CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – An investigation by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation in conjunction with the Linn County Attorney has determined that two Cedar Rapids police officers were justified in a deadly shooting. KWWL-TV reports the two officers shot and killed 25-year-old Markell Bivins September 12 in Cedar Rapids. Bivins was attacking his girlfriend with a knife at the time. POLK COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Polk County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a two vehicle head-on collision this morning that left one person dead and sent three others to the hospital. The accident happened in Pleasant Hill near Southeast Polk High School. Witnesses say that a Nissan Pathfinder traveling westbound was struck head-on by a Nissan Altima traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes. BURLINGTON, IA (IRN) – Authorities say a man whose body was discovered inside a Burlington home was a homicide victim. The Hawk Eye reports the body has been identified as that of 32-year-old Julian Menke. Police say the case is being investigated as a homicide but won’t say how Menke was killed. No arrest has been reported. URBANDALE, IA (IRN) – A man dressed as a clown was arrested for assault in Urbandale Tuesday. WHO-TV reports police responded to multiple reports of a man wearing a clown mask who was armed with a machete and chasing two citizens. 18-year-old Jacob Steil of West Des Moines was arrested and charged with two counts of assault with a weapon. Officers located a metal baseball bat and clown mask at the scene. FOREST CITY, IA (IRN) – A Texas man is facing drug charges in Winnebago County, according to KIMT-TV. 61-year-old Melvin Lee Sims of Lubbock was arrested after a FedEx driver brought a package to the Forest City Police Department. The driver said he had concerns about the package and a K-9 dog indicated there were drugs inside. Police got a search warrant, found meth inside, resealed the package, and delivered it to its destination at a local hotel. Sims took the package into his possession, and was arrested. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Interstate 380 in eastern Iowa is going to be used to test driverless vehicles next year, according KCRG-TV. The Iowa DOT will test the vehicles between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. They say driverless vehicles will reduce accidents 80%. Semi driver Michael Miller is worried that the automated vehicles will hurt the trucking industry. He says, “This is all I know how to do. You take this away from me, what else am I going to do?” DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A baby left at a Des Moines clinic two years ago is now living a safe, healthy life in Wyoming. KCCI-TV reports the adopted mother of Beckett, a safe haven baby, says that Beckett is now a happy, healthy, 2-year-old. Britany and Erik Gormley adopted Beckett in December 2014. The Gormley family had just adopted Beckett’s half-sister, Samantha, so the caseworker was familiar with the Gormley’s, and was able to place the siblings together.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Two people were taken into custody this morning after a chase on Des Moines’ east side. WHO-TV reports police tried to pull over 39-year-old Warnell Ziegler on a traffic violation, but he fled. He was captured when his vehicle got stuck in a parking lot. He resisted arrest, and was tasered. A passenger in the vehicle, Christina Stein, was also taken into custody on outstanding warrants. She told police she had swallowed drugs and was taken to the hospital. OTTUMWA, IA (IRN) – A former employee of Ottumwa Christian School has been arrested, accused of stealing over $160,000 from the school, according to KTVO-TV. 40-year-old Joni Stinson of Ottumwa, has been charged with four felonies. It has been a rough year for the school. In August, the school building was destroyed by fire. The fire was later determined to be arson. OSAGE, IA (IRN) – An Osage man accused of sexually abusing a young man and then attempting to kill him to keep him from testifying, has been sentenced to up to 35 years in prison. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports 52-year-old Mark Retterath planned to kill the victim, who he first abused as a teenager, with the poison ricin after the man reported sexual abuse to authorities. Retterath got the ricin idea from the television show “Breaking Bad.” DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A man has been arrested and charged following a shooting in Des Moines that resulted in one man being sent to the hospital Saturday. WHO-TV reports police arrested 75-year-old James Sloan and charged him with attempted murder and carrying a concealed weapon. ALBURNETT, IA (IRN) – A couple from the Linn County community of Alburnett believes their home started on fire Saturday because of a remote control. KCRG-TV reports a charred living room and crumbled insulation is all that’s left inside the house. It appears the remote started on fire when it got wedged in between couch cushions with a button pushed. FORT DODGE, IA (IRN) – An unusual tour group is planning to visit Webster County later in October. KCCI-TV reports 30 farmers from Sweden are visiting friends and relatives in Iowa to help out with harvest. Having finished their own harvesting in Sweden, where a more northerly climate means an earlier harvest than is typical here, the Swedish visitors are also coming to learn more about our farm practices, facilities and equipment, and do some sightseeing.

