DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A drunk driver hit a person at a gas station while they were filling up their car with gas in Des Moines Friday night, according to WHO-TV. When police arrived, they found the victim’s vehicle and several gas pumps on fire. After looking at surveillance video, police say 20-year-old Brett Stevens drove off after driving through the parking lot and hitting the victim as well as several pumps. Stevens was charged with OWI. The victim is expected to be OK.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Two Grand View University men’s volleyball players are in the hospital Saturday after an early-morning car accident in Des Moines. KCCI-TV reports Felipe Nogueira and Pedro Cardoso, both from Brazil, were driving near downtown when they were hit by a car driven at a high rate of speed. The engine of one car was found 200 feet from the crash. The two suffered serious injuries, but are expected to survive. There’s no word on the other driver.
IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – An Iowa City man is facing numerous charges after a meth lab and drugs were found in his storage unit. KGAN-TV reports the Johnson County Multi-Agency Drug Task Force executed a warrant on Kurtis Stanfield’s storage unit. Inside, they found meth making products, prescription pills, marijuana, along with a digital scale and plastic baggies. Stanfield faces numerous charges.
INDIANOLA, IA (IRN) – A judge has declared the Warren County Courthouse no longer habitable and says court employees are at risk, according to KWWL-TV. Chief Judge Arthur Gamble told Warren County supervisors if the county doesn’t act soon, the court will begin a process to compel them to provide suitable court facilities, as required by law. A $35 million bond referendum for a new justice center failed earlier this month.
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