DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – A 12-year-old boy riding his bike Thursday was shot and killed in Davenport. He and a second juvenile were both taken to the hospital. The boy, Devell Johnson, was pronounced dead while the second victim was injured but has since been released. The two victims, a third juvenile and an 18-year-old male were riding bikes in the alley when a vehicle stopped and fired several shots towards the group. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A permanent perimeter security fence will be added around Terrace Hill, the Iowa Department of Public Safety announced Friday. The DPS says recent threats against Governor Reynolds and other Iowa officials – as well as a kidnapping plot against Michigan’s governor by a right wing militia group – “reinforced” their decision to upgrade security. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has hired her health policy adviser as the state’s Medicaid director. Reynolds praised Elizabeth Matney as a health policy expert and “dynamic member of my team” in announcing Friday that she would lead the program, which oversees care for more than 700,000 poor and disabled Iowans. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The pause on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine has been lifted after 10 days. The Iowa Department of Public Health announced that they were recommending any vaccine provider throughout the state who has the J&J vaccine to resume giving shots.

CORALVILLE, IA (IRN) – Country music star Toby Keith will bring his “Country Comes to Town” Tour to the Xtream Arena in Coralville on October 14. Matt Stell will be joining Toby Keith as a guest. It’ll be the first concert since the arena opened in September 2020. It has a concert capacity of 6,600. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A jury failed to reach a verdict in the case of a man accused of killing a woman and her two young children inside his Des Moines home, leading the judge to declare a mistrial on Thursday. After four days of deliberations, the jury was unable to reach a verdict on two of three first-degree murder counts against 33-year-old Marvin Esquivel Lopez. KOSSUTH COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Authorities have released more details on the death of a 17-year-old in Kossuth County. On April 19, Victoria Marie Parra Lerdo, of Rockwell City, was found unconscious in a hog confinement building. Victoria was pronounced dead later that evening. The Iowa Medical Examiners Office ruled the manner of death was carbon monoxide poisoning. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Police have arrested a Des Moines man after they say he admitted to starting a fire at an apartment complex Thursday. Twenty-year-old Orlando Bright is charged with first-degree arson. He started it after a domestic dispute. DUBUQUE (IRN) – The Julien Dubuque International Film Festival is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. After going virtual last year because of the pandemic, organizers decided to bring it back to in-person. Susan Gorrell, executive director of the festival, said, getting people inside the theater felt like “Mission Impossible…it means a lot of work, but beyond that, it’s wonderful.”

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines Police Department officer was assaulted during a traffic stop Tuesday night. It happened when an officer pulled Mafiano Brown over on the city’s east side. Brown got out of his car and ran. When the officer caught up to him, they were assaulted and their radio was taken. The officer was treated and released from the hospital. Investigators said they later found out Brown was armed with a gun. GRUNDY CENTER, IA (IRN) – Michael Lang, the 41-year-old man accused of shooting and killing Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Jim Smith has been booked into jail. Lang was released from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Wednesday. He’s in the Black Hawk County Jail being held on $3 million cash bond. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines woman pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder in the case of hitting two juveniles with her vehicle. Nicole Marie Poole, 42, hit a 12-year-old boy in December 2019. Later that day, Poole used a vehicle to strike a 14-year-old girl, telling police it was because the girl was “Mexican.” WASHINGTON, D.C. (IRN) – Sen. Chuck Grassley says he’s ready to work with Democrats on police reform. Grassley said the Justice Act he co-sponsored last year would improve police accountability while preserving the essential services law enforcement provides. IOWA (IRN) – Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Wednesday that “vaccine hesitancy is beginning to become a real factor” in Iowa and across the country. The Republican governor implored Iowans to take the vaccine, as she did. She said, “I want to appeal to everyone who’s hesitating…if you’re opting to wait and see, what are you waiting for? If you’ve been a hard ‘no’ from the start, what’s your reason? And if you can’t answer those questions, maybe, we hope, that you take the time to reconsider.”

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA (IRN) – A man pulled two people from a fiery crash on Interstate 80 near Council Bluffs Tuesday morning. They are recovering in the hospital. Runk Wood says he’s not a hero, but just did what he had to do. “You can’t be scared to help people,” Wood said. EAGLE GROVE, IA (IRN) – A judge has found a man suspected of killing a coworker at a northern Iowa meat processing plant too mentally unfit to stand trial. A judge ordered Lukouxs Brown, 26, to be turned over to the Iowa Department of Corrections’ Medical and Classification Center. The judge found that Brown suffers from a mental disorder that prevents him from understanding the first-degree murder charge brought against him. Brown was charged after the February stabbing death of 50-year-old Wayne Smith at the Prestage Foods plant in Eagle Grove. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Police arrested a Cedar Rapids woman on Arson charges after she set a home on fire. Officials said 44-year-old Dana Marie Chappuie attempted to cause a house fire and explosion after talking about burning down the house. Investigators found a five-gallon gas can in the room where the fire started, and a natural gas line in the basement had been detached from a clothes dryer and turned on. DALLAS COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A man stole a Iowa State Trooper’s cruiser Tuesday and led authorities on a chase that ended in Madison County. Brandon Eugene Doerring, of Dallas Center, is charged in the case. A trooper checking on a disabled vehicle on Interstate 80 near Dexter spotted Doerring walking along the roadway. The trooper found drug paraphernalia on Doerring and took him into custody, but he was somehow able to steal the trooper’s vehicle. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A Cedar Rapids man had two vehicles stolen from his driveway in a week. The first vehicle was involved in a hit and run, and the second was found 60 miles away. Keys to both vehicles were in the console of the first vehicle stolen.

WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A West Des Moines police officer seriously injured by an alleged drunk driver last year has sued the driver as well as the southern Iowa casino where he claims bartenders overserved the motorist before the crash. Officer Jon Kaufman was awaiting a tow truck to remove another vehicle from the side of Interstate 35 just after midnight on Nov. 8 when a car driven by Jon Schwartz, 61, of Kellogg struck the car he was sitting in, seriously injuring both men. He had been drinking at Lakeside Casino in Osceola. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Two men are charged with committing a hate crime in Polk County after they allegedly assaulted a man while yelling racial slurs. Rural Polk County resident Robert Ray Shelton, 49, and Swan resident Joseph William Rossing, 35, are charged with assault causing bodily injury in violation of individual rights – Iowa’s hate crime charge. The pair punched a Black man several times Saturday while yelling slurs. WAVERLY, IA (IRN) – A Waverly man was killed in a farming accident north of Waverly Monday. Dale Clewell, 63, was working on a field planter when a jack lifting it up moved, causing the equipment to fall on him and kill him. JOHNSON COUNTY, IA (IRN) – One person is dead after a semi rolled into a ditch in Johnson County Monday. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. IOWA (IRN) – As many Iowans have been vaccinated, 43 counties declined their allocation of COVID-19 Vaccines for this week.