MASON CITY, IA (IRN) – A north Iowa man has been arrested on multiple drug charges, according to KIMT-TV. 47-year-old Kai Adam Kral of Nora Springs was booked into the Cerro Gordo County Jail Thursday. Kral is accused of selling meth to someone working with the North Central Iowa Narcotics Task Force at his home on two occasions in May. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for a double murder, according to the Des Moines Register. Barney Fraaken shot and killed his wife Amy and his 16-year-old daughter Amber in November. Fraaken then turned the gun on himself, but survived. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A former Iowa State Trooper has been charged with a felony theft in a workers’ compensation case. WHO-TV reports Lance Below is accused of cheating the state out of workers’ compensation benefits. He illegally collected benefits for an ankle injury suffered on the job, while at the same time collected a paycheck at another job. He didn’t report the second income, which kept his benefits $26,000 higher than they should have been. CORALVILLE, IA (IRN) – Staffing levels at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center in Coralville are at “atrocious” levels, according to union President Danny Homan. KCRG-TV reports Homan says the lack of correctional officers at the facility is what led to a recent incident where four inmates tested positive for meth. Homan believes visitors are delivering drugs, and state lawmakers are to blame for underfunding staff positions at the facility. DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says this upcoming week will bring the peak of fall colors throughout the state. KWWL-TV reports this is especially good news for Dubuque and the surrounding tri-states area as many people will visit. Tourism officials say the bluffs along the Mississippi are beautiful, and The Great River Road that connects Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa will be well travelled this weekend and coming week.

HAMPTON, IA (IRN) – A north Iowa man has been arrested for kidnapping and injuring a woman, according to KIMT-TV. 41-year-old Charles Albright of Meservey allegedly held the woman captive for 12 to 14 hours, then transported her to Sheffield. The woman said Albright hit, punched and stomped her repeatedly, cut her with a knife, allowed his dog to repeatedly bite her and also used a Taser on her. She was severely injured. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – International Automotive Components is laying off close to 500 workers at its Iowa City plant by the end of the year, according to KGAN-TV. The layoffs are being made because Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles is phasing out the Dodge Dart, as well as moving the Jeep Patriot and Compass lines to their Illinois plant. The Iowa City plant provided interior products like instrument panels, doors and consoles for these cars. WATERLOO, IA (IRN) – A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash near downtown Waterloo Thursday night, according to KWWL-TV. The motorcyclist assaulted two people at a grocery store, and then led officers on the chase. A knife was found with the man after the crash. Two people inside the car suffered minor injuries, and the motorcyclist was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. ANAMOSA, IA (IRN) – A corrections officer was assaulted by an inmate at the Anamosa State Penitentiary Wednesday. WQAD-TV reports 26-year-old Justin Kestner assaulted the officer using a “crude piece of metal.” Kestner was restrained and placed in segregation. The officer suffered multiple bruises to the face, but will be OK. CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Board of Regents has ordered an audit of every flight that Iowa State University President Steven Leath has taken on the school’s two airplanes, citing possible misuse. KCCI-TV reports Board President Bruce Rastetter said that he’s extremely disappointed that Leath has used the planes on multiple occasions in ways that appear “questionable at best.” IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – The University of Iowa announced an app that will help make students safer, according to KCRG-TV. It’s called Hawk Watch. Here’s how it works. Users type in their destination. They then use a timer to estimate how long it’ll take to get there and pick a friend from their phone, or law enforcement, which the app calls “guardians.” When a user arrives, they turn off the timer. But, if the timer runs out, the app will alert the designated guardian.

BREMER CO., IA (IRN) – After months of searching, the body of 76-year-old Cloris Mehmen, of Plainfield, is believed to have been found in Bremer County. KIMT-TV reports Mehmen, who had Alzheimer’s, was found about a half mile from her home by a farmer harvesting corn. Search efforts involved canine tracking; ground, air, drone, water and underwater searches, to no avail. No foul play is suspected. DENISON, IA (IRN) – A 51-year-old man accidentally shot himself on his way to hunt deer with his wife. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says Daniel Gehling, of Denison, was adjusting the handgun in his waistband when it went off. The shooting happened Monday in Crawford County. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Octopus heads and creepy clowns armed with golf clubs and wooden stakes terrorized a Des Moines neighborhood Tuesday, according to KCCI-TV. The teens behind the masks caused about $800 in damage when they slashed a van’s tires and shattered a window. Neighbor Derrick Moorman heard the activity, approached, drew his weapon, and held the teens at gunpoint until police arrived. They’re in jail. ROCK ISLAND, IL (IRN) – A Quad Cities man was sentenced to 12 years in prison Wednesday for driving drunk and hitting an SUV last year. WQAD-TV reports it was Dan Sylvester’s fifth drunk driving offense. The previous four happened in Des Moines County, Iowa. His victim, Tammy Fuller, spoke at the sentencing. “You busted my body,” she said from her wheelchair. “I’m angry. You took my life.” Fuller’s ankles and legs were shattered, she lost her job, and owes over $500,000 in medical bills. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Armed robberies in Iowa City are up this year according to KWWL-TV. On early Monday morning a man robbed a Kum and Go, and less than ten minutes later robbed another. They are the seventh and eighth armed robberies of the year in the city. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Demolition began this week on a rusty old water tower on the southeast side of Cedar Rapids, according to the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Called the Kirkwood Standpipe, the 80-foot-tall, sky blue-colored structure is coming down panel-by-panel, with blow torches cutting the steel apart. Built in 1976, the tower leaks. It’s estimated that its replacement will cost more than $4 million.

