DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The two men vying for the White House are locked in a virtual dead heat just six weeks from Election Day. The newest Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll was released this morning. It shows President Donald Trump and Joe Biden each have 47% support among likely Iowa voters. President Trump won Iowa in 2016.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley said Monday he would not oppose hearings for the replacement of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg despite insisting that no Supreme Court vacancies be filled during an election year in 2016. The Republican senator said he will join in hearings for Supreme Court candidates nominated by President Donald Trump ahead of the 2020 election.

AMES, IA (IRN) – Two men are charged with burglarizing four Ames churches last week. Zakery Hyer, 19, and Austin Cox, 18, were arrested on Saturday. Items taken from the churches were found in the suspects’ homes.

NEWTON, IA (IRN) – A central Iowa man is facing charges after he allegedly threatened medical staff after refusing to wear a mask at a Newton hospital. Jerad Oldham, 40, of Newton, threatened at least two workers at the hospital after being asked to wear a mask. After he refused to put on a mask, he then told the staff that he would sneeze on the face of anybody who told him to put a mask on.

DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – Iowa greyhound racing regulators have revoked the licenses of two out-of-state dog owners after videos showed them training dogs using live rabbits as lures, a banned practice. They are barred for five years from racing dogs at Iowa’s sole dog track, Iowa Greyhound Park in Dubuque.