WATERLOO, IA (IRN) – A man, a woman and two dogs were all found dead in a Waterloo home. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that autopsies are planned for the two unidentified people found in the home Sunday morning. Police say they’re investigating the possibility that the deaths are linked to a generator that was found inside the attached garage.
TIPTON, IA (IRN) – Cedar County’s former jail administrator has been charged with theft.
The Iowa Department of Public Safety says 49-year-old Daron Wilkinson misappropriated jail funds for his own use. The charge follows release of a state audit report that said the Cedar County Sheriff’s Office did not properly deposit money from inmate room and board and work release fees for 2½ years. The loss to the county is estimated at more than $35,000.
FREEPORT, IA (IRN) – Two people are dead after a shooting at a trailer park in Freeport, near Decorah. KCRG-TV reports witnesses heard multiple gunshots, and that some of the shots were fired from a vehicle. Police don’t believe the general public is in danger.
REASNOR, IA (IRN) – The FBI has launched an investigation into a series of fires along the Bakken oil pipeline construction in Jasper County. KCCI-TV reports officials say the fires could be due to arson. A backhoe and two bulldozers were damaged by fires Saturday night. In August, vandals set fire to pipeline equipment near Reasnor, Oskaloosa and Newton.
URBANDALE, IA (IRN) – Someone smashed a rock into Donald Trump’s campaign vehicle that was parked outside the Iowa campaign headquarters in Urbandale on Friday, according to WHO-TV. The impact smashed the front windshield of the vehicle. A Waterloo mosque was vandalized Thursday when someone sprayed “Trump” on the building’s front wall.
DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – Some eastern Iowa law enforcement agencies are considering whether to provide their officers with a drug that reverses the effects of opioids, potentially saving the lives of addicts who have overdosed. The Quad-City Times reports that police have to take into account how many overdose calls they go to each year, training for officers, as well as cost and storage of the drug.
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