DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A driver was clocked at 114 mph on Interstate 35 on Tuesday night during the snowstorm. The Iowa State Patrol reports the driver’s excuse was he was “in a hurry to get back to college in Minnesota.”

IOWA (IRN) – A number of communities from Des Moines to Cedar Rapids received nearly a foot of snow yesterday and overnight. The Iowa State Patrol responded to 91 weather-related vehicle crashes and 372 motorist assists from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. yesterday. Seven crashes resulted in injuries.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Stores around the Des Moines metro had empty shelves as people rushed to buy snow supplies ahead of Tuesday’s storm. Business owners said ice melt, shovels and snow blowers sold out quickly this week.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – COVID-19 testing results from Test Iowa sites may face delays due to Tuesday’s winter storm.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A federal judge in Iowa who has warned against political corruption is ridiculing President Donald Trump’s pardons. Senior U.S. District Judge Robert Pratt of the Southern District said, “it’s not surprising that a criminal like Trump pardons other criminals,” and that, “apparently to get a pardon, one has to be either a Republican, a convicted child murderer or a turkey.” Pratt was referring to pardons Trump granted to his former campaign aides convicted of crimes, former Republican congressmen who committed crimes, and security contractors convicted of killing innocent civilians in Iraq. Trump also pardons turkeys — this year two from Iowa — annually before Thanksgiving.