FOREST CITY, IA (IRN) – The mayor of a northern Iowa community has been fined for illegally selling fireworks out of his van. KCCI-TV reports George Andersen pled guilty and was fined $250. He’s mayor of Nora Springs.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA (IRN) – A Council Bluffs mother who admitted to police that she shoved her 1-year-old child’s arm into hot coffee, causing severe burns, has pled guilty and been sentenced to five years in prison. The Daily Nonpareil reports that 36-year-old Rebecca Brahier told officers the baby kept reaching for her coffee cup, so she intentionally submerged the baby’s arm in the hot coffee to “teach him a lesson.”

CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – Cedar Falls Police are trying to identify a man caught on security video taking photos up a woman’s skirt. KCRG-TV reports the man followed the woman, pretending to be shopping behind her. When her back was to him, he used his cellphone to take photos up her skirt several times. When he accidentally made physical contact with the woman, he quickly left the store.

CHARLES CITY, IA (IRN) – Two men have been charged with burglaries in Charles City, according to KIMT-TV. They have been accused of burglarizing the YMCA and Trinity United Methodist Church.

HOUSTON, TX (IRN) – NASA introduced 12 new astronauts Wednesday, and one of them is an Iowan. Lt. Col. Raja Chari, nicknamed “Grinder,” is the 39-year-old commander of the 461st Flight Test Squadron and the director of the F-35 Integrated Test Force at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Chari earned a Master’s degree in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT and graduated from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. He’s from Waterloo.