DAKOTA CITY, IA (IRN) – The man shot and killed by a Department of Natural Resources officer in Dakota City Saturday has been identified. 20-year-old Shane Allen Jensen of Humboldt was fatally shot Saturday afternoon after firing a 9mm handgun into the air and then pointing it at officers. Jensen’s family said he expressed thoughts of “suicide by cop” to them before stealing a vehicle.

ALGONA, IA (IRN) – A state board has suspended the teaching license of a northern Iowa teacher and coach who was accused of being intoxicated at school. The Globe Gazette reports that the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners ordered the suspension of 46-year-old Chad Ahlers’ teaching and coaching licenses for two years. Ahlers was a math teacher and track and cross country coach at Algona High School. He says he has struggled with depression and alcohol use and apologized to his friends, family and former co-workers.

WATERLOO, IA (IRN) – Today marks 75 years since the five Sullivan brothers were killed in World War II; they died on November 13, 1942. The brothers were sailors serving in the U.S. Navy. They volunteered with the stipulation they all serve together. They died serving on the USS Juneau when it was sunk by Japanese torpedoes.

RUNNELLS, IA (IRN) – A Runnells man is recovering at a Des Moines hospital after being ejected from his car during an annual fundraising race for first responders this weekend. KCCI-TV reports 35-year-old Jarod Smith was injured after his car rolled during the race. DeJoode’s annual 69er Farm Race raises money for the Camp Township Fire Department based in Runnells.

KELLOGG, IA (IRN) – A Kellogg man is searching for answers after his dog was shot with an arrow on his property Saturday afternoon. WHO-TV reports Andrew Worrell lives in the country outside of Kellogg and owns four collies, including one named Scooby. Worrell found Scooby under his deck with an arrow going through his torso. The dog was taken to the vet to have emergency surgery, where part of his stomach and half a lung were removed.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – People with green thumbs gathered in Cedar Rapids Saturday to help beautify a neighborhood. KGAN-TV reports volunteers planted more than 50 trees. The planting was done through the Branching Out program by Trees Forever and Alliant Energy.
The trees planted on Saturday were ones to replace ashes lost to the Emerald Ash Borer.

HUMBOLDT COUNTY, IA (IRN) – One person died after an officer-involved shooting in the northern Iowa town of Dakota City. Law enforcement officials responded to a home on a report of a wanted subject hiding under the deck. Officers found a subject armed with a weapon, who fired it in the air and then pointed it at the officers. An Iowa DNR officer then fatally shot the subject.

SIOUX CITY, IA (IRN) – A Sioux City man has been released from prison less than two months into his seven-year sentence for shooting his 3-year-old sister in the face with a BB gun. The Sioux City Journal reports the judge reconsidered 18-year-old Adrian White’s sentence and suspended the remainder of his prison term. White is now on three years’ probation. He was 17 when he shot the preschooler twice in the face. One BB fractured the girl’s jaw and the other entered her eye and lodged next to her brain.

DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – A woman has been charged with stealing more than $15,000 from a convenience store in Dubuque. KCRG-TV reports 33-year-old Jennifer Villarreal worked as a shift manager at a Casey’s General Store. Video footage showed Villarreal leaving work with the bank deposit bags. She never deposited them.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – When 57-year-old Sandy McNamar found out she was terminally ill with cancer, she asked members of her church to bring donations of food in lieu of flowers to her funeral. KCCI-TV reports the church ended up with more than 2,000 pounds of donated food. Now the Sandy McNamar Memorial Food Pantry gives back to the community every other Saturday. There’s also a free community meal at 5 p.m. on the last Saturday of the month.

CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – One person has died from their injuries after two people were shot near the University of Northern Iowa’s campus, according to KWWL-TV. Officers located a gunshot victim in a backyard, and the victim was transported to an area hospital. One hour later, officers were notified of a second gunshot victim who was taken to an area hospital by private vehicle. The first victim died died at the hospital from a single gunshot wound. Both were 18-year-old men from Waterloo.

NORTH LIBERTY, IA (IRN) – A North Liberty man is facing numerous charges after breaking into a home and robbing someone at gunpoint. KGAN-TV reports 33-year-old Beauhanan Walker knocked on the victim’s door and pointed a rifle at her head and entered the apartment. Walker then told her to lay face down on the bed while he searched for valuables, eventually leaving with $40 and a belt. He was also charged on a warrant for a sexual assault in 2014.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police are investigating a home invasion. WHO-TV reports a couple say a man came to their door with a gun and demanded money. The male victim said he’d have to go to an ATM to get money because he didn’t have any in the house, hoping to get the suspect away from his wife and two small children. They drove to a grocery store ATM. Both entered the store and an argument ensued. The suspect fled, but not before firing a shot back at the grocery store. No one was injured.

QUAD CITIES (IRN) – Citing the need to level the playing field with competitors, leaders from the Quad Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau plan on creating a new voluntary destination fee that would tack an additional dollar or two on visitors’ hotel bills to be used for marketing the region as a tourism destination. WQAD-TV reports a combination of state budget cuts in both Illinois and Iowa means the organization needs to find a new revenue stream.

SIOUX CENTER, IA (IRN) – Students in Sioux Center are being praised for coming forward with sexual abuse claims against a 5th grade teacher. KCCI-TV reports 36-year-old Curtis Van Dam is facing 84 counts of sexual abuse. Other media report 140 charges. Police say the incidents between Van Dam and several children took place between August 2013 and last month. Van Dam was immediately fired from his job at Sioux Center Christian School when the allegations surfaced.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – An Iowa City Man has been charged in a stabbing. KCRG-TV reports the victim and his wife were walking past 66-year-old Ronal Rarey in May 2017 when Rarey called the victim’s wife a name and in response, the victim walked towards Rarey. Rarey pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim twice in the abdomen. Rarey admitted to stabbing the victim.

NEWTON, IA (IRN) – Two alleged heroin dealers are off the streets after the Mid-Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Task Force found heroin, meth, cocaine and other drugs in a Newton home. Authorities said a large number of heroin overdoses in the Newton area in recent weeks led investigators to Tyler Gilbert and Crystal Mendenhall. They, along with four others, were arrested following Tuesday’s drug bust.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police are looking for the gunman responsible for firing at two people, wounding one. WHO-TV reports two men were working on a vehicle, when shots were fired at them from behind a house. One of the victims has a permit to carry and returned fire. The other man was hit by a bullet, but is expected to survive. Police believe this to be an isolated situation.

BURLINGTON, IA (IRN) – A man walked into a Burlington gas station with a knife and demanded money from a clerk on Wednesday, according to WQAD-TV. After receiving the money, he fled. Police are examining security video.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A new report shows Iowa companies received high marks for practices that protect LGBTQ employees. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation released its Corporate Equality Index report Thursday. It rates major companies on non-discrimination policies, employment benefits, and public commitment to equality. Among the highest ranking companies are Rockwell Collins and Transamerica in Cedar Rapids, as well as Principal Financial Group and Wellmark in Des Moines.