SAC COUNTY, IA (IRN) – An employee for two hog confinement sites was arrested for livestock neglect after Sheriff’s deputies discovered over 1,000 dead pigs in Sac County on Thursday. Elana May Laber, 33, who was employed to take care of the animals, said she knew the pigs had been dead for a week but didn’t know what to do. ​​DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Supreme Court has reversed a longstanding precedent that allowed landowners to sue for damages when a neighboring hog farm causes water pollution or odor problems that affect quality of life. The reversal is a significant blow to property owners who live in rural areas who want to take legal action over expanding hog farms. Iowa is the nation’s leading pork producer with 23 million pigs. NEW YORK, IA (IRN) Brownells, an Iowa gun distributor, was sued along with nine other gun distributors by the state of New York for their alleged role in “ghost gun” sales in the state on Wednesday. According to the lawsuit, the gun distributors allegedly sold gun parts called frames and receivers to residents of New York and did not follow state and federal laws while doing so. Frames and receivers are often used to build ‘ghost guns’ that are untraceable for law enforcement. U.S.A. (IRN) – In a seismic shift in college athletics, the Big Ten voted Thursday to add Southern California and UCLA as conference members beginning in 2024. The expansion to 16 teams will make the Big Ten the first conference to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

LEON, IA (IRN) – A child was killed in Leon in Decatur County in an accident involving a front-end loader. A hay bale had fallen off a truck’s trailer, driven by 41-year-old Justin Miller. After Miller retrieved the hay bale from the ditch with a front-end loader, he then turned into a private driveway and hit a 6-year-old. The child was fatally injured in the incident. GRANT COUNTY, WI (IRN) – A man was killed in a collision yesterday with a semi in Grant County, Wisconsin. A 47-year-old semi-truck driver from Dubuque was driving a 2021 Freightliner semi when it collided head on with a 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix. 33-year-old Nathan Williams was driving the Pontiac with his toddler son in the back seat when the car crossed the centerline at a curve in the road and hit the truck. The toddler is in the hospital under observation. CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – On Monday, Cedar Falls Police received a call from Blaine’s Farm & Fleet that two men left with a quantity of ammunition without paying for it. They stole approximately 1300 rounds of .223 caliber rifle ammunition and fled the scene before officers arrived. The following morning officers received another call from the store saying one of the men had returned and was in the same ammunition aisle. 22-year-old Jalen Malik Seals was taken into custody without incident. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Governor Kim Reynolds told reporters yesterday that she doesn’t plan on holding a special session of the legislature to ban abortion in Iowa. INDEPENDENCE, IA (IRN) – Former Buchanan County Deputy Klint Bentley says he’s not guilty of charges including extortion and accepting a bribe. Bentley allegedly stopped a car in rural Buchanan County for speeding on February 4th, 2022. Court records indicate Bentley asked the driver to show him her breasts, implying he would not issue a citation if she did. Bentley allegedly continued to solicit nude photos of the woman via text message after the traffic stop. A criminal complaint says the victim recorded the traffic stop.

MARENGO, IA (IRN) – Marengo police say there was a gas leak at or near a home where a 13-year-old girl was found dead on Monday morning. No foul play is suspected. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Tuesday two legal actions following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Reynolds said she will urge the Iowa Supreme Court to rehear Planned Parenthood v. Reynolds. She will also request that the Iowa courts lift the injunction against the enforcement of Iowa’s fetal heartbeat law. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Two separate shootings hurt two people on Tuesday night in Cedar Rapids. Both victims suffered non-life threatening injuries. DETROIT, MI (IRN) – The Detroit Pistons will not pick up the second-year option for Luka Garza. The Hawkeye legend played most of his minutes last year in the G-League. The 6’11” center signed with the Pistons full-time in September and played a total of 32 NBA games. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The state of Iowa is doling out $6 million to help develop the Field of Dreams TV series that will be partially shot in Iowa and available on NBC’s streaming platform, Peacock. Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Economic Development Authority made the announcement Monday. The funds come from President Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act. All of the Republicans in Iowa’s congressional delegation voted against the act. Only Rep. Cindy Axne, a Democrat, voted to approve the legislation.

POCAHONTAS COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Dozens of cats and kittens are receiving care after they were rescued from an abandoned home in Pocahontas County. The Animal Rescue League of Iowa’s Mobile Rescue Team was called in by local law enforcement after officers discovered 30 cats and kittens had been left inside the home with no food or water and in filthy conditions. GRUNDY CENTER, IA (IRN) – A man who shot and killed an Iowa State trooper has been sentenced to life in prison. Michael Lang was convicted of first-degree murder, attempted murder and assaulting a police officer in May. Lang shot and killed Trooper Jim Smith in Grundy Center as Smith led a tactical team into a home. Before the shooting, a chase led police there and Lang barricaded himself inside. MENDON, MO (IRN) – An Amtrak train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago crashed in northern Missouri Monday. Amtrak says the train, eight cars and two locomotives with 243 passengers, crashed in Mendon, Missouri at 1:42 p.m. when it hit a dump truck at a public crossing. The train was headed to Fort Madison, Iowa before reaching its destination in Chicago. Amtrak says at least three people were killed and 50 were injured. MARENGO, IA (IRN) – Authorities are conducting an investigation following the death of a 13-year-old girl at a home in Marengo. Foul play isn’t suspected. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines Police are investigating after an east side convenience store was robbed early Monday morning. It happened at a QuikTrip shortly after 2:30 a.m. The suspect didn’t display a weapon but implied that he had one. No one was injured in the robbery and the suspect fled on a bicycle.

IOWA (IRN) – Average gas prices in Iowa have dropped 9.4 cents in the last week for a state average of $4.62. Prices in Iowa are 33.8 cents higher than a month ago and are $1.70 higher than a year ago. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – An abortion-rights protestor was run over by a truck and another was knocked down while crossing the street in front of the Federal Court building in Cedar Rapids Friday evening. Witnesses say the man drove around two vehicles, red-faced and yelling, when he ran a red light on purpose to strike a group of protestors crossing the street legally in the crosswalk. There will likely be no charges because Iowa has a law that says it is legal to strike protestors with vehicles. DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – A Dubuque man faces several charges after he barricaded himself in his home and drove his own vehicle through his garage door. Deputies approached Dennis Miller outside his home because he has an active warrant for violating probation. Miller ran inside and wouldn’t come out. Miller then drove a vehicle from inside his garage through the door in an attempt to escape. He ran back into the house, and was taken into custody several hours later. SIOUX CITY, IA (IRN) – A Sioux City man is facing arson charges after authorities say he started a fire at a local convenience store where he was an employee. Orlando Castro has been charged with first-degree arson and second-degree criminal mischief. Authorities allege on June 22 Castro entered the Sam’s Mini-Mart and intentionally started a fire inside the store using its own merchandise. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – A fire destroyed a church on the eastern side of Iowa City on Saturday morning. At around 4:20 a.m. fire department crews were sent to a report of a fire at Iowa City Church of Christ. The building was totally engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.