MASON CITY, IA (IRN) – A 49-year-old Mason City man is facing felony charges of threats of terrorism. KIMT-TV reports Steven Williams went to the Mason City police station and told dispatch that he was homicidal and wanted to go to the hospital. Williams told hospital staff that he wanted to kill anybody that made him mad and looked at him. He said he was going to go to the hardware store and get a hatchet and kill people with it. He also said he wanted to hang people by their feet, burn their skin with acid and dissect them with a small knife. He’s in jail.
DUBUQUE COUNTY, IA (IRN) – An inmate at the Dubuque County Jail is facing additional charges after being accused of biting a sheriff’s deputy during an altercation. KDTH reports 20-year-old David Specht pled guilty to drunk driving and domestic violence charges last month, and was sentenced to serve 15 months in jail. On Friday, jailers say Specht began to argue with and curse at them, and bit an officer. He stopped biting when he was warned he was about to be Tasered.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police responded to a scene where a man was shot five times Monday evening. KCCI-TV reports shortly after that, a woman called authorities, claiming she was the shooter. She is in custody.
SAC COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A western Iowa teenager died in a farming accident over the weekend. WHO-TV reports Sac County first responders were called to the scene northwest of Wall Lake on Saturday. They found Ethan Nissen, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Nissen was operating an end loader that rolled over.
DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – There will be more people working at the new Kraft-Heinz plant in Davenport than first thought, according to WQAD-TV. Originally said to employ around 475 people, it will employ closer to 700. The plant, which is now up and running, will eventually replace the old one, located west of downtown Davenport.
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Loving your job is key. That’s according to Joe Scherbring, who retired Monday after 47 years as a semi-truck driver for CRST trucking in Cedar Rapids. KCRG-TV reports Scherbring drove more than 5.2 million miles throughout his career, and never had a wreck or traffic ticket. The company is retiring his driver number.