DURANGO, IA (IRN) – A child was transported to a Dubuque hospital after being hit by a car this morning. KCRG-TV reports 26-year-old Kelly Klien of Holy Cross was driving near a school, when a 7-year-old got out of his parent’s car and started to cross the road when Klein’s passenger side mirror hit him.

WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A West Des Moines mother was convicted of starving her 16-year-old adopted daughter to death. KCCI-TV reports 43-year-old Nicole Finn was found guilty yesterday of first-degree murder and three counts of first-degree kidnapping in the starvation death of Natalie Finn, who weighed just 85 pounds at the time of her death. She will spend the rest of her life in prison.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – The net neutrality ruling has small businesses in Iowa worried. KCRG-TV reports the FCC decision means internet providers can speed up or slow down websites or content. Cybersecurity company Procircular CEO Aaron Warner says small businesses want equal access to the internet. Warner provides an example, “let’s say, I wanted to own a pizza shop to compete with national chains. If the chains paid to control the roads and slow me down, I really couldn’t compete. They would starve me out.”

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Nevada is the only state in America where betting on sports is legal, but that may soon change. New Jersey is questioning the constitutionality of the status quo, and the case has reached the U.S. Supreme Court. If the Court rules in New Jersey’s favor, betting on sports could soon be legal in Iowa, if state lawmakers agree.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – The women behind the Iowa Wave t-shirt have presented a check to the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, and it’s a big one. KCRG-TV reports the idea for the t-shirts started with the tradition of fans doing the wave for hospitalized children at Iowa home football games. After sales of 22,000 t-shirts, a check for more than $440,000 was delivered to the children’s hospital.