Tuesday, November 30, 2021

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Firefighters responded to an alarm at a restaurant in downtown Cedar Rapids early Tuesday morning. The small fire was found in the second floor kitchen at White Star, but officials said it was held in check by the sprinkler system. No one was at the restaurant when the fire occurred. The building suffered minor damage.

CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – The Cedar Falls Police department has filed charges in the December 4th, 2019 incident in which Grant Saul was shot and killed. On Monday, police charged 20-year-old Keyon Christian Roby and 22-year-old James Wright-Buls with 1st Degree Robbery and 1st Degree Murder. When police were dispatched to the scene in 2019, they found Saul dead in the apartment and the suspects gone. Both Roby and Wright-Buls were inmates at the Black Hawk County Jail when the charges were filed.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa law enforcement officials are teaming up with hotels to help curb human trafficking. All hotel employees in Iowa will be required to complete human trafficking prevention training by Jan. 1, 2022, or the hotel will not be able to accept public funds.

JEFFERSON CITY, MO (IRN) – A federal judge on Monday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate on thousands of health care workers in 10 states, including Iowa, that had brought the first legal challenge against the requirement.

AMES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa State men’s basketball team is ranked in the AP Top 25 for the first time since 2019. The Cyclones are ranked No. 19 in the latest AP poll released Monday. Iowa State remains undefeated at 6-0 this season.