BUCHANAN COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Former “The Bachelor,” star Chris Soules has agreed to a suspended two-year prison sentence following a crash that claimed the life of a man in Iowa. KCRG-TV reports Soules was driving when his pickup truck hit a tractor in Buchanan County in April of 2017. A farmer, Kenneth Mosher, 66, died in that crash. Soules did perform CPR on Mosher but left before police arrived. He was arrested at his home a few hours later.

DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – The Dubuque Regional Humane Society is over capacity with cats after they took in almost 30 felines that were abandoned in a cemetery. The cats range in age from a few months to approximately two years old.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Cedar Rapids innovation and tech nonprofit NewBoCo has been awarded a major grant to bring their coding classes to the women at the Iowa Correctional Institute for Women in Mitchellville, Iowa. KGAN-TV report the Google Impact Challenge Iowa selected NewBoCo and four other Iowa organizations to receive $175,000 for proposing what Google panelists decided were “bold and creative ideas to create economic opportunity.”

STORM LAKE, IA (IRN) – Storm Lake students debuted an original song and music video this week. KCCI-TV reports the song, “America’s School,” talks about the diversity in the Storm Lake community and how the school has changed over the past 30 years. One of the lyrics highlights the 24 languages spoken by students and faculty.