ELDRIDGE, IA (IRN) – Five people are in the hospital after two cars crashed in a “T-bone” type collision at an intersection east of Eldridge on Thursday evening. WQAD-TV reports one is in critical condition while the others have non-life threatening injuries.

EASTERN IOWA, IA (IRN) – Students from Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida will be holding March For Our Lives rallies in Cedar Rapids and Marion on June 21. The students are travelling to about 20 states protesting gun violence. Seventeen people died in the school shooting in Parkland on February 14.

DUNKERTON, IA (IRN) – Authorities say there is no foul play involving the death of a 6-year-old in Black Hawk County on Wednesday. KGAN-TV reports first responders were sent to a home in Dunkerton on a report of a child who was not breathing. The preliminary cause of death is sepsis due to acute peritonitis due to acute appendicitis.

COLUMBUS JUNCTION, IA (IRN) – Emergency personnel responded to an unresponsive child at the Columbus Community Swimming Pool Wednesday, according to KCII Radio. Upon arrival first responders were told the five-year-old boy had been rescued from the pool. CPR was performed on the child, and from these efforts the child became responsive. The child was then transported by Air Care to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

SWISHER, IA (IRN) – Johnson County law enforcement officers detonated three homemade explosive devices found at a Swisher home yesterday. KCRG-TV reports police responded to a hit and run crash involving a driver who displayed a firearm and left the scene. Deputies obtained a search warrant for the man’s home and found the three devices. The Bomb Team took them to a gravel road and detonated them. No arrest has been made.

FAIRFIELD, IA (IRN) – An inmate at the Jefferson County jail is facing additional charges after police say she smuggled drugs into custody in her pants. KTVO-TV reports the 50-year-old woman became disruptive and appeared to be under the influence of drugs. Officers placed her in a detox cell, where she was later found in possession of prescription drugs. She’s still in jail.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines rehabilitation facility held its ninth annual Game Show Gala last night, an event that helps pay for services for people with substance abuse disorders. KCCI-TV reports hundreds of people turned out for House of Mercy’s event, which raised more than $350,000.