SIOUX CITY, IA (IRN) – A man has been charged after Sioux City police say he shot a water pipe in a hotel room, flooding two floors. The Sioux City Journal reports 30-year-old Brett Anderson was inside a Super 8 Hotel room Friday when he accidentally fired his gun. No injuries were reported. Anderson was arrested and charged with reckless use of a firearm.
IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Authorities are investigating an explosion and fire at a University of Iowa owned apartment that left one person dead. KCCI-TV reports police are investigating a single fatality, and a State Fire Marshall’s office investigator was at the scene. Authorities aren’t releasing the name of the victim.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Rescue crews recovered a body from the Des Moines River on Thursday, according to WHO-TV. A witness spotted the body hung on debris at the Southeast 14th Street bridge. Authorities say it is the body of an adult male from Des Moines. The State Medical Examiner’s office is working to identify the body.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The possibility of an American Indian burial site in Iowa may require relocation of a crude oil pipeline route which would further delay the beginning of construction in the only one of four states where work hasn’t yet begun. KCRG-TV reports the Dakota Access pipeline passes through the Big Sioux Wildlife Management area and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe leaders say there is a burial site in the way. A stop work order has been issued until the issue can be resolved.
DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – The first traveling exhibit to showcase Major League Baseball memorabilia will make six stops during the 2016 baseball season, and the very first stop is in Davenport. This is the first time the Baseball Hall of Fame has taken its show on the road. The tour, called “We Are Baseball,” will feature a new IMAX movie about the past, present and future of baseball; plus artifacts from some of the most memorable moments in baseball history.
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