CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Cedar Rapids police are investigating a Friday afternoon shooting on the city’s Southeast side. Officers investigating the incident found a 2011 GMC Terrain with damage from the gunshots along with shell casings. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa voting rights advocate Deidre DeJear announced Saturday she will seek the state’s governorship in 2022. DeJear, 35, gained attention in 2018 when she became the first Black candidate in Iowa to win a statewide primary ahead of her unsuccessful campaign for Iowa secretary of state. She was defeated by incumbent Republican Paul Pate. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa State Fair organizers are not focused on breaking their 1 million visitor attendance record set in 2019. Yet, Thursday’s opening day greeted 78,000 visitors while Friday had 104,000 visitors. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa State Fair Queen was crowned Saturday at the fair. She’s Dubuque County Queen Hannah Stoner.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowans ages 12-19 are seeing the highest increase in vaccinations at 4.3% percent for the week of Aug. 9. That means more than 41% of people ages 12 to 19 have been partially or fully vaccinated. Doctors say this rise comes as good news as kids are returning to school soon and could trend infection rates even higher. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A tornado touched down south of the town of Epworth on the evening of August 11. On Friday the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities confirmed an EF-0 tornado with estimated peak winds of 74 MPH touched down for about 3 minutes. CONCORD, N.H. (IRN) – Troy Price, who resigned as chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party after a disastrous leadoff caucus in 2020, is taking a new job in the fellow first-in-the-nation state New Hampshire. Price will become executive director of the New Hampshire Democratic Party on Monday as it gears up for the 2022 elections and 2024 primary. DYERSVILLE, IA (IRN) – The Field of Dreams Game in Dyersville was the most-watched regular-season baseball game in 16 years. The game turned out to be a win for the White Sox with a walk-off homer 9-8 in the ninth. It was the most-watched regular-season game since 2005 with about 5.9 million viewers.

CERRO GORDO COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A Mason City man is facing a felony charge for allegedly burglarizing a residence on Aug. 9 and 10. Alan Valdez, 20, is accused of breaking into a residence in Meservey by climbing through a window on back-to-back days. He allegedly stole a total of $900. The money was recovered and returned to the residents. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – COVID-19 hospitalizations are up over 300% in Des Moines hospitals over the past month. The vast majority are unvaccinated. IOWA (IRN) – The 2020 Census numbers are out. Iowa’s population grew in pockets around the state’s largest cities over the past decade while 68 counties in rural areas lost population. The biggest gains were in the counties around Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, and Sioux City. Four counties — Johnson, Polk, Warren and Story — grew by more than 10% and 26 counties increased by less than 10%. The remaining 68 counties lost population. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Department of Transportation is brainstorming ways to improve congestion on Interstate 235 to try to reduce traffic accidents. One potential solution would be to install ramp meters on 14 I-235 entrance ramps. The meters would reduce the number of vehicles entering the Interstate at one time. DYERSVILLE, IA (IRN) – If you build it, they will come. Baseball fans from across the country came to Dyersville on Thursday to watch the Yankees play the White Sox at the Field of Dreams Game. The game ended in Hollywood fashion. Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson crushed a two-run homer off New York Yankees pitcher Zack Britton in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the White Sox a thrilling 9-8 walk-off win. Major League baseball says they’ll be back.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – An estimated 600 people a day will make their way to the Iowa State Fair carrying coronavirus. Dr. Meghan Schaeffer, an epidemiologist for Polk County says, “if you have an average of 100,000 people attending the Iowa State Fair every day, that’s about 600 people who could actively spread disease.” She estimates hundreds will be infected with the virus at the fair, and each person could infect two to four others. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Iowa City police arrested a person they say fired a shot at a woman last week. Danielle Lyronda Williams, 21, was charged with four offenses, including intimidation with a dangerous weapon. No one was injured. IOWA (IRN) – Two Midwest environmental groups are petitioning the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission for rule changes that would make it harder for livestock operations to be built in environmentally sensitive areas of the state. The Iowa Environmental Council and Environmental Law & Policy Center filed the petition Wednesday. DYERSVILLE, IA (IRN) – Urbandale native Pat Hoberg gets to be right in the middle of the action today when the White Sox and Yankees play in MLB’s Field of Dreams Game. Hoberg, who has been a major league umpire since 2014, will get to call the balls and strikes.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Democratic leaders at the Iowa Statehouse are calling for more public access to Iowa’s COVID-19 data. With the Iowa State Fair starting Thursday and school just around the corner, Democrats say Iowans need more information to make good decisions. The Iowa Department of Public Health reduced its reporting on COVID-19 testing, positive cases, hospitalizations and deaths from daily to weekly. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines Police are on the hunt for a shooting suspect who they believe is hiding out of state. Officers say 21-year-old Andrew Harris pulled the trigger and injured three people on July 31. Harris is wanted for attempted murder. One victim remains in intensive care. He was shot four times in the back and suffered a ruptured lung, and is paralyzed from the neck down. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa parents, teachers and others are holding a sit-in demanding masks be required in schools and local municipalities be allowed to make their own decisions on mask mandates. The Safe at School Sit-in will be held at the Iowa Capitol West Terrace today. CLEAR LAKE, IA (IRN) – An investigation is underway as to how an Oldsmobile Firenza ended up in Clear Lake under 9-10 ft. of water, and who was the owner of the vehicle. Police estimate the vehicle may have been underwater for up to 25 years. They believe the car was likely on the water during ice fishing season and sunk. At the time the car was towed out, the vehicle was unoccupied, with all windows rolled up. IOWA (IRN) – A preseason college football poll has Iowa State and Iowa in the top 25. The USA Today/American Football Coaches Association poll released Tuesday puts Iowa State in the number eight spot, which is the school’s highest preseason ranking in the poll since USA Today started administering it in 1991. The Iowa Hawkeyes are number 18.