BURLINGTON, IA (IRN) – A man was shot at a home in Burlington today, according to WQAD-TV. The man had gone into a home and was confronted by another man with a handgun who shot him in the upper body. The wounded man was found approximately a half-mile away from the home shortly after the shooting.
CHARLES CITY, IA (IRN) – A northern Iowa man has been imprisoned for breaking the bones of an infant, according to KWWL-TV. 21-year-old William Khuns, of Charles City, was sentenced Monday in Floyd County Court to 10 years. He pled guilty to child endangerment resulting in serious injury. Khuns squeezed the infant until the baby’s ribs broke and twisted one of the baby’s arms behind its back until he heard a pop. The baby suffered nine broken bones.
RED OAK, IA (IRN) – A Red Oak man who told his mother he was being kidnapped has been charged with filing a false report. The Daily Nonpareil reports deputies were dispatched after a report by the mother of 21-year-old Chase Palmer. He was found at a friend’s residence. Deputies determined that Palmer had not been kidnapped but rather had lost his keys and was locked out of his home.
CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – A man is facing attempted murder charges after he allegedly stabbed two people in a parking lot of a hotel in Cedar Falls Monday. KCRG-TV reports police arrested 28-year-old Adam Jacobsen on two counts of attempted murder. Officers said Jacobsen repeatedly stabbed a 62-year-old man, then repeatedly stabbed a 47-year-old woman. Both were hospitalized with serious injuries.
URBANDALE, IA (IRN) – A Johnston man is in jail after he caused damage after driving through an Urbandale cemetery drunk. WHO-TV reports 22-year-old Justin Nicolet is charged with operating while intoxicated and first degree criminal mischief. Urbandale police were called to the McDivitt Cemetery early Sunday morning after tire tracks and damaged gravestones were noticed. Nicolet was found in a vehicle in a ditch nearby.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has recently alleged that there is “large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day.” KCCI-TV reports that Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate assured Iowans Monday that the elections are not rigged. Pate says “Our reputation is very good and I don’t want anyone to try and imply otherwise especially without any facts.”
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Blank Park Zoo’s endangered black rhino family has grown by one, according to the Des Moines Register. The unnamed 80-pound calf, a female, was born Oct. 11 on the zoo’s grounds. Listed as critically endangered by the World Wildlife Fund, there are less than 1,000 eastern black rhinos alive today.
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