LAKOTA, IA (IRN) – A northern Iowa man is suspected of killing a woman. KCCI-TV reports first responders were called to a home in the Kossuth County town of Lakota Saturday to investigate a report of a domestic assault. They found the body of 38-year-old Krista Hesebeck. 45-year-old Chad Dietrick is charged with first-degree murder.

DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – Federal prosecutors have filed a weapons charge against a Chicago man, so Iowa has dropped charges filed over the same shooting incident in Dubuque.
The Telegraph Herald reports that Ricardo Sanchez already has pleaded not guilty to the federal charge: possession of a firearm by a drug user. Police say Sanchez fired repeatedly into Club Rise in Dubuque. The club was closed, but four employees were inside. None was hit.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police are investigating a shooting that left a 17-year-old boy shot in the hand Saturday, according to WHO-TV. The victim told police he was supposed to be meeting a girl he had met in juvenile detention. When he arrived, the girl and a male attempted to rob him. The male fired a single gunshot–hitting the victim in the hand–then the two fled the scene.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Legislature is considering a bill that would limit the public’s access to many 911 calls. The legislation would declare that audio, video and transcripts of 911 calls involving injured people are confidential medical records and exempt from Iowa’s open records law. If enacted, authorities’ initial response to shootings, stabbings and many other incidents could face less public scrutiny.

JOHNSTON, IA (IRN) – The Johnston-Grimes Fire Department is raising money to buy three medical-grade saunas to help reduce firefighters’ risk of contracting cancer from pathogens in the air while battling fires. KCCI-TV reports cancer claims firefighters at a greater rate than the general population, and sweating helps release harmful chemicals that cause cancer.

DES MOINES, (IA) – Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey will be sworn into his new position with the U.S. Department of Agriculture today. The Des Moines Register reports Northey will hold a news conference this morning to resign from his state position. Then, U.S. Secretary of Ag Sonny Perdue will swear in Northey tonight during the Iowa Ag Leaders Dinner at the Iowa State Fairgrounds.