Friday, September 16, 2022

BETTENDORF, IA (IRN) – Bettendorf-based restaurant chain Happy Joe’s Pizza has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.

ANDREW, IA (IRN) – A man in the Jackson County town of Andrew was taken into custody after he pointed a handgun at a sheriff’s deputy on Tuesday. Deputies were responding to a call about a man having a mental health crisis. The man’s wife called from a locked bathroom, expressing fear for herself and the man. Deputies said the man had a knife and had cut his own neck and was making suicidal comments.

DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – 53-year-old man rear-ended a Western Dubuque school bus Wednesday. The bus driver had parked the vehicle about three feet off the roadway to check the bus. Deputies said the 53-year-old driver lost control of his van and rear-ended the bus, which did not have any students on board. The driver of the van was hospitalized and charged with distracted driving.

JOHNSTON, IA (IRN) – A new bridge is now open on the Trestle to Trestle Trail in Johnston after an ice jam tore the old one in half in 2019. A crowd of cyclists, runners, and walkers showed up for the ribbon cutting and to take their first trip over the bridge.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – People can now vote on which name they think would fit best for the giraffe calf that was born at Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines last week. Staff with the zoo selected a few favorite options, and now it’s time for the public to vote on the final decision.
The choices are:

Mosi – meaning ‘first born’
Bakari – meaning ‘hopeful, promising’
Ikemba (Kemba) – meaning ‘strength of a nation,’ ‘power of the people,’ ‘full of faith’
Tajiri – meaning ‘hope, confidence, wealthy’

Go to the zoo’s website to vote.

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