DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Home sales in Des Moines dropped nearly 15% last month from where they were a year ago. According to the Des Moines Area Association of Realtors, more than 1,400 homes were sold last month. In July 2021, there were 1,700 homes sold. While home sales dropped, the median price for a home is more than 9% higher than a year ago.

ALTOONA, IA (IRN) – Altoona police are investigating a shooting that left a 41-year-old man dead in his home on August 10. Police say there were two more adults on scene who lived at the home with Killen. They are cooperating with authorities as police investigate the case.

POLK COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A person of interest in the homicide of a Des Moines man earlier this month turned himself in Monday and now officials say he has been charged with first-degree murder. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said 38-year-old Courtney Smith is charged in the death of 51-year-old Scott Crane.

DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – A Davenport man was arrested early Tuesday after police say he was under the influence of methamphetamine and struck two squad cars during a chase in Davenport. Jontavius Devonte Johnson, 27, was booked into the Scott County Jail on multiple charges.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Heavy metal rockers Five Finger Death Punch, fronted by Ivan Moody, and country singer Brantley Gilbert are gifting the metro with a Christmastime tour stop in Des Moines. The rock royalty members out of Las Vegas and Gilbert previously collaborated on a 2019 heavy metal remake of the 1998 Kenny Wayne Shepherd hit “Blue on Black” with Shepherd and Queen lead guitarist Brian May. The collaborators will appear together during their co-headlining tour stop in Des Moines on Dec. 7 at Wells Fargo Arena.