Saturday, November 24, 2018

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A Cedar Rapids Community School District teacher and his daughter were killed in a crash in Fort Collins, Colorado on Thanksgiving. KGAN-TV reports the two were killed while running errands on Thanksgiving. They were hit by another vehicle.

DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – One person died and three others were hospitalized after a car and pickup collided north of the Quad Cities on Thanksgiving. A car pulled in front of a pickup. The driver of the car died at the scene.

POLK COUNTY, IA (IRN) – An contractor accused of swindling several customers faces a felony theft charge in Polk County, according to the Des Moines Register. Dave Daughenbaugh, a convicted felon who owns Daughenbaugh Construction in Des Moines, was arrested last week after allegedly writing a $3,000 bad check. The general contractor had been accused several times of taking customers’ money and walking away from jobs before they’re done. The estimated cost of work he left incomplete on three house projects this year is $214,700.

IOWA (IRN) – If you’re planning to travel on Sunday, you may want to reconsider as more than a half a foot of snow could fall on parts of Iowa. A Winter Storm Watch goes into effect late Saturday and continues into Sunday. Most of the snow will fall south of I-80. Winds will gust over 30mph.