CEDAR COUNTY, IA (IRN) – The Iowa State Patrol reports at least one person is dead after a semi vs. train crash in Cedar County on Friday afternoon. The semi was crossing the railroad tracks when it was hit on the driver’s side of the cab by the train.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A lawsuit seeking class-action status has been filed against Governor Kim Reynolds and the State of Iowa over her decision to terminate participation in federal COVID-19 pandemic relief programs that provided additional unemployment benefits to Iowans. The lawsuit says Reynolds deprived Iowans “of life-sustaining benefits to which they were otherwise entitled.” Those benefits were part of the CARES Act passed in March 2020.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A report from the National Bureau of Economic Research says Iowa is below average at retaining college graduates. 42 other states are better at retaining them.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – While in Iowa on Thursday, Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy voiced support for changing the overall U.S. voting age to 25, unless younger Americans fulfill at least six months of service in the military or as a first responder, or pass the same citizenship test administered to those seeking to become naturalized citizens.