WAUKEE, IA (IRN) – A Waukee couple has been charged with child endangerment after falling unconscious behind the wheel with an infant in the car. On April 17th, Jake Stratton and Brittney Ballinger were driving with their 3-month-old infant in the car, when they took fentanyl causing both of them to pass out behind the wheel and Ballinger to overdose. Officers say Stratton and Ballinger were found unconscious with the car stopped but the gear in drive. Ballinger was reportedly slumped over the infant from an apparent drug overdose.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Governor Kim Reynolds office has confirmed Iowa will join a multi-state effort to police the southern border in Texas. Iowa is one of 24 states taking part in the Governors’ Border Strike Force. The effort is championed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and has drawn interest from the country’s Republican Governors.

CARROLL, IA (IRN) – Nearly 100 parents and teachers attended a packed Carroll Community School Board meeting Thursday night. The crowd wore orange stickers reading, “I Support Carroll Teachers.” Those in attendance brought three binders worth of complaints against a school administrator who they claim bullies teachers. The board declined to look at the stack of complaints, which accuse an administrator of bullying educators and degrading their teaching styles. The board said their attorney told them not to read the complaints.

BREMER COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A farm in northeast Iowa is the latest to be hit with a case of the highly contagious bird flu. The farm, located in Bremer County north of Waterloo, had a confirmed case in a commercial turkey flock. This is the 17th case of bird flu found in Iowa across 13 counties.