Sunday, May 5, 2019

LINN COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A Linn County teen has life-threatening injuries after a rollover accident Saturday. KWWL-TV reports a 13-year-old boy rolled an off-highway vehicle around 8 p.m. The passenger in the off-highway vehicle was not injured. Deputies say neither driver or passenger was wearing a seat belt or helmet at the time of accident.

OTTUMWA, IA (IRN) – A Blakesburg man is accused of trying to break into an Ottumwa elementary school early last Sunday. KTVO-TV reports officers spotted the suspect walking away from a broken window at the school. Police say the man, later identified as Zackary Williams, 23, admitted to breaking the window with a metal grate. A search of William’s belongings turned up a bottle of methamphetamine and hydrocodone.

DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – The Mississippi River has crested at many of the hardest-hit towns, but with more heavy rain expected over the next several days, the latest round of spring flooding may be far from finished. River levels were starting to decline at Davenport, after eclipsing the 1993 record, but downtown remains underwater. Other rivers in the Midwest also are seeing significant flooding. The floods are blamed for four deaths, three in Missouri and one in Indiana.

CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – The University of Northern Iowa says former First Lady Laura Bush is set to make an appearance on campus in late 2019. She’ll be speaking on Oct. 9 as part of a leadership series. Bush is an advocate for literacy, education and women’s rights. She is the wife of former President George W. Bush.