DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – Five people were evacuated from a Dubuque structure fire on Tuesday. The Dubuque Fire Department responded to a fire at a three-story residence. Upon arrival, fire crews deployed a hose line to the third floor. Fire crews evacuated five people from the first two floors. Upon investigation, no operational smoke detectors were found. Officials believe that the cause of the fire was accidental. There were no injuries. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa’s new Republican Attorney General Brenna Bird has joined 19 other states in a lawsuit against the Biden Administration’s new immigration policies. The Texas-led lawsuit challenges the Department of Homeland Security’s new program, which is expected to accept 30,000 migrants per month from Venezuela, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Cuba who have family or other pre-existing ties to the U.S. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Firearms Coalition – a gun rights group – is again calling on state education officials to arm more staff members in schools to protect from the threat of an armed intruder. The statement came in the wake of a shooting Monday afternoon at an education center in Des Moines that killed two students and injured the center’s founder. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Former Iowa governor Terry Branstad has been named the new president of the World Food Prize. Branstad served as governor of Iowa from 1983 to 1999 and was elected again to serve between 2011 and 2017. The Republican left the governor’s office during his last term to become the U.S. Ambassador to China, a role he served in until 2020. AMES, IA (IRN) – Jaren Holmes had 23 points and 7 assists as the No. 12 ISU Men’s basketball team took down No. 5 KSU 80-76 Tuesday night at a sold-out Hilton Coliseum. The win moves ISU (15-4, 6-2) into a three-way tie for first place in the Big 12 with KSU and Texas.

GRIMES, IA (IRN) – A Clive mother discovered burns on her toddler’s body and now she wants to know what happened to her at day care. She believes her daughter may have been burned by bleach at the Yellow Brick Road Day Care in Grimes. Sophia Ewing says her 1-and-a-half-year-old daughter Zi’Airah is recovering from burns on her bottom. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – In the early hours of Tuesday morning, state lawmakers approved Gov. Reynolds’ plan to use taxpayer money to pay private school tuition. The bill passed with a 55-45 vote in the Iowa House and a 31-18 vote in the Iowa Senate. Reynolds is expected to sign the bill into law this afternoon. Once fully phased in, the plan will cost the state more than $340 million annually. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Police have arrested 18-year-old Preston Walls, of West Des Moines, in connection to a deadly shooting at Starts Right Here, a Des Moines outreach center. Walls is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder, and one count of criminal gang participation. Two others are in custody. WEBSTER COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A former Webster County choir teacher was sentenced to two years probation for sending inappropriate texts to a student. Brandon Louis worked at Southeast Valley High School in Gowrie. In 2020, several students accused him of sexual misconduct. In 2022, he pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation by a school employee. COLUMBUS, OH (IRN) – Caitlin Clark scored a game-high 28 points and Monika Czinano added 22 as No. 10 Iowa defeated No. 2 Ohio State 83-72, giving the Buckeyes their first loss of the season. The Hawkeyes (16-4, 8-1 Big Ten) kept Ohio State scoreless for more than 2 1/2 minutes in the fourth quarter, allowing Iowa to command a 13-point advantage with 3:11 remaining. Ohio State (19-1, 8-1) gave it one more try and went 4 of 9 from the field in the final three minutes, but the Hawkeyes made all eight attempts at the free throw line to seal the win.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police are investigating a shooting on Monday that has killed two students and injured an employee. The shooting was reported at Starts Right Here, a non-profit organization focused on helping at-risk youth. According to police, three people were shot. Two students were killed. A third person, an employee of Starts Right Here, was transported to the hospital in serious condition. Police have detained three suspects. They say this is a targeted incident. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Parents have packed the Iowa state house to speak about the governor’s plan to use taxpayer money to pay private school tuition. Iowa House and Senate lawmakers are scheduled to vote on Governor Kim Reynolds’ “school choice” bill today. The bill specifically says that the state cannot force private schools to accept all students despite taking taxpayer money. CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – Stop sticks and a foot chase brought an end to a high-speed chase through Cedar Falls and Waterloo Saturday night. An officer says the suspect passed him at a high rate of speed, beginning the chase. Several other units joined the pursuit. After disabling the car with stop sticks, the suspect tried to run away. 32-year-old Brandon Choate is now in the Black Hawk County Jail, facing multiple charges. Three cruisers were damaged in the chase. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – On Sunday, union members voted overwhelmingly to accept a new contract and end the strike at Ingredion in Cedar Rapids after more than 100 workers spent 175 days on the picket line. Now, nearly six months later, there’s a new contract that, according to the union, protects seniority rights, maintains benefits and work rules, safeguards work hours, and provides wage increases. SANTA CLARA, CA (IRN) – Former Iowa State football star Brock Purdy is one win from the Super Bowl. Purdy, a San Francisco 49ers rookie quarterback, completed 19 of 29 passes for 214 yards as the 49ers beat the Dallas Cowboys 19-12 in Sunday’s NFC divisional playoff game. Purdy and the 49ers will travel to Philadelphia next Sunday for the NFC Championship game. The winner will play the AFC champion in the Super Bowl on Feb. 12 in Glendale, Ariz.

