OSKALOOSA, IA (IRN) – A November trial has been scheduled for a man accused of killing his girlfriend’s baby son in Oskaloosa. Mahaska County District Court records say 21-year-old Johnny Dale Jr. filed written pleas of not guilty Monday to a charge of first-degree murder and child endangerment resulting in death. Dale was watching the 4-month-old boy when his girlfriend went to work. Dale allegedly said he’d grown frustrated with the baby and said he bounced him on an air mattress in an attempt to get him to sleep.
HENRY COUNTY, IA (IRN) – The mother of an Anamosa woman found dead in Henry County said her daughter leaves behind four children under the age of 10. KWQC-TV reports Brandy Mae Shepherd-Margita, 29, of Anamosa, was found in a field on Friday, August 9. She had been missing for a week.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A man who claimed he was an Uber driver took two women to his Des Moines-area home against their will and then sexually assaulted one of them, according to the Des Moines Register. Nirmal Chhetri, 33, has been charged with one count of third-degree sexual abuse after allegedly performing sex acts on a woman while she was intoxicated. The women’s cell phones were dead as they were leaving Wells Fargo Arena early Sunday morning when he pulled up and asked them if they needed a ride.
DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – A man has been sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison for robbing a bank in Davenport and one in Iowa City. The Quad-City Times reports that 35-year-old Tyson Hathaway was sentenced Thursday. He admitted robbing a Northwest Bank & Trust branch in Davenport and a U.S. Bank branch in Iowa City.
WINTERSET, IA (IRN) – The Madison County Board of Health agrees with President Trump that there is the potential that wind turbines could be bad for your health. KCCI-TV reports
the board passed a resolution recommending that any future turbines be built at least a mile and a half from non-participating homes. The Iowa Environmental Council argues that no peer-reviewed scientific studies have found links between wind turbines and health issues.