ANAMOSA, IA (IRN) – An Iowa man convicted of stabbing his 3-week-old son to death in 1982 has died in prison. Michael Cecil Craney, 68, of Jesup, died Wednesday — likely of natural causes — at the Anamosa State Penitentiary.

IOWA (IRN) – The latest numbers from the Iowa Department of Public Health show ten more COVID-19 deaths have been reported and there are 341 more Iowans who’ve tested positive for the virus in the state.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa’s unemployment rose in April to 3.8% as the number of residents with jobs fell slightly. The rate for April increased from a March unemployment rate of 3.7%. Iowa’s rate was the nation’s 10th lowest and compared to a national rate for April of 6.1%.

JEFFERSON, IA (IRN) – A dust explosion at a central Iowa grain elevator earlier this month should not affect storage capacity or operations during this fall’s harvest. Landus Cooperative grain elevator in Jefferson said in a news release that it expects grain receiving and corn drying to resume at the site by the fall harvest.