WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Authorities made an arrest Monday in connection with the death of an 18-year-old woman. KCCI-TV reports Des Moines resident Eliazar Montoya Gama, 17, is charged with first-degree murder and first-degree robbery in connection with the death of Sakira Bonner. Bonner was found lying in the road Friday, just west of I-35 in West Des Moines.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Cedar Rapids police are investigating five different incidents involving gunfire since Friday. KCRG-TV reports two arrests have been made.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Three people were hurt and traffic was blocked for several hours after a stolen car struck a utility truck near Drake University. WHO-TV reports an officer tried to stop the vehicle, and if fled at a high rate of speed. Police called off the chase, but the driver ran a red light and was hit by an oncoming truck. One person was seriously injured. Two others suffered minor injuries.

DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – For ten years Quang Le and his wife Hien have owned and operated the Oriental Food Grocery Store in Davenport. WQAD-TV reports for the past couple of weeks, rising flood waters reduced business to a trickle. For now they are surviving with a new delivery method. They are delivering food by boat.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – STD rates are on the rise in Iowa and that’s causing concern among health officials. In Iowa in 2018, there were more than 14,000 cases of chlamydia. That’s a 5-percent increase from 2017. There were 4,800 cases of Gonorrhea, a 30-percent increase.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Cedar Rapids police are investigating a report of shots fired Sunday, according to KGAN-TV. When officers arrived, they found a vehicle that had been hit by gunfire. This is the fourth shots-fired report in southeastern Cedar Rapids in the last three days.

FORT MADISON, IA (IRN) – An Iowa State Penitentiary worker is recovering after becoming extremely ill when she came in contact with an unknown substance at the prison. KTVO-TV reports the substance is believed to have come from a bottle of eye drops. Other prison employees quarantined the substance, and the staff member was taken to a local hospital.

DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – Police in Dubuque have arrested a mechanic accused of harassing a woman, hoping to trade sex for car repairs. KDTH Radio reports a woman went to a repair shop, where 30-year-old Kenneth Hess worked. Hess texted her that he had found an additional problem, but would fix it for free if she came back on Sunday, implying that the repairs would be in exchange for sex.

CENTERVILLE, IA (IRN) – A 9-year-old southern Iowa girl was recently rewarded for her heroic efforts that potentially saved her babysitter’s life. KCCI-TV reports while her parents were in the Twin Cities, Madelyn White was with her four younger siblings at the family’s Centerville home. She saw their babysitter sitting in a chair in the living room, asleep, with blood coming from her mouth, so she called 911. The babysitter’s OK, and Madelyn has now received two awards from the city; junior firefighter and citizen of the month.

WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Authorities in West Des Moines are investigating a homicide after a woman was found dead overnight in the middle of the road. KCCI-TV reports shots were fired just before midnight Friday. Emergency personnel responded to a report that someone driving in the area found a woman lying in the road. The woman was taken to a nearby hospital, where she died. She has been identified as 18-year-old Sakira Kezia Tamara Bonner, of Des Moines.

DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – Dubuque police are investigating a collision Saturday morning that left a pedestrian dead. KCRG-TV reports a 1998 Buick LeSabre was backing out of a private driveway when the driver struck an 82-year-old pedestrian. The Dubuque man was pronounced dead at the scene.

SLATER, Iowa — A massive fire evacuated a restaurant in Slater, according to WHO-TV. Fire crews were called out around 2:30 p.m. Saturday to Cole’s Famous Tenderloins after a meat smoker caught fire. The fire spread to the restaurant and to a shed nearby. No one was hurt, but the blaze destroyed much of the restaurant and demolished the shed.

DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – Both eaglets in the Arconic Eagle nest have hatched. WQAD-TV reports the first egg hatched on Wednesday and the second hatched on Friday. The eagles, known as Liberty and Justice, joined the Arconic Davenport community in 2009. Since then they have raised 14 eaglets.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Cedar Rapids Police responded to shots fired. KWWL-TV reports officers arrived on the scene and located a vehicle that was shot at. Police collected information and spoke to witnesses. No injuries were reported.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Iowa City police have been investigating a ‘suspicious death’ since early Friday morning. KCRG-TV reports just before 7 a.m., first responders were called to a report of an unresponsive woman. Authorities arrived to find a woman dead inside the home.

MITCHELL COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A 52-year-old woman was killed while cleaning up an area of timber Thursday in Mitchell County. WQAD-TV reports Jacqueline Sue Kapustynski was killed when a tree that had gotten lodged in another tree, fell, striking her.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A driver is OK after his car crashed into a Papa Murphy’s store Friday afternoon in Des Moines. WHO-TV reports the front door was smashed into the restaurant. No one inside was hurt. The driver from Arkansas will also be OK. Police believe it was a mechanical failure.

IOWA (IRN) – Homeowners across Iowa opened their mail last weekend to discover their homes’ value had increased — sometimes steeply — since the last assessment in 2017. The Des Moines Register reports sixteen cities and counties surveyed saw average residential assessment increases of 10% or more. Residential assessment increases ranged from a high of 22.5% in Harrison County in western Iowa to a low of 0.04% in Black Hawk County.