WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – New information details the deplorable conditions inside a West Des Moines home where a 16-year-old girl died of malnutrition. KCCI-TV reports the children were kept in a room with no beds, and that boards were nailed over the home’s windows because the children had been sneaking out of the house panhandling for food down the street at a convenience store. Natalie Finn had been lying on the floor of a room for some time when police found her amid human and animal waste wearing an adult diaper. Her parents face multiple charges.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – One person was killed Wednesday in an early morning garage fire in Des Moines. Four people were home at the time of the fire, and after it was extinguished, they learned one family member, Charlie Flanders, had perished. Family members were unsure why Charlie was in the garage, but noted he had a troubled past, having been in and out of prison. They said he had been working hard to rebuild his relationships with family, and they will miss him.

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, AZ (IRN) – Rangers at Grand Canyon National Park have recovered the body of an Iowa man who fell from the rim of the canyon. KCRG-TV reports a helicopter crew was able to locate him about 280 feet below the rim. The body was identified as 30-year-old Gom Dang of Ankeny.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A 42-year-old Camanche woman has been found guilty in an insurance fraud case involving a fire that destroyed her boyfriend’s house. Beth Galloway twice drove a minor to James Plower’s home to attempt to set fire to it, and failed. Plower eventually set fire to the house and then collected more than $66,000 from his insurance company to cover the loss. He’s serving 13 years in prison.

AMES, IA (IRN) – Walmart has opened a new SuperCenter in Ames. The new store was built almost touching the old one. Employees were able to move items through a hole in the wall of the old store into the new store. The ribbon was cut by a long-time Walmart Associate everyone calls “Miss Ruth,” a 30-year store employee, who was there when the ribbon was cut on the original Walmart store next door, in 1985.