SHENANDOAH, IA (IRN) – A southwestern Iowa man died Friday in a head-on collision. According to an Iowa State Patrol crash report, 22-year-old Christian Carter of Shenandoah tried to pass a vehicle in a no-passing zone, and collided with an oncoming vehicle. Carter wasn’t wearing a seat belt.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – A man serving a life sentence in the murder of his infant daughter was pronounced dead due to apparent suicide Saturday. WHO-TV reports Ryan Trowbridge, 28, was convicted of first-degree murder and child endangerment resulting in death in 2012. His 4-month-old daughter Rylee died of abusive head trauma in February 2010, one-day after Trowbridge called 911 claiming his daughter’s head had become stuck facedown in between the mattress and the headboard.

CORALVILLE, IA (IRN) – A minivan punched through the wall of a department store at a Coralville mall last night, according to KCRG-TV. Officers responded around 7:00 p.m. to the Dillard’s at Coral Ridge Mall to find the vehicle had penetrated an exterior wall of the store.
The collision appeared to be accidental, as the driver suffered some kind of medical issue which led to the crash. Though the incident happened on one of the busiest shopping days of the year, no one was seriously hurt.

IOWA CITY – Freshman Joe Wieskamp scored a career high 24 points as Iowa the Iowa men’s basketball team destroyed Savannah State 110-64. The Hawkeyes hit 19 threes as a team, a new school record.