IOWA – Flash flooding potential is increased again today across the state as a stationary front drops more rounds of thunderstorms in some of the same areas that received 2-4 inches of heavy rain yesterday. According to the National Weather Service, 2/3rds of Iowans are at a slight risk for more excessive rainfall. Those in low-lying areas, living near streams, or in urban areas should take extra caution for ponding water. Anyone that encounters a flooded roadway should turn around and find an alternate route.

INDIANOLA – An Indianola couple has pleaded guilty to kidnapping and injuring the man’s ex-girlfriend in 2023. The Des Moines Register reports 42-year-old Jordan Mangum and 36-year-old Jessica Wheeler were charged for taking the victim from her Des Moines home and strangling her and slashing her throat, running her over multiple times with a van. Both pleaded guilty to 3rd degree kidnapping, assault while participating in a felony, and domestic abuse by strangulation. Mangum entered an Alford plea. Both likely face at least four decades in prison.

IOWA – Several businesses and organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging a new Iowa law regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers and other aspects of prescription drug regulations. Iowa Capital Dispatch reports the suit is against the Iowa Insurance Commissioner and brought by several groups and it argues that Senate File 383 is not allowed due to federal regulations. The bill supported by pharmacists and rural health advocates requires reimbursements to meet national and state average costs and aimed to adjust cost-sharing laws. Opponents to the bill and those filing the suit argue the cost of prescriptions will increase due to the measure.