ST. LOUIS, MO (IRN) – Former UNI football player Jaz Granderson was shot and killed in St. Louis early Monday morning. KSDK reported that St. Louis police identified Granderson after he was found with a gunshot wound around 1:00 a.m. Granderson was later pronounced dead at a hospital. He was living in St. Louis where he was an assistant football coach at a high school. Granderson played for UNI from 2009 to 2011.
WARREN COUNTY, IA (IRN) – An Indianola man was injured while climbing into his tree stand on Sunday while deer hunting. The DNR reports 24-year-old Bobbie Joe Stephens fell approximately 23-feet into a ravine while hunting on private land in southern Warren County. He was able to call a hunting partner for help after falling and breaking his ankle. The tree stand straps were broken due to weather exposure over time. The tree stand had been left up since last season.
JONES COUNTY, IA (IRN) – The former Fire Chief from the Jones County town of Olin faces multiple charges after police say he assaulted a child with the intent to sexually abuse her. KCRG-TV reports Matthew Vonbehren faces five counts of lascivious acts with a child and two counts of assault with intent to commit sexual abuse. Police say he assaulted a 13-year-old girl numerous times.
LINCOLN, NE (IRN) – A woman from Missouri Valley, Iowa was arrested after attacking a Lancaster County, Nebraska Sheriff’s deputy with a knife Saturday. KETV reports the deputy responded to a motorist assist call, and found 49-year-old Faith Jensen under a pile of clothes in the back seat of her car. Deputies said Jensen was acting strange and when she got out off the car, she attacked the deputy with a knife. A taser and a canine unit were used to restrain Jensen. She’s in jail.
WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – An 18-year-old Des Moines resident is charged with sending a threatening text message to West Des Moines Community School District students earlier this month. KCCI-TV reports Kiren Jay Kelly is charged with one count of threat of terrorism — a Class D felony. Officials determined there was no imminent threat. Kelly is in jail.
DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – Third graders at Jefferson Elementary School in Davenport are learning something new–how to use an-old fashioned dictionary. WQAD-TV reports many of the students hadn’t used a book dictionary before, and were accustomed to looking up words on smartphones and their tablets. Thanks to a Davenport Elks group, each student now has an old fashioned dictionary they can hold in their hands. Now that’s “old-school.”