CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – An Iowa nurse accused of taking painkillers from hospital patients’ intravenous lines and injecting herself has pleaded guilty. The Gazette reports that Kelly Postel, 33, of Monticello, obtained an excess amount of fentanyl and morphine from the hospital pharmacy and administered patients’ prescribed amounts and then injected herself while at work with the leftover drugs. Postel also took fentanyl from an intensive care patient by using a syringe to withdraw it from an intravenous line and injected herself while still at work.

IOWA (IRN) – Another round of results has come in for the Iowa Caucuses. With 86% of the precincts reporting, Pete Buttigieg is in first place with 27% of the vote, followed by Bernie Sanders at 24%, Elizabeth Warren at 17%, Joe Biden at 16%, and Amy Klobuchar at 12%.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party says the delay in caucus reporting results was “unacceptable.” Troy Price said Tuesday that the party will conduct a “thorough, transparent and independent examination” of what caused the delays. He apologized for the breakdown in the process but says the results the party will release are accurate.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – The state of Iowa has agreed to pay a man $3.5 million to settle his negligence lawsuit against the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics over the deaths of his wife and newborn child. The Gazette reports the woman went to a Des Moines hospital complaining of cramping, vomiting and a headache. She was treated and discharged but admitted the next day for similar complaints. She was flown to the Iowa City hospital where doctors delivered their son. She died, and the boy died a couple of days later.

IOWA (IRN) – Hy-Vee stores across the state are no longer open 24 hours. Most Hy-Vees will now only be open 5:00 a.m., to midnight.