BLAIR, NE (IRN) – An Iowa man was killed when his glider crashed at the Blair, Nebraska airport Saturday. KETV reports the victim is 59-year-old Michael Boska of Glenwood. He was a member of an area glider club. A witness said it appeared windy conditions may have contributed to the crash during take-off.

WATERLOO, IA (IRN) – A Waterloo man has been imprisoned for his role in a December shooting that injured a 9-year-old boy. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that a judge sent 22-year-old Mar’yo Lindsey Jr. to prison Friday for 15 years. Police say the boy was sitting on a couch watching television with his family, when bullets ripped through a window and wall of the Waterloo home. One of the rounds hit him.

DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – Three Davenport men were injured in an overnight shooting Sunday, according to WQAD-TV. Police were called to the scene of a disturbance with shots fired. Officers found three men with gunshot wounds. Detectives are working to determine the cause of the dispute.

WEST LIBERTY, IA (IRN) – West Liberty Police have a subject in custody after a stabbing sent one person to the hospital early Sunday morning. KWQC-TV reports police were called to the scene of a disturbance. Upon arrival, officers learned that a fight that involved a knife had occurred earlier. A victim was still at the scene with a puncture wound to his right leg. Police arrested 21-year-old Danyelek Figueroa of West Liberty in the incident.

CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – A Waterloo woman is okay after she slipped and fell into the Cedar River Sunday. KWWL-TV reports the 18-year-old woman was fishing in Cedar Falls when she slipped and fell off rocks into the river. Cedar Falls Fire and Rescue used a rope to rescue her. Friends say she only has one arm, making it more difficult for her to swim.

GRIMES, IA (IRN) – A father’s quick actions saved his child and dog after his car started to fill with smoke and flames, according to WHO-TV. Luke McGinn said he didn’t have much of a warning before his car caught fire Sunday. He just knew he had to exit the car quickly to save his son, who was in the back seat strapped into his child seat. All are safe, but the car is a total loss. McGinn says that’s OK. It’s insured. He’s an insurance agent.

KENTUCKY (IRN) – The governor of Kentucky reports multiple people are dead after a small plane crashed in southern part of the state. The National Transportation Safety Board says the plane was headed from Davenport, Iowa, to Muscle Shoals, Alabama, when it went down in a heavily-wooded area near Hopkinsville on Friday.

POWESHIEK COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Two people died after a crash in rural Poweshiek county Friday. KCRG-TV reports one vehicle crossed the centerline and hit an oncoming vehicle head on. 31-year-old Paul Randall from Grinnell and 65-year-old Rosa Santos from Oskaloosa died in the crash. Three other people were injured and taken to Grinnell Hospital.

RIDGEWAY, IA (IRN) – Two northeastern Iowa sheriff’s deputies were injured when a man under arrest tried to escape Friday in Ridgeway. KCCI-TV reports 25-year-old Shelby Henry, of Cresco, ran from deputies after he’d been arrested by a Winneshiek County deputy on a Howard County warrant. During the chase, a Winneshiek County deputy suffered serious injuries and a Howard County deputy suffered minor injuries. The incident happened less than two weeks after two western Iowa sheriff’s deputies were shot, one fatally, during a jail break there.

APPANOOSE COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Fifty disabled veterans and their caregivers attended a week-long event aimed at helping rehabilitate veterans through fishing. KTVO-TV reports a program called “Castaway Disabilities” brought veterans across the Midwest to Rathbun Lake in Appanoose County. Service members who fought in wars from World War II to Afghanistan were assisted onto pontoons and taken out to coves to fish.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has decided to keep open a longtime research center, though he still plans to remove its funding. KGAN-TV reports Branstad used his veto power Friday to cut language in the state budget that would have eliminated the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University. But he kept plans to redirect a tax worth roughly $1.5 million that helps pay for the center. It will go to a separate ISU center that studies water quality.

DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – 17-year-old Akeim Hill of Davenport was shot and killed last night. Police are investigating, and no other information has been released.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The former chairman of the Warren County Republicans, Rick Halvorsen, was arrested on a felonious incest charge. The Des Moines Register reports
Halvorsen allegedly performed sex acts with his adult biological daughter in 2016. The daughter is a victim and will not be charged. Halvorson served as GOP chair from 2014 until recently.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Wells Fargo announced Friday that it is planning an additional $2 billion in cuts as it recovers from a sales scandal last year. $2 billion had already been cut. Most of the new cuts will come in consolidated operations and the closure of 450 branches. Wells Fargo is the largest employer in the Des Moines area, and experts say roughly 14,000 Des Moines-area employees will be affected.

CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – Two young women from northern Iowa graduated with a two-year degree from Hawkeye Community College last night, according to KCRG-TV. While that’s not newsworthy, the fact that Gillian Gergen of Janesville and Megann Bohlken of Independence won’t graduate from high school until later this month, is. Despite their busy academic lives, Bohlken was able to take part in extracurricular activities, and even had a part-time job. Gergen also played sports and was good enough to win a volleyball scholarship to Drake.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – A man has been arrested in a case where an Iowa City woman awoke while being sexually assaulted in her own home. KCRG-TV reports 47-year-old Robert Bryant’s charges were based on a DNA analysis. He faces charges of burglary and sexual abuse.

SIOUX CITY, IA (IRN) – An Iowa woman has been imprisoned for duping dozens of people into buying nonexistent tickets to the Super Bowl and other big events. The Sioux City Journal reports that Ranae Van Roekel, of Boyden, was sentenced to 51 months in prison and to pay nearly $470,000 in restitution. Van Roekel was a self-employed ticket broker who ran the business Get ’em Now Tickets.

MUSCATINE, IA (IRN) – In a meeting that only lasted three minutes, Muscatine’s City Council voted unanimously to remove Mayor Diana Broderson from office. She becomes the first Iowa mayor to be impeached. WQAD-TV reports the city’s attorney says Broderson has misused her power to obtain personal benefits and that her actions have cost the city about $100,000. Broderson says that’s not true, and she’ll see the council in court.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – The Iowa City Public Library has removed cameras from its bathrooms, according to KCRG-TV. It happened before Gov. Branstad signed a bill Thursday that bans such cameras in restrooms in government buildings. The library installed the cameras in 2007 to prevent theft and increase safety, but some argued they were an invasion of privacy. Lawmakers took up the bill after the ACLU of Iowa filed a complaint.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police are seeing an increase in “ghost” calls to 911, especially from Apple Watches, according to KCCI-TV. “Ghost” calls are made by accident. Apple Watches have a feature that makes it easy to dial 911 by holding down a button. Police say it happens 10-20 times a day, and they take each call seriously. They say if you do happen to make such a call, please stay on the line and tell the dispatcher it was a mistake.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – The University of Iowa baseball program will honor the 45th anniversary of the 1972 College World Series team prior to today’s series opener against Ohio State. KWWL-TV reports the Hawkeyes went 25-17 and advanced to the College World Series for the first and only time in program history. Twenty-six members of the 1972 team will be in attendance for a reunion.