SHELLSBURG, IA (IRN) – A 79-year-old man died Monday after being pinned by an overturned tractor in rural Shellsburg. The Benton County Sheriff’s Office says Arlo Becker was driving the tractor when it overturned while pulling a sprayer up a steep grade. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – An Alabama-based company is seeking to block Des Moines from enforcing rules limiting the sale of fireworks to industrial zones. KCCI-TV reports American Promotional Events, which bills itself as the nation’s largest distributor of consumer fireworks, filed the petition Monday in Polk County District Court. It seeks an injunction stopping Des Moines from enforcing its ordinance and an emergency hearing where the company would argue the local rules violate state law.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A man found guilty in a crash that killed a 12-year-old Des Moines girl has been sentenced. KCCI-TV reports Fernando Lopez-Aguilar caused a three-car crash in Des Moines which killed twelve-year-old Lea Phann. Her grandfather suffered serious traumatic brain injury in the crash. Lopez-Aguilar was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Former lotto security director, Eddie Tipton–along with his brother Tommy–entered a plea agreement Monday with six other states including Iowa. He entered a guilty plea to theft by fraud and computer crime in Wisconsin, and has agreed to admit to ongoing criminal conduct charges in Iowa. Tipton is required to pay more than $2.2 million in restitution for rigging and winning seven lottery tickets in five states. He also faces up to 30 years in prison.
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – President Donald Trump has rescheduled a previously postponed trip to Iowa in June, according to his campaign website. Trump is scheduled to appear at a rally in Cedar Rapids June 21.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines has announced it’s adding another baby to the family. The new addition, a Japanese macaque, was born on June 3rd. She weighed just over a pound at birth, which is big but healthy for a macaque. She is the first successful birth of a Japanese macaque at the zoo in more than 15 years. She will be named at this Friday’s Zoobilation event, which is a gala fundraiser for the zoo.
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