PRESTON, IA (IRN) – An eastern Iowa man died in the hospital Wednesday after suffering injuries from a house explosion last month. The Des Moines Register reports Daniel Miller, 39, of Preston, was alone in his home when the house became engulfed in flames from a house explosion on August 16. Miller had the house built three years ago. The cause of the explosion remains unknown. JACKSON COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A Sabula man was killed after crashing his motorcycle in rural Jackson County on Saturday evening. John Cole, 52, was driving a 1996 Harley-Davidson, when it left the highway into a ditch, colliding with an embankment. Cole was thrown from his motorcycle by the force of the crash and killed. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Marion Police officers responded to a domestic disturbance call on Sunday. Officers learned the victim had been assaulted by 19-year-old Antwan Antonio Dixon Jr. and escaped the house before calling police. The two reside together at the address along with five children. Once officers went to arrest Dixon, he refused to leave the home. After an almost two hour standoff, Dixon voluntarily surrendered. He was taken to the Linn County Jail and charged with Domestic Assault, Strangulation and Sex Abuse. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A woman is expected to be OK after someone stabbed her at a home in the Capitol Heights neighborhood in Des Moines. WHO-TV reports the woman is in her 30s, and police are now looking for a male suspect in his 30s. AMES, IA (IRN) – ESPN’s College GameDay is coming to Jack Trice Stadium for the Cy-Hawk game on Sept. 14. The Hawkeyes are ranked number 19 in the latest Associated Press poll while ISU dropped out of the poll after a narrow victory over UNI.

POLK COUNTY, IA (IRN) – An eastern Iowa man is accused of intentionally ramming his vehicle into a car with his wife and stepson inside, according to the Des Moines Register. Eric Short, 38, from Delaware, Iowa, was charged with child endangerment causing bodily injury and domestic abuse. He’s in jail. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa State Patrol reports two people had to be taken to the hospital following a crash that closed the east mixmaster in Des Moines Saturday evening. The crash involved two semi trucks and a van. AMES, IA (IRN) – ESPN has confirmed College GameDay is coming to Jack Trice Stadium for the Cy-Hawk game on Sept. 14. The announcement came during the fourth quarter of the Texas vs. LSU game. College GameDay tweeted out, “AMESDAY IT IS! For the first time ever, we’re coming to Iowa State!” LEON, IA (IRN) – The Central Decatur Student Council donated $2,600 to the city of Leon at their high school football game Friday night. KCCI-TV reports the money was raised to help repair the Leon cemetery that had been vandalized last month. The student council ran a fundraiser that allowed students to wear hats to school for $1 and teachers to wear jeans for $5.

