NEVADA – A Central Iowa school district is working with the Story County Sheriff’s Office as it relates to AI-generated explicit images of students. KCCI-TV reports parents in the Nevada district are worried there won’t be anyone held accountable because Iowa’s code is not clear on the offending pictures. The Sheriff’s Office is looking into several AI-generated images that depict female students and have been spread amongst others in the school. A bill signed by Governor Kim Reynolds includes felony language to create media of minors in explicit situations, but it doesn’t go into effect until July 1st.

BURLINGTON – Residents in southeast Iowa have been asked to avoid a creek following a fertilizer spill. KCRG-TV reports a 700-gallon tank with ammonium phosphate fell off of a truck in Burlington. An unknown amount of fertilizer spilled onto the street and into a storm sewer that drains into Hawkeye Creek. The Iowa DNR have found contamination and are working to prevent impacts before it would get to the Mississippi River.

DAVENPORT – Am Iowa City man was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for Conspiracy to Distribute a Mixture and Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Heroin Resulting in Death. According to court documents, on January 23, 2021, Iowa City Police officers were dispatched to a residence in Iowa City related to a suspected overdose. After investigation, Dione Dante Mobley (a.k.a. “Flee”), 43, and Lugene Shipp, 43, were identified as the source of the heroin and both were arrested for conspiracy to distribute heroin. Mobley and Shipp were both convicted after a trial last fall. Today, Mobley was sentenced to 27 years of imprisonment. Shipp was previously sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment.