DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Clive man was charged with kidnapping Friday after he took his niece from a daycare, according to the Des Moines Register. James Davies, 29, took the child without consent after several people tried to stop him. He then drove the child to his residence and refused to give her back to her family. He drove the girl, unrestrained in the front seat, to Prospect Park and handed her to the first person he saw. After Davies drove away, the girl was “passed off” to other people at the park until they tracked down her family and returned her.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Surveillance video at a convenience store caught someone stealing money from a jar that was full of donations for a little girl battling a rare disease. KCRG-TV reports the money was for 15-month-old Tobin Rockwell of Cedar Rapids. She’s battling a rare disease that causes the brain to deteriorate. She has less than 10 years to live. Her parents have been raising money to get Tobin a gene therapy that insurance doesn’t cover.

ALTOONA, IA (IRN) – A fire at the Altoona Burger King Friday has forced it to close indefinitely. It’s only the latest. In 2018, four Burger King establishments in Iowa caught fire.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Grand View men’s wrestling program has won seven straight national titles. Coming soon: women’s wrestling. Grand View Athletic Director Troy Plummer announced on Thursday they would be adding women’s wrestling to Viking athletics. Plummer says the program will start in the fall of 2019 or 2020. Women’s wrestling programs are growing nationwide.