FONDA – A nurse has been charged in the death of a U.S. Army veteran in an Iowa nursing home. The Iowa Capital Dispatch reports 69-year-old Becky Sue Manning faces a count of neglect of a health care facility resident. The licensed practical nurse is accused of refusing to provide physician ordered care to 89-year-old Marvin Jacobs. The veteran died in February of 2023 after having undergone a tracheostomy, which meant he had a suctioning machine by his bedside. Another staff member had noticed Jacobs struggling to breathe, and that individual went to Manning for help. Prosecutors claim Manning ignored four staff members’ request to suction the man for air and their pleas to call 911, and instead was slow in her own assessment and attempted treatment before his death.

WEST DES MOINES – Officials say a bystander was critical in saving two people trapped in a West Des Moines home during a fire Sunday morning. WHO-13 reports the West Des Moines Fire Department responded to a fully engulfed house in the history Valley Junction district after someone inside the structure called 911. Firefighters were able to rescue a wheelchair-confined man and a woman with the help of an unidentified individual, who helped fight flames until firefighters arrived. Several pets were also rescued. The West Des Moines Fire Department is seeking to find that bystander to thank him for his efforts and for more details about what he witnessed.

IOWA – March Madness fit the bill for Iowa’s Division I universities in the world of sports over the weekend. Iowa State’s David Carr won his second wrestling national championship Saturday evening, not too long after the Cyclones Men’s Basketball team claimed a spot in the NCAA Sweet 16 with a win over Washington State. The women’s team, led by 40 points from Audi Crooks in Friday’s opener, advanced to a game against Stanford late Sunday evening that went to overtime, in which they fell 87-81 after keep the game within a four-point margin for the duration. That game followed news that longtime Drake Men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries took a new job at West Virginia after leading the Bulldogs to the NCAA tournament and a Missouri Valley Conference title. Reigning National Player of the Year Caitlin Clark is slated to compete in her final game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in the NCAA Women’s Tournament win or lose, as the Hawkeyes host the Mountaineers at 7:00 this evening. If No. 1 Iowa advances, they would play at neutral sites moving forward as they push for a second consecutive Final Four appearance.