URBANDALE (IRN) – An Urbandale woman has been charged with attempted murder in connection with a stabbing. Daliah Chanise Brown, 24, is accused of stabbing a person multiple times at a West Des Moines apartment Monday evening. The alleged weapon was described by multiple witnesses as a “fixed blade.” DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa Republicans have approved strict limits on who can assist voters in delivering ballots in a surprise change to state election law hours before adjourning the legislative session. Legislators approved the restrictions in a party-line vote late Wednesday, just weeks after Iowa became one of the first Republican-run states to extensively rewrite election rules. Republicans said the changes would enhance the security of voting, although have acknowledged that voting fraud is rare in Iowa and the last election had almost no problems. IOWA (IRN) – The Board of Regents announced on Thursday that it is lifting the State of Emergency at state universities, effective immediately. Starting July 1st, all faculty and staff are required to return to campus in their pre-pandemic responsibilities. Masks and social distancing won’t be required. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa schools are scrambling to react to a law signed early Thursday morning. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a new law overnight that bans local governments and school districts from enforcing stricter mask policies than the state’s own policies. AMES, IA (IRN) – According to CBS Sports, ISU head football coach Matt Campbell turned down an 8-year, $68.5 million contract to join the Detroit Lions this winter, choosing to remain at ISU.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Governor Reynolds signed new legislation that will allow an adopted adult whose original birth certificate was substituted with a new certificate after an adoption, to apply for and obtain a non-certified copy of the original certificate of birth. Biological parent information will be present on the certificate. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A constitutional amendment denying a woman’s right to an abortion in Iowa is one step closer to reality. The State Senate passed the amendment in a 30 to 18 vote on Wednesday after the House passed it in January. The amendment will still need approval in a separately-elected legislature and a public vote before the constitution changes. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa House and Senate approved a bill Wednesday that would ban mask mandates in schools and cities. Governor Reynolds has signed it into law. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law Wednesday a measure that expands Iowa’s charter school rules, allowing groups to set up such schools by applying directly to the state and bypassing local school boards. U.S.A. (IRN) – Six major agriculture groups want action and discussion on the state of cattle markets. With a growing spread of packer margins and producer prices, the group of organizations want to improve cattle transparency. The group includes the American Farm Bureau, the National Farmers Union, and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa House Democrats have filed ethics complaints against two officials with a national conservative group that claimed credit for writing parts of a recently-passed election law, accusing them of failing to register as lobbyists. The complaints, filed Tuesday with the Iowa House Ethics Committee, accuse the Heritage Action staffers of violating Iowa’s lobbying rules by failing to register as lobbyists and failing to declare on a bill prior to advocating for its passage. DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – Twelve jurors and three alternatives were seated Tuesday for the murder trial of Cristhian Bahena Rivera. Bahena Rivera is accused of killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts in Brooklyn in 2018. The selected jurors include eight women and seven men, of which most are white. When asked about Bahena Rivera’s immigration status, no prospective jurors said that they would hold the fact that he was in the country illegally against him. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Lengthy debate has delayed the 2021 legislative session in Iowa, but lawmakers have finally passed a sweeping tax deal. The proposal shifts funding for mental health services from property taxes to the state’s general fund. This is a $90 million change that would take place over two years. TIFFIN, IA (IRN) – An Iowa man was practicing landing and take off maneuvers before he died in a plane crash near Iowa City earlier this month, federal authorities have determined. Dr. Dale Bieber, 73, a University of Iowa doctor and clinical professor, died when his plane crashed at the Green Castle Airport near Tiffin on May 2. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa High School Athletic Association said Tuesday that attendance limits have been removed at Drake Stadium, allowing for full attendance at the State Track and Field Championships. The co-ed track meet will take place May 20-22.

IOWA (IRN) – Hy-Vee announced on Tuesday it will no longer require fully vaccinated customers and employees to wear face coverings in its stores, except where required by local ordinances. The move is in accordance with the CDC’s updated mask guidance. IOWA (IRN) – Parents and schools are getting mixed messages on masks. On Friday, the Iowa Department of Public Health said schools should make masks optional for students. Then Sunday, the CDC said keep mandating masks through the school year. Ultimately it’s up to each school district. U.S.A (IRN) – Farm tractor sales continue high growth. April sales grew over already large 2020 gains. US farm tractors saw double digit growth in the US and Canada as inventories continue to fall. Combine sales also grew 23%. AMES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa State Cyclones softball team is going to the NCAA softball tournament for the first time in 33 years. The program last participated in the tournament in 1988. The Cyclones are 31-21 and earned their first top 25 ranking in February. Iowa State’s Sami Williams is the Big 12 all-time leader in career hits, doubles and total bases. Williams also took Iowa State’s career and single-season home run record with 21 in 2021. MARION, IA (IRN) – Anyone over 55 can now rent electric trikes housed at the new Marion YMCA. The City debuted the program Monday. Seniors use them to commute around town.

WINTERSET, IA (IRN) – Madison County emergency crews were called to a rollover bus crash early Monday morning. It involved a Winterset School District bus. There were 10 students on board. All of them were taken to Madison County Hospital to be checked out and none reported serious injuries. BROOKLYN, IA (IRN) – The trial for the man accused of killing Mollie Tibbetts, a 20-year-old Iowa college student, is scheduled to start today in Scott County, nearly three years after her murder. Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 26, allegedly stabbed Tibbetts while she was on an evening run in her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. Her body was found more than a month later in a cornfield. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – An Indiana man has been arrested in connection with a shooting death in Iowa City last month. 29-year-old Renard Winfield Jr. of Gary, Indiana, has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting of 31-year-old Tommy Curry. Curry thought he was going to be meeting with a woman he had been texting with for months. Instead, police said Curry was shot and killed by an Indiana man who had been posing as a woman. SIBLEY, IA (IRN) – Hazmat teams were rushed to the Osceola County town of Sibley Sunday for a massive train derailment. More than a dozen cars hauling fertilizer and explosive ammonium nitrate left the tracks. The town was evacuated. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – None of the University of Iowa’s football coaches — including head coach Kirk Ferentz — participated in the voluntary salary reductions that UI Athletics announced last summer in light of massive pandemic losses. Most UI Athletics staffers took the pay cut — including Fran McCaffery, head coach of the men’s basketball team; Lisa Bluder, head coach of the women’s basketball squad; and Tom and Terry Brands, head and associate head wrestling coaches.