OTTUMWA, IA (IRN) – Ottumwa police are investigating a death in Greater Ottumwa Park. KTVO-TV reports a kayaker discovered a man’s body floating in one of the park’s ponds Saturday. An autopsy will be performed. ANKENY, IA (IRN) – Two buses transporting about 70 children to see “Les Miserables” at the Des Moines Civic Center crashed Saturday afternoon. KCCI-TV reports no major injuries were reported. It’s unclear what caused the crash, but officials say one bus, from the Algona Community School District, hit a pickup truck that was pulling a boat. The other bus, from the same school district, then rear-ended the first bus. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – The Cedar Rapids Solid Waste and Recycling division unveiled its newest litter-fighting tool at EcoFest Saturday at NewBo City Market. KCRG-TV reports the city demonstrated a new mini litter vacuum which allows a single operator to cover more ground and collect more trash in a shorter time than several humans can. SOUTH CAROLINA (IRN) – South Carolina’s governor is asking Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds if a flag that Citadel cadets flew before the Civil War can stay at the military college. Iowa has allowed The Citadel to keep the red flag with the white palmetto tree and crescent emblem since 2010 when a museum realized its significance. An Iowa Civil War soldier took the flag home at the end of the war.

HALIFAX, NS (IRN) – A former Coe college student who plotted to go on a Valentine’s Day shooting rampage at a Canadian mall was sentenced to life in prison Friday with no chance of parole for nearly a decade. The Des Moines Register reports Lindsay Souvannarath of Geneva, Illinois, pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to commit murder in a plan that involved opening fire at a mall in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 2015. MARSHALLTOWN, IA (IRN) – A central Iowa high school teacher who taught for 30 years faces multiple child pornography charges, according to KCCI-TV. Police found 67-year-old Glen Sedlacek had numerous computer files containing pornography of children. Sedlacek retired from the Marshalltown Community School District in 2010 after teaching music at the high school for three decades. FLOYD COUNTY, IA (IRN) – At least one person is dead in a crash in Floyd County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a Dodge Ram pickup didn’t stop at a stop sign and hit a GMC Sierra pickup. The number of people killed or their identities has not been released. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – UnityPoint Health says an attack on its email system could have compromised the health and personal information of 16,000 patients. The Des Moines Register reports patients’ information that may have been exposed includs medical record numbers, diagnosis and treatment information, lab results, insurance information, names and dates of birth and some Social Security numbers and other financial information. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A Cedar Rapids teenager is putting on a benefit concert for people living with disabilities and he’ll have some help from a celebrity. KWWL-TV reports Nick Johnson, a senior at Cedar Rapids Prairie High School, lives with Cerebral palsy. Tomorrow, he’s putting on a benefit concert with the help of Mandy Harvey who, in 2015, was a finalist on “America’s Got Talent.” Harvey is a jazz singer and is deaf. The two became friends years ago at a No Barriers Summit, which the concert will directly benefit.