FORT DODGE, IA (IRN) – One of the Fort Dodge parents accused of drowning their newborn daughter in a bathtub is asking for different public defenders. Brandon Thoma and Taylor Blaha are charged with first-degree murder. Blaha submitted a letter to the judge asking for a new public attorney because she did not think her current representation had her best interest in mind. The letter also said she didn’t understand what they told her or what was on the court documents and asked the judge to consider her learning disability in the decision. WAUKEE, IA (IRN) – Firefighters are investigating a fire at a commercial building in Waukee. The fire originated in the bailing room of the building. Firefighters say a machine malfunctioned, causing a spark which led to the fire. The “bailing” process compacts paper scraps into recycling, after which the paper is used to make phone books. MARION, IA (IRN) – The Linn-Mar Board of Education is urging families to push back on Governor Kim Reynolds’ plan to divert taxpayer funds for Iowa families wanting to go to private schools. They say public schools are already underfunded and have been under attack and this latest proposal is “the greatest blow yet.” CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – The artist who made a sculpture will pay to remove her sculpture from the Hotel at Kirkwood Community College after she sued, claiming the college had mutilated it. Molly Mason designed the sculpture as a water fountain when it was installed when the hotel opened in 2008. She filed a lawsuit in 2021 claiming Kirkwood had altered her work by removing the water feature and replacing it with plants around the base, referring to it as an “overgrown planter.”

DYERSVILLE, IA (IRN) – Emergency services responded to an incident where two people fell 20 feet from a portable scaffold in Dyersville on Thursday, with one person left injured and another dying of his injuries. HAWKEYE, IA (IRN) – A Fayette County woman has been arrested for attempted murder after allegedly striking her husband multiple times in the head with a sword. The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a home in rural Hawkeye for a report of domestic assault on Wednesday. First responders found a 70-year-old man with severe lacerations to the head. The assault happened after a verbal argument between the man and 58-year-old Kim Renee Cannon, from Hawkeye. MONTICELLO, IA (IRN) – The Jones County Attorney says the man who shot and killed Patrick O’Brine while O’Brine was breaking into his home was justified in shooting him. The audio from the 911 call reveals screaming and three shots fired by the homeowner, two of which struck O’Brine. Investigators say O’Brine broke into the basement of the home and approached the homeowner wearing a ski mask and armed. He was shot and killed by the homeowner. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – After gaining approval from the Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday, the governor’s proposal to use taxpayer money to fund private school scholarships is ready for debate and a full vote on the Senate floor. Rules have been changed so the House version of the governor’s ‘school choice’ plan is exempt from the traditional budgetary process in the House Appropriations or Ways and Means Committees. This means we won’t know the budgetary impact of the legislation. IOWA (IRN) – Yesterday’s snowstorm is the first to impact much of Iowa in 2023. The temperatures stayed at and above freezing through the night, so the snow has been melting overnight. The most snow in the state fell in the Sac County town of Auburn, with 10.4 inches.