DES MOINES – The Des Moines Police Department has released details about an officer-involved shooting that resulted in the death on an alleged suspect. WHO-13 reports the department responded to a call of a 70-year-old man threatening another person with a pistol early Tuesday morning. Police claim the main pointed the weapon at officers, who then promptly responded by opening fire and fatally wounding the individual. Two officers ages 25 and 24 have been put on administrative assignment as part of a routine post-shooting investigation, which is being conducted by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.

IOWA CITY – A district wide recount has concluded, and Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks has won a third team in Iowa’s southeast district. Democratic Challenger Christina Bohannan conceded the race that shows the Republican incumbent won by 798 votes, among the most narrow margins of victory in the entire country among U.S. House races. The margin is much smaller for Miller-Meeks than her 2022 win over Bohannan, but still much larger than a six-vote victory in 2020 over challenger Rita Hart.

AMES – An Ames man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to fifteen counts of sex trafficking by fraud and coercion. Former licensed nurse practitioner Carl Dale Markley admitted to using fraud and coercion to lead fourteen victims to engage in commercial sex acts. From 2004 to 2023, Markley lied to dozens of young men to convince them to allow Markley to perform sex acts on them and observe them doing so, lying about their nature and claiming they were in order to obtain certifications, complete classwork, conduct third-party research, and product development. Markley paid the young men for the sex acts, falsely claiming he had received grants or funding from a third party. He deceived the victims by fabricating consent forms and contracts and used hidden cameras to capture videos and images of them while naked. Sentencing is scheduled for March 24th. For each of the 15 sex trafficking counts, Markley faces a fifteen-year mandatory minimum term of imprisonment and a maximum life sentence.