POLK COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A motorcyclist was killed in an accident in rural Polk County Saturday evening. 57-year-old Joseph Anthony Davis of Des Moines was traveling with another motorcyclist when a minivan attempted to pass them. The victim was unable to get over as this vehicle passed and was forced to lay his motorcycle down when he then collided with a stopped vehicle. The victim died at the scene. No one was injured in the minivan.
OTTUMWA, IA (IRN) – A hotel worker in Ottumwa saved a guest from flames inside the woman’s room Sunday morning. The Ottumwa Courier reports the blaze began on the fourth floor of the Hotel Ottumwa, but fire sprinklers kept the flames from spreading. Hotel employee Trevor Medina kicked in the room’s door and pulled out the guest. She was hospitalized with smoke inhalation.
PERRY, IA (IRN) – Two people are dead and a third was seriously injured after an incident in Perry Saturday evening. Raccoon Valley Radio reports one person has been detained and is being questioned in relation to the case. Law enforcement doesn’t believe the public is in any danger.
DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – A Dubuque man who was convicted this fall of killing his 27-year-old daughter wants a new trial. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports 63-year-old Robert Stern killed his daughter, who was autistic, because he was tired of caring for her. Authorities say he shot at her in their home 17 times using three revolvers, striking her 15 times.
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A man convicted of killing a homeless man in Cedar Rapids has now been found guilty of strangling a homeless woman. KWWL-TV reports Travis Standlee was found guilty Friday in the second-degree murder of Sharon Mead. Her body was found near Coe College.
ROCKWELL CITY, IA (IRN) – Eight people are facing trespassing charges after protesting in the path of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in northwest Iowa this weekend. The Omaha World-Herald reports the arrests happened Saturday on a farm near Rockwell City. The $3.8 billion pipeline is designed to carry oil 1,200 miles from western North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa to a shipping point in Illinois.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Man’s best friend joined in the Halloween fun Sunday in the seventh annual Spooky Paws Parade in Des Moines East Village. KCCI-TV reports dogs were dressed up as food, superheros and even Donald Trump. Some cat owners, jokingly, weren’t happy about this parade going to the dogs and protested. The small crowd carried signs, including ’cats rule, dogs drool!’ And “where’s our parade?”