JOHNSON COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A woman’s body was found in the Iowa River in Johnson County on Thursday, according to KGAN-TV. The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office says that they were called about a possibly body floating in the river. An hour later, an unidentified woman was pulled from the river. An autopsy will be performed. LECLAIRE, IA (IRN) – Police have identified a body pulled from the Mississippi River Friday as missing Clinton boater, 22-year-old Keegan Rasmussen, according to WQAD-TV. Last week the body of 22-year-old Tyler Steeg was pulled from the river. Steeg and Rasmussen had been out boating in November of 2016 when they were reported missing. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Former Cedar Rapids substitute teacher Mary Beth Haglin will serve 90 days in jail and a period of supervised release for having sex with a student. KCRG-TV reports she will also have to spend 10 years on the sex offender registry. The relationship was consensual, and the case drew national attention, including her appearance on television with Dr. Phil. STORM LAKE, IA (IRN) – A student in Storm Lake is facing terrorism charges after police say he made a verbal threat to blow up the school. WHO-TV reports the 11-year-old was arrested Thursday morning at Storm Lake Middle School. Police say the investigation revealed no immediate threat, and that they take all threats seriously. The student is charged with making “threats of terrorism.” School went on as normal. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Gov. Terry Branstad has signed a bill that would greatly reduce negotiating power for public sector unions in the state. The Iowa House voted 53-47 Thursday, with all Democrats opposed, to pass the measure. The GOP-led Senate chamber voted 29-21 Thursday, with all Democrats and an independent opposed. The vote followed lengthy debate in the chamber that started Wednesday morning and continued all night. Thousands rallied in opposition to the legislation.

MARSHALL COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Two people were killed in an early morning accident north of Marshalltown. The Iowa State Patrol reports a pickup was traveling westbound on Highway 96 when it failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection of Highway 14 and collided with a northbound semi. That semi spun out and was hit by a southbound semi. One of the semis was a Tyson truck hauling meat, which spilled out onto the road. CLEAR LAKE, IA (IRN) – A Clear Lake police officer accused of domestic violence has resigned from the force. KIMT-TV reports 36-year-old Ryan Eskildsen is charged with misdemeanor domestic abuse assault for an incident last November. Eskildsen plans to plead self-defense at his trial. He had been a member of the department since 2002. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – A Coralville man is facing charges for pretending to be an FBI agent in an Iowa City restaurant. KGAN-TV reports 28-year-old Michael Barthart asked employees for information about a vehicle in the parking lot and pretended to talk into a portable radio. He said he was an FBI agent looking for someone. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Public workers lashed out against a Republican-led labor bill now headed to the governor’s desk. KCCI-TV reports the bill drastically changes collective bargaining rules in Iowa affecting more than 180,000 public employees. Union leaders say this is a wake-up call for the labor movement. Republicans say many Iowans want the changes. The bill now heads to Gov. Branstad’s desk. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Iowa’s switch to a managed Medicaid system last year has one Cedar Rapids family wondering who’s going to pay the hospital bill for their disabled 35-year-old son. KCRG-TV reports members of Brandon Beaty’s family say they chose AmeriHealth last year. Beaty has Down’s Syndrome and also received a kidney transplant. Doctors want him in the hospital. AmeriHealth said no. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Yesterday was “A Day Without Immigrants,” and the idea was for immigrants across the country to “disappear,” showing the rest of the nation what it’s like without them. WHO-TV reports organizers in Des Moines expected around 500 people to join a march on the State Capitol; instead, they saw a crowd of over 2,000. Protesters say they’re hoping for immigration reform, rather than a wall and mass deportations.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Cedar Rapids Police are investigating a shooting that left a woman with life-threatening injuries. KWWL-TV reports police received a report of shots fired Wednesday afternoon. Shortly later, a woman in her 20’s was brought to St. Luke’s Hospital with a life-threatening gunshot wound. Her injuries are believed to be connected to the shots fired call. MASON CITY, IA (IRN) – A Mason City man is going to prison for strangling a woman. KIMT-TV reports 29-year-old Andrew Joseph Beland of Mason City was arrested after attacking a woman in October of 2016. He pled guilty to domestic abuse assault and has been sentenced to five years behind bars. NEVADA, IA (IRN) – An Ames man has been arrested for leaving threatening messages at a Nevada school. KCCI-TV reports 65-year-old Mondell Olson was charged with two counts of first-degree harassment after leaving two voicemails at Nevada High School. Olson allegedly threatened to kill, brand and cause bodily harm to a transgender student. A Nevada high school freshman recently shared his story about being born a girl but identifying as a boy in a local newspaper. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A district court judge has ruled against 14 Iowa landowners who sued to block the Dakota Access pipeline from crossing their property. The judge ruled the decision by the Iowa Utilities Board to allow the pipeline was supported by state law and evidence. The landowners claim it is illegal to take farmland for a pipeline that provides no public service to Iowans. The landowners plan to appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – More than 55,000 bridges in America have been deemed structurally deficient, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. Iowa has the most bridges in poor shape. 21% of Iowa’s bridges are structurally deficient. Repairs are needed on nearly 15,000 Iowa bridges, which will cost the state approximately $7 million. ALLAMAKEE COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A trail camera captured a photo of an animal not seen in Iowa in about 150 years, according to the DNR. The photo taken in November in Allamakee County is the first documented sighting of a fisher since the 1800s. The fisher is a carnivore and a cousin to the weasel, otter and mink. They’re known for their fierceness, and are one of the few predators that will take on a porcupine.

