Sunday, March 31, 2019

LINCOLN, NE (IRN) – A Sioux City man wanted for a double homicide in the village of Douglas, Nebraska has been arrested. Brindar Jangir, 36, was captured by authorities in California. The victims were his girlfriends’s parents.

WORTH COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A man who led authorities on a high-speed chase through Kensett on March 22 has turned himself in. KIMT-TV reports Dustin DeVries, 37, was booked into the Worth County Jail on multiple charges. DeVries is accused of fleeing officers after an attempted traffic stop. The vehicle reached speeds of around 90 miles per hour as it entered Kensett. The vehicle attempted to drive through a backyard but became stuck in the snow before DeVries allegedly fled the vehicle.

PEOSTA, IA (IRN) – A fish kill in northeastern Iowa was caused by farm manure runoff. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating the Dubuque County fish kill near Peosta. Investigators say more than 200 fish were killed by the runoff, which they traced to Lawler Dairy farm in Peosta. The agency says the farm applied liquid manure to a nearby field, and melting snow and rain caused it to run off into an unnamed creek that leads to the Little Maquoketa River.

NEBRASKA, IA (IRN) – The worst kept secret in college basketball is finally a done deal: Fred Hoiberg is returning to the college ranks — this time in the town he was born in and with a program his grandfather once coached. The Des Moines Register reports the former Iowa State player and coach signed a seven-year, $25 million contract Saturday to become Nebraska’s coach.