DENMARK, IA (IRN) – A southeast Iowa man has died after jumping from a moving car. The Fort Madison Daily Democrat reports 32-year-old Drake Knotts, of Wever, was a passenger in the car Saturday morning when he started arguing with the driver. Knotts unfastened his seatbelt and jumped from the moving vehicle. He was pronounced dead at a Fort Madison hospital.
DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – A suspected drunk driver in Dubuque caused several thousand dollars worth of damage when he collided with a gate outside Prescott School late Sunday night, according to KDTH radio. Police said 35-year-old Derrick Davis was driving a minivan when he failed to make a turn, collided with a gate, a brick wall, and an electric transformer near the school’s playground. He faces multiple charges.
CLINTON, IA (IRN) – One person has died after falling from a cliff at Eagle Point Park in Clinton, according to WQAD-TV. The victim was spotted from the cliff in the park and was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim’s identity has not been released.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police are investigating a shooting that injured one person Sunday. WHO-TV reports someone fired shots from a vehicle, and one person was struck as well as a nearby house. The victim was taken to Mercy in a van carrying several other people. Police held the people inside the van at gunpoint until they could be detained. They say it was only to take them in as witnesses. The victim is expected to survive.
JASPER COUNTY, IA (IRN) – One person was killed in an accident involving two tractor-trailers along Interstate 80 in Jasper County on Sunday. The Iowa State Patrol says a tractor-trailer driven by 55-year-old Richard Kahyaouglu (KYE-oh-glue) of Perrysburg struck another tractor-trailer that was parked on the shoulder of the interstate. Kahyaouglu was killed in the crash. The driver of the other vehicle was not injured.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Landowners have filed two lawsuits in northwest Iowa in an attempt to block construction of a $3.8 billion oil pipeline. The Des Moines Register reports the landowners are trying to keep the pipeline company from being able to use eminent domain powers to secure access to their land. Houston-based Dakota Access wants to build the pipeline from North Dakota across Iowa to a storage facility in Illinois.
IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – The University of Iowa College of Law graduated one of its smallest classes in recent memory — about 100 students. KCRG-TV reports that’s half of what it was four years ago. Low enrollment at law schools is a national trend. It’s the result of fewer jobs for attorneys and high tuition during a downturn in the economy. U.S. News & World Report ranks Iowa’s law school 20th in the nation.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – An 8-year-old Des Moines girl is selling lemonade to help pay her medical bills, according to KCCI-TV. Zaraya Blunt was diagnosed with leukemia in March and heads back to Blank Children’s Hospital this morning for her third round of chemotherapy. Zaraya says “after I take medicine, I feel sleepy, but then I wake up and start feeling better and better and better.” Her prognosis is good.