DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines mother faces charges after her infant child nearly died of an apparent drug overdose. Court documents say Cainyona Gates Thomas’ 1-year-old daughter needed three doses of Narcan after she brought the child into a hospital on New Year’s Day. The child was unresponsive. Documents say Gate Thomas admitted to smoking Percocet with others that day. She is charged with neglect of a dependent person.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Just one day after Governor Reynolds announced her new school voucher bill, lawmakers laid the groundwork to pass the legislation. This will be Reynolds’ third attempt to pass private school vouchers, with this plan allocating $7,600 of public tax dollars to private school families per child. The plan will be phased in over three years when every child in Iowa would be eligible, with no income limit.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Des Moines Police Department is asking for help to identify two distinctive trucks and their owners, which are possibly connected to the harassment of an elderly couple. Police say the elderly couple on the south side of Des Moines has been repeatedly tormented by someone, including with fireworks aimed at their home. The couple is in hiding.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – On January 7th, emergency crews responded to a structure fire at the Farmhouse Restaurant in Cedar Rapids. Officials determined that the fire was intentionally set. Yesterday the Linn County Sheriff’s Office arrested 43-year-old Heidi Liegl. She was charged with Arson in the First Degree and Insurance Fraud.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa’s Attorney General is suing the business at the center of a massive workplace explosion in Marengo in December. At least ten people were injured on December 8th after an explosion at C6-Zero, a biodiesel facility that recycles roof shingles. Attorney General Brenna Bird filed the suit on Wednesday, demanding the company comply with an emergency order from Iowa’s Department of Natural Resources and Iowa laws to prevent the “imminent threat to public health and the environment.”