SIOUX CITY, IA (IRN) – A teenager accused of using a BB gun to shoot his 3-year-old sister has pled not guilty in Sioux City. The 17-year-old is charged with willful injury and child endangerment. KETV reports one BB was removed during surgery, but the other BB entered near one of the girl’s eyes and lodged next to her brain. Doctors say it is too risky to remove, so it’s been left in place.

MASON CITY, IA (IRN) – A Mason City woman found herself in a hospital due to an unexpected encounter Sunday in her yard. KIMT-TV reports the women felt something hurt her foot, looked down and saw a cut. She didn’t think much about it until several hours later when the cut became more painful, and she couldn’t walk. He foot turned purple, she grew nauseated and dizzy, so she went to the hospital. It turns out she was bitten by a rattlesnake. Fortunately, the anti-venom worked, and she will be OK.

DEWITT, IA (IRN) – Law enforcement agencies are investigating the deaths of two people near DeWitt. KCRG-TV reports family members didn’t get an answer when they tried calling yesterday, after one didn’t show up for work. Sheriff’s deputies found the bodies inside their home.

LUCAS COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A construction worker from Waterloo was hit and killed by a driver yesterday in a construction zone in Lucas County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 32-year-old Brady Rasmus, of Chariton, failed to see 48-year-old Barbarella Moore, of Waterloo. Moore was flagging vehicles while another worker was cutting concrete. Moore was hit by Rasmus’ SUV and died at the scene.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Governor Kim Reynolds on behalf of disabled Iowans. The lawsuit claims Iowans with severe disabilities are suffering from cuts in services following the state’s privatization of Medicaid under then Governor Branstad. The plaintiffs say Reynolds and her human services director should be held responsible for depriving thousands of Iowans with disabilities the health care they desperately need.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa’s former U.S. attorney and Hawkeye football tight end is now weighing in as an analyst on CNN. KCCI-TV reports Matt Whitaker is making a name for himself as a CNN panelist, sparring with Anderson Cooper and his cable show experts. Whitaker said at first he was intimidated meeting and sparing with political legends like Carl Bernstein and David Axelrod, but then realized they put their pants on one leg at a time just like everyone else.