OSCEOLA, IA (IRN) – The Iowa State Patrol reports a pregnant woman and her two-year-old stepson were killed in a two vehicle accident near Osceola Friday evening. She lost control and was hit by a truck coming the other direction. The driver of the truck was not injured.

AMES, IA (IRN) – With the unemployment rate at a historic low, the Iowa DOT is having a difficult time filling over 630 part time positions to drive snowplows. The DOT uses the part-timers during severe storms or when crews need to be out over several days.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A former Maynard West Central High School teacher has lost his teaching license after showing up to work drunk last April. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports Daniel Reisner was suspended in August for two years. He will now have to complete at least 15 in-person class hours of an ethics course by the Iowa State Education Association before his license is reinstated. He will also be given a written reprimand.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines residents are upset about how the city smells, and they are letting others know on social media and are calling to complain to the city. The Des Moines Register reports that people are complaining of the smell of manure. City officials said it’s from farm fields north and northwest of Des Moines. After farmers harvested their crops, they spread manure on the fields. Thursday was particularly windy in the Des Moines metro area and the wind picked up that smell and blanketed it across the metro.