DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – Dubuque Police say they have some persons of interest in a cross burning case Chief Mark Dalsing calls a hate crime. KCRG-TV reports no arrests have been made. The recent cross burning brings back difficult memories for the community. In 1991, cross burnings were followed by a Ku Klux Klan rally to protest the city’s effort to attract more minorities to their community.

DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – A man who was found unresponsive after crashing a motorcycle later died from his injuries, according to WQAD-TV. 25-year-old Spencer Dress crashed on the motorcycle around 12:20 a.m. on Heritage Trail near Dubuque. Dress was riding along the trail at a high rate of speed and lost control.

FAYETTE COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A jury has convicted a Maynard man for trying to run over a police officer with his vehicle. KCRG-TV reports jurors found 34-year-old Abel Quijas (KEY-hass), Jr. guilty Tuesday of attempted murder. He faces up to 25 years in prison. Oelwein officers tried to arrest Quijas (KEY-hass) for delivering drugs to a home. Officers fired shots when he tried to run over one of them with his vehicle, before he drove off.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A student videotaped her Des Moines Public School bus driver texting while driving, and the bus driver was fired, according to WHO-TV. Jacque Gibson says she should still have a job. With a decade of school bus driving experience, Gibson said her termination for texting and driving wasn’t fair. She believes the video was taken for revenge by a student not allowed to sit with “unruly friends,” not safety reasons.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Polk County Board of Supervisors is considering a minimum wage increase, according to KCCI-TV. Business owners, leaders and local advocacy groups will gather inside the Des Moines Convention Center today to discuss the potential change. A dollar amount for the possible minimum wage increase has yet to be proposed.

RICEVILLE, IA (IRN) – A Riceville man is celebrating that he has now lived 32 years after a heart transplant. Larry Abel was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy at 37 and three years later, his heart was shutting down. He opted for a risky heart transplant, and is glad he did. Abel is the former principal at Riceville High School where he also helped coach track and field.