CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A federal investigation at a Cedar Rapids home is connected to a missing person case. The Gazette reports federal investigators were digging in the backyard of a home owned by William L. Yancey. Yancey is facing charges in connection with the death and disappearance of James Booher. Booher, of Marion, went missing in 2014. In May 2019, Yancey, Matthew Robbins and Danielle Busch were indicted in the robbery and death of Booher.

FREMONT, IA (IRN) – Snowy road conditions were the cause of a Saturday morning fatal crash in southern Iowa, according to the Iowa State Patrol. Troopers believe that a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee, driven by Mallory Johnston, of Fremont, was traveling southbound on Highway 23 when it lost control on a curve near Fremont. Authorities think snow on the road surface caused the vehicle to go off the road, where it overturned and landed on its top. Johnston was killed in the crash. Her passenger, a 21-year-old from Oskaloosa, was injured and taken to a hospital.

CLIVE, IA (IRN) – Public education in Iowa could be one step away from seeing an additional $108 million boost, but Iowa Democrats say that’s not good enough. The extra funding is still behind inflation, for the 9th out of the past ten years.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Democratic Party leadership gathered Saturday afternoon to vote on a new interim chairman. The party voted for Rep. Mark Smith from Marshall County.
IDP Chairman Troy Price resigned Wednesday after the Iowa caucus chaos.