FAYETTE, Iowa (KCRG) – Upper Iowa University is cutting 37 positions and closing seven of its regional education centers. Layoffs will impact the main campus in Fayette, and one location in Illinois and six sites in Wisconsin will be closing. University leaders cited dropping enrollment and shifting student needs.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The families of two students shot and killed inside a Des Moines educational program are suing Starts Right Here and its founder, William Holmes, for negligence. Eighteen-year-old Gionni Dameron and 16-year-old Rashad Carr died on Jan. 23 after gunfire erupted inside Starts Right Here. Holmes was wounded in the shooting. Another student, Preston Walls, is charged with the murders. Bravon Tukes is also facing murder charges. Police say Tukes was the getaway driver.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Police have charged a Des Moines man with murder, saying he shot a man six times at an apartment on Urbandale Avenue earlier this month. Joshua John Taylor, 22, is charged with first-degree murder in 23-year-old Dakota Toepfer’s death.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – The state of Iowa will enforce stricter penalties on those that are caught delivering or possessing fentanyl. Governor Reynolds signed a bill on Tuesday that will increase prison sentences for those convicted of dealing, or possessing the drug.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Wildfire smoke from fires in Alberta, Canada is moving south towards Iowa. The smoke is forecasted to spread across the area on Wednesday and Thursday before moving out of the area on Friday. Smoke from the wildfires will likely have an impact on our sunrises and sunsets. The smoke particles will change the way light is scattered in the atmosphere, causing both our sunrises and sunsets to have deeper shades of orange and red.