DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – Officials say they didn’t have a hard time tracking down a would-be marijuana dealer in Davenport. That’s because he received 10 pounds of the drug in the U.S. mail. The Quad City Times reports 25-year-old Charles Simpson faces multiple drug charges. Simpson’s brother mailed him the marijuana to sell locally.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A man and woman wanted in Florida were arrested Wednesday after a police chase in Des Moines, according to WHO-TV. It started when a man reported being robbed of his wallet outside a Hy-Vee in West Des Moines. When an Urbandale officer tried to stop the thieves, the driver took off, and eventually crashed. The driver, Justin Marshall of Florida, and his passenger, Allison Hunter of Kentucky, are both wanted on warrants in Florida. The truck they were driving was stolen from Missouri and had license plates stolen from Iowa.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines Police believe a man wanted for questioning in a 2015 homicide is back in Des Moines and possibly disguising himself as a woman. WHO-TV reports
Alf Clark is being sought as a material witness in the investigation into the shooting death of one person and the wounding of another. Police say he may be disguising himself as a woman to avoid detection.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines family of 11 has been displaced by a fire, according to KCCI-TV. Angela Fullmer and her nine children were asleep when their dog woke them up because their house was on fire. Fullmer was able to get all of her children outside in their pajamas. Her husband, a long-haul trucker, was away. Fulmer says they are now living out of two rooms in a Clive hotel, and “the little ones, three and four, keep asking when we’re going home.”

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – The Cedar Rapids Fire Department doused a fire, and managed to save a cat Thursday morning. KCRG-TV reports crews conducted a search and found no one inside the home. After they put out the fire, they found an unconscious cat in the basement. The cat was given oxygen and survived.

MEDIAPOLIS, IA (IRN) – Firefighters in Mediapolis are making news, far from the scene of any fire. WQAD-TV reports since August the fire department has gotten bigger and bigger. Six babies were born to the same firefighting family within seven months; three girls and three boys. Some in the fire department say to expect more babies as there are several young couples in the department who haven’t had kids yet.