DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines man has been charged in connection with the death of a 2-year-old boy, according to KCCI-TV. Nicholas Rivera has been charged with child endangerment causing death. The child was in the care of Rivera and a 17-year-old relative at the time of the injuries. Rivera brought the boy to Mercy Hospital in May with serious injuries that led to the child’s death. Police said they could not release the cause of the child’s death but saithat d the child suffered head injuries and it was not an accident. LINN COUNTY, IA (IRN) – The Linn County Sheriff’s Office located the body of a man along Indian Creek Thursday. KCRG-TV reports officials believe it is the body of John Michael Conley, 34, who went missing after his kayak capsized in the creek Monday. The body was found less than a mile from where he was last seen. ATLANTIC, IA (IRN) – A Cass County man is dead after being hit by an SUV while riding his bicycle Wednesday night. The Iowa State Patrol reports 21-year-old Kayla Elliott was driving a suburban when she struck 21-year-old Rudy Moses’ bicycle. Moses was airlifted to the hospital but later died. STORY COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A Nevada woman faces charges of child endangerment and reckless driving after she allegedly intentionally crashed her vehicle into a barrier on Interstate 35. KCCI-TV reports 31-year-old Danielle Baker was driving the car that her boyfriend and their 2-year-old child were riding in. Baker and her boyfriend were in an argument. No one was hurt. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The controversial Nike ad featuring former San Francisco 49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick saying, “Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything,” will be on Iowans’ minds during the Iowa-Iowa State football game Saturday. Both teams will be wearing Nike apparel. In 2016 Forbes reported the Iowa athletics department received two million dollars from Nike, while Iowa State raked in nearly one and a half million.

BROOKLYN, IA (IRN) – Federal, state and local agents are at the Iowa dairy farm that employed and housed the man charged with killing Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts. KCCI-TV reports agents from the Poweshiek County sheriff’s office, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and federal agencies were seen Thursday morning at Yarrabee Farms in Brooklyn. NEWTON, IA (IRN) – Two people accused in the death of a man whose body was found in a vehicle earlier this year in Newton have had their charges upgraded to murder. The Des Moines Register reports Jeffrey Stendrup, 50, and Jaycie Sheeder, 24, were charged with first-degree murder in the death of Jeremy McDowell, 38. Stendrup, of Clive, allegedly assaulted McDowell with a baseball bat. A witness says Stendrup struck McDowell about 12 times. GRINNELL, IA (IRN) – A new national poll commissioned by Grinnell College shows President Trump’s chances of re-election in two years are dim. According to the poll, if the 2020 Presidential election were held today: 36% will definitely vote for Trump, 43% definitely will vote for someone else, and 17% would consider someone else. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – People in Iowa City are once again raising concerns over the “Kinnick style” house a neighbor is building. KCRG-TV reports last year, neighbors sued to stop construction, saying it doesn’t fit the profile of the neighborhood and would likely be a “party house.” A judge dismissed the case. Now since football season has begun, neighbors are complaining of traffic problems the house is causing. FORT DODGE, IA (IRN) – Two sisters from Fort Dodge heard their mom’s heartbeat for the first time since she passed away 15 years ago. KCAU-TV reports their mom was an organ donor, and the woman she saved with her heart and lungs wanted to thank her family in person. They met, and the daughters were able listen to her heart beating one more time. Mom was able to save seven people’s lives with her donated organs.

