WASHINGTON, D.C. (IRN) – The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place for nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. Friday’s outcome is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states. Governor Kim Reynolds says she will continue to work to ban abortions in the state. BURLINGTON, IA (IRN) – The city of Burlington has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the mother of a man who was shot to death by police. The settlement comes nearly five years after Officer Chris Chiprez shot and killed 27-year-old Marquis Jones. WASHINGTON, D.C. (IRN) – The Senate passed its first major federal gun safety legislation in decades on Thursday night. The deal includes millions of dollars for mental health, school safety and crisis intervention programs and incentives for states. The deal also makes changes to the process when someone ages 18 to 21 goes to buy a gun. The legislation passed in a 65-33 vote. Iowa’s senators, Republican Sen. Joni Ernst and Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, were split on the decision. Ernst voted in favor of the bill while Grassley voted against it. GRANT COUNTY, WI (IRN) – A Dubuque man is missing in the Mississippi River. Officials say 51-year-old Alan Hartig was in shallow Wisconsin waters on Wednesday when his pontoon boat, which was beached on a sandbar, began drifting down the river. He was last seen pushing the boat in shallow water. KINGS COUNTY, N.Y. (IRN) – Keegan Murray has made Hawkeye history. The Sacramento Kings drafted him 4th overall, making him the highest-drafted player from Iowa. The 6-8″, 225 Murray scored 23.5 points per game last season as a sophomore, leading Iowa to a Big Ten Tournament title. He was named the Big Ten Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player and a first team Associated Press All-American.

MASON CITY, IA – A man who vandalized the North Iowa Fairgrounds has received probation. Justin Lee Holt, 45 of Mason City, was sentenced Wednesday to five years of supervised probation and ordered to pay $2,035 in damages. Holt stole a dump truck, damaged an ATM, damaged the Mason City Motor Speedway, broke off doorknobs, broke windows, disconnected phone lines, and stole an automated defibrillator at the Fairgrounds on October 7, 2021. WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Police have made an arrest in connection to a shots fired incident during a carnival at Valley West Mall in West Des Moines last Wednesday night. Police responded to the area for reports of two large fights. Police have arrested a 14-year-old boy in relation to the shooting. ​​DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – American Airlines has announced that they are pulling service from Dubuque in September. They say it’s due to the national shortage in pilots. American Airlines currently has two flights a day from Chicago to Dubuque’s airport. It’s the only legacy airline currently running out of Dubuque. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa’s showcase of local sports history will soon shut its doors for good and move online only. The Iowa Hall of Pride, which is located within the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, is closing on June 30. The Iowa High School Athletics Association cited low museum attendance during the pandemic as the main reason for the closure. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A 99-year-old man in Mount Vernon is spreading joy online, one joke at a time. It started during the pandemic as people were isolated in their homes. Now, nearing 100, Fred Lehman has made a tradition out of making people smile by telling jokes by video on Facebook. His daughter is his videographer.

YARMOUTH, IA (IRN) – An eastern Iowa man is missing. No one has been able to find him since a grain bin collapsed on Tuesday morning in Yarmouth. The other man who was with him was able to make it out. RANDALIA, IA (IRN) – Police have charged Derek David Smith of Randalia with failing to care for his livestock resulting in the deaths of over 3,200 hogs. They weren’t given enough food. The charge of Livestock Neglect is punishable by up to one year in jail and a $2,560 fine. JASPER COUNTY, IA (IRN) – An Illinois pilot came up about 40 miles short in his fuel calculations on Tuesday, forcing him to make an emergency landing in a Jasper County bean field. A pilot and a passenger reported that they’d run out of gas and were making an emergency landing in a field. Authorities found the plane, pilot and passenger all safe in the field. The plane was flying from Illinois to Ankeny. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Ankeny Centennial co-head football coach Jerry Pezzetti has been inducted to the National Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Pezzetti, who owns 435 career victories, is the all-time winningest coach in Iowa history. He is entering his 61st season coaching and has been the co-coach with his son Ryan for nine years at Centennial. Prior to that, he was the head coach at Ankeny for 42 years, Melcher-Dallas for seven and Murray for one.

ANKENY, IA (IRN) – The father of a 4-year-old Ankeny girl who fatally shot herself in the face with a handgun in May has been charged in the incident. Akeem Holmes, 33, is charged with involuntary manslaughter, making firearms available to a minor and neglect or abandonment of a dependent person. CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – A Mason City man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a February shooting that killed one man and left another with disabling injuries. 24-year-old Daniel Martez Judon IV is one of two people charged in the Feb. 6 shooting in Cedar Falls that killed 19-year-old Arthur Craig Lang III, of Clear Lake, and left another man with a partially severed spine. Judon was in a vehicle with others when they began arguing with a group of pedestrians, and the two groups began shooting at each other. WASHINGTON, D.C. (IRN) – Iowa Democrats hope big changes to the caucus process will keep them first in the nation, as they make their case to the national party Thursday in Washington D.C. URBANDALE, IA (IRN) – Monday, the Iowa Board of Regents met to consider higher tuition at the three public universities for the upcoming school year. This would impact students at the University of Iowa, Iowa State, and the University of Northern Iowa. The tuition at each of the three regents universities would rise 4.25% in the upcoming 2022-23 school year if approved by the board. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – The Cedar Rapids Fire Department jumped into rescue mode Saturday night after it received a call of a kitten caught in an 8-inch pipe. When crews arrived on-scene, they assembled an extra-long capture device, lowered it down and successfully secured the kitten, returning it to its delighted owner.

CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – One North Iowa man has been sentenced for his role in a fatal shootout on College Hill in Cedar Falls in February that killed a Clear Lake teen. Daniel Martez Judon, 24 of Mason City, has been given 10 years in prison for pleading guilty to intimidation with a dangerous weapon. Police say Judon, Brandon Javon Mitchell, and Arthur Craig Lang were in a vehicle in Cedar Falls on February 6 when a confrontation with several pedestrians escalated into gunfire. Lange, 19 of Cedar Falls, was killed in the shootout and police say Mitchell critically injured another man. OSKALOOSA, IA (IRN) – Authorities are investigating the June 18 death of 28-year-old Alison Cooper of Newton. The investigation began after Ms. Cooper was brought to Mahaska Health, in Oskaloosa, where she was pronounced dead. As part of the investigation, officers arrested 35-year-old Brandon Lee Slobe of Oskaloosa for numerous narcotics violations. FREMONT COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A crash in Fremont County Saturday resulted in three people being injured and two teenagers dying. A Dodge Charger driven by Rodelio Martinez, 26, lost control and struck a 2020 Jeep Wrangler. Martinez was not injured. The Jeep Wrangler contained a driver and four passengers, who all were ejected from the vehicle. A 20-year-old male, an 18-year-old female, and a 15-year-old female were injured. A 14-year-old male and 16-year-old female died. None of the minors were wearing seatbelts, and alcohol may have been involved. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A violent assault led to a shooting inside a Hy-Vee grocery store in Des Moines on Sunday morning. Shots rang out around 10 a.m. inside the store at East 26th Street and East Euclid Avenue. Police say Kapri Lashawn Francis, 30, of Des Moines, violently assaulted a woman without provocation. The woman who was assaulted, who lawfully possessed a handgun, fired once in self defense, shooting Francis in the leg. Another male customer was shot in the foot by the bullet when it ricocheted. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Two jet skis flipped over on the Des Moines River downtown on Sunday afternoon. One was carrying one adult and two children and the other was carrying one adult and one child. They were rescued before going over a dam.