POLK COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives have made one arrest in the Evolution Night Club Shooting. Detectives arrested 27-year-old Mykael Maggett of Windsor Heights. Maggett was identified on surveillance video discharging a handgun into a crowd. He was charged with Assault while displaying a Dangerous Weapon and Intimidation with a Dangerous Weapon; he has since posted bond and was released from jail.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines man reported a burglary Wednesday that happened while he was out working in his yard. KCCI-TV reports the homeowner was in the backyard and when he came back around the house he saw his truck was missing. Inside the garage, tools including a chain saw, cordless drill, and bag of tools had been taken. Next, he spotted the side door to his house standing wide open. Inside the home, keys including the pickup truck’s were missing from the TV stand.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A man was shot in the torso overnight on the east side of Des Moines, according to KCCI-TV. It happened just after 3:30 a.m. at the Parkside East Apartments.
People inside the apartments called 911 after hearing gunfire. Police found one man who had been shot in the torso. He was hospitalized and is expected to survive. No one has been arrested.

OSKALOOSA, IA (IRN) – A woman found a cat in a sealed plastic tote near the city brush dump in Oskaloosa on May 5th. The woman contacted the Oskaloosa Police Department and the cat was taken to a shelter. The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible.

WATERLOO, IA (IRN) – Police are investigating a possible hate crime against a Waterloo religious community, according to KWWL-TV. Vandals defaced the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Waterloo, Tuesday evening by painting “Jesus Saves” and two crosses on the building. Synagogue leader Erin Maidan says it’s a hate crime because the implication is that Jews are going to burn in hell for their beliefs.

ALTOONA, IA (IRN) – A woman who left her three children alone in an Altoona hotel room is back in jail after Des Moines police re-arrested her for missing court hearings. KCCI-TV reports 23-year-old Jeorkan Alvarado-Morales was arrested on child endangerment charges in December after police found her three children, ages 4, 2, and 1, alone inside a Quality Inn hotel room. The children were crying, which caught the attention of the hotel clerk. Alvarado-Morales had left her children to go to Prairie Meadows Casino.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines woman who died just days after Christmas last year was just one semester away from graduating from the University of Iowa. WHO-TV reports she was honored Wednesday and received a degree posthumously. Nicole Underwood was Chicago-bound on a bus to see her boyfriend when the bus crashed. Nicole’s family is raising money to endow a scholarship in her name. She had planned to be a social worker.

DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School students in Dubuque have published their fourth annual Miracle Book, according to KCRG-TV. Authored by six graders, the book is full of poems the students wrote about their lives. The students sold advertisements in the book and are giving the money to the Iowa Children’s Miracle Network. The book has already raised over $400, and the children hope to raise more through book sales.