ONAWA, IA (IRN) – An Iowa man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his grandmother in 2018. Eliot Stowe was sentenced in the beating death of 66-year-old Cheryl Stowe at her rural home in Castana in June 2018. Stowe declined to address the court before he received the mandatory sentence for first-degree murder. Prosecutors say Cheryl Stowe’s body was found wrapped in a rug and duct tape at the edge of a cornfield near her home.

GENESEO, IA (IRN) – A woman was found dead in a burning house in Geneseo on Christmas. Firefighters and officers with the Henry County Sheriff’s Office found the woman on the floor, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

BLACK HAWK COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Five people were sent to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries after a head-on collision on Highway 20 in Black Hawk County on Sunday morning. Authorities say the highway was covered with snow and ice.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – The football season for the Hawkeyes is over. On Sunday afternoon the Mizzou Football team tweeted “COVID-19 knocks Mizzou football out of TransPerfect Music City Bowl.” The Mizzou Football team is temporarily pausing activities until Jan. 2 due to COVID-19 concerns among student-athletes, coaches and staff.

THE MIDWEST, U.S.A. (IRN) – A winter storm will move across the Plains and Upper Midwest this final week of 2020 and will make for difficult, if not treacherous, travel conditions for much of Iowa on Tuesday. Tune in to (your station ID here) for current severe weather and travel information.