BREMER CO., IA (IRN) – After months of searching, the body of 76-year-old Cloris Mehmen, of Plainfield, is believed to have been found in Bremer County. KIMT-TV reports Mehmen, who had Alzheimer’s, was found about a half mile from her home by a farmer harvesting corn. Search efforts involved canine tracking; ground, air, drone, water and underwater searches, to no avail. No foul play is suspected.

DENISON, IA (IRN) – A 51-year-old man accidentally shot himself on his way to hunt deer with his wife. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says Daniel Gehling, of Denison, was adjusting the handgun in his waistband when it went off. The shooting happened Monday in Crawford County.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Octopus heads and creepy clowns armed with golf clubs and wooden stakes terrorized a Des Moines neighborhood Tuesday, according to KCCI-TV. The teens behind the masks caused about $800 in damage when they slashed a van’s tires and shattered a window. Neighbor Derrick Moorman heard the activity, approached, drew his weapon, and held the teens at gunpoint until police arrived. They’re in jail.

ROCK ISLAND, IL (IRN) – A Quad Cities man was sentenced to 12 years in prison Wednesday for driving drunk and hitting an SUV last year. WQAD-TV reports it was Dan Sylvester’s fifth drunk driving offense. The previous four happened in Des Moines County, Iowa. His victim, Tammy Fuller, spoke at the sentencing. “You busted my body,” she said from her wheelchair. “I’m angry. You took my life.” Fuller’s ankles and legs were shattered, she lost her job, and owes over $500,000 in medical bills.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Armed robberies in Iowa City are up this year according to KWWL-TV. On early Monday morning a man robbed a Kum and Go, and less than ten minutes later robbed another. They are the seventh and eighth armed robberies of the year in the city.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Demolition began this week on a rusty old water tower on the southeast side of Cedar Rapids, according to the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Called the Kirkwood Standpipe, the 80-foot-tall, sky blue-colored structure is coming down panel-by-panel, with blow torches cutting the steel apart. Built in 1976, the tower leaks. It’s estimated that its replacement will cost more than $4 million.