NEWTON, IA (IRN) – The Iowa State Patrol believes a medical issue caused a crash in Newton around 2 p.m. Friday at the Iowa Speedway. Troopers say they found the woman unresponsive after she drove into the lot and crashed into unmarked Department of Public Safety cars. She was taken to the hospital and has since been released.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics employees who say that overtime and other payments were improperly paid will receive $15 million as part of a class-action suit that was filed in 2019. The healthcare system and about 11,000 workers have argued that managers didn’t pay overtime, bonuses or accrued leave as quickly as state and federal laws require.
ANKENY, IA (IRN) – A well-known Ankeny activist who protested mask mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic and even filed a lawsuit against the Ankeny School District over the matter has been arrested on charges she made false claims of abuse to DHS about a former business partner’s family. “Mama Bear” Kimberly Reicks, 39, was booked into the Polk County Jail.
IOWA (IRN) – New record-cold temperatures could be set across Iowa tomorrow morning. Cold air is moving into the upper Midwest and gradually causing temperatures to fall below average. Des Moines had a high of 66 degrees Saturday, but a low of just 29 degrees, 14 degrees below average. Temperatures will bottom out around 6 a.m. Tuesday morning when some parts of northern Iowa could see temperatures dip below 20 degrees.
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