DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police arrested a barking, naked man Friday morning after he stole a car. WHO-TV reports after abandoning the car, he ran barking through backyards and onto rooftops in an attempt to get away. The suspect was tased twice as officers tried to take him into custody, but he wasn’t affected. He also tried to steal one of the officers’ patrol cars before he was arrested.Two officers and the suspect were injured. Police say the officers’ suffered scratches, and the suspect had wounds from taser deployment and scratches from climbing over fences. The name of the suspect has not been released, and police believe that he was under the influence.

NEVADA, IA (IRN) – A drifter accused of murdering a star collegiate golfer wrote a letter saying he wants to plead guilty, according to KCCI-TV. Collin Daniel Richards has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of ISU student Celia Barquin Arozamena. Investigators say Richards attacked Barquin while she was playing a round at a public course in Ames. Her body was found in a pond on the course riddled with stab wounds.

WATERLOO, IA (IRN) – A Waterloo man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he killed his wife and set her body on fire in a cemetery last year. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that 28-year-old Fredrick Williams is charged with first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse in the death of 40-year-old Lakisha Williams. She was asphyxiated. Her body was found on the ground in a remote area of Garden of Memories cemetery in Waterloo.

OTTUMWA, IA (IRN) – A bar fight in Ottumwa ended with a woman being arrested, according to KTVO-TV. Police say Terri Haines, 26, of Ottumwa, brutally attacked another woman at Courtside Bar and Grill. Haines allegedly pulled the victim’s hair and punched her in the face numerous times. Haines admitted to police that she assaulted the woman. No word on what started the fight.

TRAER, IA (IRN) – Fire crews in Traer used a construction lift to rescue a man stranded in his truck in the floodwaters of Wolf Creek Thursday. KWWL-TV reports he was stranded for about seven hours, and was hospitalized for treatment.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A new report says Iowa farmland values fell 2.7 percent over the past year, in part because of trade disputes. The Iowa Chapter of the Realtors Land Institute says the decline occurred despite the federal government’s trade bailout program, limited land and higher yields in some parts of Iowa.

WEBSTER CITY, IA (IRN) – An Iowa woman says her rapist’s four-year prison sentence is a “slap in the face.” KCCI-TV reports Mason Reilly, 27, of Gilbert, was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to lesser charges in two separate sexual assault cases. Three other cases happened in Madison, Ringgold and Story counties. In two cases, he reached a plea deal; the other was dismissed. One of his victims said, “He is a serial rapist…I didn’t want the plea deal to happen. I was so upset.”

MISSOURI VALLEY, IA (IRN) – Floodwaters have hit many Iowa communities, but the western Iowa town of Missouri Valley has been hit harder than most. KCAU-TV reports there is a mandatory evacuation in place for much of the town.

IOWA (IRN) – Alliant Energy customers will pay more starting next month. On average, homeowners will pay an extra eight dollars a month for electricity. Alliant wants to raise that rate another $12 next year. That adds up to about a 25% increase in less than two years.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A new addition to the black rhino family at the Blank Park Zoo could arrive any day. WHO-TV reports the rhino Ayana is showing physical signs she could have the calf soon. She has started producing milk and the size of her baby bump leads them to believe the not-so-little baby will arrive sooner rather than later.

LINCOLN, NE (IRN) – A Montana man dubbed the AK-47 bandit and accused of holding up banks in several states has pleaded guilty to robbing a bank in Nebraska. KIMT-TV reports Richard Gathercole could face up to 35 years in prison after admitting Monday in federal court that he used an AK-47 to rob a Nebraska City bank in 2014. Gathercole is suspected of robbing the Iowa Heartland Credit Union in Mason City in 2015.

ALTOONA (IRN) – A 42-year-old Des Moines man has died after a workplace accident at an Altoona manufacturing facility, according to the Des Moines Register. William George Wilson Jr. was crushed in a machine.

WEBSTER COUNTY, IA (IRN) – One person died Tuesday morning in a crash involving a school bus near Fort Dodge. The Iowa State Patrol reports a vehicle crossed the centerline and struck the school bus head on. The driver of the vehicle died at the scene, and the school bus driver was injured. No students were on the bus.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Legislature has sent to the governor a bill designed to prosecute people who get hired at a farm or puppy mill in order to record animal living conditions. The bill approved by both the Senate and House on Tuesday would create a trespass charge for undercover investigators at such operations. Governor Reynolds intends to sign it.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – People of multiple faiths in the Iowa City Community came together Tuesday night for a prayer vigil at the Church of the Nazarene. KGAN-TV reports attendees sang and spoke words of love in response to the racist and anti-semitic vandalism that was graffitied on the church earlier this month. The graffiti depicting bible verses, swastikas and hateful words targeting African Americans are no longer visible outside the church, but the memory of it is still vivid for some.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Two minors were captured a short time after a bank robbery was reported this morning in Des Moines. KCCI-TV reports at around 9:30 a.m., an armed robbery was reported at a Great Western Bank. Police caught up to two juvenile suspects in a Mercury Mountaineer a short time later, using a PIT maneuver to stop the vehicle. The two juveniles were taken into custody.

WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – After losing nearly 25 percent of its stores, 44-year-old Valley West Mall in West Des Moines could soon undergo substantial changes. Mall management said Monday that Valley West Mall may transform into Valley West Commons — a mixed-use space for entertainment, restaurants and housing.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines University announced Monday its plans to relocate the campus to a space in West Des Moines. WHO-TV reports DMU signed a letter of intent to purchase a 90-acre piece of land that sits on the north side of West Grand Avenue, located near South Jordan Creek Parkway. DMU has been located at its current location since 1972.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa’s unemployment rate remained at 2.4 percent in January, leaving the state tied for the lowest jobless rate in the country. The rate leaves Iowa tied with New Hampshire for the lowest percentage of unemployed, just ahead of North Dakota and Vermont. The national unemployment rate in January was 4 percent.

AUSTIN, TX (IRN) – Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke is making his first trip to Iowa of the 2020 campaign, visiting the state that kicks off presidential voting amid intense speculation that he’ll enter the race for the White House. KCCI-TV reports O’Rourke will visit the University of Northern Iowa on Saturday to campaign for Eric Giddens, the Democratic candidate running in a state Senate special election there. O’Rourke released a video Monday night from Texas backing Giddens and wearing a UNI cap.