OTTUMWA, IA (IRN) – Ottumwa police have made an arrest in a stabbing death that happened Thursday. Officers were called to a home and found a man with multiple stab wounds in an alley behind the home. He was later identified as 55-year-old Gerald William Sapp. Sapp was a guest at the home and was working on a vehicle in the alley when the stabbing occurred. Witnesses identified the assailant, 42-year-old Douglas Raymond Spurgeon, and police found him hiding in a closet.

GRUNDY CENTER, IA (IRN) – The man arrested and charged with shooting and killing Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Jim Smith is asking for his trial to be moved away from Grundy County. Michael Lang is charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder stemming from an April 9 standoff that lasted several hours in Grundy Center. Lang allegedly shot and killed Sgt. Smith after Smith and a tactical team entered his home.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A man wanted in connection with a brutal assault was taken into custody Thursday. Police say 40-year-old Antonio Hardaway and two other suspects offered a woman a ride home from a bar in Des Moines in May. The woman told police she was assaulted and left unconscious in a wooded area. She suffered multiple injuries, including facial fractures.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Police say a 15-year-old boy who was killed in Des Moines was attempting to rob the 21-year-old man who shot him. Another 15-year-old boy who also was involved in the attempted robbery has been charged with one count of first-degree robbery. The teenager who died was armed with a handgun and the other teenager was armed with a knife.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA (IRN) – Steve Swisher celebrated Veterans Day on Thursday as a civilian for the first time since the Ford administration. On Wednesday Swisher celebrated the end of his military career, stepping down as the longest serving member of the Iowa National Guard. Swisher enlisted in Council Bluffs in 1976. 44 years, seven months and 18 days later his career came to an end — retiring with the rank of Warrant Officer.