WASHINGTON, DC (IRN) – An Iowan convicted in one of the state’s most heinous mass murders will be put to death in January, the Justice Department said Thursday. The government is resuming executions for the first time since 2003. Dustin Lee Honken, 51, was running a methamphetamine operation when, in 1993, he committed the execution-style slayings of two associates, one of their girlfriends and her daughters, ages 10 and 6. The victims’ bodies were not found until 2000, when Johnson drew a map for a jailhouse informant that led authorities to their shallow graves near Mason City.

ROLAND (IRN) – A middle school counselor has been accused of trying to solicit an inappropriate relationship with a student on social media, according to KCCI-TV. The Roland-Story Community School District said Michael Oleson Jr. is no longer working at the middle school. He denies any attempt to have a romantic relationship.

CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – A man is facing charges after he allegedly kidnapped a 16-year-old in Cedar Falls and tried to force her into a home and sexually assault her. KCRG-TV reports the girl escaped with minor injuries. Police say Saul Santos Vasquez-Martinez, 43, was booked on second-degree kidnapping and assault with intent to commit sexual abuse. Vasquez-Martinez told police he was in the country illegally. ICE officials have been contacted.

AGENCY, IA (IRN) – Two runaway teenage girls were found safe in Ottumwa Wednesday night. KTVO-TV reports family members say both teens have been returned to their group home in Agency.

RHODE ISLAND (IRN) – A Des Moines man is facing multiple charges in Rhode Island after he was stopped by private security outside Taylor Swift’s home Friday. WHO-TV reports 32-year-old David Liddle told security that he knew Swift and was coming to visit her. He was carrying a baseball bat and a backpack filled with 30 lock picks and rubber gloves. Swift’s security says they were aware of Liddle and that he was on a watch list of people who possibly posed a threat to the pop star.