MASON CITY – A person was killed in the parking lot of a grocery store in Mason City. The Iowa State Patrol reports that a Chevy Tahoe was traveling near a Fareway before striking a 75-year-old pedestrian. The names of both individuals involved have been withheld. The pedestrian died from injuries suffered in the collision.

DENISON – Two people were arrested following a crash involving two different alleged crimes. The Iowa State Patrol accuses Carlos Gomez Paz of Nebraska of attempting to elude a police officer in Denison. A second vehicle was struck by the Hyundai driven by Paz and both vehicles came to a rest. Both drivers were treated at the scene for minor injuries. Paz was charged with eluding and taken into custody; the other driver was identified as 30-year-old Blake Beymer of Denison, and was allegedly driving while intoxicated and charged with OWI.

CEDAR RAPIDS – U.S. Marshals arrested a man from Washington state wanted on murder charges in Iowa last week. Thirty-five-year-old Mickey Wade Wheatley was wanted in connection to the death of an infant in Tonasket. On January 28th, U.S. Marshals coordinated efforts to find and arrest Wheatley, who they believed to live in Hardin County, Iowa. He was found in a rural home near Iowa Falls and arrested, and was awaiting extradition to Washington state.