WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A man faces charges after an incident at a Hy-Vee in West Des Moines today. KCCI-TV reports store employees notified police when 41-year-old John Wesley Goodsell used a gift card that had been purchased with a stolen check. When officers arrived Goodsell got in his car and fled police, leaving his girlfriend behind. Officers followed Goodsell on a short chase that ended when he hit a retaining wall, then fled on foot into a neighborhood. Officers found him hiding in a back yard. He’s in jail.

WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A West Des Moines man faces charges after police say he lit his apartment on fire in anger after his lease was not renewed. KCCI-TV reports 45-year-old Douglas Williams was upset that his lease was not renewed, and started yelling, stomping and screaming. When officers arrived, they noticed heavy smoking coming from Williams’ apartment, and neighbors trying to put out the fire with fire extinguishers. He’s in jail.

OTTUMWA, IA (IRN) – Two men have been arrested in connection with an April robbery at Applebee’s in Ottumwa. KTVO-TV reports 22-year-old Bryce Sines of Batavia and 19-year-old Levi Mitchell of Richland are charged with First Degree Robbery. The two men approached employees at closing time wearing masks. One was armed with a hatchet, the other had a machete. They took about $1,400 in small bills.

BURLINGTON, IA (IRN) – Police have confirmed that the foot found near Lake West near Burlington on June 8 is human. WQAD-TV reports the foot has been sent to the Department of Criminal Investigation lab for DNA extraction and analysis. Results aren’t expected for six to eight months.

MADRID, IA (IRN) – Police found explosives at a Boone County residence west of Madrid yesterday, according to WHO-TV. The investigation began during a suspicious traffic stop Saturday. The driver, Leanna Haidsiak, consented to a search of her car, and the deputy found several pipe bombs. More were found at her residence. She and her housemate Tjaden Mallory face multiple charges.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowans are mourning those lost in the Orlando gay nightclub shootings. KCCI-TV reports Donna Red Wing, the Director of One Iowa, has planned an event — “’Love is Love is Love’: A Gathering to Remember”– as a chance for community leaders and residents to talk about the Orlando nightclub shooting, to mourn, to celebrate and to educate. The gathering begins at 6:30 p.m. tonight, and will take place at the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park in Des Moines.

JOHNSON COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Small radio transmitters are helping Cornell College students research a threatened species of turtles that currently nest in a remote, dry area of Johnson County. KCRG-TV reports it’s research about migration patterns. Turtles are on the move now, and Professor Andy McCollum says if we see turtles crossing the road to give them a hand by getting them off the roadway and pointing them the direction they were going.