DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Seven Iowa Younkers stores will close. The locations include stores in the Des Moines metro at the Merle Hay Mall and Jordan Creek. Stores will also close in Cedar Rapids, Coralville, Dubuque, Mason City and Sioux City. The closures are expected to happen in the next two months. MARION, IA (IRN) – A man died after his pickup truck rolled on top of him at a Marion Dairy Queen drive thru. KCRG-TV reports Curtis Schantz’s pick up truck broke down while he was waiting in the drive thru. Schantz got out to repair it and the F Series Super Duty truck rolled on top of him. Crews rushed him to the hospital where he died. Schantz was 74. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – An Amber Alert for two young boys who went missing from the Clinton County town of Toronto has been cancelled after the boys were found safe. They were taken by a non-custodial parent who was considered possibly suicidal or homicidal. CLIVE, IA (IRN) – The man behind Mr. Massage Iowa in Clive is behind bars. KCCI-TV reports Gage Bauer, 26, turned himself in to police Monday for allegedly sexually abusing a 17-year-old client and attempting to sexually abuse another client. He’s in jail. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Andie Dominick, an editorial writer at the Des Moines Register has won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. She won for a series of Iowa-focused editorials criticizing policies that restrict access to health care. It’s the Register’s 17th Pulitzer Prize, and its first since 2010. The Pulitzer Prize citation states that Dominick won “for examining in a clear, indignant voice, free of cliché or sentimentality, the damaging consequences for poor Iowa residents of privatizing the state’s administration of Medicaid.”

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A trial has been scheduled for an Iowa youth basketball coach who’s accused of secretly recording some of his players undressing. KCRG-TV reports 42-year-old Greg Stephen has pleaded not guilty to knowingly transporting child pornography. The ex-Iowa Barnstormers co-director has acknowledged taking secret videos of three players disrobing in a hotel bathroom in Illinois in January. He told investigators he recorded the adolescents in an attempt to monitor their physical development. LA PORTE CITY, IA (IRN) – The FBI is now involved in the search for a missing Black Hawk County teen, according to KIMT-TV. Jake Wilson, 16, was last seen near Wolf Creek in La Porte City on the evening of April 7. The FBI is now asking the public to send in any photos or videos they may have taken in La Porte City on that day to help locate the autistic boy. WARREN COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines man has been charged in the death of a woman in Warren County. WHO-TV reports on April 2nd, the Warren County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of suspicious activity at a home. When they arrived, officials found the body of 25-year-old Mercedes Wathen of Cambridge. 18-year-old Jacquarious J’Ray Scoggins of Des has been charged with first degree murder. He’s in jail. WATERLOO, IA (IRN) – Waterloo Police Sergeant Robert J Greenlee III was found dead in his home yesterday, according to KWWL-TV. Police say his death does not appear suspicious. Cause of death is pending an autopsy. LOS ANGELES, CA (IRN) – An eastern Iowa native performed on Sunday night’s episode of American Idol. Maddie Poppe of Clarksville is one of the top 24 contestants in the competition. She performed the song “Brand New Key,” and the judges praised her performance. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Altoona police have captured a woman they say is responsible for preventing spring-like weather from arriving in Iowa. KCCI-TV reports the Altoona Police Department posted on its Facebook page that officers caught well-known Disney character Queen Elsa, also known as the Snow Queen, so spring can finally arrive. The post says, “it’s January 105th and we are sick of the snow, Elsa! Just let it go!” Elsa will be extradited back to her Kingdom of Isolation, and police say they prefer the weather in the place where another Disney heroine — Moana — lives.