IOWA (IRN) – Pig ear dog treats infected 23 Iowans with salmonella in the past year — more than in any other state, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC and the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday updated an ongoing alert, first publicized this summer, that consumers should avoid the popular dog treats made of smoked pig. Pig ears are linked to a “multidrug-resistant salmonella” outbreak in 35 states. Humans likely get the disease from handling the treats. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Investigators believe they have solved a high-profile, decades-old murder case in Cedar Rapids. KCRG-TV reports police have closed the case in the 1989 murder of Brian Schappert. Schappert, 22, was stabbed to death during the early morning hours of September 8, 1989, while working at a Kum & Go convenience store. Police recently narrowed their investigation down to two possible suspects. Both are dead. ANKENY, IA (IRN) – An Ankeny teenager was arrested after being accused of downloading child pornography from the dark web. KCCI-TV reports Saul Munoz Banderas, 18, was arrested Friday after months of investigation. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Iowa City Police have made an arrest after a child abduction attempt. KGAN-TV reports police arrested 24-year-old Rodney Bryant of Iowa City, after they responded to a report of a 3-yr-old that had been picked up by a stranger and carried a short distance away. The child’s mother confronted the person and was able to take her child from him, uninjured. The male then left the area on foot. Bryant is charged with Kidnapping. AMES, IA (IRN) – Ames has been named the Best College Town in America by financial news website 24/7 Wall St. The website named the 30 best towns, starting with Ames at number one and ending with Madison, Wisconsin, at number 30. The rankings considered the share of residents enrolled in a graduate or undergraduate institution, the number of colleges and universities in the area, the median age of residents, the city’s unemployment rate and the number of bars per 100,000 city residents. Ames finished first, and number seven was Iowa City.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The U.S.D.A. has announced the award of $36 million to buy conservation easements on Iowa agricultural land damaged by flooding this year. The funds are available through the floodplain easement component of the Emergency Watershed Protection Program. Under the program, eligible applicants voluntarily agree to sell a permanent conservation easement to the federal government. Compensation is based on the value of the easement rights acquired based on rate caps and market analysis. COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA (IRN) – A western Iowa man has been charged with kidnapping and abusing a 4-year-old girl. Council Bluffs police were investigating a report of a missing child when 28-year-old Michael Brandstrom brought the girl to officers, saying he had found her outside and brought her into his apartment to keep her safe. An investigation found that Brandstrom had kept the girl in his apartment for more than an hour without calling authorities and a search of his cellphone revealed nude photos of the girl. BELLEVUE, NE (IRN) – A man wanted in Michigan caused a 10-hour standoff Wednesday that shut down a road leading to the Bellevue Toll Bridge in western Iowa. KETV reports Iowa State Patrol troopers pulled over 45-year-old Eric Kramer. He got out of his vehicle and pulled out a handgun, pointing it at his head. Ten hours later, troopers moved in and ended the standoff peacefully. Kramer is now in custody and was wanted in Michigan for domestic abuse. BETTENDORF, IA (IRN) – A physical education teacher at Bettendorf High School was arrested on domestic assault charges. WQAD-TV reports on Sunday evening police responded to multiple 911 calls about a distressed and injured woman trying to get into people’s vehicles at a stoplight. The LeClaire Police Department arrested her husband, 57-year-old Jay Fitzgerald. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Staff members at Brody Middle School in Des Moines are investigating after a student jumped from the school’s roof Thursday, landing 30 feet below. KCCI-TV reports the sixth grade student gained access to the roof and jumped onto a grassy area. The student was responsive and left with a parent in an ambulance. He will be OK.

BETTENDORF, IA (IRN) – Linemen from eastern Iowa are ready to help people in the southeastern United States affected by Hurricane Dorian. KCRG-TV reports more than 80 MidAmerican Energy employees are waiting in the Raleigh area, including four from Waterloo, two from Hampton and two from Charles City. They left Tuesday from Bettendorf and don’t yet know when or where they’ll be sent, or what they’ll need to do to help out. ANKENY, IA (IRN) – Parents of a five-year-old boy with Down Syndrome become the second family to file a lawsuit this year involving Ankeny School District’s busing company, Durham School Services. WHO-TV reports the parents say their son was left to ride the school bus for three hours without access to a bathroom, food, or ability to talk to his parents before he eventually arrived at his final destination. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Traffic cameras have now been ticketing drivers who speed and run select red rights in Cedar Rapids for about two months. KCRG-TV reports over 24,000 citations were issued over a 60-day period. At this pace, the city will make about $8 million over the course of a year. DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – Two Davenport families are without places to stay after getting conned through a rental property scam. WQAD-TV reports the people were desperate to get a place to rent, and gave the scammer a copy of their driver’s license, a check stub, and a copy of their debit card to process the payments. They hadn’t seen the property, and when they couldn’t find it they knew they were scammed. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines attorney is unveiling her life as a part-time prostitute. KCCI-TV reports the mom, wife, attorney and prostitute, Katherine Sears, hopes that by shining a light on her lifestyle, she can help decriminalize prostitution.“I like sex,” Sears said. “Sex is fun and I can get paid for it.” She began working as a prostitute three years ago, at the age of 27. Sears travels to Nevada, where prostitution is legal, and works in a brothel. While Sears said she’s shy, she feels empowered being a sex worker.