DOON, IA (IRN) – Oil is leaking out of a Burlington, Northern, and Santa Fe train that derailed just south of the town of Doon in northwest Iowa this morning, and is flowing into the Rock River. The Sioux City Journal reports no one was injured in the 31-car crude oil train derailment.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Department of Public Safety says it is looking into a test Amber Alert message that was sent out Thursday afternoon. They didn’t send the alert, and are working with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to see what triggered the test alert.
MANCHESTER, IA (IRN) – Frozen assets limited a Manchester’s man’s ability to defend himself at trial for shooting his girlfriend, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled. KCRG-TV reports the court granted Robert Krogmann, now 60 years-old, a new trial for shooting his then girlfriend three times in 2009. Before the trial, the prosecution requested to freeze Krogmann’s roughly $3 million in assets and a judge granted it. The Supreme Court ruled the asset freeze did not have any legal basis.
MASON CITY, IA (IRN) – The Mason City Police Department is investigating a case of shots fired. KIMT-TV reports the incident involved shots being fired from one vehicle at another vehicle last night.
WASHINGTON, DC (IRN) – The House of Representatives narrowly approved a five-year farm bill Thursday, according to CNN. The vote was 213-211. Most Republicans favored the bill, while Democrats rejected it. The vast majority of the bill’s funding addresses food stamps, more formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The bill adds more work and training requirements for those who receive benefits — the main reason why Democrats unanimously opposed the measure.
LINN COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in south Florida arrived in eastern Iowa Thursday. KCRG-TV reports it was part of the nationwide March for Our Lives Road to Change Summer Tour. The students are survivors of the February 14 massacre at their high school in Parkland which took the lives of 17 people and injured several others. The group favors stronger gun control.
LINN COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A group of teenagers gathered Thursday in Cedar Rapids to show that not all people their age want stricter gun laws. KCCI-TV reports the students say they don’t support any additional forms of gun control because it’s unconstitutional. One Marion High School student says the Second Amendment is the country’s most important amendment because it’s “the backbone of the Constitution.”
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