CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Cedar Rapids authorities are investigating an early Thursday morning fire. When firefighters arrived, they found flames coming from the exterior of a three-story apartment complex. Firefighters went into the apartment through the patio door and found an unconscious person on the floor. They were taken to a local hospital by ambulance. WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A weekend apartment fire in West Des Moines became even more devastating for some residents when a neighbor threatened them with violence and racial slurs. Attorney Adam Kehrwald offered legal aid to a group of evacuated residents outside the apartment complex during the fire. When the group declined, Kehrwald allegedly threatened the people he offered to help. He used racial slurs, and then said he was going to get a gun. Officers intervened, and he struck two male and one female officer before he was detained. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A bill banning the use of vaccine passports in certain circumstances is headed to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk for signature. Vaccine passports provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination. NORTH LIBERTY, IA (IRN) – Students and staff were evacuated after a bomb threat at North Central Junior High in North Liberty Wednesday. Police didn’t find a bomb. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – The Iowa City Police Department needs more officers. A combination of people retiring or choosing to leave the profession altogether have left the Iowa City Police Department short-staffed. Officers are working overtime, and Captain Denise Brotherton says it is wearing them down.

SCOTT COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Law enforcement has charged Henry Dinkins in the death of Breasia Terrell. Dinkins allegedly shot and killed 10-year-old Breasia in Scott County around July 10, 2020. Dinkins is the father of Breasia’s half-brother. He was named a person of interest earlier in the investigation. In March, fishermen found her remains north of DeWitt. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Des Moines Police Department is investigating a crash Tuesday involving two motorcycles and another vehicle that resulted in two fatalities. A witness said a car was traveling fast before colliding head-on with the motorcycles. The driver left the scene of the crash. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Emergency responders were able to revive a man who was electrocuted while working on the roof of a Cedar Rapids Theisens. The first to arrive at the scene located the man, in his 20s, who was unresponsive and in cardiac arrest. He was brought back to consciousness using a defibrillator. The man was working on the roof and was electrocuted when a piece of sheet metal hit a power line. LeCLAIRE, IA (IRN) – A Pleasant Valley man has been charged in a deadly boat crash on the Mississippi River near LeClaire that killed two people in August. James Thiel, 44, is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter, reckless use of a watercraft, and other charges. Thiel turned himself in Tuesday morning. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A polluted former industrial eyesore in Des Moines is about to be cleaned up. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan joined state and city officials Tuesday to announce future plans for the 43-acre site on the edge of downtown. Plans for development include a 6,300-seat multi-use outdoor stadium for a professional soccer team, a hotel, and other mixed-use developments.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Just as many outdoor events in Iowa like farmers markets and professional baseball games are getting underway, organizers on Tuesday announced the 80/35 music festival will be postponed to 2022, out of an abundance of caution during the pandemic. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines family said Southwest Airlines refused to let them board their flight home when their son with autism couldn’t wear his face mask. Instead of flying into the Des Moines Airport on Sunday, the Petek family said they had to drive home from St. Louis. Their son is non-verbal, has autism and a sensory processing disorder. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Magazine publisher and multimedia company Meredith Corp. said Monday it will sell its Local Media Group consisting of 17 television stations to Gray Television Inc. for $2.7 billion in cash and will focus on expanding its print and digital magazines business. Meredith will stay headquartered in Des Moines, and says no job losses are foreseen. IOWA (IRN) – Just in time for summer, restaurants can allow dogs on their patio, thanks to the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals. The decision to allow dogs lies in the hands of restaurant owners. SAN DIEGO, CA (IRN) – Iowa Native Clayton Schenkelberg, believed to be America’s oldest Pearl Harbor survivor, has died at the age of 103. Schenkelberg died April 14 in San Diego, where he lived. The Carroll native was born in 1917 and lived through several hardships; his mother dying when he was 9, living through the Great Depression, and losing his father in an accident when he was only 17. He and his brother joined the Navy in 1937. On the day of the Pearl Harbor attacks, his shift was just ending when the first Japanese planes attacked.

RIVERTON, IA (IRN) – A Hamburg man is in jail, accused of leaving his two friends to die after wrecking his pickup. Fremont County deputies think it happened sometime overnight Thursday. Duane Stuck, 21, showed up at the hospital Friday morning. Rescue crews found his two passengers in a truck submerged in the Nishnabotna near Riverton. Family of those who died want to know why Stuck didn’t call for help, and he is charged with two counts of homicide by vehicle, operating while intoxicated, and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. OXFORD, IA (IRN) – One person is dead after a plane crashed near the Green Castle Aero Club near Oxford in Johnson county. On Sunday evening the plane crashed in a cornfield a few hundred yards south of the club. Authorities said the name of the deceased individual is being withheld until family is notified. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa is turning down nearly three-quarters of the COVID-19 vaccine doses available to the state from the federal government because demand for the shots remains weak. A total of 88 of Iowa’s 99 counties have told the state they don’t need all or part of their weekly vaccine allocations for that week. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Des Moines Downtown Farmers’ Market, the Iowa City Farmers’ market as well as farmers markets in Waterloo, Marion, Cedar Rapids and other cities returned Saturday with huge crowds and big smiles under masks. The pandemic forced the traditional markets to close last year. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Former University of Iowa All-American Chuck Darling has passed away at the age of 91 in Colorado. Darling was a two-sport star for the Hawkeyes, earning three letters in basketball (1950-52) and two in track (1950-51). Born in Denison, Iowa, Darling is one of three players in program annals to be a consensus first-team All-American, earning the distinction as a senior in 1952.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Two people are hospitalized in serious condition after getting shot on Des Moines’ north side Saturday night. Police say a man and a woman were both hit by gunfire while inside a vehicle. A neighbor watched as the violence unfolded and said there was an argument before the shooting started. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A house fire in Cedar Rapids Saturday resulted in the occupants being displaced. No one was hurt. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Des Moines Downtown Farmers’ Market, the Iowa City Farmers’ market as well as farmers markets in Waterloo, Marion, Cedar Rapids and other cities returned Saturday with huge crowds and big smiles under masks. The pandemic forced the traditional markets to close last year. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Former University of Iowa All-American Chuck Darling has passed away at the age of 91 in Colorado. Darling was a two-sport star for the Hawkeyes, earning three letters in basketball (1950-52) and two in track (1950-51). Born in Denison, Iowa, Darling is one of three players in program annals to be a consensus first-team All-American, earning the distinction as a senior in 1952.