Thursday, July 28, 2016

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A 25-year-old Des Moines woman who took her toddler with her to a bar was arrested and charged with child endangerment. KCCI-TV reports the woman had her 2-year-old girl with her at Miss V’s Honky Tonk Island Bar. Told to watch her child, she became upset, yelled profanities, and slammed down her drink. She left, and witnesses followed her, worried about the child. She then abandoned the child, and witnesses watched it. When she returned, she was arrested.

DAYTON, IA (IRN) – A man was found dead after a house fire in the Webster County town of Dayton. The Dayton Leader reports the man has been identified as 98-year-old Alan Porter. The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating.

WASHINGTON, IA (IRN) – Firefighters in Washington extinguished a house fire Wednesday morning and were able to rescue a dog. KCII-radio reports the dog was found unresponsive and given CPR by a firefighter while being transported to a veterinary clinic due to smoke inhalation. No other injuries were reported.

OSAGE, IA (IRN) – An Osage teen is appealing the sentence he received for killing his mother, according to KIMT-TV. Noah Crooks was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2012 death of Gretchen Crooks in their rural Osage home. He was 13 at the time and was held until his sentencing in May, when he was sentenced to up to 50 years in prison. Crooks will turn 18 tomorrow.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The former city clerk for the city of Neola has been charged with three felonies and other charges after a state audit last year found more than $230,000 was misspent over a five-year period. KCCI-TV reports Neola officials fired Deb Schierbrock after a city check written to pay for a fire truck bounced. She had been writing city checks to herself.

CEDAR RAPIDS (IRN) – Alliant Energy announced Wednesday a $1 billion expansion of a wind farm just south of Hampton in Franklin County. The Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier reports the expansion will be at Whispering Willow Wind Farm. The project is expected to generate millions of dollars in property taxes and result in more than 1,500 jobs at the height of construction.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump will be in Iowa today. He’ll speak at the Adler Theater in Davenport this afternoon at 4:00 p.m., and at the DoubleTree Hotel in Cedar Rapids at 8:00 p.m.

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