WATERLOO (IRN) – A man wanted for a double-homicide in Waterloo has turned himself in to the authorities. According to KWWL, 36-year-old Matthew Buford III of Waterloo turned himself into the police in Peoria, Illinois Wednesday night. On Monday night officers found Tamica Takeisha Allison, 42, and Andrea Rochelle Anderson, 41, dead from what appeared to be gunshot wounds when they arrived at a home in Waterloo. One of the women was Buford’s girlfriend.

IOWA (IRN) – More than 100 schools and churches have canceled or delayed activities this morning because of dangerous conditions. The Iowa DOT is warning of dangerous road conditions across Iowa, especially in rural areas, due to a wintry mix. These conditions are causing multiple crashes across central Iowa.

FORT DODGE, IA (IRN) – A Fort Dodge man accused of beating a pastor to death outside a central Iowa church has been found mentally unfit to stand trial. KWWL-TV reports a court ordered 36-year-old Joshua Pendleton to undergo treatment at the Iowa Medical Classification Facility. Pendleton is charged with first-degree murder in the Oct. 2 slaying of 64-year-old Rev. Allen Henderson.

MAQUOKETA, IA (IRN) – Maquoketa city officials are asking residents to enroll in a program to monitor vapor contamination from a carcinogenic chemical that’s spread from a factory site. The Telegraph Herald reports that the contamination stems from the operations of Clinton Machine Co., which built small engines in Maquoketa from 1950 into the 1990s. The factory used trichloroethene, commonly known as TCE, as a degreasing agent. TCE is now known to be carcinogenic.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa Democratic Party chairman Troy Price announced his resignation Wednesday afternoon. Price is resigning because of errors made in reporting the results of the 2020 Iowa Caucuses. Price says, “serving as Chair of the Iowa Democratic Party has been one of the greatest honors of my life.”