Monday, July 1, 2019

SIOUX CITY, IA (IRN) – A 16-month girl died after being left inside a hot vehicle in Sioux City, according to the Des Moines Register. Officers dispatched around 4 p.m. Sunday found the toddler unconscious. The National Weather Service says the temperature was 98 degrees at the time. She was pronounced dead later at a hospital.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Two people were taken to a hospital after suffering burns Saturday night. KWWL-TV reports gasoline was reportedly poured on a fire. A 45-year-old female sustained serious burn injuries to at least three extremities. An 11-year-old boy sustained burn injuries to at least one hand. Both were taken to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

DUBUQUE COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Two people were injured after a storm destroyed a mobile home Sunday night in Dubuque County. KCRG-TV also reports a third person was hurt after being trapped inside a collapsed barn. All three were transported to N area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

MASON CITY, IA (IRN) – Biting a jailer has resulted in more time behind bars for a North Iowa woman. KIMT-TV reports Neysha Lee Culley, 33 of Mason City, pleaded guilty to assault on a jailer causing bodily injury for a June 2 incident at the Cerro Gordo County Jail. Culley was in custody for allegedly resisting arrest and when staff entered her cell, she bit a jail employee on the thumb. Culley has been sentenced to an additional 21 days in jail.

ALTOONA, IA (IRN) – Altoona Police Department’s Officer Chad Hulen saved some ducklings from a storm sewer Sunday morning. The Police Department’s Facebook post shows Hulen inside the storm sewer pulling out the ducklings after they had fallen in. It also captures the moment when the ducks waddled away with their mom.