DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines Police Officers are looking for a hit-and-run driver who left a pedestrian in critical condition Thursday night in Des Moines. The 57-year-old man who was hurt is in the hospital in critical condition. Police are asking for help from the public to find and report the blue Buick with damage to the front-end. CLARKSVILLE, IA (IRN) – A Clarksville police officer is facing multiple sex exploitation charges. Police say Mike Tobin, former police officer for the City of Clarksville, showed a minor evidence in a pending court case. Pieces of that evidence included sexually explicit images and videos of nude minors. ​​DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Polk County judge said the fired former director of the Iowa Department of Human Services does not have a wrongful termination claim. The judge dismissed Jerry Foxhoven’s lawsuit this week against Gov. Kim Reynolds. Foxhoven said he was fired in 2019 for refusing to continue paying a governor’s aide with federal Medicaid money. The judge found that because Foxhoven served at the governor’s discretion, there is no basis for wrongful termination. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a harvest proclamation on Thursday. The proclamation allows vehicles that are carrying corn, soybeans, hay, straw, silage and stover to be overweight without a permit. The proclamation goes into effect immediately and will be in place through October 1, 2022. OTTUMWA, IA (IRN) – A truck, three trailers and thousands of dollars worth of pork were stolen Thursday morning from the JBS plant in Ottumwa. The pork was inside the trailers, which police found empty and abandoned a short time later.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa’s prisons are seeing the recidivism rate drop for the second year in a row, with just 37% of convicted prisoners reoffending after their release. That is a 1.7% decrease from last year. That means fewer convicted criminals are returning to prison. LARRABEE, IA (IRN) – Five workers were injured in the collapse of a building that was under construction in the northwest Iowa community of Larrabee. The workers were building a frame for a machine shop when the structure collapsed. Larrabee is a city of 120 people about 50 miles northeast of Sioux City. UNION COUNTY, IA (IRN) – The Union County Sheriff’s Department needs help finding a man they said is linked to vehicle thefts in six different counties. They say Daniel Floyd Edwards is responsible for a string of motorcycle, car, pick-up, 4-wheeler, tractor, dump truck, and semi thefts in Union, Ringgold, Adams, Adair, Cass and Madison counties. Authorities say Edwards is known to abuse drugs, has violent tendencies, and will drive at recklessly at high speeds. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Board of Directors on the Iowa Finance Authority awarded nearly $10 million dollars in federal housing tax credits to support the construction of 385 affordable rental homes in Iowa. Eleven communities were awarded the funds. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – An Iowa City West freshman hit a perfect drive on the 233 yard par four 21st hole at the Airport National golf course. Jack Jensen-Fitzpatrick was playing in his first high school golf meet.

CLIVE, IA (IRN) – A 70-year-old man was seriously injured this morning after police say a teen driver struck him with a car when he was crossing the street in Clive. The driver was a 15-year-old boy with a valid school permit. The boy told police the sun was in his eyes and didn’t see the man. IOWA (IRN) – The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced on Monday the first confirmed case of Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Type 2 within the state of Iowa. The disease, which was first detected in the United States in 2020, is a highly contagious viral disease that is fatal to lagomorph species (rabbits, hares, and pikas). It does not affect humans or other animals. Often, the only clinical signs of the disease are sudden death and blood-stained noses caused by internal bleeding. WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Valley West Mall in West Des Moines may be trying to return to its shopping center roots by adding more stores after facing a series of financial troubles. The mall is now controlled by U.S. Bank, whose management company told store owners that it wants to restore the mall back to a bustling shopping destination. This spring, the bank filed a foreclosure petition in Polk County District Court against the mall. IOWA (IRN) – On Tuesday, the Iowa Departments of Public Health and Human Services announced they were merging and aligning under a new agency brand. IOWA (IRN) – A census of Iowa’s pheasant population shows that hunting should be good this fall. The Iowa DNR on Tuesday reported the results of their annual August roadside survey. This year’s survey found the ring-necked pheasant population statistically unchanged from last year. Hunters reported one of the biggest harvests of birds in years in 2021, so logic follows that a similar count this year will lead to similar hunting success.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – An investigation is underway after a man died after a shooting involving two Cedar Rapids Police officers early this morning. Officers were trying to take a man into custody after a disturbance, when he showed a weapon, leading to officers shooting and killing him. KEOKUK COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A southeast Iowa man is charged with 20 felony sex abuse charges for a decade of alleged abuse of eight victims including his ex-wife, girlfriends, a baby-sitter and a two-year-old child. Matthew Robert Reynolds of Hedrick is charged in both Jefferson and Keokuk Counties. The arrest of Reynolds brings an end to a four-year investigation. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police have made two arrests, and say more are possible after a woman reported she was sexually assaulted by several men Saturday into Sunday. The victim was at the home and became highly intoxicated. She was lying in a bed in one of the bedrooms when she said multiple men came into the room and had sex with her against her will. WAUKEE, IA (IRN) – Police in Waukee are investigating the deaths of two people found in a home Monday morning. Authorities have not identified the victims or their cause of death. Police say it appears to be an isolated incident and there is no threat to the public. BARNES CITY, IA (IRN) – Barnes City is down a volunteer firefighter and a contagious laugh around the station following a medical emergency Saturday in which firefighters responded to try to help one of their own. Gary DeCook, who had served on the Barnes City Volunteer Fire Department for 17 years, died after the health emergency Saturday. The volunteer department had 16 members, including DeCook’s son. His gear still hangs in his locker draped with an American flag.

WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A West Des Moines man stabbed a cat to death after he said God spoke to him and told him to do it, according to police. Thirty-five-year-old Travis Allessi is charged with animal abuse. The crime was allegedly committed on June 3. According to police, Allessi called 911 to report that he stabbed his cat to death with a knife. WATERLOO, IA (IRN) – One person was killed in a shooting in Waterloo on Saturday. The Waterloo Police Department was sent to a report of a shooting in an apartment building. Officials located Cortavius Benford, 26, who had been shot one time. He later died from his injuries at a nearby hospital. Police arrested Savion Wilson, 23, and charged him with first-degree murder. Wilson is being held at the Black Hawk County Jail on a $1 million bond. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A boy has been taken to the hospital after a shooting on Des Moines’ south side Sunday. Police are investigating multiple scenes. The shooting stemmed from a fight. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A multi-vehicle crash on East 14th street in Des Moines left behind ‘tornado-like’ destruction and blocked off parts of the road Sunday morning. Witnesses tell police they appeared to be racing. Both of the cars lost control, left the road and crashed. The vehicles left a destructive path, hitting parked cars and at least five homes. AMES (IRN) – The Ames City Council is considering naming the municipal airport after James Herman Banning, a former Ames resident who was the first Black aviator to obtain a federal pilot’s license. Banning was also the first Black aviator, along with his friend Thomas Cox Allen, to fly coast to coast across the country.