CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A fire forced some residents of an apartment building in Cedar Rapids out of their homes Friday night. KCRG-TV reports firefighters found a fire in a ground floor apartment, with smoke throughout the building. Firefighters say at least one person climbed out a second-floor window onto a car to escape the fire. No one was injured.
DES MOINES (IRN) – The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has new charges in an ongoing lottery investigation. Eddie Tipton, previously convicted of rigging the Iowa Lottery in an attempt to win $14.3 million, is now charged with ongoing criminal conduct, a class B felony. The new charges are related to lottery sales in Colorado and Wisconsin. Tipton was charged Friday with tampering with the lottery so his brother and his friend could win prizes too.
NEWTON, IA (IRN) – An explosion happened inside a building operated by Hunt Cleaners in Newton Friday night. WHO-TV reports firefighters with the Baxter and Newton Fire Departments were on hand to assist with the fire. Four people were inside the building, but no one was hurt.
LE MARS, IA (IRN) – A former Remsen-Union Community School teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a student has pled not guilty. KGAN-TV reports 24-year-old Samantha Kohls, of Cedar Falls, entered a written plea Thursday in Plymouth County District Court to two counts of sexual exploitation by a school employee. Authorities say Kohls had sex with a 17-year-old male student while she was a teacher at the school.
DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – A Trumpeter swan wounded last weekend at Princeton Wildlife Area has been captured and will soon be on its way to a wildlife rehabilitation facility. The swan was captured Friday by DNR conservation officers and biologists with assistance from employees of the Clinton County Conservation Board. Levi Young, 25, of Davenport, and Kyle Munson, 25, of Eldridge, allegedly shot two swans while waterfowl hunting, killing one and injuring the other. Both face multiple charges.
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