ASON CITY, IA (IRN) – Cerro Gordo County has lost another effort to block construction of a 5,000-head hog confinement near Ventura. KCCI-TV reports the state Environmental Commission voted 8-0 yesterday to deny a county appeal of an earlier decision by the Iowa Natural Resources Department. County officials say they’ll consider taking the issue to court. WEST BURLINGTON, IA (IRN) – West Burlington Assistant Police Chief Jesse Logan put himself in harm’s way last week in order to stop a man who was attempting to set himself and the home around him on fire. KBUR-radio reports Logan grabbed a large torch and settling tank from 32-year-old Darren Taeger, who had splashed himself and the room with gasoline. Taeger’s then-girlfriend used a garden hose to extinguish the torch. WATERLOO, IA (IRN) – A 7-year-old boy in Waterloo was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a pickup truck struck him Tuesday evening. KCRG-TV reports the boy ran into the street in front of the truck. URBANDALE, IA (IRN) – Urbandale High School has issued a warning regarding an athletics T-shirt scam, according to KCCI-TV. A company in Texas called Touchdown Sports has been soliciting Urbandale businesses for money to sponsor T-shirts to be distributed during school events. The school has no relationship with Touchdown Sports. Similar scams have been reported in other cities. ALTOONA, IA (IRN) – Facebook plans to add on to its data center campus in Altoona, according to the Des Moines Register. The company will add over 100,000 square feet to its third data center building. The expansion will add what Facebook calls “cold storage,” a type of digital storage the company says it uses to hold rarely-accessed photos. BOONE, IA (IRN) – A 92-year-old Boone man has a passion for the Chicago Cubs. WHO-TV reports Bert Doran has been a Cubs fan since he was nine years old, and is one of the few who were Cubs fans during their last World Series appearance in 1945. Bert was blinded by shrapnel on Iwo Jima in World War II, and follows the Cubs on the radio. He says the Cubs winning the World Series “would mean a lot to me. I’ve waited 92 years for it.”

BURLINGTON, IA (IRN) – A man was shot at a home in Burlington today, according to WQAD-TV. The man had gone into a home and was confronted by another man with a handgun who shot him in the upper body. The wounded man was found approximately a half-mile away from the home shortly after the shooting. CHARLES CITY, IA (IRN) – A northern Iowa man has been imprisoned for breaking the bones of an infant, according to KWWL-TV. 21-year-old William Khuns, of Charles City, was sentenced Monday in Floyd County Court to 10 years. He pled guilty to child endangerment resulting in serious injury. Khuns squeezed the infant until the baby’s ribs broke and twisted one of the baby’s arms behind its back until he heard a pop. The baby suffered nine broken bones. RED OAK, IA (IRN) – A Red Oak man who told his mother he was being kidnapped has been charged with filing a false report. The Daily Nonpareil reports deputies were dispatched after a report by the mother of 21-year-old Chase Palmer. He was found at a friend’s residence. Deputies determined that Palmer had not been kidnapped but rather had lost his keys and was locked out of his home. CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – A man is facing attempted murder charges after he allegedly stabbed two people in a parking lot of a hotel in Cedar Falls Monday. KCRG-TV reports police arrested 28-year-old Adam Jacobsen on two counts of attempted murder. Officers said Jacobsen repeatedly stabbed a 62-year-old man, then repeatedly stabbed a 47-year-old woman. Both were hospitalized with serious injuries. URBANDALE, IA (IRN) – A Johnston man is in jail after he caused damage after driving through an Urbandale cemetery drunk. WHO-TV reports 22-year-old Justin Nicolet is charged with operating while intoxicated and first degree criminal mischief. Urbandale police were called to the McDivitt Cemetery early Sunday morning after tire tracks and damaged gravestones were noticed. Nicolet was found in a vehicle in a ditch nearby. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has recently alleged that there is “large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day.” KCCI-TV reports that Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate assured Iowans Monday that the elections are not rigged. Pate says “Our reputation is very good and I don’t want anyone to try and imply otherwise especially without any facts.” DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Blank Park Zoo’s endangered black rhino family has grown by one, according to the Des Moines Register. The unnamed 80-pound calf, a female, was born Oct. 11 on the zoo’s grounds. Listed as critically endangered by the World Wildlife Fund, there are less than 1,000 eastern black rhinos alive today.