ALTOONA, IA (IRN) – A Missouri man is in the Polk County Jail after he rammed into and shot at a van along Interstate 80 near Altoona. The Des Moines Register reports 41-year-old Matthew Golden followed a white van off the Hubbell Avenue exit and rammed his car into it. He told officers he thought the car was involved in Tuesday morning’s Amber Alert for two Eastern Iowa boys. After ramming it, he then fired two shots into the driver’s side of the van. The van’s driver was not hurt. Police found two handguns in Golden’s car.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa’s unemployment rate fell slightly in March to 2.8 percent, leaving the state tied for the fifth-lowest rate in the nation. Iowa Workforce Development reported today the rate was down from February’s 2.9 percent. The national unemployment rate remained 4.1 percent.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A Cedar Rapids mother said she’s feeling a step closer to justice after police announced yesterday they have the man they believe killed her daughter. KCRG-TV reports police found the body of AnnaElise Edgeton in her Cedar Rapids apartment while conducting a welfare check. 19-year-old Kyler Junkins of Marion has been charged with first-degree murder and first-degree burglary. Authorities think he broke into Edgeton’s apartment and shot and killed the newlywed.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Johnston mother who left her young children home alone with a gun while she took a European vacation has avoided jail time. KCCI-TV reports Erin Macke was charged with child endangerment after she left four children, all under the age of twelve, home while she jetted off to Germany. She was given probation and ordered to seek counseling.

LINN COUNTY (IRN) – A 49-year-old Marion woman is in the hospital tonight after her SUV flipped twice during a crash off of Interstate 380. KWWL-TV reports she was wearing her seatbelt, and will likely be OK.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Flowing parachutes, crashing bowling balls and the laughter of hundreds of kids filled the air at Drake University yesterday, according to WHO-TV. It all looked like fun and games but there was a serious life lesson also being taught. Drake, Des Moines Public Schools and Special Olympics Iowa joined forces for the inaugural “DMPS Unified Sports Day.” Kids with intellectual disabilities were partnered with kids without disabilities so they could all learn to help and appreciate each other.