DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Governor Terry Branstad has accepted the post of U.S. Ambassador to China. Branstad says he will serve America by ensuring the countries with the two largest economies and two largest militaries in the world maintain a collaborative and cooperative relationship. Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds will become the first female governor in Iowa History.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Des Moines Police Department is trying to locate a missing mother and her twin children. Police say 33-year-old Jennifer Abbott-Brickles was last seen December 1 in Des Moines. She and her 10-month-old twins have not been seen since.

LONE TREE, IA (IRN) – One person has died and two were injured in a crash this morning in eastern Iowa. According to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, the two-vehicle crash happened near Lone Tree. An SUV and a semi were involved.

CLARKE COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Three teens missing from Osceola were found dead in rural Clarke County Tuesday, according to KCCI-TV. 16-year-old Elaina Critz, 16-year-old Lauren Barker and 19-year-old Jesse Robinson were found dead after a car they were in went off the road and into a creek. A road worker spotted the car upside down in the water. Authorities aren’t sure if they drowned or were killed in the crash.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A Cedar Rapids police officer who shot a man in the neck during a traffic stop, paralyzing him, will not face charges. KWWL-TV reports a grand jury decided not to indict Officer Lucas Jones. Jones pulled Jerime Mitchell over last month for not having working lights, and smelled marijuana. Mitchell tried to flee, and after a brief struggle, Officer Jones says he felt he was in danger, and shot Mitchell.

BRITT, IA (IRN) – An Iowa fourth-grader is now a reporter for an international magazine. KIMT-TV reports over 300 kids from around the world submitted their work to Scholastic to possibly become a kid reporter, and only 39 students were picked, which includes Brandon Peterson of Britt. His first article is on Britt’s Hobo Days, and he’s now working on one about NASA satellites. Brandon hopes to come to Des Moines tomorrow to interview President-elect Donald Trump while he’s in town.