MARSHALLTOWN, IA (IRN) – Police are investigating an early morning shooting in Marshalltown. A man was shot and killed about 3 a.m. Monday at a Casey’s General Store.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky called out Iowa for lifting mitigation efforts. Walensky said, “now is the time to not let down our guard. Now is the time to double down…with 100,000 cases a day, still with over 2.5 times the cases we had over the summer.” Gov. Kim Reynolds recently lifted mask and crowd size orders.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Republican lawmakers are considering bills that would end tenure for professors at Iowa’s three public universities. Supporters say it will make professors accountable. University officials say they already are accountable, and without tenure, it would be nearly impossible to retain and recruit the most talented professors. The Iowa Pork Producers Association, the Iowa Soybean Association and the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association have registered in opposition to the bills.

ARMSTRONG, IA (IRN) – The police chief of a small Iowa town, who was charged with several crimes along with three other local officials last week, has been arrested in Minnesota. The Martin County, Minnesota, Sheriff’s office said Armstrong, Iowa, Police Chief Craig Merrill was arrested Saturday just over the border from the town where he was employed.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Longtime U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, a New Hartford Republican, hasn’t announced whether he would seek another term in office in 2022 when he turns 89, but his grandson, Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley, says he expects his grandfather to run again.