DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Experts say violent extremists are targeting youth in Iowa. KCCI-TV reports a former Des Moines Roosevelt student has admitted having contact with ISIS. Friends say Will Skelton became interested in Islam, and after graduating, he changed his name to Abdul Raheem Habil. In March, he walked into a Walgreen’s in Minneapolis, had an argument with a customer, and threatened to shoot and blow up the store, saying he was part of a terrorist group.

MASON CITY, IA (IRN) – After more than four hours of public testimony, Mason City’s City Council voted after 1 a.m. Wednesday to deny a development agreement with Prestage Farms and its subsidiary, Prestage Foods of Iowa. The company had planned to build a large pork processing plant on the south end of town.

LONG GROVE, IA (IRN) – A woman has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing her husband while he slept. WQAD-TV reports a 911 call from 64-year-old Ardell Oster of Long Grove came in just before 1 a.m. on Tuesday. Oster said that he had woke up to his wife Patricia Oster stabbing him. Police arrested 63-year-old Patricia Jean Oster, and have charged her with attempted murder. Patricia told deputies that her husband had tried to rape her.

BOONE, IA (IRN) – A woman has been arrested and charged in connection with an incident in Boone Monday, according to KCCI-TV. Police were called to a residence on a report of a domestic fight. Officers found a man outside the home bleeding heavily from his neck. He was flown by air ambulance to a Des Moines hospital. 32-year-old Latasha Lee of Boone was charged with willful injury. She’s in jail.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – A 19-year-old University of Iowa student from a Chicago suburb was severely beaten over the weekend. WLS-TV in Chicago reports freshman Marcus Owens required nearly a dozen stitches to his lip, sustained a damaged eye socket and had his front teeth knocked out. Owens was texting a friend while walking near campus when three white men yelled the n-word and began punching him. A passerby yelled at the men, who fled. Owens does not know his attackers.

ANKENY, IA – The owners of a local Kentucky Derby-bound horse announced over the weekend they pledge to give derby winnings to DMACC. WHO-TV reports Ankeny billionaire Dennis Albaugh and his wife, Susan, say if their horse, Brody’s Cause, wins the 142nd “Run for the Roses” this Saturday, they’ll give the $500,000 prize to DMACC. Albaugh graduated from DMACC in 1972.