BRANDON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a woman and her children escaped a fire that killed her husband in eastern Iowa. Firefighters found the body of 37-year-old Chauncey Raue on Friday inside his heavily damaged two-story home in Brandon. Authorities say his wife, Brittany, and their three sons fled the home, but one of the boys was burned. He was taken to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

The Creston Police Department says an accident in the parking lot of the Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston, resulted in one person being transported to the facility. A 2002 Chrysler PT Crusier driven by 40-year old Nicholas G. Johnson, of Creston, was traveling west in the parking lot, when the vehicle struck a northbound 2010 Chrysler Town & Country van driven by 27-year old Ashley D. Rothe, of Orient. The accident happened at around 2:30-p.m., Tuesday. Johnson was transported by EMS to the hospital, after complaining of pain. Rothe was not injured in the collision. Damage from the accident amounted to $2,500.

Officials with the Creston Police Department today (Monday), report four arrests took place recently. Three people were arrested on Sunday: At around 9:40-p.m., 39-year old Demion Garrison, of Creston, was arrested on a Union County warrant for Failure to Appear on an original charge of Domestic Abuse Assault. Garrison was being held in the Union County Jail while awaiting a bond hearing; 38-year old Durrell Haynes, of Creston, was arrested at around 1:40-p.m., Sunday, for Assault while displaying a dangerous weapon. He was later released from custody on a $2,000 bond; and, 21-year old Paul L. Albrechtsen, of Kent, was arrested early Sunday afternoon in Creston, for Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Criminal Mischief in the 4th degree. His bond was set at $2,000.

Last Thursday, 38-year old Durrell Haynes was arrested on an Adams County warrant for Contempt of Court – Failure to pay costs. He was later released on a $300 bond.

Creston Police said also, a man who resides in the 300 block of N. Division Street, reported that sometime between the hours of 12-a.m. and 11:25-a.m. last Thursday, someone broke out the rear window of his vehicle, while it was parked near the intersection of Montgomery and Elm Streets. The damage was estimated at $300.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A 64-year-old Dubuque woman who admitted killing her former husband is scheduled to be sentenced Monday. Dubuque County District Court records say Dolores Flynn pleaded guilty last month to voluntary manslaughter, willful injury and assault. Prosecutors dropped the original charge of second-degree murder in exchange for her pleas.

Court documents say Dubuque police found 72-year-old Gary Breckenridge dead on Jan. 4, 2016, at the home he shared with Flynn. Police say Flynn beat Breckenridge with a baseball bat, which officers say they found in a Dubuque ditch.

She’s been examined and treated by psychiatric experts twice since her arrest and had been found competent for trial.