LA PORTE CITY, IA (IRN) – Authorities are asking for more information on a person who could be connected to the disappearance of a La Porte City teen, according to KCRG-TV. Jake Wilson, 16, is on the autism spectrum and first went missing the evening of ‪April 7,. Saturday morning, Black Hawk County Sheriff Tony Thompson said authorities were looking for any information on a person who was spotted walking in the area near where Wilson was last seen. DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – One man was hurt early Saturday morning after an explosion at an apartment building in Davenport. WQAD-TV reports the first crews on scene found a six unit apartment building with debris in the front and back yards. All other tenants in the building were located by the fire crew and evacuated safely. The explosion and fire are under investigation. WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A party bus carrying 21 passengers overturned Saturday afternoon in West Des Moines, and everyone made it out OK. KCCI-TV reports it’s unclear what caused the crash, but troopers believe there could have been a mechanical failure of some kind. STORY CITY, IA (IRN) – Storms rolled across Iowa Friday night doing damage in several areas throughout the state. WHO-TV reports in Story City, several buildings sustained heavy damage in the Story City Industrial Park. A number of farm buildings were also damaged, with at least one barn losing its roof. On Highway 20 between Eldora and Iowa Falls, an 18-wheeler was flipped on its side.

DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – A school bus full of children in Davenport was rear-ended while stopped at a railroad crossing on Friday. WQAD-TV reports the bus was stopped prior to crossing the railroad tracks, as required by law, when a car ran into the back of the bus. More than 40 children were on the bus, but none were injured. The drivers were both treated at the scene for non-life threatening injuries. MADRID, IA (IRN) – A central Iowa town’s mayor resigned after city councilmembers said he became entangled in a slew of federal lawsuits involving alleged misconduct within local law enforcement. KCCI-TV reports Madrid Mayor Dirk Ringgenberg resigned Thursday because of a federal lawsuit alleging police brutality by the department. Ringgenberg is named in the lawsuit. IOWA (IRN) – Iowa lawmakers are running out of paid days to finish their work at the Capitol, according to WHO-TV. Monday will be the 99th day of the 2018 session, and lawmakers are only paid for the first 100 days of work at the Capitol. This means they will work unpaid overtime if there is work to be done Wednesday. They still have to pass a budget. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A neighborhood in Cedar Rapids is dealing with something a little strange, according to KCRG-TV. Over the past few days the neighborhood has had problems with garage doors not opening or closing. Multiple houses in the neighborhood were reporting the same problems. Garage door companies haven’t been able to solve the problem, and homeowners think some kind of electronic device may be jamming the signals.

JOHNSTON, IA (IRN) – Two people are safe after a fire broke out inside a garage in Johnston this morning. KCCI-TV reports two people inside the home escaped without injury. The cause of the fire is not known. DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – Police are investigating a report of a person selling fake tickets to a Dubuque concert. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports a person allegedly sold fraudulent tickets to see Willie Nelson’s concert today at Five Flags Center. Police are investigating. DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – Davenport police have charged the city’s former affordable housing program manager with eight counts of invasion of privacy after discovering he placed hidden cameras in low rent housing complex bathrooms. WQAD-TV reports 46-year-old Roy Dewitt was fired after the first camera was found. DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – A Dubuque man faces charges because police say he made up a story about a heart attack just to get a train to move. KCRG-TV reports police accuse David Shealer of making a false report and claiming a false emergency. He called 911 Tuesday claiming a neighbor had a heart attack, so a train would have to move so an ambulance could pass. There was no medical emergency. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa legislature sent a bill that seeks to minimize damage from concussions that occur at school sporting events to Gov. Kim Reynolds for signature. The bill requires any school official who observes a student suffering from concussion symptoms to immediately remove them from an athletic event. That student would not be allowed to resume activities until cleared by a licensed medical professional. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Record-setting astronaut and Iowa native Peggy Whitson is being honored. KCCI-TV reports Whitson, one of the most accomplished astronauts of all time, will receive the 2018 Robert D. Ray Pillar of Character Award, named after Iowa’s longtime Gov. Robert Ray. She holds the U.S. record for total days in space, is the world’s oldest spacewoman at age 57, most experienced female spacewalker, with 10, and is the first woman to command the space station twice.