DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A winter storm watch has been issued for much of Iowa from 12 p.m. Wednesday until 9 a.m. Thursday. This system will bring a swath of heavy snow across the state. Snow will start early afternoon Wednesday and continue through early Thursday morning, with the heaviest falling Wednesday night.

WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Police are investigating an attempted murder-suicide in West Des Moines. Police responded to a 911 call from a woman saying that she had been shot by her boyfriend. When they arrived at the scene, police found the injured woman with a gunshot wound to her head and a man who was deceased from an apparent gunshot wound. The woman was transported to the hospital with serious injuries. Evidence indicates that the shooting was an attempted murder of the woman before the man turned the weapon on himself.

CHICKASAW COUNTY, IA (IRN) – An Iowa man is facing multiple charges, including vehicular homicide, for a 2022 OWI-related crash that killed his 18-year-old son. A traffic stop was attempted in September 2022 by a Chickasaw County Deputy Sheriff. 38-year-old Curtis Allen Williams refused to stop. The pursuit reached speeds over 105 mph when Williams failed to negotiate a curve, causing the vehicle to roll. His 18-year-old son, Jaxon, was pronounced dead at the scene.

DURANT, IA (IRN) – An Iowa woman is dead after a head-on crash with a FedEx truck in Cedar County. The crash happened on Saturday near Durant. A car was driving eastbound on I-80, and a Fedex truck was heading westbound. The car ended up hitting the truck head-on. Rebecca McClaine, from Bettendorf, was driving the car and died. She wasn’t wearing her seatbelt.

IOWA COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Multiple spotters reported a tornado on the ground in Iowa County around Williamsburg on Monday around 2 p.m. The National Weather Service confirmed that the tornado was an EF1 with maximum windspeeds of around 90 mph. The tornado traveled less than 5 miles and was on the ground for about 8 minutes. No injuries were reported. This is the first tornado in Iowa in January since 1967.