DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – A man sentenced last year to 25 years for attempting to kill his wife in Dubuque is seeking a competency evaluation, saying he should not have been allowed to enter a plea in the case. The Telegraph Herald reports that 52-year-old Clifford Smiley says he was bipolar, off his medication and addicted to heroin when he stabbed his estranged wife in a Dubuque parking lot on April 1, 2018.

FORT COLLINS, CO (IRN) – A man convicted of second-degree murder for a crash that killed two Iowans has been sentenced to 70 years in prison. The Coloradoan reports 20-year-old Marcos Orozco was sentenced Friday in the deaths of Nicole Nees of Fort Collins and her father, John Nees of Cedar Rapids. The crash occurred last Thanksgiving Day. The victims had been shopping for Thanksgiving dinner and were stopped at a red light when Orozco, driving a stolen pickup, crashed into the rear of their vehicle at 90 mph. Earlier that day, Orozco had used the stolen pickup to crash into a pawn shop and steal firearms.

VINTON, IA (IRN) – Two people are in custody after a knife assault in Vinton early Friday morning. KGAN-TV reports they were in an altercation with a third man.

LE MARS, IA (IRN) – Five people were hospitalized after a Le Mars crash ejected all five from their vehicle Friday night, according to an Iowa State Patrol crash report. The five occupants of the PT Cruiser, ranging in age from 18 to 21 years old, were all ejected from the car. None were wearing their seatbelts.