MONTEZUMA, IA (IRN) – The state has agreed that some statements from the man accused of killing Mollie Tibbetts should not be used in court. In August, Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s lawyers filed a motion to suppress information gathered during the police’s investigation. They claimed that Rivera’s Miranda rights were violated and, therefore, some of the information gathered during his interview should be removed from court proceedings.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – CenturyLink in Des Moines is apologizing to customers for an information leak Friday afternoon. CenturyLink said its third-party vendor inadvertently publicized information online including customers’ names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and account numbers. No financial information, passwords or sensitive content was released.

SACRAMENTO, CA (IRN) – Iowa native Harrison Barnes will pay for the funeral of the woman killed by an officer inside her Texas home. Atatiana Jefferson was killed earlier this month when an officer responded to her home after a neighbor called worried about an open door. The now former officer is facing murder charges. Barnes, who is now a forward for the Sacramento Kings, has ties to that area of Texas. He played parts of three seasons for the Dallas Mavericks before being traded to Sacramento.

CLEAR LAKE, IA (IRN) – A Clear Lake donut shop has been crowned as the Top Donut Shop in the Hawkeye State. Over the summer, South Shore Donut Co. entered into the Sweetest Bakery in America competition. In the donut shop category, South Shore placed #1 in Iowa, and 7th nationally.

MANCHESTER, IA (IRN) – A former chief executive officer of a northeast Iowa hospital has pleaded guilty to theft. KIMT-TV reports 61-year-old Lon Butikofer is accused of stealing nearly $257,000 from January 2009 through March 15, 2017, by failing to properly record personal trips as vacation or paid time off and by seeking reimbursement for the expenses. Another former executive at Regional Medical Center in Manchester, 53-year-old Mike Briggs, has been accused of similar actions.

STUART, IA (IRN) – Two Guthrie County Sheriff’s Deputies were shot and one deputy was injured Thursday night in Stuart. Raccoon Valley Radio reports the deputies were serving an arrest warrant around 10 p.m. when the shooting occurred. Two deputies suffered gunshot wounds and the other suffered injuries due to a gunshot blast. They are all being treated at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines and are believed to be in stable condition.

ANKENY, IA (IRN) – An Ankeny man has been arrested after his 89-year-old father told deputies he caused a fall that resulted in broken ribs, was forced to crawl on hands and knees because he wasn’t allowed to use his walker, and was only fed cold canned corn. WHO-TV reports sixty-year-old Douglas Maier was booked into the Polk County Jail Wednesday night on a charge of dependent adult abuse.

ANKENY, IA (IRN) – A child was hit by a school bus in Ankeny yesterday, according to KCCI-TV. The child was hit while riding his bike across a crosswalk. He was transported to a local hospital, but his condition is unknown.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – The head of the Iowa Corn Growers Association said promises that President Donald Trump made to re-introduce billions of gallons of biofuel into the market are not what the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed. Iowa Corn Growers Association President Jim Greif says “We are just infuriated that they promised us one thing and two weeks later they turn around and do the opposite.” Four Iowa refineries have closed because of the waivers and left hundreds without jobs.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Family Circle, the monthly home magazine for women that launched in 1932, will close after its December issue publishes. Des Moines-based parent company Meredith acquired Family Circle in 2005. The magazine has 13 million readers and more than 1 million followers on social media. About 25 staffers were laid off.

WAUKEE, IA (IRN) – The Waukee Community School District has reached a settlement in two pending lawsuits. KCCI-TV reports a former administrative assistant claimed she was wrongfully fired for reporting the actions of the district’s former chief operating officer. She will receive $1 million. The former chief operating officer pleaded guilty to using a district owned snowblower for personal use and soliciting money for his son’s hockey team from companies doing business with the district. She also sued the district for violating open meetings laws.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – The number of known cases of sexual harassment committed by employees in Iowa’s executive branch has spiked. The cases resulted in terminations of employees at multiple agencies, including the Department of Transportation, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Revenue.

ANKENY, IA (IRN) – Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is forming a working group chaired by the lieutenant governor to make recommendations for removing racial bias from the criminal justice system and to help offenders re-enter communities in a way that reduces repeat offenses. Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg is a former state public defender.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is headlining the Iowa Republican Party’s annual Lincoln-Reagan dinner on Friday, Nov. 8. Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, has supported President Donald Trump after his election in 2016. However, the Senator recently condemned Trump for withdrawing troops from Syria. Graham says, “I will not sit along the sidelines and watch a good ally, the Kurds, be slaughtered by Turkey.”

NORTHWOOD, IA (IRN) – A trial has begun for the owner of a northern Iowa dog breeding operation who’s been charged with several counts of animal neglect. KCCI-TV reports 66-year-old Barbara Kavars was allegedly holding Samoyed dogs in inhumane conditions. Officials say nearly 170 dogs were seized from the puppy mill and that many showed signs of neglect and were kept in filthy kennels. The dogs’ kennels lacked food and had water containers that were filled with ice. Kavars denied any wrongdoing and told officials she didn’t think the dogs needed additional care.

EAGLE GROVE, IA (IRN) – An arrest has been made in a July stabbing in Wright County. KIMT-TV reports the Eagle Grove Police Department found a man who had been stabbed in the chest and body with a screwdriver. A charge of attempted murder was filed Monday against David Hernandez, 30, of Webster City. DNA evidence identified Hernandez as the person who stabbed the other man.

POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY, IA (IRN) – An Iowa State Representative says there needs to be “a new zeal of urgency” to repair levees destroyed by flooding in western Iowa. Rep. Jon Jacobsen represents 17 townships in Pottawattamie County. The county is looking to the state’s Iowa Flood Mitigation Board for help. It’s already given emergency funds to other flooded towns, such as Hamburg and Pacific Junction. Jacobsen said now the focus needs to shift to Pottawattamie County, which needs millions to repair broken levees.

OTTUMWA, IA (IRN) – An Ottumwa man was arrested at a local dollar store Friday after police say he exposed himself to a woman and her minor son. Nicholas Charles Sheehy, 23, told investigators he had seen someone do the same thing on the internet, and believed his actions would arouse the woman.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The marketing team behind the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, more commonly known as RAGBRAI, resigned Tuesday. In tandem with their resignation, the former staff announced a new bike ride, Iowa’s Ride, which is set to cross Iowa on July 19-25, the same week that RAGBRAI 2020 is scheduled.