Thursday, August 24, 2017

OTTUMWA, IA (IRN) – Police are investigating the death of a man at an Ottumwa boat ramp Tuesday, according to KTVO-TV. Police found the body of the man, in his mid-50s, inside a vehicle. Officials do not suspect foul play.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Cedar Rapids police responded to the City Services Center Wednesday after a man entered the Public Works Department building with a shotgun. KGAN-TV reports the suspect, who is a city employee, is in custody. No one was hurt. Police believed he was a danger to himself, but not employees.

LINN COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A 37-year-old man died after losing control and crashing his motorcycle Wednesday night in Linn County. KCRG-TV reports the driver lost control, went into a ditch, and rolled the motorcycle. He wasn’t wearing a helmet, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – The growing number of teens stealing cars and committing more violent crimes in Davenport has Scott County Sheriff Tim Lane asking Iowa legislators to open more beds for teens at the State Training School in Eldora. WQAD-TV reports Lane says the teens are “committing violent crimes, they are shooting at people, they’re killing people.” Lane says what the criminal justice system is doing now isn’t working. He believes more rehabilitation is needed.

LOGAN, IA (IRN) – A former student at Logan-Magnolia High School was arrested Tuesday night for allegedly making terroristic threats during an open house. KETV reports 18-year-old Barret Fields was arrested after making a direct threat against the school in writing. He’s in jail.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz and his wife, Mary, will donate $1 million to the University of Iowa’s Children’s Hospital to help researchers working to improve survival rates for premature babies. The donation will fund the Ferentz Program in Neonatal Research. The Ferentz’s are donating the money in honor of their granddaughter, who was born at just 21 weeks old in 2014.