DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – Two more children have died as a result of the Dec. 21 fire at a Davenport mobile home park. KWWL-TV reports 9-month-old Isabella Smead and 4-year-old Skylar Smead succumbed to injuries sustained in the fire at the Five Seasons park. Authorities already had reported the fire deaths of the children’s mother, 23-year-old Kelsey Clain, and two other children, Jayden Smead, who was 5, and 2-year-old Carson Smead. There were no working smoke detectors in the home.
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A man has been found guilty of murder for a shooting in a Cedar Rapids Walmart parking lot this summer. KGAN-TV reports 25-year-old Quarzone Martin was found guilty of second-degree murder. On July 2, police found 26-year-old Andrew Meeks and 30-year-old Johnny Moore Jr. with gunshot wounds in a vehicle in the parking lot. Police say their vehicle was moving when they were hit with gunfire and crashed into a guardrail. Meeks died as a result of his injuries.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Federal authorities have apprehended a suspect in an Omaha, Nebraska, triple homicide, according to KETV. 46-year-old John Dalton Jr. is accused of murdering his parents and his niece, 18-year-old Leonna Dalton-Phillip of Des Moines.
Dalton-Phillip’s father says she was going to her grandparents’ house to pick up her little sister when the slayings occurred. Her little sister escaped and called for help.
ONAWA, IA (IRN) – One person died in a house fire in the western Iowa town of Onawa Tuesday. The home was full of smoke when first responders arrived on scene, and the body of 37-year-old Garrett Brown was found inside. He lived alone.
BETTENDORF, IA (IRN) – A Planned Parenthood clinic in Bettendorf that is providing abortions will close Friday, according to WQAD-TV. Planned Parenthood said in May that four of its 12 clinics in Iowa, including the Bettendorf location, would close. The announcement was made shortly after the Republican-controlled Iowa Legislature removed state funding for organizations that provide abortions. At the time, no federal or state dollars were being spent on abortions in Iowa.
NEW YORK CITY, NY (IRN) – The drought is over. Iowa defeated Boston College in the Pinstripe Bowl 27-20 for its first bowl win since 2010. KCRG-TV reports Akrum Wadley was named the game’s MVP after finishing with a career-high 283 all-purpose yards. Head coach Kirk Ferentz collected his 143rd career win tying him with Hayden Fry for most wins at Iowa.