LEMARS, IA (IRN) – A man injured in a hog confinement in September has died. KCRG reports, 38-year-old Jorge Orozco of Sioux City died Saturday at a Nebraska burn center. According to officials, he and another man had been using a power washer to clean the hog confinement. When Orozco left the building to refuel the power washer, he spilled gas on himself and the machine. The vapors ignited, burning Orozco at the hog operation about five miles northwest of Le Mars.
MADRID, IA (IRN) – A child jumped from a window to escape a house fire in Madrid this morning. According to fire officials, a child was in the home when the fire started somewhere in the kitchen. Fire crews were able to quickly put the flames out. No injuries were reported.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines man who was 17-years-old when he violently shook and killed his baby will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars. WHO-TV reports Jayden Straight was sentenced to 100 years in prison on Friday. His daughter, 8-month-old Raija Straight, died in the hospital last July.
IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – A University of Iowa administrator accused of killing his wife stood to gain more than $2 million from her death, according to the Des Moines Register. Roy C. Browning Jr. had no reliable income and was falling deeper into debt when JoEllen Browning, his wife of 43 years, was stabbed to death on April 5. JoEllen Browning had planned to meet with a banker to discuss a depleted savings account — one she shared with her husband — about an hour before she was found dead. Her primary beneficiary in the event of her death was her husband.
WEBSTER CITY, IA (IRN) – Authorities in Hamilton County are investigating the deaths of two people whose bodies were found Sunday morning. Police say there is nothing to indicate that the public is in any danger.
CHICAGO, IL (IRN) – A suburban Chicago post office has been named in honor of an original member of the famed all-black Tuskegee Airmen who flew scores of missions in World War II. Captain Robert Martin was born in Dubuque in 1919. During his service, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Purple Heart.