DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Polk County Health Department announced a case of the COVID-19 omicron variant detected in Polk County Friday. Since then, the state announced 18 omicron cases in sevem counties.

IOWA (IRN) – Five West Des Moines students and six Sioux City students have been charged with making terroristic threats against schools on Friday.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Gov. Kim Reynolds’ office on Friday announced a new system for handling open record requests, a day after three media organizations filed a lawsuit that alleges she has repeatedly violated the state’s open records laws by ignoring requests for government records, some for more than a year. The new system is supposed to be faster.

IOWA (IRN) – The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls confirmed two additional tornadoes Friday night following Wednesday’s severe weather outbreak. This brings the statewide total from Wednesday up to 21 tornadoes. If this number holds steady, it would be the 6th biggest tornado outbreak in Iowa state history.