JASPER COUNTY, IA (IRN) – The Iowa State Patrol is assisting the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office with a standoff situation Saturday afternoon. The ISP has sent a crisis negotiator to assist in a lone barricaded subject in Colfax. There is no hostage.

MARSHALLTOWN, IA (IRN) – A former Marshalltown college athlete has been charged with involvement in an Indiana murder. KCCI-TV reports Hannah Knapke, 18, was a volleyball player at Marshalltown Community College. Her scholarship has been revoked and she is no longer enrolled. She was charged in connection with the death of Shea Briar in Indiana earlier this month. Knapke allegedly helped a friend in the murder of Briar because of a child custody dispute.

MAUOKETA, IOWA (IRN) – A Maquoketa family says police used too much force when they arrested and tased 22-year-old Drew Edwards. WQAD-TV reports the family’s attorney released police body camera footage from that night. Edwards was tased six times in five minutes as he resisted arrest, and died. The toxicology report found that Edwards was under the influence of meth, ecstasy and marijuana at the time of his death.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A man let out of prison nearly three years ago in Iowa is back in custody, accused of a robbery and murder in Arkansas. KCRG-TV reports Jacovan Bush is in the Linn County Jail on capital murder and aggravated robbery charges. US Marshals arrested the 31-year-old after a traffic stop yesterday near Lindale Mall. Bush is accused of a robbery and murder in Little Rock Arkansas in 2018.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Department of Public Health says it is now seeing widespread flu activity across the state.The predominant strain being reported in Iowa right now is influenza B, and 17 people have died from the virus this year. Health officials say the best way to protect yourself is to get a flu shot, and it is never too late to get one.