CARLISLE, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says hazmat crews spent most of Monday cleaning up materials that spilled into the Middle River after a train went off the tracks near Carlisle. The train derailment happened Friday night. The Iowa DNR says 20 rail cars spilled lumber, salt, 30,000 gallons of corn syrup and polyethylene pellets. One car went down the riverbank, leaking polyethylene pellets into the river. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Workers on a construction site in Cedar Rapids found the body of a man yesterday. Police say it appears to be an unattended death. OELWEIN, IA (IRN) Two have been arrested in connection to a shots fired incident near Oelwein on October 16th. An investigation concluded there was a party with multiple people and a fight broke out when shots were fired. No injuries were reported. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Yesterday was the deadline for workers at all three Des Moines hospitals to be vaccinated or get fired. In August, UnityPoint, MercyOne and Broadlawns announced they expected all employees to be vaccinated, unless they had a medical or religious exemption. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Former Vice President Mike Pence spoke to a crowd of hundreds of students and others at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus yesterday. The event was the first in the Young America’s Foundation’s campus lecture series titled the Preserving American Liberty and Freedom series. It promotes conservative voices and brings them to college campuses across the country.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A man is in critical condition after he was struck by a car during a hit-and-run crash last night in Des Moines. Authorities found the injured man lying in the street. DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – An Illinois man has been arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting a man outside a Davenport strip club earlier this month. Lance Johnson, 28, of Rock Island, Illinois, was arrested Thursday by Rock Island police in the shooting death of Samuel Wires, 35, of Davenport. DALLAS CENTER, IA (IRN) – A family in Dallas Center lost their home Sunday after a massive fire burned it to the ground. At least 10 fire departments helped put out the flames, hauling water for miles to the rural area. No one was injured. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Some pharmacies across Iowa are shortening their hours because they are short on staff. There is a lack of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians all around the state, according to Renae Chesnut, the dean of Drake University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences. She cites burnout due to the pandemic as the source of the shortage. MOLINE, IL (IRN) – The United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers (UAW) announced Saturday it reached a tentative agreement with John Deere. UAW said the John Deere bargaining team reached a tentative agreement, but the strike will continue while they finish the process of verifying the agreement.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – One person was hurt in a shooting incident in Cedar Rapids on Saturday night. An adult male who had been shot was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of what officials described as non-life-threatening injuries. Police said they took a juvenile suspect into custody after gathering evidence at the scene. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Some pharmacies across Iowa are shortening their hours because they are short on staff. There is a lack of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians all around the state right now, according to Renae Chesnut, the dean of Drake University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences. She cites burnout due to the pandemic as the source of the shortage. MOLINE, IL (IRN) – The United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers (UAW) announced Saturday it reached a tentative agreement with John Deere. UAW said the John Deere bargaining team reached a tentative agreement, but the strike will continue while they finish the process of verifying the agreement. IOWA (IRN) – West Virginia beat No. 22 Iowa State 38-31 in college football Saturday, and Wisconsin beat No. 9 Iowa 27-7.

URBANDALE, IA (IRN) – An Urbandale man was arrested after police said he tried to kill his girlfriend when she was breaking up with him. Nathan Aguirre, 30, was charged with attempted murder and willful injury causing serious injury. Aguirre admitted to pulling a knife and cutting his girlfriend multiple times during an argument Thursday night. DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – A 13-year-old girl in Dubuque was taken into custody Thursday after stabbing two other teens. Dubuque Police responded to a report of a large disturbance and found the two stabbed girls. JOHNSTON, IA (IRN) – The Johnston school board race has attracted the attention of right-wing political action group 1776 Action. The group, which draws inspiration from former President Donald Trump’s 1776 Commission and lists correcting “anti-American indoctrination” among its goals, claims three Johnston School Board candidates signed their pledge of objectives. The 1776 Commission has been panned by historians as being inaccurate and biased. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Friday that the state has joined nine other states in a lawsuit that challenges President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for workers employed by federal contractors.

CHELSEA, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Department of Public Safety says a man is dead after an officer-involved shooting in the town of Chelsea in Tama County. Law enforcement agencies responded to a call and found 28-year-old Dewey Wilfong III walking with a handgun. A Tama County Deputy fired one shot, hitting him in the chest. Wilfong was taken to the hospital, where he died. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Marshalltown man was taken into custody Thursday after an hours-long standoff with authorities at a house in Nevada. The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office had gotten a tip that an armed man had meth inside the home and was possibly distributing it. The Story County SWAT team in a heavily armored vehicle was able to take him into custody. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa lawmakers approved the new redistricting maps that will impact political boundaries for the next decade. On Thursday, Democrats and Republicans agreed that the second set of maps were fair, nonpartisan and met all constitutional requirements. Wapello County would fall in Iowa’s third district which would trigger a faceoff between the district’s current representatives: Democrat Rep. Cindy Axne and Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks. MARION, IA (IRN) – One day after the Iowa Legislature approved new redistricting maps, Congresswoman Ashley Hinson announced she will be running for re-election in Iowa’s new 2nd Congressional District in 2022. Hinson currently represents District 1, but under the new maps, Linn County, where she lives, will be in District 2. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – During the redistricting special session, Republicans introduced a bill that could make it possible for Iowans to opt out of vaccine mandates set by businesses. The House and Senate passed the measure.