ANKENY, IA (IRN) – An armed robber at a Hy-Vee gas station store pointed a gun at Ankeny officers before he was fatally shot by police. A caller told police there was a suspicious man dressed in black who appeared to have a gun fall out of his pants. A responding officer found the suspect, the suspect drew his handgun and pointed it at the officer. The officer discharged his firearm, striking and killing the robber.

DOW CITY, IA (IRN) – A woman is dead after her car rolled east of Dow City. The Iowa State Patrol reports that Christina Foote, 27, of Dunlap was driving a Chevy Malibu about two miles east of Dow City Friday when her car left the road on a curve, went into the ditch, and rolled. Foote was pronounced dead at the scene. She wasn’t wearing a seatbelt.

ST. JOSEPH, MO (IRN) – A Missouri man faces two felony charges after a fatal boating accident during the Memorial Day weekend killed an Iowa college student. The St. Joseph News-Press reports that Cletus Barsch, 41, was charged with boating while intoxicated resulting in death. Barsch was driving a boat that struck another boat at the Lake of the Ozarks on May 26. A passenger in the second boat, Alec Potthoff, 20, of Van Meter, suffered a serious head injury. He died last month at a care facility in Des Moines.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Barbers from all over the country are coming to Des Moines for the “Clash of the Clippers,” a barbering contest with thousands of dollars up for grabs as well as trophies and bragging rights. WHO-TV reports along with local barbers, celebrity barbers will be competing, including the man who cut the hair of late rappers Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G., as well as the barber to Will Smith and P-Diddy.