CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – An eastern Iowa man who was missing for months before his remains were found buried on a Cedar Rapids property was fatally stabbed during a fight over the robbery of a drug trafficker. The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports Christopher Bagley, 31, was reported missing after he left his Walker home Dec. 13 and never returned. His remains were found March 1. Bagley was stabbed with a knife during a fight with two people who sold drugs. The men then drove Bagley to one of their homes, where they buried his body.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A person was stabbed Tuesday in Des Moines at a McDonalds in an argument over a food order. KCCI-TV reports one person was stabbed in the leg and taken to a hospital. The injury is not life-threatening and no arrests have been made.
MASON CITY, IA (IRN) – A Mason City man accused of stabbing five people in a bar is changing his plea. KIMT-TV reports Raul Millares Arias, 39, is now entering an Alford plea to five counts of willful injury resulting in serious injury and one count of going armed with intent. Police say the victims were stabbed in the neck and back but none of the wounds were life-threatening. By entering an Alford plea, Millares Arias does not admit guilt but concedes he could be convicted at trial and agrees to accept sentencing.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Private school students, teachers and parents filled the Iowa rotunda Tuesday in one of the largest rallies of the year to lobby lawmakers for school vouchers that will allow them to use money currently dedicated to public schools for private school tuition. Supporters say it allows more school choice. Opponents say it will harm public schools.
DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – The Dubuque Regional Humane Society has potbelly pigs up for adoption. The organization received 13 pigs from a shelter in Texas, according to society President Laura Merrick. She said adoptions are already pending on three. Merrick believes the pigs likely ended up in a shelter due to overcrowding on a farm or because families couldn’t care for them. She said the pigs make great pets.