CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Cedar Rapids police are investigating a shooting death in Cedar Rapids this morning. Police responded to a call of shots fired and found Dustin Frondle, 36 of Cedar Rapids, with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was declared dead on scene. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A 9-year-old girl died in a house fire in Greeley, Iowa Saturday morning. The State Fire Marshal’s Office and the Greeley Fire Department are investigating. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A man was rescued from the Cedar River in Cedar Rapids on Saturday afternoon by firefighters. The man was clinging to a concrete wall on the side of the river, but weakening. A firefighter was lowered over the wall to try to grab the man. A rescue boat was able to pull the man and the firefighter out of the water. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – One man is dead and another faces a first-degree murder charge in Des Moines’ seventh homicide of 2022. Des Moines police were called to the parking lot of the AmericInn Hotel about 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Arriving officers found 53-year-old Patrick Burton of Kansas City, Missouri with a gunshot injury. He was transported to a local hospital, where he later died due to his injuries. Des Moines police have charged 24-year-old Eric Lewis Stricklin with murder. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Strong thunderstorms with gusts over 60 mph caused widespread damage in central Iowa Saturday night. A Des Moines building collapsed and a barn in Slater was destroyed. A tornado was reported two miles west of Slater. In Winterset, the Fire Station’s roof reportedly collapsed.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A 9-year-old girl died in a house fire in Greeley, Iowa Saturday morning. The State Fire Marshal’s Office and the Greeley Fire Department are investigating. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A man was rescued from the Cedar River in Cedar Rapids on Saturday afternoon by firefighters. The man was clinging to a concrete wall on the side of the river, but weakening. A firefighter was lowered over the wall to try to grab the man. A rescue boat was able to pull the man and the firefighter out of the water. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A police pursuit through Des Moines’ Beaverdale neighborhood Saturday ended with a car crashing into a house and three juveniles under arrest. Police were investigating a report of gunshots when they spotted the suspects, and a chase ensued. No one was injured. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Strong thunderstorms with gusts over 60 mph caused widespread damage in central Iowa Saturday night. A Des Moines building collapsed and a barn in Slater was destroyed. A tornado was reported two miles west of Slater. In Winterset, the Fire Station’s roof reportedly collapsed.

MUSCATINE, IA (IRN) – A man from Davenport has been charged with Homicide by Vehicle after authorities found his vehicle submerged in the Mississippi River. 36-year-old Joshua Scott Peters’ vehicle was found with a dead body in it. WINTERSET, IA (IRN) – Iowa’s oldest oak tree is clinging to life following last month’s EF-4 tornado that hit Madison County. The bur oak, which stands in Pammel State Park, sprouted in 1634, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. That’s nearly a full century before the birth of George Washington (1732). The rolling hills in the park have never been plowed, and the park contains 40 or 50 of the oldest oak trees in Iowa. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A new $58 million dollar hockey arena in Des Moines just got its final approval. The new Buccaneers arena is going up at Merle Hay Mall. The Iowa Economic Development Authority approved the plans to funnel $26.5 million into the project. The approval allows the Buccaneers to finish raising money, and start building. It will seat 3,500 fans, and the project is expected to be complete in fall of next year. AMES, IA (IRN) – A research team at Iowa State University has won a prestigious award for developing a new way that could remove thousands of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year. The team won a $1,000,000 prize from XPRIZE Carbon Removal as a way to help advance its vision of removing a major greenhouse gas from the environment in the hope of slowing climate change.

WAUKEE, IA (IRN) – A Waukee couple has been charged with child endangerment after falling unconscious behind the wheel with an infant in the car. On April 17th, Jake Stratton and Brittney Ballinger were driving with their 3-month-old infant in the car, when they took fentanyl causing both of them to pass out behind the wheel and Ballinger to overdose. Officers say Stratton and Ballinger were found unconscious with the car stopped but the gear in drive. Ballinger was reportedly slumped over the infant from an apparent drug overdose. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Governor Kim Reynolds office has confirmed Iowa will join a multi-state effort to police the southern border in Texas. Iowa is one of 24 states taking part in the Governors’ Border Strike Force. The effort is championed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and has drawn interest from the country’s Republican Governors. CARROLL, IA (IRN) – Nearly 100 parents and teachers attended a packed Carroll Community School Board meeting Thursday night. The crowd wore orange stickers reading, “I Support Carroll Teachers.” Those in attendance brought three binders worth of complaints against a school administrator who they claim bullies teachers. The board declined to look at the stack of complaints, which accuse an administrator of bullying educators and degrading their teaching styles. The board said their attorney told them not to read the complaints. BREMER COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A farm in northeast Iowa is the latest to be hit with a case of the highly contagious bird flu. The farm, located in Bremer County north of Waterloo, had a confirmed case in a commercial turkey flock. This is the 17th case of bird flu found in Iowa across 13 counties.

WEST LIBERTY, IA (IRN) – The city of West Liberty is running out of time to reach an agreement with its volunteer fire department, before every member resigns. Earlier this month, the department sent a letter to the city, threatening to resign if the city doesn’t change how they divide up financial resources. Members accused the city of demanding complete control of the department and finances without transparency, harassing volunteers, and stalling to hire more EMS personnel. The city responded to the letter, calling the accusations either wrong or unfounded. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for the 2018 shooting death of a Cambridge woman. 22-year-old Jaquarious Scoggins was sentenced last week after pleading guilty in January to second-degree murder for the death of 25-year-old Mercedes Wathen. Scoggins must serve a minimum of 35 years before he’s eligible for parole. He shot her in the head. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines Police have arrested a suspect for the city’s first homicide of 2022. Authorities announced Wednesday they arrested 25-year-old Sam Sando for the shooting death of 24-year-old Trishay Thompson. Sando faces charges of first-degree murder. Thompson was shot outside an apartment complex on January 9th. He died from his injuries more than two weeks later. CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – One person is in jail after two people were robbed overnight in Cedar Falls. 20-year-old Isaiah Malik Pratt was arrested and charged with Robbery 2nd, Burglary 2nd, and Possession of Marijuana, 2nd offense. Cedar Falls police were called around 10 pm to a parking lot for a report of two people being robbed. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Dotdash Meredith will end the print edition of Martha Stewart Living next month, making it the company’s seventh title to cease physical publication this year. Martha Stewart Living follows other Dotdash Meredith titles that have ended their print runs this year, including EatingWell, Entertainment Weekly, Health, InStyle, Parents and People en Español. Those cuts resulted in about 200 layoffs.