WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A woman was booked into the Polk County Jail Tuesday on a charge of dependant adult abuse for allegedly taking money from her mother’s checking account and not paying her nursing home bills. 64-year-old Pamela Young of West Des Moines allegedly withdrew over $7,300 from ATMs including those at Prairie Meadows Racetrack & Casino in Altoona. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – In a case that could provide context to Iowa’s Open Records Law, reporters and advocates for journalists argued before the Iowa Supreme Court that ignored requests by the Governor’s Office in the years following the COVID-19 Pandemic is the same as refusing to comply with Iowa law. Some of those requests went ignored by the Governor for 18 months. When they filed suit the Governor’s office began to comply. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – The city of Cedar Rapids has received over $24 million of Linn County Housing Awards for Multi and Single-Family Housing Programs. The Iowa Economic Development Authority provided 80 percent of its statewide funding to Linn County due to the level of derecho damage sustained in 2020. IOWA (IRN) – A Blizzard Warning, a Winter Storm Warning, or a Winter Weather Advisory cover approximately two-thirds of Iowa diagonally from the Southwestern corner of Iowa to Cedar Rapids. Southern Iowa through Southeastern Iowa are under no advisories as of this morning.

POLK COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A teenage suspect charged in a 2022 deadly shooting outside East High School in Des Moines is now sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole. Romeo Perdomo is one of 10 teens accused in the shooting that killed 15-year-old Jose David Lopez. Perdomo apologized for what he called his “dumb mistake.” Deborha Perez, the dead boy’s mother said, “You say you’re sorry…it’s too late because I don’t get anything out of it. That’s not bringing my son back.” WASHINGTON, D.C. (IRN) – Third District Iowa congressman Republican Zach Nunn is demanding action after someone used stolen personal information to gain access to his military service records. Nunn said the U.S. Air Force informed him that a Democratic-linked research firm called ‘Due Diligence’ is responsible for the leak. Nunn says the firm claimed to be doing background checks for job or military evaluation, and the Air Force handed over personal information for eleven veterans including Nunn. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled their proposal to legalize recreational marijuana in Iowa. The bill would also expunge non-violent, low-level marijuana convictions. The proposal calls for a 10% tax on marijuana, and the money would go to schools, mental health services, and public safety. IOWA (IRN) – Severe weather warnings cover the northern two-thirds of Iowa. Warnings include Blizzard, Ice Storm, Winter Storm, and a Winter Weather Advisory. The most southwestern and southeastern counties face a Hazardous Weather Outlook. Southcentral Iowa has no warnings. For now.

IOWA (IRN) – Another round of hazardous winter weather is approaching Iowa. Moderate to heavy snow and freezing rain are possible for north central Iowa starting Wednesday. A winter storm warning will be in effect Wednesday for far northern and western counties, with double digit snowfall totals possible for communities in far north Iowa. Central Iowa counties will be under a winter weather advisory on Wednesday. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A fire at 35th Street Antiques in Des Moines billowed smoke along Interstate 235 during rush hour Monday and destroyed most of the building. The building contained the antique shop, two apartments, and a cabinetry workshop. The section containing the cabinetry workshop was saved, but the fire destroyed everything else in the building. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A yellow dust covered cars, sidewalks, and properties in southwest Cedar Rapids on Monday morning. A spokesperson for Ingredion said glucose was released due to equipment failure and they will further evaluate the root cause of the issue while replacing the faulty equipment. Neighbors are angry, saying their eyes are watering and dogs are acting sick. WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa’s largest private employer will temporarily stop its employee discount. Employees will no longer receive a 10% discount at the store because of alleged fraud and abuse in the program. Officials say the program will be revamped and Hy-Vee has a goal to relaunch the benefit to employees by mid-April. WATERLOO, IA (IRN) – There was a big mess to clean up after a semi rolled in Waterloo yesterday. The semi was hauling watermelons which spilled onto the highway. City workers used a skid loader to clean up the spilled watermelons. There is no word yet on what caused the accident or if there were any injuries. The driver, from Florida, was arrested for drunk driving.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A juvenile male was shot and killed in Cedar Rapids on Saturday. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident. No other information about the victim, including the boy’s age, was released. Police described the shooting as a “targeted incident.” CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Donations to Iowa’s Fish/Wildlife fund, informally called the Chickadee Checkoff, fell nearly 15 percent last year but have been gradually shrinking since the fund was created in the early 1980s. Study and support for Iowa’s nongame animals, including songbirds, turtles, frogs, owls, and salamanders, is needed more than ever as many species are declining in numbers and facing extinction, mostly because of lost habitat. MASON CITY, IA (IRN) – For more than three months, all of the glass and plastic in Mason City’s curbside recycling bins haven’t been recycled at all. Instead, the city has been forced to dump glass and plastic recyclables at the Landfill of North Iowa because the Mason City Recycling Center no longer accepts glass or plastic. Officials with the recycling center say the reason they stopped accepting glass and plastic is simple. There’s no market for it, and they can’t store it. EVANSTON, IL (IRN) − A miserable night for Iowa men’s basketball at Northwestern reached a boiling point at the 7:30 mark in the second half Sunday. Hawkeye coach Fran McCaffery was upset about a missed 10-second violation against Northwestern, and his words with the referees resulted in a double technical foul and an ejection. Less than three minutes later, junior Patrick McCaffery was charged with a technical foul of his own after disagreeing with a shooting foul called against him. Northwestern’s free throws extended its lead to 22 points and the Wildcats rolled to an 80-60 Big Ten Conference victory.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (IRN) – A Republican political consultant was sentenced to 18 months in prison Friday after arranging for a Russian national to contribute illegally to former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign – the second time he’s been convicted of campaign violations. The first conviction was in Iowa. Jesse Benton, 45, of Woodlands, Texas, charged Russian national Roman Vasilenko $100,000 to have a picture taken with Trump. Benton pocketed $75,000 of the fee, then illegally passed along the remaining $25,000 as a contribution to Trump’s campaign committee, Trump Victory, and the Republican National Committee. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law a plan that limits non-economic damages in several medical malpractice cases. The change still allows Iowans to receive payments for things like medical bills and loss of employment. But it limits other judgments for pain and suffering. The law caps payments from clinics and individual doctors at $1 million and $2 million when hospitals are involved. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – After a long month of recovery and investigation from a cyber attack back in early January, Des Moines Public Schools are nearly back to normal. CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – The Cedar River is currently experiencing an ice jam located above the impoundment upstream of the Center Street Bridge in Cedar Falls. The City of Cedar Falls will continue monitoring the situation