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.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a series of new laws on Friday, one of which may draw a lawsuit from the federal government. The law would allow Iowa landlords to refuse tenants who use federal housing assistance. Some cities and counties in the state have ordinances that ban discriminating against Section 8 renters. This law makes those ordinances legal. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – A new law makes it a crime for a sex offender to babysit in Iowa. Governor Reynolds signed House File 710 into law Friday, declaring any sex offender who knowingly has “control” or “unsupervised access” to a child is guilty of child endangerment. The only exceptions are for cases where the sex offender is the parent or married to and living with a parent of the child. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – State Auditor Rob Sand is calling Governor Reynold’s decision to give back $95 million federal COVID-19 relief funds a ‘partisan stunt’ that cost the state jobs. The money was earmarked for schools. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Board of Regents has announced the new University of Iowa president. Barbara Wilson will be the 22nd University of Iowa president. She previously served as executive vice president and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Illinois. She accepted a five-year contract with an annual salary of $600,000.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – An Iowa man charged with leaving a threatening voicemail telling Gov. Kim Reynolds she should be “hung for treason” defended his comments Thursday as free speech, saying he was expressing opposition to COVID-19 restrictions. Harvey Hunter Jr., 48, is charged with first-degree harassment for the profane Jan. 5 message he left on a governor’s office phone line set up to gather input over whether Reynolds should continue the partial statewide mask mandate. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A woman was injured in a shooting Thursday night in Des Moines. She is the fourth person in the city to be shot in 24 hours. AMES, IA (IRN) – The Ames Police Department is investigating the weekend death of a toddler as “suspicious.” No charges have been filed. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Gov. Kim Reynolds’ plan to require more Iowa gas stations to offer ethanol may have hit a snag Thursday at the Statehouse. Reynolds’ Renewable Fuel Bill passed out of a Senate subcommittee on Thursday morning. An amendment to that bill would add liability protection for retailers and exempt the E15 standard for those who have incompatible pumps. Many complain they can’t afford to upgrade their tanks claiming it will cost retailers $1 billion. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Governor Kim Reynolds is having the state of Iowa return $95 million in COVID relief funding to the federal government. During an interview on Fox News on Thursday night, Gov. Reynolds said that the money was “additional” and supposed to be used to get kids back into the classroom and do surveillance testing. She says we don’t need it because our kids were back in school quickly. Des Moines Public Schools didn’t return until October.