URBANDALE, IA (IRN) – A death investigation is underway in Urbandale this morning, according to KCCI-TV. No other information has been released.

MARION COUNTY, IA (IRN) – One person was killed in an apparent hunting accident near Lake Red Rock Sunday afternoon, according to KRLS Radio. The person was shot in the chest. The DNR is investigating.

MADISON COUNTY, IA (IRN) – An apparent hunting accident Sunday has injured a Madison County man. WHO-TV reports 39-year-old Ronald Butler dropped his shotgun getting out of a vehicle. The gun went off and struck him. His condition is unknown, and the DNR is investigating.

OELWEIN, IA (IRN) – The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office is looking into what could be another shooting of a captive zebra in rural Oelwein on Sunday. KCRG-TV reports the zebra has been transferred to the ISU Veterinary Laboratory in Ames to determine the cause of death. The owner of the animal said the shooting marked the fourth time one of his seven zebras had taken a bullet.

AMES, IA (IRN) – Iowa State University has extended head football coach Matt Campbell’s contract through 2024. Campbell’s previous extension, signed last year, was for six seasons and $22.5 million. Campbell has led Iowa State to a 8-4 record so far this season. Iowa State will face Washington State in the Alamo Bowl on December 28 in San Antonio.

CLARINDA, IA (IRN) – There was no pastry in the Pop Tart box that landed Linda Lee Whitlatch behind bars. The Des Moines Register reports the 30-year-old pleaded guilty to drug-related charges last week after she was accused of trying to sneak a Pop Tart box with more than 7 grams of meth in it into the Clarinda Correctional Facility. She dropped the drug-filled Pop Tart box into a garbage can and officers believe an inmate was supposed to receive it.

ALLAMAKEE COUNTY, IA (IRN) – An Allamakee County man was killed Saturday when a tractor ran over him near Dorchester. KCRG-TV reports first responders found the man pinned under the tire of a tractor.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police are searching for an armed robber, according to WHO-TV. The victim says he was robbed at gunpoint while standing on his front porch. Officers brought in a K9 unit but were unable to locate the suspect. Investigators are now checking for fingerprints left on the porch to identify the gunman.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – An American Airlines flight on its way from the Des Moines International Airport to Charlotte, North Carolina made an emergency landing Saturday morning. KCCI-TV reports a cabin pressurization issue forced the pilot to turn the plane around as a precautionary measure. Fire crews were on the scene for the aircraft’s emergency landing.

BETTENDORF, IA (IRN) – Five kids were taken home by their parents after police found them on the roof of Bettendorf High School. WQAD-TV reports Bettendorf police responded to the high school Saturday night when a caller alerted them of the disturbance. Six police cars and a fire truck were dispatched, and soon after arrival, five kids came down. No arrests were made, and no damage was done.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa’s fetal heartbeat law, an anti-abortion bill considered one of the strictest in the country, faced its first major test Friday as a state court judge heard arguments in a legal challenge to the controversial legislation. The law, signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds in May, would prohibit most abortions once a heartbeat is detected. The judge says it may take 60 days to reach a decision.

WAUKEE, IA (IRN) – The Waukee Community School District placed Chief Operating Officer Eric Rose on paid administrative leave Friday, a day after a state audit revealed improper spending and a culture of mistrust in the district. Iowa Auditor Mary Mosiman said her office found over $130,000 in payments that were not in the best interest of taxpayers, including over $83,000 spent on team-building trips out of state and nearly $49,000 at local restaurants.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa Senate Democrats have released committee assignments for 2019, but state Sen. Nate Boulton, who faces allegations of sexual misconduct, is not assigned to anything. Some members of his own party, including Senate Minority Leader Janet Peterson, have called on him to resign. Peterson says she won’t give Bolton any committee assignments until the Senate Ethics Committee completes its investigation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (IRN) – Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is planning to run for re-election in 2020, according to the Des Moines Register. She says she will continue to support President Trump, and that his policies are working. She is telling anyone who wants to challenge her to “bring it on.” Iowa voters elected Ernst in 2014.

MASON CITY, IA (IRN) – A Mason City girl missing for two months has been located. KIMT-TV reports Tala Rose Schaal, 15, was found after being reported missing back in October.
Witnesses reported seeing Schaal go into an apartment building in Mason City on December 6. Officers responded and found her minutes later. Police arrested 18-year-old Devyn Robert Belseth for Harboring a Runaway – Against the Wishes of a Parent or Guardian. He’s in jail.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The man who shot-and-killed Aaron Ross on September 30th in Des Moines is in custody in Chicago. WHO-TV reports 28-year-old Tyrone Hughes, Jr. was arrested on Tuesday in Chicago and charged with First Degree Murder. Ross was shot while sitting in a car in Des Moines. Prosecutors are working to extradite Hughes back to Iowa.

ORANGE CITY, IA (IRN) – A Northwest Iowa man is now facing criminal charges following a demonstration earlier this year where he burned several Orange City library books with gay themes. KCAU-TV reports Christian activist Paul Dorr of Ocheyedan (oh-CHEE-din) has been charged with fifth-degree criminal mischief after an October 19th demonstration that he filmed on Facebook in protest of the Orange City Pride festival. It’s a simple misdemeanor.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa’s chief lawyer is teaming up with 38 other states and the District of Columbia to curb the number of robocalls. Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller joined a bipartisan group of attorneys general nationwide to take a look at the problem, which data shows has surged from 2.7 million to 5.1 billion robocalls in just one year.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A star University of Iowa quarterback in the early 1990s, Ryan Driscoll, has died from an apparent heart attack at the age of 44, according to the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Driscoll was a three-sport athlete at Linn-Mar High School, where he earned all-state honors in football and baseball. At Iowa, he played in 25 games from 1994-96 for Hayden Fry. After graduating in 1996, Driscoll settled in Rockford, Illinois, where he worked in the medical sales field.