DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Des Moines Police Department attempting to track down a suspect in a brutal assault that lasted for several hours. According to police, “Evidence indicates that over a period of several hours, the victim was repeatedly, and intentionally, punched, kicked, choked, and burned by 25-year-old Ricardo Jeremiah Carroll.” The victim remains hospitalized and is expected to survive. SIGOURNEY, IA (IRN) – A jury has found Steven Vogel guilty of killing 44-year-old Michael Williams, of Grinnell, in 2020. Vogel, 31, and three others were charged with burning Williams’ body in a rural Jasper County ditch. Vogel was convicted of first-degree murder and one count of abuse of a corpse. The three others were charged with abuse of a corpse, destruction of evidence and accessory after the fact. DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – 46-year-old Marlin Santana Thomas of Des Moines was sentenced to life in prison for sex trafficking six adult victims by force, fraud, and coercion as well as trafficking a 14-year-old victim. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – A former manager for an influential Iowa-based pork dealer has died in a crash, days after federal prosecutors charged him in a scheme to swindle hog farmers. Steven Demaray, 70, the former regional buying manager for Lynch Livestock, was driving a truck that crashed head-on Monday into a concrete overpass support pier on Highway 63 near New Hampton, where he lived. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowans can expect to see hundreds of millions of dollars go toward internet access, water quality and road construction through the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Senator Joni Ernst, and Representatives Miller-Meeks, Feenstra and Hinson, all Republicans, voted against it. Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican, and Congresswoman Cindy Axne, a Democrat, voted for it.

WATERLOO, IA (IRN) – A man has died after being shot by a Waterloo police officer after he refused to exit his vehicle and instead rammed a patrol car. The officer chased the suspect vehicle for several minutes. Additional officers arrived to help stop the suspect. Police then gave verbal orders for the suspect to exit the vehicle, but the driver accelerated, running into an occupied patrol vehicle head-on. That’s when an officer shot the suspect. The suspect, identified only as a 42-year-old man, died from his wounds. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A state audit report on government spending released Monday by auditor Rob Sand accused Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds of using nearly $450,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds to pay salaries for 21 staff members for three months last year and concealing the spending by passing it through the state Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. OELWEIN, IA (IRN) – Anti Jewish graffiti has appeared on a billboard in Oelwein. It uses symbols used in a conspiracy theory blaming Jews for COVID-19. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Landus Cooperative, Iowa’s largest agricultural co-op, is considering moving its headquarters to downtown Des Moines from Ames. The Des Moines City Council on Monday approved preliminary terms of a development agreement offering Landus a $250,000 forgivable loan to help fund its relocation. MASON CITY, IA (IRN) – There’s been an ongoing effort to remove Native American symbols from Iowa school mascots, and many districts are considering a name change to eliminate stereotypes. On Monday, the Mason City School Board decided to retire its ‘Mohawk’ mascot and name. A new mascot will be chosen at a later date.

SPIRIT LAKE, IA (IRN) – The Iowa State Patrol says a Minnesota woman and her 1-year-old baby died in a crash in northwestern Iowa that also injured four others, including the woman’s two other children. The crash happened late Saturday morning at an intersection northeast of Spirit Lake. A patrol investigation found that an eastbound car driven by 29-year-old Mariah Nelson, of Jackson, Minnesota, ran a stop sign and collided with a southbound pickup truck driven by 63-year-old Allen Weinzetl, also of Jackson, Minnesota. FORT DODGE, IA (IRN) – Fort Dodge police responded to a shots fired call at the Brass Monkey bar around 1 a.m. Sunday. Police arrived on scene and located a man outside of the bar that witnesses say fired the shots. Inside the Brass Monkey bar officers found two victims with gunshot wounds. A 30-year-old man was shot in the shoulder and a 26-year-old woman was shot in the neck. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – An 18-year-old Des Moines man was shot and killed in Des Moines early Sunday morning. Police were called to the scene around 4 a.m. and arrived to find one person shot in a car. The victim was taken to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead. A second person was also shot in the incident. DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – One man with six active warrants was arrested after ramming his car into two Dubuque County Sheriff’s cars on Friday. Authorities identified the individual as Matthew Birch while he was driving. When Dubuque authorities tried to stop Birch, he rammed two Sheriff’s office vehicles. Birch was taken into custody after being tasered by a Dubuque Deputy. Police searched his car and found over a half pound of methamphetamine and $40,000 cash. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – The United Auto Workers and John Deere & Co. have reached an agreement that includes “modest modifications” over the most recent rejected contract offer. As a result, the UAW will present the offer from Deere for ratification and for a vote next week.

SIOUX CITY, IA (IRN) – A judge has sentenced a South Carolina man to 50 years in prison for the 2020 stabbing death of his mother in Sioux City. 32-year-old Paul Belk, of Beaufort, South Carolina stabbed his mother, Lisa Belk, 16 times with two knives and a pair of scissors while they were in an apartment on April 14, 2020. He had arrived in Sioux City the day before. STORY COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Authorities in Story County are investigating a series of suspicious fires. Officials say multiple fires broke out very close to each other early Saturday morning. LUBBOCK, TX (IRN) – Jonathan Garibay kicked a 62-yard field goal as time expired, lifting Texas Tech to a 41-38 victory over Iowa State on Saturday after the Red Raiders squandered a 17-point lead in the second half. Garibay sprinted across the field with his helmet off as fans stormed the field to celebrate the walk-off win after the longest field goal in the FBS this season, surpassing a 60-yarder by Oregon’s Everett Hayes last week. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Alex Padilla threw for two touchdowns and ran for another in his first career start, and No. 19 Iowa withstood three fourth-quarter comeback attempts to beat Minnesota 27-22 on Saturday.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – New information has been released about the crash that killed an Iowa State Patrol trooper last month. Trooper Ted Benda died on Oct. 20, six days after a serious accident north of Postville while responding to a call in Clayton County. Officials say Benda swerved to avoid a deer, lost control and flipped his patrol car into the ditch. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Students at Iowa City West High School say they called off a protest Friday because of the potential threat of violence. The protest was in response to two racist social media posts made by students over the weekend. One of the posts included a student appearing in blackface. The other was making a threat of racially motivated violence using an racial slur. POLK COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A combination of COVID-19 cases, day care problems and unfilled positions forced Saydel High School to cancel classes Friday. The district said other Saydel schools held classes as scheduled. There is no word yet if these problems will affect high school classes on Monday. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – The United Auto Workers and John Deere & Co. have reached an agreement that includes “modest modifications” over the most recent rejected contract offer. As a result, the UAW will present the offer from Deere for ratification and for a vote next week.