DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Two men were arrested following an early Friday morning chase that had officers speeding through snowy Des Moines streets. WHO-TV reports thirty-one-year-old Zeferino Padilla and 33-year-old Felipe Padilla are now in the Polk County Jail. Police say they were responding to a report of an attempted burglary when the two men sped off in a car, leading officers on a high-speed chase. Stop sticks flattened their tires, and the men ran into the woods. Officers were able to follow their footprints in the fresh snow and arrest them.

DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – An eastern Iowa woman has been sentenced for insurance fraud and filing a false report. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports Stephanie Settle of Asbury was given probation, 30 days in jail, suspended, and a deferred judgment. Settle told officers a man armed with a knife broke into her home in January 2015, attacked her and stole about $15,000 worth of jewelry. It didn’t happen.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – The owners of a private northeast Iowa zoo must remove their tigers and lemurs after a federal judge ruled that they failed to provide appropriate living conditions for the endangered animals. WQAD-TV reports the owners of the roadside Cricket Hollow Zoo, near Manchester, have been ordered to transfer the animals to a U.S. Department of Agriculture-licensed facility within 90 days.

CORALVILLE, IA (IRN) – A Union County man who pled guilty to two counts of murder in January is dead, an apparent suicide. Jerry Dillinger was found in his cell Wednesday night hanging from a bed sheet. Dillinger had pled guilty to the murders of Michael Robinson and Loretta Dillinger. Loretta was Jerry Dillinger’s ex sister-in-law and Michael was the boyfriend of his niece. Loretta’s body was discovered in a farm pond near Lorimor. Michael’s body was found nearby.

SIOUX CITY, IA (IRN) – A Sioux City man accused of impersonating a police officer and enticing young girls and inappropriately touching them has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
The Sioux City Journal reports that 31-year-old Joey Alberts pled guilty Wednesday to enticing away a minor, indecent contact with a child and three counts of impersonating a public official.

AMES, IA (IRN) – Iowa State University researchers are testing a metal 3D printer that could change the entire manufacturing industry. KCCI-TV reports the ProX 300 printer lays down a fine layer of metal powder. Then a 500-watt laser welds the powder together, one pass at a time and layer after layer. The part is made up of 300 to 400 layers. It takes just a few hours to create a new part, instead of weeks or months to retool and rebuild.

MARSHALLTOWN, IA (IRN) – A Casey’s General Store manager in Marshalltown saved a man’s life while at work. The Times-Republican reports that Lorey Smith was working at the convenience store when Frito-Lay salesperson John Schlichte backed his truck into the side entrance of store, then collapsed. He was apparently having a seizure, his head banging the bumper of the truck, unable to breathe. She cleared his airway while another employee dialed 911. He’s OK.