RED OAK, IA (IRN) – A 69-year-old woman and her two sons were flown to a Nebraska hospital for treatment after a fight broke out at their home in Red Oak Sunday. KCCI-TV reports Viola Rinehart’s younger son, Luke Rinehart, intervened when she and her elder son, Kain Rinehart, got into an argument. Kain grabbed a kitchen knife and attacked his mother and his brother, so she armed herself with a hammer while her younger son, Luke, got a knife. Each of them suffered several wounds and were flown to Omaha. Kain Rinehart is being charged with two counts of attempted murder.
HAMBURG, IA (IRN) – Sheriff’s deputies in the southwestern corner of Iowa have seized about 300 pounds of marijuana in a traffic stop. The Daily Nonpareil reports the marijuana was found after a recreational vehicle was pulled over near Hamburg. A police dog indicated the presence of drugs in the vehicle, leading to a search. A North Carolina man and two Virginia men were arrested.
WATERLOO, IA (IRN) – A rollover accident Saturday in Waterloo injured a woman, according to KWWL-TV. Police say the driver suffered a medical issue that caused her to lose control of her car. The car then hit a parked car on the street and rolled over.
JASPER COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A man was run over by a Polaris Ranger at the Reichelt Unit Area in Jasper County while setting up hunting blinds for a veteran’s deer hunt. James Whitson, 58, was run over when David Drew, 72, was backing the Polaris Ranger up to a trailer. Whitson was between the trailer and the Ranger when Drew pushed the accelerator instead of the brake. Whitson was hospitalized.
IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – A new study says two percent of all babies in the U.S. are born through in vitro fertilization.
Research done at the University of Iowa is giving women an increased chance of getting pregnant, and having a healthy baby through IVF.
KCRG-TV reports
Dr. Brad Van Voorhis, the IVF Director at UI, says the University was one of the first to use single embryo transfers, which leads to higher pregnancy rates and healthy babies.