WAUKEE, IA (IRN) – Two 17-year-old students have been charged with extorting $1,350 from an assistant principal at Waukee High School who has since resigned. KCCI-TV reports 40-year-old Josh Smith reported the students’ attempt last week. Smith resigned following an internal investigation, but school district officials aren’t sharing details.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A homicide investigation is underway in Des Moines after a man’s body was found in an apartment. WHO-TV reports an open window led a concerned citizen to check on the man inside. The person told officers they first noticed the window ajar on Thursday. The window was still open Sunday and when they went to check it out, they found a man dead inside the apartment.
WATERLOO, IA (IRN) – A truck ran into the Waterloo Fire Department Station #1 this morning, according to KWWL-TV. One person was taken to the hospital. Officials are investigating the incident.
MAQUOKETA, IA (IRN) – One person was killed in a rollover crash near Maquoketa yesterday. WQAD-TV reports the driver of a pickup drove off the roadway on a curve and rolled three times, stopping upside down. The victim’s name has not yet been released.
IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines man faces charges after allegedly threatening to cut a woman’s throat in Iowa City Saturday. KCRG-TV reports fifty-year-old Roy Hudson is accused of threatening the woman because of her religious beliefs or origin. He threatened her while she was at work as an employee at a store inside the University Capitol Center.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Members of a Des Moines-area church are hoping that President Donald Trump’s executive order barring citizens from seven predominantly Muslim nations won’t impact its plan to help a refugee Somali family resettle in Iowa. KCCI-TV reports the Central Presbyterian Church is helping the family of eight, who were travelling when the order was issued. Pastor Wallace Bubar says the family went through a several year vetting process by the State Department and Homeland Security.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Chicago Cubs’ World Series Championship trophy is coming to Iowa. It will be in Iowa City today from 5-6:30 p.m at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus and at Principal Park in Des Moines on Wednesday, from 10-11:30 a.m. Stops are also scheduled for several other Iowa communities.