INWOOD, IA (IRN) – The West Lyon Community School District confirmed one of its students died Friday morning. School officials said the third-grade student was killed in an accident between a school bus and a vehicle. The bus was stopped to pick up students when the vehicle driven by a 17-year-old girl struck it from behind. The 9-year-old was a passenger in her vehicle. The 17-year-old was hospitalized. No one was injured on the bus. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Biden administration may sue Iowa if Governor Reynolds signs a controversial housing bill sitting on her desk. The bill would prohibit cities and counties from banning landlords from discriminating against tenants based on their use of federal housing assistance. AMES, IA (IRN) – Sheriffs in two central Iowa counties say their offices are looking for the person or people who dumped slain cattle along gravel roads in their jurisdictions. Two cows and a calf were found dead in Boone and Greene counties on March 10. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Thursday that flags should be lowered to half-staff immediately. It comes after eight people were killed in the Atlanta area. Six of them were of Asian descent. The victims were shot and killed at three massage parlors. The governor’s orders are in conjunction with President Joe Biden’s proclamation to lower flags. WEST LAFAYETTE, IN (IRN) – Wichita State missed an open three at the buzzer and the Drake men’s basketball team held on for a thrilling 53-52 NCAA Tournament win Thursday. The game was the school’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2008. Drake came back from 12 down with a huge second half. ST. LOUIS, MO (IRN) – The 2021 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships began Thursday at Enterprise Center in St. Louis. The Iowa Hawkeyes enter as the top-ranked team and favorites to claim their 24th national title and first since 2010, with qualifiers at all 10 weights, including four No. 1 seeds. Iowa advanced eight wrestlers to the quarterfinals and finished the first day 18-2 and in the team lead with 33.5 points.

AMES, IA (IRN) – Iowa State University officials announced today that T.J. Otzelberger will return “home” to Ames as the 21st head men’s basketball coach in Iowa State history. Director of Athletics Jamie Pollard said Otzelberger will be introduced virtually Friday at 10:30 a.m. Otzelberger served as an assistant to Greg McDermott and Fred Hoiberg and remains close to Pollard. He is married to former ISU star Allison Lacey. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Wednesday that all adult Iowans will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination starting April 5 if state allocations continue as planned. USA (IRN) – The Internal Revenue Service will delay the April 15 tax deadline until mid-May. This is the second consecutive year the IRS has delayed the deadline. Last February, the deadline was extended to July 15. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Drake University announced Wednesday that it agreed to an eight-year contract extension with head men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries. DeVries is in his third season with the Bulldogs and brought the team to its first at-large selection in the tournament. Drake faces Wichita State tonight in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – Nine years ago, a boy with down syndrome named Matthew Kiernan walked into Springers Martial Arts Academy in Dubuque to start training. Almost a decade later, Matthew earned his black belt. He says it was “easy.”

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Department of Public Health on Wednesday confirmed 38 additional cases of a COVID-19 variant that is more easily spread. The variant is often referred to as the U.K. variant because it was first detected in the United Kingdom. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – In a party-line vote, the Iowa House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday night that would ban what Republican lawmakers view as “divisive concepts” in diversity training that takes place at public schools, state universities, and in government. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The days of “scooping the loop” in downtown Des Moines may be numbered thanks to plans from the Des Moines City Council. Councilman Josh Mandelbaum said he plans to ask Des Moines police to crack down on speeding drivers and noisy cars downtown following increased complaints. The council is also considering removing one-way streets. MONTICELLO, IA (IRN) – Organizers for a popular eastern Iowa fair are planning on hosting grandstand events closer to normal this year, while encouraging attendees to get vaccinated. In 2020 the Great Jones County Fair was limited to 4H exhibits and livestock shows. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – For the second straight season, Iowa’s Luka Garza has made the Associated Press All-America first team in basketball. He’s the Hawkeye’s all-time leading scorer.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA (IRN) – Two people are under arrest following a stolen vehicle pursuit from Omaha into Council Bluffs early this morning. The Council Bluffs police say the pickup truck was stolen at gunpoint. Omaha officers used stop sticks to deflate some of the truck’s tires before it pulled over in Council Bluffs. Four people surrendered and two were taken into custody. WEBSTER CITY, IA (IRN) – A 7-year-old Webster City boy was shot in the foot by his father Saturday. The father’s gun went off as he pulled it out of his waistband. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Some vendors who normally participate in the Iowa City farmers market are opting out and deciding to participate in the virtual market again this year. Iowa City is looking to fill vacant vendor spots for this season’s farmers market, a rare occurrence. A total of 22 vendors opted out this season, roughly a quarter of the 85 to 100 vendors that participate in a normal year. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) Construction is starting soon on a $56 million redevelopment project in Iowa City’s downtown Pedestrian Mall. The project will redevelop five buildings along the Mall, and all buildings will be designated as historic landmarks. Behind the existing buildings, a new 11-story structure will be built to house 102 market-rate apartments. AMES, IA (IRN) – Iowa State University will fire Cyclone men’s basketball head coach Steve Prohm. The Cyclones finished the 2020-2021 basketball season 2-22. Prohm leaves the Cyclones with a 97-95 record in six seasons with the team. Buying out Prohm’s contract will cost the university approximately $5,400,000. ISU faces a $25,000,000 budget shortfall due to the pandemic.

WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A West Des Moines daycare employee faces child endangerment charges after an infant in her care suffered a skull fracture. 36-year-old Jamie Leann Kober, a Canadian resident, is charged with child endangerment – serious injury. Kober is an employee at Alphabet Academy, and said the child was sitting in a “boppy” and fell backwards. She told investigators she didn’t report the incident because she was “scared.” MASON CITY, IA (IRN) – Police in Mason City are investigating the discovery of what appear to be human bones. A resident found the bones, along with clothing, on the shore of the Winnebago River. WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – West Des Moines Police are investigating after a car drove into a home Sunday morning. Cherese Schirk came home from work to find a gray Pontiac Grand Prix parked where her couch used to sit and her back yard showered with glass. Schirk says “there were liquor bottles thrown on the yard… and all I could see was a car in my living room.” The driver was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – Around 2,200 people came to the Five Flags Civic Center in Dubuque on Saturday for a concert by country music star Lee Brice. It was the center’s first major concert in more than a year after shutting down last March due to the pandemic, and fans lined up for blocks to get tickets. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Both the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Drake Bulldogs men’s basketball teams will be competing in NCAA tournament. The Hawkeyes are the second seed in the west region and will play Grand Canyon on Saturday. Drake will play Wichita State on Thursday for the opportunity to be the 11th seed.