SIOUX CITY, IA (IRN) – A line of thunderstorms tore through Northwest Iowa late Thursday, causing widespread damage that meteorologists will examine over the coming days to determine whether to classify the storm as a derecho. The storm system entered the Sioux City area at about 5 p.m., bringing with it rain, hail and strong winds and knocking out power to area residents. There are many reports of building and tree damage. SIBLEY, IA (IRN) – Some parts of northwest Iowa, including Sibley, saw a rare weather phenomenon Thursday. Areas near the borders to South Dakota and Minnesota saw a haboob. A haboob is an intense dust storm. They are usually seen in the desert, but they have been spotted in Iowa in the past. WATERLOO, IA (IRN) – A shooting sent a 21-year-old woman to the hospital in Waterloo on Thursday night. Police say it started out as a fight and turned into gunshots fired. The woman injured has non-life threatening injuries. IOWA (IRN) – Sen. Chuck Grassley says consolidation in the meatpacking industry has led to unreasonable increases in meat prices. On a call Wednesday, he suggested Iowans skip the middleman and buy local to save money. He says, “don’t buy from JBS and Tyson. Go to your local markets and local kills. I could go to the Cedar Falls locker to buy my meat instead of getting Tyson Foods from some other supermarket.” NORWALK, IA (IRN) – A groundbreaking ceremony for the new multimillion-dollar city center in Norwalk was held Thursday. The Norwalk Central development will be anchored by a more than 20-acre indoor/outdoor sports and recreation campus. City officials say it is needed to keep up with a population that has nearly doubled in the past 20 years. The district will have restaurants, specialty shops, hotels, parks and trails, and housing.

DES MOINES, (IRN) – A Des Moines man is facing multiple charges after allegedly injecting methamphetamine into a minor and encouraging her to use sex toys. Police said Mark Worthington, 59, injected a minor on more than one occasion in April. Police said Worthington told the minor that the drug would make her aroused. He also encouraged her to use sex toys he provided. Worthington is charged with third-degree sexual abuse and distribution of a drug to person under 18. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A Cedar Rapids man has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to a lesser charge for the shooting death of another teen during a botched robbery. 20-year-old Kyler Carson pleaded guilty Tuesday to assault and was sentenced to three years’ probation. He also must pay $150,000 in restitution to the family of 18-year-old Andrew Gaston. Carson was 16 when he fatally shot Gaston and injured Gaston’s cousin when the Gastons ambushed Carson during a drug deal. URBANDALE, IA (IRN) – The Urbandale Fire Department and Urbandale police are investigating a near-drowning at a hotel in Urbandale. According to the Urbandale Fire Department, they were called to the Ramada on Merle Hay Road for a drowning. When they arrived, the patient, a 2-year-old, was alert and breathing. Witnesses of the near-drowning had rushed in to perform CPR. IOWA (IRN) – Jumping worms are taking over. They have now been found in 12 Iowa counties. Jumping worms are a type of earthworm. They are called “jumping worms” because of the violent wiggling and snake-like movements they make when uncovered. They reproduce faster and eat more material than garden worms. They are originally from Asia. IOWA (IRN) – The humidity is not the only thing giving skies a hazy look to them this week. Wildfire smoke from large fires in New Mexico has made its return to the Midwest.

