DES MOINES – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced $152 million in investments for 19 rural development projects in communities across the State of Iowa. She detailed some of the projects supported during a press conference at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Among those is expansion and renovation to the Guthrie County Hospital and a water tower upgrade in Bondurant, according to the Des Moines Register. The money will be spread over 19 different projects impacting 20 counties.

GLENWOOD – The man accused of a double homicide in Glenwood has died. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation reports 71-year-old Dennis Burnell was transported to the Kansas University Medical Center Burn Unit and treated for extensive burn injuries. Law enforcement was informed Burnell died on Friday. He’s accused of shooting and killing 38-year-old Brandon Oman and 35-year-old Stevie Oman following a dispute. An explosion soon followed, causing a massive structure fire, in which Burnell was injured in.

IOWA – More flash flood warnings impacted the state of Iowa over the weekend. An active summer continued with storm damage west of the Des Moines metro early Sunday morning, and several communities received an additional two-to-four inches of rainfall, prompting additional warnings from the National Weather Service. Drier conditions are expected settle in by Wednesday.

KNOXVILLE – Eighteen-year-old Ryan Timms led every lap of the 2025 NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals A Main, becoming the second youngest driver to ever win the event. The only driver younger than Timms to win the Nationals was Kenny Weld, who was just two months younger than Ryan when he won the event in 1964. Timms also became the first Oklahoma born driver to win the event, and the first Knoxville points standings driver to win the Nationals since Doug Wolfgang in 1978.