CLERMONT, IA (IRN) – A man died after crashing his car into a pond at Skip-A-Way RV Park and Campground in Clermont Tuesday evening. KGAN-TV reports Steven Duane Baker Jr., 30, of Elgin, was driving his 2000 Mitsubishi Sport when he lost control, drove through a chain link fence and into the pond.The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office said rescue efforts were unsuccessful and Baker died at the scene. The incident is under investigation. DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – Davenport police have identified the person placing vigilante-style flyers in the city over the weekend. WQAD-TV reports police have charged Adam Mayber, 20, of Wonder Lake, Illinois with disorderly conduct for admitting to “circulating and posting flyers advertising that a vigilante will begin killing ‘the homeless, the addicts, the junkies, the prostitutes, the gang members and all other human species.” Mayber turned himself in as the author of the flyers. He told police that the Night Lion is the main character of his fictional novel and that the flyers were put up as a form of publicity. He told police they were not intended to be threatening. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Iowa will pay $2.5 million to settle a claim involving a psychiatric patient at the University of Iowa Hospitals who eluded staff and jumped from the top of a five-story parking ramp. She died of complications from her injuries. The Des Moines Register reports the lawsuit alleged the hospital failed to communicate care assignments, did not communicate changes in her behavior and failed to adequately review medical records prior to taking her from a locked psychiatric unit. The staff also allegedly failed to follow locked door procedures that could have prevented the incident. ALTOONA, IA (IRN) – The body of an Altoona man reported missing last week has been found. KCCI-TV reports the body of Kenneth Wade was found by a volunteer search and rescue team in a wooded area off the trail near where his vehicle was found. No cause of death has been released, but foul play isn’t suspected. LEHIGH, IA (IRN) – A Webster City man was shot in the upper body by his brother Saturday while they were squirrel hunting at the Brushy Creek State Recreation Area. He’ll be OK. DNR officers believe it was an accident and no charges have been filed. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Following the severe weather that struck Benton and Linn Counties Monday, the National Weather Service confirmed that three separate tornadoes touched down. No injuries were reported. In other weather related news, Cedar Rapids is preparing for a more than 16 foot crest on Thursday evening. That’s considered a major flood stage.

BURLINGTON, IA (IRN) – A man sought by police for more than 20 years has been arrested in Burlington. 41-year-old Dawarn Moncrief was taken into custody Thursday. The Hawk Eye reports that he’s charged with going armed with intent for the June 27, 1998, stabbing of DiAngelo Willis. Police say Moncrief fled the stabbing scene and remained free until Thursday. He was arrested on drug and other charges after the vehicle he was in was stopped for an illegal license plate. HARRISON COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Three people were killed and two others were injured in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 29 in Harrison County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 80-year-old Rock Valley resident Richard Van Zee drove off the road, across the median and hit two vehicles coming the opposite direction. His car sideswiped one vehicle and then hit a pickup truck. Van Zee and 77-year-old Mary Ann Van Zee were killed in the crash. Indiana resident Elizabeth Cobbs, 65, was in the back seat of the pickup and was also killed. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A possible tornado caused damage to trees and homes in Cedar Rapids Monday night, according to KCRG-TV. No severe weather warnings were in effect. The National Weather Service is sending a storm survey team today to determine if the damage was caused by straight-line winds or a tornado. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A woman was rescued but a man is missing after a kayak overturned in rapidly moving water on Indian Creek in Cedar Rapids yesterday. KGAN-TV reports dive crews responded. AUDUBON, IA (IRN) – The Iowa State Patrol says a driver distracted by texting rammed into the back of a trooper’s patrol car. The crash happened when a young driver in Audubon hit the parked patrol car in a residential neighborhood. The driver had been texting and driving when the crash happened. No one was injured.

EASTERN IOWA (IRN) – Flash flooding hit many eastern Iowa and western Illinois cities Sunday night. WQAD-TV reports Muscatine and Clinton had as much as five feet of water on some city streets. DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – A letter posted on phone poles and businesses in Davenport is being investigated. KWQC-TV reports the letter reads, in part, “the city of Davenport has been infested with the diseased. The homeless, the addicts, the gang members and the like need to disappear permanently from our world…the city of Davenport will soon bear witness to the to the swift and bloody hands of the Night Lion’s justice…” The letter ends with, “the Night Lion’s gun is loaded, ready to go. The question is, are you?” DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Catholic bishop of Des Moines is calling for churchgoers to fast certain days this month, according to KCCI-TV. It’s in response to decades of sexual abuse by priests. Bishop Richard Pates says it’s time for penance and prayer to honor the victims of sex abuse in the church. BARTLETT, IA (IRN) – A medical emergency caused a close call for passengers involved in a Sunday accident in the western Iowa town of Bartlett, according to WOWT. A vehicle left the road, struck several mailboxes and left the scene with a board sticking through the windshield. Deputies located the vehicle and determined the driver suffered from a medical condition that caused the accident. A 10-foot-long two-by-six board went through the windshield and stopped a few inches from the front seat passenger, who was a child. Everyone is OK. AMES, IA (IRN) – Severe weather cancelled the Iowa State University football game Saturday, and Cyclone fans are wondering if they will get their money back, or if the game will be replayed. So far, ISU isn’t saying. WHO-TV reports the last time a game was cancelled was in 1963 when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and in 2001 a game was postponed after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.