Thursday, July 9, 2015

WATERLOO, IA (IRN) – Police in Waterloo are searching for two men who they say assaulted someone in a home. KGAN-TV reports the victim says two men went into his home, hit him in the head with a shotgun, and fired a round into the ceiling. Police say both suspects were dressed in black and had their faces covered. No arrests have been made.

DES MOINES (IRN) – Groups opposing plans to build an oil pipeline across Iowa say organizers have submitted more than 2,600 written statements against the project. Representatives for Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement and the Bakken Pipeline Resistance Coalition gathered Thursday morning outside the offices of the Iowa Utilities Board to submit the paperwork.

DES MOINES (IRN) – Iowa chicken farmers are out of luck with the federal government.  WOI-TV reports FEMA is denying Governor Branstad’s request for help for four counties to deal with and prevent the avian flu.  According to FEMA, the damage from the flu isn’t so severe that the state can’t handle it. So far, Iowa has had nearly 32 million birds affected, more than any other state.

DES MOINES (IRN) – Des Moines is in eighth place in the nation on a list of cities offering opportunities for creative people. Smartasset.com, a financial planning website, compared the cost of living in major U.S. cities to the concentration of creative workers living there. Other midwestern cities on the top ten list include Cleveland, Kalamazoo, Omaha, and Kansas City. The number 1 city for creative people? New Orleans.

AINSWORTH (IRN) – A woman is dead after a one-vehicle accident near Ainsworth in Washington County Wednesday. The Iowa State Patrol reports Jorge Jon Paul Noivo, 32, of San Francisco was southbound driving a 2002 Cadillac Escalade on Highway 218 when he lost control, entered the median, overcorrected, and rolled. Passenger Wendy Ann Lane Littrell, 24, of Fairfield was killed in the accident.

CLINTON, IA (IRN) – The city of Clinton discharged untreated wastewater after a main failed Wednesday. The city discharged an estimated 2,000 gallons per minute for much of the afternoon. When the break occurred, the city began hauling wastewater for treatment, but trucks could not keep up. The remainder of the wastewater flowed directly into the Mississippi River.

DES MOINES (IRN) – A man in Iowa has been arrested in connection with a stabbing death in Texas.  The Des Moines Register reports the U.S. Marshals Service arrested 23-year-old Noe Lopez Trevino, of Abilene, Texas, near an apartment complex in Des Moines on Wednesday. Trevino allegedly stabbed a man in early April at a Texas nightclub. Trevino may have been staying in Des Moines with family and friends.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – State Senator Rob Hogg is considering running for U.S. Senate in 2016 for the seat currently held by longtime Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, according to KWWL-TV.  Hogg is a Democrat and is currently serving his third term in the Iowa Senate representing Cedar Rapids.

NEWTON, IA (IRN) – Two paramedics suffered minor injuries after the ambulance they were in crashed and rolled into a ditch early Wednesday morning near Newton.  WHO-TV reports the driver of the vehicle told troopers the wind blew the ambulance off the road. Officials believe otherwise, as it wasn’t windy. Troopers think lack of sleep may have played a role. The driver was cited for failure to maintain control.