KEOSAUQUA, IA (IRN) – A southeast Iowa woman has been given 10 years in prison for letting her 2-month-old son starve to death. KCCI-TV reports 25-year-old Angel Poole, of Birmingham, was sentenced Friday. Authorities say he weighed a little over 5 pounds at death. An autopsy showed he died of starvation and dehydration.

URBANDALE, IA (IRN) – An Urbandale police sergeant is suing the department for abusive treatment. KCCI-TV reports Sgt. Mark Jorgensen said he suffers post-traumatic stress disorder following the ambush-style shooting death of Urbandale police Officer Justin Martin in 2016. Jorgensen and his partner were the first to arrive on scene, and with the killer at large, he says the department didn’t send enough backup. Afterward, Jorgensen claims that he faced discrimination and harassment.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines man allegedly hijacked a Des Moines city bus and forced the driver to speed through red lights downtown before being arrested. The Des Moines Register reports 25-year-old Abraham Ramirez boarded the bus as the lone passenger and ordered the driver to speed away or “I’ll bust your head wide open.” After ordering the driver to stop at a police station, he then told the driver to honk the horn repeatedly and said he would kill the first officer to show up. He didn’t, and is in jail.

IOWA (IRN) – The United States Postal Service announced that postal delivery and pickup will be suspended today in several states, including Iowa, due to the brutal cold from Polar Vortex Jayden.

IOWA (IRN) – With temperatures forecast to reach minus 20 degrees today, Iowa, and the rest of the upper midwest will be among the coldest places on Earth. Temperatures at McMurdo Station in Antarctica are expected to be in the high single-digits to mid-teens today.