DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The sentencing for a sex trafficked teen who killed her alleged rapist in Des Moines has been pushed back until next week. Pieper Lewis, 17, was charged last year with killing Zachary Brooks when she was 15. Brooks, 37, allegedly raped Lewis multiple times in the weeks leading up to his death, which was on June 1, 2020. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The driver who killed an East High School student in a hit-and-run crash this spring will not serve time in prison. Ema Cardenas, 14, was struck and killed on April 28 as she walked home from East High School. Police located the vehicle involved at a home nearby, but it was not until the following day that the driver, Terra Flipping, 38, turned herself in. She received probation over the objections of the victim’s family. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A 23-year-old is facing multiple charges, including attempted murder after an officer-involved shooting took place in Cedar Rapids in late July. On July 30, during a traffic stop, two officers fired 12 shots at 23-year-old Brandon Nelson, hitting him three times. The Linn County Attorney conducted a legal review and concluded the use of force was “necessary” after Nelson aimed a shotgun at both officers and fired at one of them. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Police say someone was shot on the south side of Des Moines overnight. A man is in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm. He is expected to survive. The woman who allegedly shot him was detained. IOWA (IRN) – An Iowa corrections officer and five other law enforcement officers in Iowa are among 330 people in the state listed as a member of the Oath Keepers, a far-right extremist group that’s accused of playing a role in the January 6th, 2021 Capitol riots. Data was published by the Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism on Tuesday.

BOONE COUNTY, IA (IRN) – The death of a K9 is under investigation in Boone County. The K9, named Bear, died last week. The DCI says the Boone County sheriff requested the state investigate the dog’s death. OSAGE, IA (IRN) – An Osage man charged with killing a woman he had just met and putting her head on a stick in a park is pleading not guilty. 22-year-old Nathan Gilmore is charged with killing Angela Bradbury in 2021. During a search of Gilmore’s residence, police found a whiteboard in his living room with GPS coordinates of where the skull was found. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A criminal complaint against one of two men charged in the mass shooting at Taboo nightclub in Cedar Rapids says video shows him fatally shooting a man at point blank range. Dimione Walker is charged with first-degree murder and weapons charges in connection to the April 10th shooting that killed three people and wounded 9 others. Surveillance video at the club shows Walker fired 8 shots at 25-year-old Michael Valentine at point-blank range with a handgun. Valentine died of six gunshot wounds. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Drake Public Safety is trying to find who scratched a racist slur into the wall of a campus building. It was quickly removed from a wall panel in an elevator. DPS is asking students to contact them if they know who’s responsible. OCALA, FL (IRN) – Sterling Lord, the literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” has died. He had just turned 102. He’s an Iowa native who attended Grinnell College and wrote about sports for the Des Moines Register. He died Saturday in a nursing home in Ocala, Florida.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A 23-year-old woman has died from a gunshot injury, according to Des Moines police. Two people have been arrested in connection with the homicide. DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – Davenport police arrested a man after being pursued by multiple police departments. Rock Island police responded to a report of a man armed with a handgun. He fled in a vehicle over the Centennial Bridge into Davenport, and officers saw him throw a gun into the river. 24-year-old Deveil Westerfield was arrested by police. He’s a convicted felon and prohibited from having firearms. HAMPTON, IA (IRN) – A derailed train spilled asphalt into a creek early Monday morning in the northern Iowa town of Hampton. At about 3:30 a.m., 44 Union Pacific train cars derailed on a bridge over a creek in Hampton. No one was injured and the cause of the train derailment is under investigation. CHARITON, IA (IRN) – The Humane Society of Lucas County announced it will be closing its doors. The decision was made due to expensive changes that are needed to comply with state regulations, low funding, and not enough volunteer staff. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Ape Initiative on Des Moines’ southeast side was vandalized twice in one week. It’s the world’s only research center dedicated to studying bonobo apes. The bonobos were safe and secure during the incident.

LOWDEN, IA (IRN) – One person was killed and another injured after a crash involving two motorcycles near Lowden in Cedar County Sunday. Both motorcycles were traveling eastbound on Old Lincoln Highway when the motorcycles left the road. One hit a traffic sign killing the driver. The other motorcyclist sustained minor injuries. ​​DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A teenager was shot in the foot early Saturday afternoon on the southeast side of Des Moines. The police department said over 150 shooting incidents have occurred in Des Moines this year. Approximately 25 percent of the shootings involved individuals under the age of 18 being injured or killed. DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – A bird strike caused a passenger jet to have to abort a landing and declare an emergency landing Sunday night at the Dubuque Regional Airport. The American Airlines flight from Chicago O’Hare into Dubuque struck a bird as it was approaching to land. That forced the pilots to pull back up and circle back to try to land again. The airport declared an emergency landing as a precaution, putting emergency vehicles on standby. Pilots were able to land the plane safely a few minutes later. WAUKEE, IA (IRN) – With an average of seven people moving to Waukee each day, one of the metro’s biggest developers sees an opportunity. West Des Moines-based Hubbell Realty Co. has seven housing projects in different stages of planning and construction slated to be built in Waukee over the next two years. Hubbell plans to build nearly 1,050 units, including single-family rental homes, apartments, a senior living facility and condos.

WATERLOO, IA (IRN) – A boy is recovering in the hospital after being shot multiple times in Waterloo Thursday evening. Police say the boy was shot in the arm and back and was taken to the hospital by private car. BUENA VISTA COUNTY, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services announced on Friday that the first confirmed case of West Nile Virus in a human in the state this year has been reported. The victim is a middle-aged adult out of Buena Vista County. HHS says that six Iowans were diagnosed in 2021. None of them died from the virus. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Labor Day weekend is one of the deadliest holidays in the State. As of Thursday, Sept. 1, the Iowa State Patrol reports there have been 220 deaths on the road so far this year. The State Patrol is worried that the number could increase like it’s done on past Labor Day weekends. They say slow down, and pay attention to the road. U.S.A. (IRN) -The university presidents who oversee the College Football Playoff voted Friday to expand the postseason model for determining a national champion from four to 12 teams no later than the 2026 season.