DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Des Moines Police Department said an 18-year-old involved in a foot pursuit turned a gun on himself and took his own life Tuesday. Police had responded to a call of a woman being threatened by a group of men. When police arrived, an 18-year-old man began to run, and then shot himself.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – For the second time in four years, a nationwide pork dealer has been sanctioned by federal regulators for illegal buying practices that cheated hog sellers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Lynch Livestock, based in Waucoma, Iowa, has been ordered to stop recording false weights for hogs delivered to its buying stations, to stop altering classifications of hogs delivered, and to stop creating false scale tickets. They will pay a $445,000 fine.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – With coronavirus cases rising, health experts are becoming increasingly worried about next month’s Iowa State Fair, which will bring more than 1 million people to Des Moines from around the state, including many from counties with low vaccination rates and increasing prevalence of the disease.

IOWA (IRN) – Students at state universities will be paying more this year. The Iowa Board of Regents announced Wednesday that tuition at Iowa and Iowa State will increase by nearly $300. The UNI Panthers will see a hike of $115.