CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A Cedar Rapids man who conspired to distribute heroin and fentanyl that led to several overdoses and two deaths pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids. 43-year-old DeShaun Anderson was convicted of conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury and death.  Anderson faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment and a possible maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

WEVER, IA (IRN) – Officials are looking for the person responsible for a bomb threat at Iowa Fertilizer in southeastern Iowa last summer.  KWQC-TV reports the company is offering a reward of up to $30,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual, or individuals, responsible for the bomb threat at the facility.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Avionics technology company Rockwell Collins has sent retirement offers to some employees as part of its plans to cut about 500 jobs from its workforce. The Des Moines Register reports offers are a way for Rockwell Collins to trim its payroll without layoffs. The Cedar Rapids company announced Friday that revenues are down, citing weak demand for business and regional jets.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Faculty leaders in the University of Iowa’s largest college have censured incoming school president Bruce Harreld over inaccuracies on his resume, escalating their criticism of his hiring, according the the Iowa City Press Citizen. The Faculty Assembly of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences voted Wednesday for a motion chastising the former IBM executive for a “failure of professional ethics” for misrepresenting his record on his resume.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A man arrested in connection with one death was released and investigators say he killed another person just hours after his release. KWWL-TV reports Travis Standlee, 44, is charged with two counts of first degree murder for killing Raymond Urisno and Sharon Mead earlier this month. At the time, there wasn’t enough evidence to hold Standlee for Urisno’s death, and hours later he allegedly killed Mead at a bus stop. Both were strangled.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A man wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in Des Moines has been arrested in Colorado, according to KCCI-TV. Carl Allen West, 29, of Des Moines, is expected to be charged with first-degree murder. He’s awaiting extradition back to Iowa from Aurora, Colorado. Police say West was the man on a motorcycle who shot 28-year-old Matthew Cizek, of Des Moines. West and Cizek were “friends” who met in prison.

SIOUX CITY, IA (IRN) – Sioux City Police still have no leads on a missing statue that used to sit downtown, according to KMEG-TV. All that’s left is a sign that says “stolen.” Missing is the “Goddess of the Grapes,” an 18 inch bronze statue.

MAXWELL, IA (IRN) – A community is gathering to complete the husband of a widow’s to-do list, according to WHO-TV. The farm work is for the Myers’, a Maxwell family who lost a husband and father. Jacob died in mid-August after a car crash at an uncontrolled intersection. Among the work to be completed by friends and neighbors? Building a barn.