FORT DODGE, IA (IRN) – A central Iowa man has been sentenced to probation for texting when his pickup truck collided with a car, killing two people. KIMT-TV reports 21-year-old Colten Bills, of Dayton, was convicted last month of two counts of vehicular homicide in a 2015 crash that killed a 56-year-old man and his 85-year-old mother. Bills was distracted by texting and ignored a stop sign and a sign warning the stop sign was ahead. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A mother and daughter who ran a Pleasant Hill day care were sentenced to probation Tuesday, according to KCCI-TV. Cindy and Amanda Holt pled guilty to child endangerment. Last summer, a child in their care was taken to the hospital with bite marks and bruises inflicted by another child. They will not be allowed to operate a daycare in the future. Both asked for forgiveness. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – A man who allegedly shot someone last week in Iowa City has been arrested in Illinois, according to KGAN-TV. 20-year-old Darius Davison was involved in a property dispute when witnesses say he pulled out a handgun and fired at least four shots, hitting the victim. U.S. Marshals arrested him, and he will be transported to the Johnson County Jail pending extradition. URBANDALE, IA (IRN) – Police in Urbandale are thanking the public for information leading to the arrests of two men in a truck stop robbery. KCCI-TV reports the armed robbery happened in November at the Pilot Truck Stop. Police released surveillance photos to the media, and as a result, the men were identified and arrested. Connor Ray Lloyd Bennett of Marshalltown and Tuffy Delray Eugene Jackson of Des Moines face first-degree robbery charges. They’re in jail. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Both chambers of the Republican-controlled Iowa Legislature have pushed back scheduled votes on a bill that would eliminate most collective bargaining rights for public workers in the state. KWWL-TV reports Democrats have filed dozens of amendments. Both chambers will take up the measure again this morning. VINTON, IA (IRN) – A Vinton dog is alive thanks to quick-thinking firefighters. KCRG-TV reports they rescued the dog during a house fire Monday afternoon. No one was hurt. Firefighters found the dog behind the door in one of the rooms, but the dog appeared lifeless. One firefighter improvised, finding a styrofoam cup, cutting a hole in it and using it to pass oxygen to the dog. The dog’s OK.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republican Congressman Steve King has reintroduced a bill in Washington that would make English the official language of the United States. The English Language Unity Act would declare English as our official language and require all people seeking naturalization to pass an English test. OTTUMWA, IA (IRN) – An Ottumwa man shot himself in the head while police were pursuing him. KTVO-TV reports police received a report that 22-year-old Zachary Lee Davidson had been seen walking along a city street. Davidson was wanted on outstanding arrest warrants. Police located him and he ran from officers to a residential yard where he got out a firearm and shot himself. He’s in critical condition. BENTON COUNTY, IA (IRN) – An elderly man and his son died in a fire in Benton County early this morning while a daughter was able to jump out a window. KCRG-TV reports the woman suffered injuries and was taken to a hospital. Firefighters are searching for a cause. RUNNELLS, IA (IRN) – One person died in a rollover crash that happened early Monday morning near Runnells in Polk County. When deputies arrived, they found a white Ford pickup with a trailer attached in the ditch upside down. Rescue crews began life-saving efforts, but the driver of the pickup died at the scene. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – More than 1,000 people packed a public hearing room at the Iowa Statehouse to protest Republican sponsored changes in the state’s collective bargaining law that would impact an estimated 184,000 state workers. WHO-TV reports critics dominated the two-hour public hearing. The bill takes away most of the issues unions can negotiate on behalf of their workers, except for wages. Republicans say they were elected to save taxpayer dollars. AMES, IA (IRN) – Iowa State University has lost an appeal in a federal free speech lawsuit. KCCI-TV reports the court ruled Monday that ISU administrators violated the First Amendment rights of two students who were officers of the ISU chapter of the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws. The students planned to print T-shirts depicting the school mascot and a marijuana leaf, but school officials claimed it violated the school’s trademark policy. The court ruled in favor of the students.