DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Another newborn has been turned over to state custody under Iowa’s safe haven law. The Iowa Human Services Department said the infant was born April 10 and released to state custody the next day. The department didn’t say where the birth took place. It’s the 27th time the law has been used to protect the welfare of an infant since the law was approved following a 2001 case, in which a teenage mother in eastern Iowa killed her home-delivered newborn.

POWESHIEK COUNTY, IA (IRN) – One woman is dead following a fire in rural Chelsea in Poweshiek County Thursday morning. When firefighters arrived they found 56-year-old Catherine Foster inside the home. Firefighters were able to get Foster out of the home and she was transported to a local hospital but she did not survive. The cause of the fire is still being investigated.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police are investigating a string of gas station robberies that happened in the metro early Thursday morning. WHO-TV reports three of the four robberies may be related. Officials say an unknown amount of money was taken from each location and a revolver was displayed during the robberies.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Lawyers for former “The Bachelor” star Chris Soules say he “acted reasonably” after a rear-end crash by calling 911 and trying to resuscitate a farmer who later died, according to KCCI-TV. Soules is charged with leaving the scene of a deadly accident. Soules attorneys say they are “confident that once all the evidence is made public, it will show Soules acted reasonably and did everything in his power to aid Mr. Mosher.”

BETTENDORF, IA (IRN) – An average of two vehicles a day are being stolen in the Quad Cities, according to WQAD-TV. The community of Bettendorf issued an alert this week to remind people to lock their cars. Captain Keith Kimball with the Bettendorf Police department says, “I don’t know if we’ve seen anything like this…an almost epidemic.” Most of the thieves are juveniles.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – An Iowa City cycling shop has donated seven brand new bikes to kids who wouldn’t otherwise get them. KCRG-TV reports Geoff’s Bike and Ski donated them to the Youth Off Road Riders Program. The program aims to create an environment for young people to make friends, find role models, and learn new skills through mountain biking. The shop’s owner says this is his way of giving back to the community.