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.