The Iowa Safe and Sound app has received 205 tips on school threats since the start of the school year, with a significant increase in September.

Nicholas J. Wells, 43, who had been stationed in Sandwich, has been in jail since his initial appearance in federal court in Boston on Oct. 24 when he agreed to voluntary detainment pending trial.

Detectives with the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested a man following an investigation conducted by the Internet ...