DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – At least 78 Iowa businesses received letters this week from Iowa Workforce Development that mistakenly directed their questions about unemployment insurance payments to a phone sex hotline. KGAN-TV reports the letter asked recipients to call the number for answers. But instead of answers, callers to the number get a seductive female voice sharing less than work-friendly sentiments. The number was a typo.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – A man charged with the 1995 slaying of an Iowa City woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after making a Alford plea deal with prosecutors. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports Steven Klein killed 38-year-old Susan Kersten, whose body was found in her burned-out car near Iowa City. An autopsy showed Kersten died of blunt force trauma to the head before the car fire. Klein was romantically linked to Kersten.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police are investigating an overnight shooting after a man showed up at the hospital early this morning with a gunshot wound. WHO-TV reports the man came to Mercy Hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest just before 4:30 a.m. The man’s name and condition have not been released, and police have not been able to find a crime scene.

POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY, IA (IRN) – An inmate in the Pottawattamie County Jail is facing charges after officials say he threw his urine at a detention officer, according to The Daily Nonpareil. 52-year-old Charles Perkins is HIV positive. Perkins had intended to throw the urine on another inmate. The officer is now being evaluated for HIV exposure.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Two people were taken to the hospital Sunday morning after their vehicle slid into the Des Moines River in Polk County, according to KCCI-TV. The van was traveling on Interstate 80 when it swerved to miss a deer. It slipped into a ditch and then eased into the river. One person was able to escape before rescue crews arrived. The other two were rescued via boat.

URBANA, IA (IRN) – Seven fifth grade girl scouts at Center Point-Urbana Intermediate School in eastern Iowa put in more than a dozen hours each to earn the Bronze Award, according to KCRG-TV. It’s the highest award a junior scout can earn. Troop 8645 came up with something positive–a brightly colored mural. Scout Madalyn Staggs says “If anybody walks by this wall, they will feel instantly happy. If they’re having a bad day, it will cheer them up.”