IOWA (IRN) – Des Moines broke a 124-year-old record-high temperature Thursday. Iowa’s capital city hit a high temperature of 101 degrees at the Des Moines International Airport just before 4 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. Des Moines set the previous record high of 94 degrees for June 17 in 1897 and tied it in 1913 and 1933. Records were broken across the state.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A supporter of former President Donald Trump has pleaded guilty to felony charges for firing his handgun into a carful of Black girls who were arguing with pro-Trump agitators near the Iowa Capitol last December, injuring one. Michael McKinney, 26, pleaded guilty Wednesday to intimidation with a dangerous weapon and willful injury, charges that each carry up to 10 years in prison.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Groundbreaking south of the East Village Thursday kicked off a multi-million dollar project to transform that section of town. The project will bring new housing, office buildings and retail space to the new Market District. The project has been years in the making and will cost a total of $750 million.

CORALVILLE, IA (IRN) – The new hockey team in Coralville, the Iowa Heartlanders, will be connected with the Minnesota Wild. The Wild announced on Thursday a multi-year affiliation agreement with the Heartlanders beginning with the 2021-22 season.

IOWA (IRN) – One Iowa family missed out on $100,000 after the father found a winning lottery ticket months after it expired. But he’s focusing on what he has, rather than what he lost. Bradly Hanawalt came home in a wheelchair after serving in Afghanistan. Instead of counting his lottery losses, Bradley is counting his blessings, saying, “It’s money I don’t have, but I have everything that I want…I’m blessed to have 6 healthy kids, I’m walking again. We’re all healthy and happy and we’re just loving life.”