LEE’S SUMMIT, MO (IRN) – Two Iowans were killed in a plane crash Tuesday evening in Missouri. WHO-TV reports 53-year-old Vincent Basile of Des Moines and his daughter, 24-year-old Kelli Basile of West Des Moines, died when the single-engine plane Vincent was piloting crashed. The Basiles were traveling to Lee’s Summit to meet family. The FAA is investigating the cause of the crash.

LIME SPRINGS, IA (IRN) – A man from the northeast Iowa town of Lime Springs was killed when his horse-drawn buggy was struck by a car Monday. The Iowa State Patrol reports a westbound car ran into the rear of the buggy, which also was headed west. The buggy driver was identified as 57-year-old John Borntreger.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A former legislative clerk has been sentenced to more than a year in prison after he admitted to writing a threatening letter to a state lawmaker and bringing a white powder to the Capitol. 28-year-old Michael McRae was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison for writing the letter in 2012 to his boss, Democratic Rep. Ako Abdul-Samad. McRae pled guilty in December to conveying false information concerning a biological weapon.

ANKENY, IA (KRN) – An Ankeny woman is in jail on a $1.4 million bond for allegedly hosting a series of parties for teenagers, including one where a teenage girl was sexually assaulted. WHO-TV reports 48-year-old Darcy Duncan is facing 23 felony charges. She allegedly hosted parties where she sold alcohol and drugs to teenagers.

PLEASANT HILL, IA (IRN) – A man wanted on several warrants led law enforcement officers on a motorcycle chase overnight that started in Des Moines and ended in a cornfield near Pleasant Hill. KCCI-TV reports the driver was wanted on warrants for a probation violation and narcotics. He was captured trying to flee on foot through a cornfield after abandoning his motorcycle. There was a female passenger with him, but she was not arrested.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – A lost little boy at this weekend’s Hawkeye game wasn’t alone for long. KCRG-TV reports Iowa State Troopers Frank Burns and Cody Reicks were working Kinnick Stadium when they heard the call for a missing child go out over the radio. Trooper Burns says “We found him within a minute. It was super lucky.” The troopers calmed the little boy down, and one trooper sat with him while the other located his parents so the family could be reunited.