LINN COUNTY, IA (IRN) – The Linn County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly crash between a pedestrian and a train along tracks southeast of Cedar Rapids. KGAN-TV reports the victim is a teenage girl who had been walking on the tracks when a train hit her. The teen was pronounced dead at the scene.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA (IRN) – The inmate accused of killing a Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputy admitted his guilt during a court hearing today. Wesley Correa-Carmenaty entered guilty pleas without any kind of plea agreement. Correa-Carmenaty had just been sentenced on May 1 to 45 years in prison in an unrelated murder case when he grabbed one of the deputies’ guns while being transferred to the county jail. He shot both deputies, killing one, and used the jail van to escape. He was recaptured that day in Omaha, Nebraska, after carjacking a woman at gunpoint.
WEBSTER COUNTY, IA (IRN) – The body of a woman found near Clare in Webster County has been identified. 26-year-old Jessica Gomez was reported missing, but has now been identified as the deceased woman found on Saturday. Mackenzie Knigge and Phillip Williams are charged with first degree murder. They are being held in Indiana.
LANSING, IA (IRN) – A McGregor woman went to the hospital after she drove her car into the Mississippi River in Lansing. KCRG-TV reports while she escaped, her dog drowned.
FORT DODGE, IA (IRN) – Senator Joni Ernst said she is frustrated that it took President Donald Trump two days to condemn white supremacy, according to KCCI-TV. Ernst spoke out Monday during a town hall meeting in Fort Dodge, addressing the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. She says “Absolutely it’s frustrating…we all need to condemn it at once. That’s not okay.”
DOON, IA (IRN) – The Iowa State Patrol says a man stopped for speeding at 114 mph in a 55 mph zone was cited less than 15 minute later for speeding again. The man was clocked Saturday in Lyon County at 114 mph. The driver told the officer he was in such a hurry because he was “Late for the Doon Days Parade” in the Lyon County town of Doon. The same driver was stopped minutes later at 71 mph in a 55 mph zone. He was apparently still late for the Doon Days Parade.