DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office reports a Polk County Jail inmate escaped by using another inmate’s identification. The incident happened around 1:45 a.m. Friday. Rodney Clint Moore used another inmate’s identification bracelet to be released from the jail. Moore is at large and wanted on escape, driving while barred and reckless driving charges.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A former Iowa youth basketball coach and organizer has been sentenced to 180 years in federal prison. Gregory Scott Stephen, 43, of Monticello, had been accused of sexually abusing and exploiting 400 boys over a decade as co-director of Iowa Barnstormers Basketball. The organization runs youth basketball teams for kids between fourth and twelfth grades.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Three high school students were taken to a hospital Thursday afternoon after they were struck by a car in Des Moines. The Iowa State Patrol says one car hit another, and then hit three North High School students who were on the sidewalk. The injuries are not considered life-threatening. Charges are pending.

QUAD CITIES (IRN) – The Mississippi River in the Quad Cities is now over 22.64 feet, surpassing the previous record set in 1993 at 22.63. The National Weather Service reports the river is still rising.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A mother duck and her flock of ducklings have a group of strangers to thank for saving their lives. WHO-TV reports on Thursday, 14 ducklings fell into a storm drain in the East Village in Des Moines. Employees of nearby shops and a team of construction workers installing a manhole jumped into action. Mother and ducklings are doing fine.