FORT DODGE, IA (IRN) – Police in Fort Dodge are conducting a death investigation after the body of a man was found in a grassy area. According to Fort Dodge police, officers were called to a domestic disturbance. While officers were speaking to the female, other officers located an unresponsive man in a grassy area outside of the residence. They began medical treatment on the man, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators believe the man was likely ran over by a vehicle.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A 50-year-old man was struck by a vehicle Thursday night on the east side of Des Moines. KCCI-TV reports he was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A handgun was found on a new inmate at the county jail Wednesday. John Steven Hansen, a 25 year old Des Moines resident, was being booked on a harassment charge. During a search a detention officer found the gun in his waistband. Hansen was still in handcuffs and hadn’t been inside the general inmate population area when the gun was found.

STORY COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A former branch manager for the Greater Iowa Credit Union is charged with fraud and felony theft for allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars. WHO-TV reports thirty-five-year-old Henry Hill worked at the credit union in Ames. He told police he took money from the vault over a period of seven years. An investigation found the vault and associated accounts were short nearly $431,000.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Major League Baseball is considering restructuring its minor league teams, which could impact the Burlington Bees, the Clinton LumberKings, and the Quad Cities River Bandits. Gov. Reynolds says Iowa’s Minor League Baseball teams are “vital” to communities across the state. She made the statement in a letter to MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred. Iowa’s minor league teams provide 600 full and part-time jobs, and the economic impact of losing three Iowa minor league teams would exceed $4 million per year.