FAIRFIELD, IA (IRN)  – The Iowa Department of Public Safety reports that when Fairfield Police Officers tried to stop a vehicle on Tuesday the vehicle refused to stop.  The vehicle was eventually pulled over in Van Buren County.  Officers with the Fairfield Police Department discharged their weapons during the incident.  The driver of the vehicle was taken into custody.  No one was injured.

DES MOINES (IRN)  – Gov. Terry Branstad said Tuesday he expects the Legislature will have to approve temporary spending authority to keep state government operating once the new fiscal year begins July 1. State law gives the governor 30 days after the Legislature adjourns to take action on the bills sent to him.

WAYLAND, IA (IRN) – Students in the southern Iowa school district of WACO will return to see big technology changes this fall. KCRG-TV reports that workers over the summer will transform the school buildings into Iowa’s first district completely powered by the sun. One large solar collector is already in operation with another to be installed in July. A cost savings of $20,000 has been realized since the first of the year.

DES MOINES (IRN) – The Iowa Department of Agriculture is responding to two new cases of avian flu in Clay and Hamilton counties.  The Clay County case is a pullet farm with an estimated 1.1 million birds, while the Hamilton County facility is a turkey farm with an estimated 18,000 birds. A total of 30 million birds have been identified as infected.

KNOXVILLE, IA (IRN) – One person is dead after a rollover crash Tuesday afternoon in Knoxville.  KNIA/KRLS Radio reports that witnesses saw a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed on a residential street.  The vehicle started fishtailing, the driver lost control, the vehicle rolled, and hit a tree.  Police say 31-year-old Jordan Kirtley of Knoxville died at the scene.

PELLA, IA (IRN) – A Newton man died in a car wreck Tuesday afternoon south of Pella. The Marion County Sheriff’s office reports that a vehicle driven by Otto Green, age 97, of Newton, left the roadway, traveled through a ditch and came to rest after striking a tree stump. Green was transported to Pella Regional Health Center, where he was pronounced dead.

VERMILLION, S.D. (IRN) – Authorities are looking into the death of a 29-year-old Iowa woman whose body was found near a boat dock in southeastern South Dakota. KMEG-TV reports that Alicia Hummel, of Sioux City, was found in Vermillion near a boat launch where she had gone to fish. Police are looking for information on any suspicious activity between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. in the area on Monday. Authorities say a dark-colored sedan with tinted windows and a loud exhaust system might have been involved.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – One person has been arrested and charged in connection to a bank robbery at the Community Savings Bank in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday. KGAN-TV reports that officers located a vehicle believed to be involved in the bank robbery, and a chase ensued. Officers were able to apprehend the suspect, identified as Christopher Feeney, 42, of Cedar Rapids.  Feeney was charged with two counts of Robbery 2nd Degree, Theft 2nd Degree and numerous traffic violations.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA (IRN) – Fifteen members of the Iowa Hazardous Materials Task Force were activated over the weekend to assist federal agents with monitoring the bird flu outbreak. KETV reports that the task force will help with bio-security, cleaning and decontamination activities at infected premises and landfills.

ALTOONA, IA (IRN) – Facebook announced plans Tuesday to build a third data center in Altoona. WHO-TV reports that the first building started serving web traffic last November, and that the second building should come online later this year.