WATERLOO, IA (IRN) – A Waterloo man was taken to the hospital following a kitchen fire Wednesday morning. The Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier reports the fire broke out at about 3:20 a.m. at an assisting living apartment. The resident, who is disabled, fled to a bathroom. A neighbor who saw the fire went in and helped the man outside.
BETTENDORF, IA (IRN) – A 15-year-old from Bettendorf pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter in connection with the stabbing death of his 34-year-old brother. WQAD-TV reports the teen stabbed his brother with a butter knife after the brother had a verbal altercation with their mother. The teen says he thought his brother was going to hit their mother.
DEWITT, IA (IRN) – Officials are working to have an Illinois man returned from Colorado to face prosecution for a shooting in front of the DeWitt Police Department in Clinton County. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports that 26-year-old Alejandro Andres Lira was arrested last week in Denver and faces Iowa charges of kidnapping, robbery and attempted murder.
OSKALOOSA, IA (IRN) Former Hawkeye football player Tyler Sash was found dead yesterday. Sash was found about 8 a.m. by a family member who came to walk his dog. The cause of death is not yet known, and an autopsy has been scheduled for this morning. Sash, 27, was a member of the Hawkeye football team from 2008-2010. Sash then played for the New York Giants from 2011-2013. Sash is from Oskaloosa.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA (IRN) – A man was struck and killed by a car in Council Bluffs Tuesday, according to KETV. Bicyclist David Ryder, 54, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the vehicle that struck him left the scene only to return later. Stephanie Kenealy, 28, returned, saying she left because she was scared and shook up. She was charged with leaving the scene of a fatality crash. It was dark, foggy, and raining heavily at the time of the accident.
IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Iowa City police are investigating an armed robbery that began outside a McDonald’s. KWWL-TV reports a man says he left his car and was walking into the restaurant with a woman when two men approached them, one showed a handgun, and both ordered them back into the car. They had him drive into a nearby neighborhood where they robbed them.
IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – The University of Iowa Faculty Senate issued a vote of “no confidence” Tuesday in the Iowa Board of Regents. The Iowa City Press Citizen reports the resolution came five days after the regents unanimously voted to name former IBM executive J. Bruce Harreld as the 21st UI president. Harreld has no university administrative experience. The other three finalists for the position included two university provosts and a college president.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – President Barack Obama will visit Des Moines next week for a discussion on college affordability at North High School, according to the Des Moines Register. First Lady Michelle Obama will also visit an Iowa community college on Sept. 17 to look at its career and technical programs. Obama last came to Iowa in January, when he announced new plans for expanding high-speed Internet access during a visit to Cedar Falls.
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