ACKLEY, IA (IRN) – An Ackley father and his girlfriend will spend up to three decades in prison for locking his son in a dungeon-like space under their stairs. WHO-TV reports Alex Shadlow and Traci Tyler each received three ten-year sentences Friday. The couple admitted to locking Shadlow’s then 8-year-old son in a makeshift room for at least 30 days. The dark, 6-by-6-foot room had no furniture or blankets and a tin can for a toilet. The child spent up to nine hours a day in the space.
BETTENDORF, IA (IRN) – Police are increasing their presence in a Bettendorf neighborhood after receiving two separate reports of cars approaching children and trying to lure them in. WQAD-TV reports one 12-year-old says they approached him while he was riding his bike and said, “Hey, I have a whole lot of candy in the back. If you want some, you can get in the car and sit on my lap.”
MASON CITY, IA (IRN) – A railroad officer who shot a subject being investigated for trespassing will not be indicted. KIMT-TV reports a grand jury deliberated and declined to indict the railroad officer.
JOHNSTON, IA (IRN) – Sen. Charles Grassley says farmers were “screwed” by the Trump administration’s decision to allow some refineries to not blend ethanol with gasoline as required under federal law. During a taping of Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press” program Friday, Grassley was asked his thoughts on 31 refinery exemptions the Environmental Protection Agency issued for 2018 and approved after a review last week.