POSTVILLE, IA (IRN) – Emergency responders had to airlift a 38-year-old man to the hospital after he crashed his semi near Postville Sunday, according to KCCI-TV. Michael Duffield of Postville was driving north when he crossed the centerline and went into the ditch. They say that’s when he hit a driveway and the semi rolled. A passenger in the semi, 55-year-old Claude Jones of Waukon, suffered injuries. CENTRAL CITY, IA (IRN) – Two people were killed in a Linn County collision on Saturday according to KCCI-TV. A truck collided with a car in Central City, killing the car driver and a passenger in the truck. The truck driver and a 1-year-old child in the car were hospitalized. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A Cedar Rapids man is facing theft and fraud charges after he tried to cash a fraudulent check last week. The Iowa City Press Citizen reports 27-year-old Eric Clark Jr., tried to cash the $17,000 check at a credit union location in Iowa City. The business owner from North Liberty said he did not write the check to Clark, although it is made out to him. DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – Bail has been set at $1 million for a 20-year-old Davenport man accused of fatally shooting his parents in their home. The Quad-City Times reports Sean Michael Freese is charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the shooting deaths of 58-year-old Kevin Freese and 57-year-old Donna Freese. Police say he planned the killings, but have not discussed a motive. AURORA, IA (IRN) – A 55-year-old man from the northeastern Iowa town of Aurora faces multiple charges after he fired shots toward law enforcement officers during a two-hour standoff. KCRG-TV reports Dennis Chamberlain was threatening a woman with a weapon when officers arrived, and he shot at them. A negotiator was brought in, and Chamberlain was taken into custody two hours later. No one was hurt. DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – Four juveniles were injured and the driver charged in a car crash in Davenport, according to WQAD-TV. 25-year-old Trevor Henderson’s car fishtailed on a gravel road, went into the ditch and became airborne before finally landing in a corn field. Henderson was driving recklessly at high speed. He faces multiple charges, including child endangerment. URBANDALE, IA (IRN) – A Dowling Catholic High School senior is hoping to sway the opinions of Urbandale city leaders to allow bee-keeping within city limits. WHO-TV reports Clare Heinrich is a beekeeper, and she was informed by the city of Urbandale bees were “livestock,” and she couldn’t have them in the city limits. Heinrich says bees are going extinct, and we need to help them. Seven species of bees were placed on the endangered species list last week.

BURLINGTON, IA (IRN) – A Burlington man has been found dead in a home and police say the death is suspicious, according to WQAD-TV. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and the Iowa DCI Crime Lab have been called in to help Burlington detectives with the investigation. SIOUX CITY, IA (IRN) – A Sioux City man has been found guilty of attempted murder in the shooting of a police officer. The Sioux City Journal reports a jury found 19-year-old Isaiah Mothershed guilty Friday of two counts of attempted murder and four counts of first-degree robbery. Mothershed pulled a gun from a couch while his hands were handcuffed behind his back and shot Officer Ryan Moritz in a leg while being arrested. OTTUMWA, IA (IRN) – Ottumwa Police have arrested three men after a robbery on Wednesday. KTVO-TV reports an 18-year-old man from the state of Washington who had only been in Ottumwa for a week was robbed. His items have been recovered. The three arrested are from Ottumwa. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Republican leaders in Iowa say they are still supporting GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump after Friday’s release of a 2005 recording of his vulgar remarks about women. KCCI-TV reports at the 2016 Reagan Dinner Saturday night, Gov. Terry Branstad said it was wrong of Trump to say what he did but he still supports the Republican ticket top to bottom. The most recent polling has Trump leading Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton by four points in Iowa.

MUSCATINE COUNTY, IA (IRN) – The National Weather Service reports that the storm that blew through Muscatine County Thursday was likely an EF-1 tornado. The tornado was 30 yards wide and traveled a 9.5 mile path just after 10 p.m. It lasted from 10:07 p.m. until 10:18 p.m., starting four miles northwest of Muscatine and ending four miles south-southwest of Durant. The tornado caused damage mostly to crops and trees. One hog farm had two outbuildings destroyed. UNION COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A 22-month-old child died this week in an accident involving a skid loader that was being driven by his father, according to KCCI-TV. The Union County Sheriff’s Department said Calab Brammar Jr. was sitting on his father’s lap on the skid loader and either fell or jumped to the ground. He died at the scene. COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA (IRN) – A fire broke out at an ethanol plant in Council Bluffs yesterday, according to KETV. Reports are the fire started when a tanker on a semi-truck was either loading or unloading. One person was life-flighted from the scene. The plant, Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, plant produces 110 million gallons of fuel-grade ethanol every year. It also produces distiller’s grain and corn oil. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – There’s been an increase in the number of panhandlers and complaints about them in Cedar Rapids. KCRG-TV reports the city council is working on an ordinance that would limit locations where panhandling will be allowed. The ordinance would ban panhandling at intersections with stoplights, exits off of interstates, ATM machines, public buses and in parking ramps. WASHINGTON, D.C. (IRN) – Two Urbandale police officers were honored in Washington D.C. Thursday. WHO-TV reports officers Curt Vajgrt and Andrew Dobbins were among the recipients of Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s Awards for Distinguished Service in Community Policing. The men were recognized for implementing a program for students. The “Culture of Integrity” program focuses on bullying, social media, personal safety, and achieving success.