Saturday, February 24, 2018

MONTICELLO, IA (IRN) – A former Iowa Barnstormers basketball coach has left the organization amid a criminal investigation into secret video recordings of nude teenagers. The DCI says it served a search warrant Thursday at 42-year-old Greg Stephen’s home. Stephen hasn’t been charged. Investigators say they were looking for evidence of child pornography and invasion of privacy.

IOWA (IRN) – An arrest has been made in one eastern Iowa school threat investigation, but another remains open. WHO-TV reports classes were cancelled in the town of Riceville on Thursday after the school received a threat. A former student was arrested Friday. Classes were canceled at all Dubuque schools on Friday due to a threat. That threat has since been found to be not credible. Police are investigating.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – 31 Iowans died last week of influenza-related complications, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health. The total number of flu-related deaths in the state is 157 since October. It’s the worst flu season since the swine flu outbreak in 2009. No Iowa children have died of the flu this year. Most deaths have been in older people born before 1960.

BETTENDORF, IA (IRN) – A World War II veteran who lost his home in a fire in Bettendorf got a surprise from students at a local elementary school. KWQC-TV reports the students raised more than $2,200 for 95-year-old Max Wilson and presented the money, a blanket and an American flag to him at an assembly. Max called the gifts “unbelievable.” At the assembly, Jacob Beaver, a student who saw Wilson’s home in flames and told his parents, was given a police department award and a medal of honor.