ALTOONA, IA (IRN) – With a ceremonial groundbreaking today, Facebook announced its data center in Altoona is expanding. KCCI-TV reports the social media giant is adding two buildings and some 1 million square feet to its already expansive 2.5-million-square-foot campus. Construction on the new building is expected to start this summer.

WINNESHIEK COUNTY, IA (IRN) – An 86-year-old Decorah man driving a utility vehicle on a highway in rural Winneshiek County was killed in a collision with another vehicle. The Iowa State Patrol reports the man turned in front of an oncoming car. The other driver wasn’t injured.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The property battle continues in downtown Des Moines. WHO-TV reports the former YMCA site along the river is one of the most sought-after pieces of real estate in Des Moines. The federal government wants to use the space for a new $137 million courthouse, but community, business and city leaders say this would be a mistake. Instead, they want an attraction that would bring people downtown and generate property taxes. Federal officials will decide Wednesday if the project will go ahead.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Gov. Kim Reynolds on Monday signed a law aimed at growing opportunities in rural parts of the state by expanding workforce housing tax incentives and grants to boost broadband. Reynolds signed the “Empower Rural Iowa Act” into law at a business in Wilton.

JOHNSON COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A group of Boykin Spaniels is helping a threatened species one hunt at a time. WQAD-TV reports the dogs from Montana are specially trained to sniff out and retrieve turtles for researchers to study. Yesterday, they were at work near Coralville, sniffing out the threatened Ornate Box Turtle. The dogs follow a scent trail left behind by the turtles. Once they find one, they carefully pick it up and bring it back to the researchers. After study, the turtles are returned to the wild.

CERRO GORDO COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A man under the influence of drugs intentionally drove head-on into an oncoming vehicle Sunday night before he swerved and caused his own vehicle to roll over in Cerro Gordo County. KIMT-TV reports Luis Rodriguez, 26, of Worthington, Minnesota, is accused of driving at an oncoming vehicle before both vehicles swerved to avoid colliding. Rodriguez suffered minor injuries.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A man was arrested after a standoff Sunday night in Des Moines after reports of a domestic dispute. KCCI-TV reports more than 20 police cruisers were at the scene. The 53-year-old man barricaded himself in a house and was eventually taken into custody.

WEBSTER COUNTY, IA (IRN) – One person is dead after a crash at an uncontrolled intersection in Webster County Sunday. A 72-year-old man collided with a vehicle driven by a 20-year-old. The 72-year-old man was killed, and the 20-year-old was ejected from the vehicle and taken to the hospital. His passenger, a 15-year-old, was also hospitalized. Neither driver was wearing a seat belt.

ARLINGTON, IA (IRN) – The sentencing for Chris Soules, an Iowa native turned reality TV star involved in a fatal northeast Iowa crash, will proceed Tuesday as planned, a judge has ruled. The Des Moines Register reports a judge on Friday denied a request to delay the sentencing of the 36-year-old from Arlington who gained a national fan base in 2015 when starring in ABC’s “The Bachelor.” Soules was originally charged with a felony for leaving the scene of a deadly accident following an April 2017 collision that killed Kenny Mosher, 66, of Aurora.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Former University of Iowa National Champion wrestler Tony Ramos is retiring from competition. Ramos is a three time All American and 2014 NCAA champion for the Hawkeyes. Ramos was taking part in the 2019 world team trials this weekend in Raleigh, North Carolina when he lost to a former Penn State national champion. After the match, Ramos walked to the center of the mat, removed his shoes, and left them. That’s a time honored tradition for retiring wrestlers.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Two people were shot and killed and two were injured in Cedar Rapids early Saturday morning, according to KCRG-TV. At around 1:20 a.m., Cedar Rapids Police responded to calls about a shooting in the parking lot of Iowa Smoke Shop. The victims of the shooting were in a vehicle in the parking lot at the store. An individual approached the vehicle and fired multiple shots. Police believe it was a targeted attack, but do not have a suspect or motive.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – An investigation is underway after a body was pulled from the Des Moines River. WHO-TV reports Polk County Deputies were to the Yellow Banks boat ramp after witnesses saw a body floating in the water. The body is of a middle-aged white male.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines Police arrested an allegedly drunk wrong-way driver early Saturday morning after they said he caused a three-vehicle crash that sent four people to a hospital, according to KCCI-TV. He’s from Texas.

IOWA (IRN) – Researchers at Iowa State University say we may see more monarch butterflies this year. Scientists have been tracking the largest population of wintering monarchs in Mexico since 2007. And depending on the weather, the butterflies could reach Iowa later this month or early June.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Police in Cedar Rapids responded to a shots fired call around 12:15 am today. KWWL-TV reports a male victim was taken to the hospital for a serious gunshot wound.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – An Iowa City student is facing charges after he brought knives to school, according to KCRG-TV. Police say students and staff alerting officers was key to preventing a violent act from happening.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Hoover High School and Meredith Middle School in Des Moines let students out early Friday after the storms damaged roofs on the schools. KCCI-TV reports hail from Thursday night combined with the heavy rains flooded the common area and cafeteria of Hoover High School. Meredith Middle School’s gym took the hardest hit during the storms. Both roofs will have to be replaced.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa’s unemployment rate remained at 2.4% in April for the 10th month in a row. Iowa has the nation’s third-lowest rate, behind only Vermont and North Dakota, and tied with New Hampshire.