Monday, December 10, 2018

URBANDALE, IA (IRN) – A death investigation is underway in Urbandale this morning, according to KCCI-TV. No other information has been released.

MARION COUNTY, IA (IRN) – One person was killed in an apparent hunting accident near Lake Red Rock Sunday afternoon, according to KRLS Radio. The person was shot in the chest. The DNR is investigating.

MADISON COUNTY, IA (IRN) – An apparent hunting accident Sunday has injured a Madison County man. WHO-TV reports 39-year-old Ronald Butler dropped his shotgun getting out of a vehicle. The gun went off and struck him. His condition is unknown, and the DNR is investigating.

OELWEIN, IA (IRN) – The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office is looking into what could be another shooting of a captive zebra in rural Oelwein on Sunday. KCRG-TV reports the zebra has been transferred to the ISU Veterinary Laboratory in Ames to determine the cause of death. The owner of the animal said the shooting marked the fourth time one of his seven zebras had taken a bullet.

AMES, IA (IRN) – Iowa State University has extended head football coach Matt Campbell’s contract through 2024. Campbell’s previous extension, signed last year, was for six seasons and $22.5 million. Campbell has led Iowa State to a 8-4 record so far this season. Iowa State will face Washington State in the Alamo Bowl on December 28 in San Antonio.

CLARINDA, IA (IRN) – There was no pastry in the Pop Tart box that landed Linda Lee Whitlatch behind bars. The Des Moines Register reports the 30-year-old pleaded guilty to drug-related charges last week after she was accused of trying to sneak a Pop Tart box with more than 7 grams of meth in it into the Clarinda Correctional Facility. She dropped the drug-filled Pop Tart box into a garbage can and officers believe an inmate was supposed to receive it.