WASHINGTON, D.C. (IRN) – Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is signing on to bipartisan legislation expressing concern over President Trump’s sudden withdrawal of troops from Syria. Senate Resolution 738 was introduced by Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina Wednesday night. The non-binding resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that the U.S. should continue limited military activities in Syria and ending those activities would embolden ISIS, Syrian President Bahsar Al-Assad, Iran and Russia while putting our Kurdish allies in jeopardy.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Nearly four decades after Michelle Marie Martinko was killed and left in her family’s car in a Cedar Rapids mall parking lot, police arrested and charged a Manchester man with first-degree murder. The Des Register reports DNA evidence led police to arrest Jerry Lynn Burns, 64, on Wednesday. In 1979 the Kennedy High School senior had driven to the mall after a school choir banquet to shop for a new winter coat. Evidence showed she had fought her killer, but had been stabbed at least eight times.

PELLA, IA (IRN) – One person has been killed in a collision between a car and a semi on Highway 163 in Pella. KRLS-radio reports 65-year-old Esther Hockett from Bowman, North Dakota apparently drove onto the wrong entry ramp and collided with a semi truck hauling cattle at full speed. First responders and local farmers searched for cattle for several hours. The driver of the semi was uninjured.

DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – A 21-year-old man was shot after a dispute at a Davenport Dollar General store. WQAD-TV reports police found the suspect, a 17-year-old male, at West High School.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A woman is recovering after a stabbing at a homeless camp in Des Moines Wednesday morning. WHO-TV reports the woman was stabbed in the leg with a large folding knife after an argument with her boyfriend near the camp. No arrest has been made.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Students at Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School fed over one thousand people for free Wednesday night. KWWL-TV reports it’s the seventh straight year the student council has held the holiday dinner. Student Jack Mossbarger says, “the holiday dinner is an attempt to…bring everyone together and help underprivileged families that can’t have a holiday meal of their own…”