DENISON, IA (IRN) – A pursuit near Denison in Harrison ended with a car on fire and a driver taken directly to jail earlier this week. A driver tried to elude troopers on Interstate 29. Troopers were able to use stop sticks to flatten the tires of the suspect vehicle. The driver continued to drive on their flat tires which caused their vehicle to catch fire. Troopers then helped pull the driver out of the burning vehicle and took them to jail. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The city of Des Moines has had its eighth murder of the year. Fifty-eight-year-old Tony Earl Arterberry has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a woman in the Drake neighborhood. Her name and the circumstances of her death have not been released. JEFFERSON, IA (IRN) – A Jefferson city employee who allegedly fired a weapon more than 20 times in the direction of three juvenile girls after one refused to perform a sex act in a park has been arrested. 28-year-old Michael Teeples has been terminated from his position with the city and faces numerous charges. DECORAH, IA (IRN) – A Calmar man with three outstanding felony arrest warrants was arrested in Decorah on Monday after a high-speed chase. Michael Foland, 20, led deputies and officers on a chase after they tried to stop his vehicle when they recognized him. The chase went north of Decorah, then through a farm field and back to Decorah before Foland rolled his vehicle trying to drive over a dike. He was taken into custody after a lengthy standoff with law enforcement. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Confluence Brewing of Des Moines has won a top prize at the World Beer Cup. The winning brew is called Over the Ivy. It’s described as a Czech-style pilsner, containing grain from Bohemia. The name is a tip of the hat to the 2016 World Champion Chicago Cubs. Confluence beat out close to 2,500 breweries from 57 countries around the world to win the World Beer Cup in the Bohemian Pilsner category.

PERRY, IA (IRN) – A Perry police officer was injured Tuesday morning in a shooting. An officer was shot in the leg. The investigation is ongoing. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Des Moines woman charged in a deadly hit-and-run crash last month has pleaded not guilty. 38-year-old Terra Flipping entered a written plea last week. Flipping is charged with leaving the scene of the deadly crash that killed 14-year-old Ema Cardenas. Flipping turned herself in to the police the morning after the crash. WEBSTER CITY, IA (IRN) – The trial for the Grundy Center man accused of killing a 27-year veteran of the Iowa State Patrol begins Monday. Michael Lang, 42, will be in court in Webster City standing trial for the murder of Sgt. Jim Smith. Lang is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Sgt. Smith during a standoff in Grundy Center. WILLIAMSON, IA (IRN) – A Lucas County 17-year-old was pulled over and given a breathalyzer test on Feb. 10, in the Lucas County town of Williamson. Kylea Parker and her family don’t deny she had alcohol in her system when she was pulled over that night. However, they say she shouldn’t have been forced to change her pants on the side of the road. Parker had wet pants on during the time of the traffic stop, due to circumstances not related to the traffic stop. She says she was forced to change them, while on the side of the road, with a Lucas County Deputy parked behind her. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Kylie McCaughey has wanted to be a police officer for as long as she can remember. Now the Marion Police Department believes she may be the youngest officer they’ve ever hired. Officer McCaughey joined the Department in 2021 at 18-years-old. She has since turned 19. The Linn-Mar High School graduate is now wearing the same uniform as her school resource officer Tom Daubs.

AMES, IA (IRN) – A man was found shot to death outside of an apartment complex in Ames early Monday morning. Upon arrival, officers found the body of a man with multiple gunshot wounds. Police say the man is around 40 years of age. They aren’t certain if he lived at the apartment complex or in the neighborhood. MARION COUNTY IOWA (IRN) – A boat capsized in the Des Moines River Saturday afternoon southeast of Runnells. Of the three on board, two made it to safety, and 34-year-old Dustin Lee Dittmer of Colfax is still missing. The search began Saturday afternoon, continued all day Sunday, and will resume Monday morning. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Three Iowa teens were shot during a Roosevelt High School prom after-party early Sunday morning. A 17-year-old girl and two 18-year-old men were shot. Police say there were 200 people at the house; most of them teenagers. A group who was not invited to the party showed up and a fight broke out. That’s when shots were fired. All of the victims are expected to be okay. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN – An investigation is underway following a report of a shooting near Veterans Administration Hospital in Iowa City on Sunday. One person was hospitalized for a gunshot wound. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A lightning strike caused a fire at the Brownstone Apartments in Des Moines Sunday morning. Brownstone residents said a flash of light woke them up around 7:30 a.m. While no one was hurt, about 20 residents are now displaced due to the fire.