GRUNDY COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A body was found after firemen put out a garage fire Sunday in Reinbeck in Grundy County. KGAN-TV reports the identity of the body and cause of death are pending an autopsy.
HANCOCK COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A Hancock County man is facing six felony drug charges, including having meth, marijuana and controlled prescription drugs within 1,000 feet of a school, and having drugs with children in the residence. KIMT-TV reports 37-year-old Brian Kronemann was found with meth in the living room where it was accessible to a child.
APPANOOSE COUNTY, IA (IRN) – The body of a Cedar Falls man who had gone hunting has been found in rural Appanoose County. The body of 31-year-old Curtis Ross was recovered Sunday. The Division of Criminal Investigations says they are considering the death a homicide, and that the public should consider the unnamed suspect armed and dangerous.
MARENGO, IA (IRN) – Vandals have defaced the elementary and junior-senior high school at Iowa Valley Community School District in Marengo with graffiti, according to KCRG-TV. Police say the graffiti does not appear to represent a safety concern to the district. An investigation is underway.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Meredith in Des Moines has announced a deal to purchase Time Inc. The media company will buy the publisher of Time, Sports Illustrated, and Fortune magazines for $2.8 billion. The all-cash deal is being backed by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch. The pair are considered conservative political powerhouses, but Meredith says they won’t have a role in editorial or management.
POLK CITY, IA (IRN) – High school students from Polk City are turning simple construction materials into Christmas ornaments. Christmas music plays in Noah Willie’s workshop, where a team of four North Polk High School students are busy turning paint stirrers into ornaments. They are then selling the ornaments to help the homeless with care packages including razors, shaving cream, toothbrushes, toothpaste, socks and more. The students hope to make 500 care packages. Noah says, “ we really just want to help as many people as possible.