CLINTON, IA (IRN) – Clinton authorities have declared a five-year-old boxer-Labrador mix a dangerous dog for attacking a toddler just hours after it was adopted from an animal shelter. WQAD-TV reports the dog bit a 15-month-old boy in the face, leaving massive facial wounds.
The boy will be OK, but will need reconstructive surgery for the damage to his face.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa lawmakers voted 26-21 Thursday in support of a bill that would allow county auditors to question signatures and require voters to present government-issued photo identification at the polls. Republicans say they are tackling voter fraud. Democrats say it’s an expensive solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.

BOONE, IA (IRN) – Authorities are investigating two suspicious deaths after two people were found dead in a Boone home. KCCI-TV reports a woman and her son lived in the house. A neighbor says she sees the son occasionally at night, but hasn’t seen the woman in the year and a half she has lived next to them. Names and conditions of the bodies haven’t been released.

MASON CITY, IA (IRN) – An inmate in the Cerro Gordo County Jail has died. KIMT-TV reports
the man was found unresponsive in his detox cell. Jail staff performed life saving measures and the man was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy has been scheduled.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A bill that will make it easier for police to ticket you for distracted driving has cleared a major hurdle at the statehouse. WHO-TV reports the State Senate passed a bill banning texting, web browsing, playing games and checking social media while driving. The bill stops short of a full “hands free” law that would ban the use of any electronic device that is hand held while driving. The bill now heads to the Iowa House.

WASHINGTON, IA (IRN) – Opposition to House Speaker Paul Ryan’s health care bill is costing an Iowa congressman some valuable campaign support. The Wall Street Journal reports a political action committee backed by Ryan is withdrawing staff support from Rep. David Young in response to Young’s opposition to the bill. Young says that House leaders are rushing and should be more deliberate to get the Obamacare replacement right.