IOWA (IRN) – The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning or winter weather advisory for much of the northern half of Iowa. Moderate to heavy snow will be possible, especially in the warning area. Winds could cause blowing snow to near blizzard conditions in the northwest. A wintry mix with light icing will be possible from central into northeast Iowa.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – One person has been arrested after an SUV with a four-year-old inside was stolen from a gas station Thursday night in Des Moines. The suspect stole an Infiniti FX35 from a Git N’ Go. The owner of the SUV left it running with the child in the back seat when they went inside the convenience store. After stealing the SUV, the suspect let the child out of the vehicle. Police later found the four-year-old safe and brought them back to their family.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The U.S. Department of Justice has issued a strong condemnation of the way Iowa treats people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, telling the state it must find ways to care for people in community settings and not in institutions. They say the state is violating the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.

​​FORT MADISON, IA (IRN) – The longest-serving inmate in Iowa and the fifth-longest in the country has died of natural causes in Fort Madison. In 1956, Warren John Nutter, 84 was 18 years old when he murdered police officer Harold Pearce in Independence. He had been scheduled to be executed by hanging, but the governor of Iowa commuted his sentence to life in prison. Nutter served 62 years in prison.

AMES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa State men’s basketball team continued its resurgence Thursday night with a 73-53 pounding of rival Iowa in the annual Cy-Hawk Showdown. No. 17 Iowa State improved to 9-0, and also paid back Iowa for last year’s blowout loss in Iowa City. The loss drops the Hawkeyes to 7-3.