Tuesday, October 12, 2021

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Des Moines Police Department says a woman was randomly kidnapped and robbed by a man with a knife on Sunday night. Police say 42-year-old Eddie Ramos held the woman at knifepoint and forced her to drive to the QuikTrip on Army Post Road. Ramos ordered her to withdraw more than $200 from an ATM and give it to him. He then forced her to drive to a vacant lot where he planned to sexually assault her. The victim got away and ran to officers for help. Ramos is charged with kidnapping, burglary and drug possession.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines rescue crews rescued a man from a manhole Monday. Firefighters say a homeless man lifted up a vent and fell 25 feet into a building’s electrical vault system downtown. He was alert and talking with firefighters before being taken to the hospital.

IOWA (IRN) – Iowa Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks is accused of failing to disclose or properly report tens of thousands of dollars in income, according to a complaint filed with the Office of Congressional ethics on Monday. Among the accusations in the filing is that Miller-Meeks falsely claimed to work in Congress the year before she was first elected and she failed to report retirement income.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Two fatal crashes on Interstate 80 over the weekend brings the number of people who have died on Iowa roads so far this year to 263. The Iowa State Patrol says that’s more than last year at this point.

AMES, IA (IRN) – Iowa State University’s scholarship athletes will soon have the opportunity to earn up to $6,000 per academic year as financial awards for their performance in the classroom. The Iowa State Athletics Department will debut the Cyclone Student-Athlete Academic Achievement Program in the 2022-23 academic year. The program will give Iowa State scholarship athletes the chance to earn money based on their performance in the classroom each semester.