IOWA (IRN) – While it wasn’t a red wave across the nation, it was in Iowa. Incumbent Republicans Governor Kim Reynolds, Senator Chuck Grassley, and Representatives Miller-Meeks, Feenstra, and Hinson all won re-election. Republican Zach Nunn has defeated incumbent Democrat Cindy Axne. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Tom Miller has conceded to challenger Republican Brenna Bird. Republican Roby Smith defeated Democrat Treasurer Mike Fitzgerald, and incumbent Secretary of State Paul Pate beat Democrat Joel Miller. State Auditor Democrat Rob Sand leads Republican challenger Todd Halbur, but the race is too close to call. The Iowa Gun Rights amendment passed.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines Police have arrested five people who they say were involved in a drug-related kidnapping. A resident was reported missing on Nov. 7 amid a rumor that the person had been kidnapped. Police say the victim had been held against their will and assaulted at an apartment then later moved to another apartment where he was again held against his will and assaulted. The victim was released and later located by police at a local hospital. The victim was treated for significant facial injuries and later released. Police believe the victim owed a drug debt.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – ABC-affiliated Iowa news station KCRG was reportedly blacklisted from the Iowa GOP’s election results party. According to KCRG, it was denied media credentials for the Iowa Republicans’ GOP Victory Party at a downtown Des Moines hotel where Gov. Reynolds, Sen. Grassley and other top candidates and leaders watched election results live.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa teenager charged with killing her accused rapist is back in custody. 18-year-old Pieper Lewis Lewis had been serving probation at Fresh Start Women’s Center in Des Moines, for the 2020 stabbing death of Zachary Brooks. She left the facility on Nov. 4, cut off her GPS tracker, and was on the run ever since.

WRIGHT COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Bird flu has hit a second commercial egg-laying facility in north central Iowa’s Wright County, forcing producers to destroy 1 million hens to contain the highly contagious disease.