DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The body of a man has been found in a tent on a bike trail along the Des Moines River. Other residents of the homeless camp say he was experiencing medical problems. Central Iowa Shelter & Services say they offered shelter to the man, but he declined. There is no evidence of foul play.

IOWA (IRM) – Two-hundred-fifty soldiers with the Iowa National Guard have been called to active duty and will deploy to Poland later this year on a support and deterrence mission. The Iowa soldiers come from the 1133rd Transportation Company in Mason City and the 209th Medical Company Area Support in Iowa City. The deployment comes as Russia threatens Ukraine.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday rejected a Black man’s argument that he was denied his right to an impartial jury because of a flawed process that excluded Black people and resulted in only white jurors. Kenneth Lee Lilly was convicted for helping a relative rob a southeast Iowa bank in 2016. Lilly alleged that his right to an impartial jury under both the U.S. and Iowa constitutions was violated because neither his jury nor the group from which his jury was selected contained any Black people.

IOWA (IRN) – The structural condition of nearly 1,800 Iowa bridges is “basically intolerable,” including more than 140 in the Des Moines metro, according to data from federal highway officials. In the last two decades, Iowa has had three bridges collapse.