DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police have apprehended two suspects in a Council Bluffs homicide, according to KCCI-TV. The incident started with a stolen vehicle, and when stopped, the suspects fled into a northside neighborhood but they were quickly caught.
WINNESHIEK COUNTY, IA (IRN) – The Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Department is warning area residents of an ongoing scam. KWWL-TV reports the scammers claim to be law enforcement and the caller ID actually reads as the Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office phone number. The caller demands numbers off of gift cards and says they will issue a warrant for the person’s arrest if they don’t give them what they want.
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Cedar Rapids police are looking for two men after they took a woman’s wheelchair from outside her apartment Wednesday. KCRG-TV reports Cynthia Helms, the wheelchair’s owner, was dumbfounded. She said “it’s just not fair…I don’t understand. I don’t understand why they would do something like that.” Helms started using the chair about two years ago after arthritis made it too difficult to walk outside her home.
IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Students at state-run universities may have fewer options for casting a ballot if a bill at the statehouse is approved. KGAN-TV reports the bill would restrict state-owned buildings from serving as satellite voting locations. That would mean the University of Iowa, ISU, and UNI would not be able to have early voting locations inside their buildings.
IOWA (IRN) – The National Weather Service has released its second and final spring flood outlook of the season, which indicates the potential to reach major flood stage. Recent heavy snow has fallen across Minnesota and Wisconsin, and there is a chance that the Mississippi River could experience near-record or record flooding this spring, depending on how fast the snow melts and how much rain falls.
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