DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police are investigating the city’s fifth homicide. KCCI-TV reports when officers responded to the call they found a deceased man on the sidewalk in front of a residence. While officers secured this scene for further investigation, a shooting victim arrived at Mercy Hospital. That victim drove himself to the hospital.The two shootings appear to be connected.

MASON CITY, IA (IRN) – A nurse who stole painkillers while working at a Mason City nursing home has been sentenced to three years of probation. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports 28-year-old Briana Hesse was given a deferred judgment.

MARSHALLTOWN, IA (IRN) – Police in Marshalltown are looking for a 14-year-old girl who was reported missing. KCCI-TV reports Gracie Anne Mehl was last seen early Monday afternoon at Marshalltown High School. Computer records indicate she checked into the Marshalltown Y around 2:20 p.m. Her family hasn’t seen her since that morning.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa lawmakers are working on bills to raise the statewide minimum wage. The current minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. The Senate has introduced a bill to raise the hourly wage incrementally to $10.75 by January 1, 2019. The House bill would raise the minimum wage in one dollar increments to $11 by January of 2020.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller joined 15 state attorneys general in support of the federal lawsuit against President Trump’s executive order on immigration. Miller says, “The president has broad authority to oversee our nation’s immigration policies and procedures, but not even the president has authority to circumvent our Constitution’s fundamental guarantees of equal protection, religious freedom and due process.”

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Two resolutions were unanimously approved at a Des Moines Public Schools board meeting last night. WHO-TV reports the first is a sanctuary resolution that prevents ICE officials from accessing students or staff without processing a request through the superintendent. The second resolution supports nearly 5,500 students in Iowa who have registered under the DACA, or Dreamer program.