ALTOONA, IA (IRN) – A Missouri man is in the Polk County Jail after he rammed into and shot at a van along Interstate 80 near Altoona. The Des Moines Register reports 41-year-old Matthew Golden followed a white van off the Hubbell Avenue exit and rammed his car into it. He told officers he thought the car was involved in Tuesday morning’s Amber Alert for two Eastern Iowa boys. After ramming it, he then fired two shots into the driver’s side of the van. The van’s driver was not hurt. Police found two handguns in Golden’s car. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa’s unemployment rate fell slightly in March to 2.8 percent, leaving the state tied for the fifth-lowest rate in the nation. Iowa Workforce Development reported today the rate was down from February’s 2.9 percent. The national unemployment rate remained 4.1 percent. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A Cedar Rapids mother said she’s feeling a step closer to justice after police announced yesterday they have the man they believe killed her daughter. KCRG-TV reports police found the body of AnnaElise Edgeton in her Cedar Rapids apartment while conducting a welfare check. 19-year-old Kyler Junkins of Marion has been charged with first-degree murder and first-degree burglary. Authorities think he broke into Edgeton’s apartment and shot and killed the newlywed. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Johnston mother who left her young children home alone with a gun while she took a European vacation has avoided jail time. KCCI-TV reports Erin Macke was charged with child endangerment after she left four children, all under the age of twelve, home while she jetted off to Germany. She was given probation and ordered to seek counseling. LINN COUNTY (IRN) – A 49-year-old Marion woman is in the hospital tonight after her SUV flipped twice during a crash off of Interstate 380. KWWL-TV reports she was wearing her seatbelt, and will likely be OK. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Flowing parachutes, crashing bowling balls and the laughter of hundreds of kids filled the air at Drake University yesterday, according to WHO-TV. It all looked like fun and games but there was a serious life lesson also being taught. Drake, Des Moines Public Schools and Special Olympics Iowa joined forces for the inaugural “DMPS Unified Sports Day.” Kids with intellectual disabilities were partnered with kids without disabilities so they could all learn to help and appreciate each other.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – A daycare provider has been charged after a 7-month-old child at the daycare was found unresponsive and was later pronounced dead at a hospital. KCRG-TV reports 49-year-old Wendy Young was acting as a daycare provider for children in Iowa City. Young admitted to having 10 to 12 cans of beer before arriving at the daycare. OSAGE, IA (IRN) – A Mitchell county man has been charged with 3rd degree kidnapping, assault with intent to commit sexual abuse, and possession of drug paraphernalia. KIMT-TV reports 43-year-old Timothy Eugene Hines is in jail. HIs victim is a 14-year-old girl. LINN COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A driver has been convicted on two counts of homicide by vehicle and reckless driving. KGAN-TV reports 35-year-old Keith Furne was texting while driving when he ran into a vehicle near Robins in 2016. Two teenagers were killed, and another was seriously injured. NEWTON, IA (IRN) – A crash involving two vehicles on Interstate 80 near Newton slowed traffic for hours Wednesday morning. KCCI-TV reports a semi with a flatbed trailer hauling large spools of wire was sideswiped by another vehicle. The crash left the semi-trailer overturned, causing an 11,000-pound spool of wire to hang over the side of the bridge and the railroad tracks below. No one was injured. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Our seemingly never-ending winter is impacting gardening centers and their ability to make money, according to WHO-TV. Lucille Vannoy of Lucille’s Garden Center in Bondurant has been in business for decades, and has seen a lot of Iowa winters. She says, “I’ve had bad years of snow and stuff, but this is really different–I have shrubs and trees and roses that would be out front in a normal year, but this year, nothing.” BETTENDORF, IA (IRN) – A first grade teacher at Jefferson Elementary School in Bettendorf has opened up a hair salon in her classroom. WQAD-TV reports students can schedule appointments before school and during lunch periods to get the latest hairstyle from teacher Emily Hill. But the styles aren’t free. To pay, each student has to choose a book and read aloud for ten minutes to Miss Hill.

DES MOINES COUNTY, IA (IRN) – The Des Moines County Sheriff’s office is investigating an incident that left one woman dead. KCRG-TV reports deputies and a Mediapolis fire crew responded to a car on fire in a field and found the dead woman next to the flaming vehicle. Deputies also found 57-year-old Bradley Wischmeier on scene and he admitted to driving the vehicle in the field when it got stuck and caught fire. URBANDALE, IA (IRN) – Police arrested an Urbandale mother Monday after an autopsy showed her six-month-old son died of an overdose of liquid Benadryl. KCCI-TV reports 33-year-old Latyia Johnston has been charged in connection with the child’s death. The amount of Benadryl she gave the boy was eight times the dose recommended for a child his size. WAUKON, IA (IRN) – A Waukon man has been charged with second degree murder in the fatal shooting of his roommate, who was also his stepfather. KCRG-TV reports 32-year-old John Quanrude reported an accidental shooting at a trailer court. Officers found 60-year-old Dean Russell lying face down on the floor with a gunshot wound to the chest. Quanrude told police he had fired a “warning shot” and then fired a second shot that hit Russell. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A vehicle went through the front of a Cedar Rapids business Tuesday. KGAN-TV reports police and firefighters were called to the Orange Leaf after a Toyota Rav4 crashed through the glass entrance. No one was hurt. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A snake in the bathtub has one couple in Des Moines wanting out of the lease they have at their apartment building. WHO-TV reports when the couple moved in January 1, they didn’t see any problems, but since then brown water is coming through the walls, mold is becoming an issue, and they have started seeing mice and rats. The snake was the last straw. The landlord says it was only a “garden snake.”