ANKENY, IA (IRN) – An Ankeny man is asking for deferred judgment after his 4-year-old daughter fatally shot herself in May. Akeem Holmes pleaded guilty to charges including involuntary manslaughter in November. Police say the girl shot herself in the head with her father’s gun last May. He will be sentenced later this week.

WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – An Urbandale man who allegedly had his girlfriend have sex with other men for money is facing charges. According to court documents, 22-year-old Jacob Michael Kerr rented a West Des Moines hotel room for about a month. It was there that he allowed his girlfriend to have sex with multiple men for money, according to police. Kerr allegedly took a portion of the earnings. Police believe Kerr arranged and vetted clients to come to the hotel for sex.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines Public Schools have canceled classes for today, due to a ‘cyber security incident’. The district announced late Monday afternoon that classes would be canceled today as its computer systems remain offline. Earlier on Monday the district reported an internet outage across its campuses due to ‘unusual activity’ on the district’s network. The district said it preemptively took the network offline.

IOWA (IRN) – The Iowa Legislature got back to work Monday with Republicans holding even larger majorities in both chambers and goals of approving more tax cuts, further easing gun restrictions, and spending public money to fund private schools.