EVERLY, IA (IRN) – Law enforcement officials in northwestern Iowa are investigating the death of a South Dakota woman whose body was found in a camper. The Sioux City Journal reports that Clay County sheriff’s deputies were called to a rural area near Everly late Thursday night for reports of an unresponsive woman. Deputies found 30-year-old Casey Blaine Eleeson, of Huron, South Dakota, dead in the camper. Investigators say her death is suspicious.

AMES, IA (IRN) – Ames police are advising women to use the buddy system after two women reported sexual assaults near Campustown this week. KCCI-TV reports one woman says two white men attempted to grab her and tried to pull her behind some buildings Sunday, but she was able to get away. Two white men grabbed another woman Tuesday and sexually assaulted her.

FAYETTE COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A crash after a chase by law enforcement has resulted in the death of a 28-year-old man. The Iowa State Patrol reports Fayette County Sheriff’s deputies were involved in a high speed chase with a 2008 Kia Spectra driven by Jared Hill of Jefferson City, Missouri. Hill hit an unoccupied parked car and died in the crash.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The final Sears store in Des Moines will close this fall when the national retailer shutters its Merle Hay Mall location. The Des Moines Register reports the company notified employees Thursday that it will close the store in mid-October. The nearly 60-year-old Sears building will most likely be razed and a new strip mall for two or more new tenants built in its place.