold in Iowa so far this year. About 45-hundred townhouses and condos have sold over the past 10 months.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

GRIMES, Iowa (AP) — Amazon has confirmed its plans to open a delivery station in the Des Moines suburb of Grimes. The Des Moines Register reports that Amazon broke the news Wednesday in a news release. The “last mile” distribution site is expected to open in 2020. Such sites are the last stop from Amazon’s delivery centers to customers’ homes. Amazon says the station will speed up deliveries for customers in the Des Moines area and will create hundreds of part-time and full-time jobs starting at $15 an hour.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A defense lawyer says a 61-year-old Las Vegas man will appeal his conviction and five-year federal prison sentence for illegally growing marijuana in Oregon and selling it in Iowa. Attorney Michael Pariente said Wednesday he believes Chief U.S. District Judge John Jarvey in Davenport, Iowa, improperly instructed the jury that found Oliver “Sonny” Maupin guilty in June of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute pot.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The former office manager of the Iowa City Area Development Group is facing federal charges for a 13-year theft scheme in which she misspent more than a half-million dollars. Court documents show that Sheri Jelinek is charged with seven counts of wire fraud. A plea agreement signed earlier this month calls for Jelinek to plead guilty to those charges, which each carry up to 20 years in prison.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska corrections department is asking more than 600 inmates to step forward if they want to complete their sentences in facilities in their home states to ease prison overcrowding. The department wrote to prisoners that completing their sentences in the other states could place them closer to family and friends. A spokesman for the prisons department in neighboring Iowa says his department would consider whether transfers would be in the best interests of the inmates.