DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Des Moines Police Department says a 35-year-old man who was struck by a vehicle late Thursday night has died from his injuries. Police said the preliminary investigation indicates the man was crossing a busy street when a Volkswagen Jetta driven by a 23-year-old Des Moines woman appeared to swerve to avoid hitting the man but was not able to. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller on Tuesday called on the state legislature to support a red flag law aimed at reducing gun violence. Governor Reynolds says she will consider it. JOHNSTON, IA (IRN) – Police say they arrested the command chief of the Iowa Air National Guard in Polk County on Wednesday night after he reportedly drove under the influence, damaging property at Camp Dodge. Thomas Fennell, 57, of Sioux City, enlisted in the Iowa Air National Guard in 1988 and was named command chief in 2017. OTTUMWA, IA (IRN) – The lives of over 300 people have been saved, thanks to one Ottumwa woman. On Wednesday, the late Kayte Mosher, who was only 20 when she died, was honored posthumously by the Iowa Department of Transportation, the organization that records donor status on driver’s licenses. After her death in 2012, since she was a donor, many received her organs and tissue. During the event, her story was shared, and her family received a permanent tribute plaque. GILBERT, IA (IRN) – What started as a way to pass some time for a kindergartener has grown into a world championship. Irene Jiao Fei, 9, of Gilbert, recently returned from Panama, where she won a world chess championship for players nine and under. Now a fourth grader, her parents signed her up for a chess club in kindergarten to give her an activity to be involved with.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Despite the seasonal summer slowdown, Iowa keeps setting new sports betting benchmarks. In June, more than $122 million were wagered in the state. That’s the highest amount in June on record, 10% higher than the year before. Since legal sports gambling began in Iowa in August of 2019, more than $4 billion worth of bets have been placed. Experts predict Iowa will surpass $3 billion placed in sports bets this year alone. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police and the Des Moines Fire Department conducted water rescue efforts along the Raccoon River last night. Police say that an 11-year-old girl had been on the water on an inflatable raft with two other children. She got off the raft, went under the water, and did not resurface. The search is continuing this morning, but she is presumed to have drowned. LINN COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Multiple rescue and law enforcement agencies in Linn County are searching for someone who went missing at Palisades-Kepler State Park on Wednesday. Rescue personnel were called in when a person began to struggle and went underwater. The search continues. WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – West Des Moines Police are working to find a suspect in the armed robbery of a bank on Wednesday morning. The robbery happened just before noon at First Class Credit Union. Police say the suspect, wearing a mask and armed with a silver handgun, demanded money from a teller then fled the bank. SIOUX CITY, IA (IRN) – Sioux City police removed dozens of snakes and mice from a home Monday night. Marilyn Twinn lives in a townhouse in Sioux City. When she came home one day, she found a python in her garage. She believed the snake came from her next-door neighbor. After getting a search warrant, police and animal control confiscated mice and snakes from the property while the homeowner was out of town. Twinn claims the neighbor’s 6-month-old baby could have easily been killed by the python.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A former Des Moines lawyer and current assistant attorney general for the state is suing the Des Moines Police Department. Paxton Williams, who is Black, claims he was tackled, pepper-sprayed, and handcuffed for no reason during a 2020 racial justice protest in Des Moines. He said that police caused the violence that erupted that day. IOWA (IRN) – The Iowa DCI’s Criminalistics Laboratory analyzed over 17,000 fentanyl pills disguised as prescription drugs in the state in 2021. In the first six months of 2022, the number has already quadrupled to over 70,000 fentanyl pills disguised as prescription drugs. Governor Kim Reynolds says it’s President Biden’s fault for not securing the border. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Dozens of protestors drove laps around Terrace Hill Tuesday asking Governor Reynolds to step in and stop a carbon capture pipeline from being built. Earlier Tuesday morning, the same protesters filled the Iowa Utilities Board meeting — asking the voting members to deny three companies permits to build carbon capture pipelines through hundreds of miles of Iowa farmland. Some say the pipelines will contribute to the climate crisis, ruin topsoil, pose a danger to the small Iowa communities and won’t save the ethanol industry. AMES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has dispatched wildland firefighters to Alaska, Texas, and Colorado as wildfires continue to scorch areas out west. The fire program has been sending Iowa wildland firefighters to national incidents since 2006.

TAMA COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A lawsuit has been filed to stop new wind turbine projects in Tama County. The lawsuit claims the county board of supervisors violated the state’s open meeting law. The group “Tama County Against Turbines” says the board didn’t post that they’d be voting on an ordinance related to turbines and they didn’t hold a public hearing. The issue surrounds two wind farm projects in the area. The lawsuit asks a judge to void a May vote on turbine regulations and stop any new construction or expansion of existing wind farms. Wind energy accounts for more than half of the state’s electricity generation. WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A semi-truck driver is dead after a crash at the intersection of Highway 5 and Interstate 35 in West Des Moines Monday night. Police say the driver was trying to merge but lost control and crashed into a ditch. CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – A Cedar Falls woman was attacked by her dog and sustained serious injuries Monday. Police say the owner was transported via ambulance to a nearby hospital. Black Hawk County Animal Control removed the dog from the residence. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A Cedar Rapids woman was hit by a train shortly before 2:00 am Sunday. There’s no word on her condition. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Polk County Health Department has confirmed the first case of monkeypox in the county. The patient likely contracted the virus during recent travel within the United States. The person is isolating and receiving outpatient care. Monkeypox is a viral infection that is spread through skin-to-skin contact, through body fluids or through shared bedding or clothing. A vaccine is available.

IOWA (IRN) – Strong to severe thunderstorms moved through Iowa this morning producing winds upward of 80 mph. The hardest hit was the Highway 30 corridor in central Iowa where large trees and branches were downed and buildings destroyed. ALTOONA, IA (IRN) – Two people are recovering in the hospital following an early morning house fire in Altoona on Sunday. Firefighters rescued a couple trapped inside the house. The cause of the fire is unknown. LINN COUNTY, IA (IRN) – The Linn County Sheriff’s Office says a motorcyclist was hurt after colliding with a deer Saturday. Robert Oxendine, 41, of Fairfax, was riding his motorcycle westbound on Highway 100 when he hit a deer, lost control of his motorcycle, and crashed into the ditch. He wasn’t wearing a helmet. VINTON, IA (IRN) – The Vinton Public Library closed its doors indefinitely on Friday afternoon after the interim director quit. The closure is due to complaints coming from the public. The last two directors left after residents complained about the book displays, claiming there were too many LGBTQ topics and not enough Christian books. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Thousands of reproductive rights advocates from all over Iowa gathered at the Iowa State Capitol on Sunday to protest the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade. Abortion is still legal in Iowa, but it is anticipated the legislature will take up the issue when it returns in January.