CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – The man convicted of shooting a Linn County Sheriff’s Deputy while robbing a gas station could receive a harsher prison sentence for his comments in court. A jury convicted Stanley Donahue on 10 charges including attempted murder for shooting Deputy Will Halverson. While Donahue was leaving the court, he swore at the Deputy and the Deputy’s family. Donahue shot Deputy Halverson seven times while responding to an armed robbery at the Casey’s in Coggon in June of 2021.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Des Moines Police Department is investigating the death of a four-month-old boy. The child’s name has not been released by police.

INDEPENDENCE, IA (IRN) – A Vinton man has been charged with kidnapping and domestic assault. On Wednesday, Independence Police responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at a Comfort Inn and Suites. Hotel staff reported that a female occupant approached the counter, appearing injured and in distress. Staff then say a male occupant, later identified as 42-year-old Matthew David Milligan, took the female back to their hotel room against her will. Law enforcement arrived and could hear the female inside the room in distress. Police breached the door and detained Milligan.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A record number of Des Moines Public School students don’t necessarily know where they are going after school. More than 1,070 are homeless, but the district says that number may only be scratching the surface of the real number of students who struggle to find a place to stay.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – The second of three spring snowmelt flood outlooks from the National Weather Service has been released, and it includes some significant changes. The outlook showed that the probability of flooding occurring on the Mississippi River has notably increased, pushing it into a much above-normal category. Some tributary rivers to the Mississippi showed a very slight increase in risk for flooding but maintained near-normal spring flood risk.