FORT DODGE, IA (IRN) – Fort Dodge police and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation are investigating a double homicide that happened early Monday morning. KCCI-TV reports police were called to an alley just after midnight Monday, for reports of shots fired. Officers say they found two men dead from gunshot wounds in an alleyway.

DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – Davenport Police are investigating an armed robbery yesterday, according to WQAD-TV. A suspect pulled a gun on a pizza delivery pizza driver, took cash, and left the scene. No one was hurt.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Officials closed the southbound lanes of Fleur Drive Saturday after a fire broke out in a homeless encampment located under the Martin Luther King Jr. bridge. KCCI-TV reports a city engineer is inspecting whether the bridge is safe to drive on. No one was injured.

CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – A Cedar Falls police squad car was damaged after catching fire this weekend. KWWL-TV reports a squad car caught fire behind City Hall on Saturday. Officers were able to put the fire out before firefighters arrived on scene. No one was injured, and the cause of the fire is not suspicious.

MUSCATINE, IA (IRN) – A 911 dispatcher got what might be a once in a lifetime call last Wednesday, according to WQAD-TV. Ben Sharpe answered the phone at 3:41 a.m. and Lee Walker was on the other end. Walker said, ‘I think my wife is having a baby.’ Sharpe walked Lee through how to deliver the baby, and the call lasted less than five minutes when baby Kalee came into the world. Sharp reports, “the last thing I said was, ‘Congratulations’… and just to be able to hear the baby crying on the other end… we disconnected and I got this feeling of joy…it just felt great.”

UNDERWOOD, IA (IRN) – A teenage girl died after becoming trapped in her burning, crashed car. KCRG-TV reports Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s deputies were sent to the scene of a crash Friday morning when 16-year-old ShyAnne Larsen, of Honey Creek, reported that her car had crashed and had caught fire. She told dispatchers she was unable to get out. When deputies arrived, the car was on its side fully engulfed in flames. She didn’t survive.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Police are investigating white supremacist messages found on local street murals on Des Moines’ east-side. KCCI-TV reports the murals, which are located on two different buildings, blocks apart, were discovered vandalized Tuesday.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Democratic Party raised about $1.2 million more than the Republican Party of Iowa in the most recent reporting period as both parties funnel cash and resources into campaigns up and down the ballot. The parties filed state reports Friday detailing what each raised and spent during the three months that ended Oct. 14. The Iowa Democratic Party raised about $5.9 million and the Republican Party of Iowa raised about $4.7 million.

IOWA (IRN) – Nate Stanley threw for 86 yards and a touchdown and the 19th-ranked Iowa football team pummeled Maryland 23-0 on Saturday for its third straight victory. Northern Iowa upset 3rd-ranked South Dakota State 24-9, and Iowa State had a week off.

DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – A man wanted for break-ins and burglaries in Iowa and three other states has been arrested in Colorado, according to KCRG-TV. Jeffrey Krieger was wanted for burglaries in Dubuque and Gutenburg, as well as many other crimes in the states of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. Krieger has seven active warrants and is a suspect in 11 other incidents. Investigators say Krieger targets gas stations and golf pro shops.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa DOT issued thousands of speeding tickets to drivers even though it lacked the authority to do so, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday. The court ruled unanimously that the law before 2017 gave DOT motor vehicle enforcement officers the power to issue citations only for registration, size, weight load and operating authority violations — not for other traffic offenses like speeding. The DOT improperly issued nearly 13,000 citations between 2014 and 2016 that fell outside its legal authority.

CLARKE COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A county attorney in southern Iowa showed up to court this week while intoxicated, slurring her words and stumbling. KCCI-TV reports forty-one-year-old Michelle Rivera, Clarke County attorney, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of public intoxication. A deputy noticed Rivera’s behavior, and arrested her. She’s running for re-election.

INDIANOLA, IA (IRN) – Simpson College students are protesting after a second round of budget cuts has them saying goodbye to over a dozen of their professors. WHO-TV reports that last week the college also announced cuts to the entire art department and the French and German majors. Friday afternoon students protested the cuts outside the board of trustees meeting.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A former youth basketball coach in eastern Iowa is pleading guilty to seven charges for sexually abusing young boys and recording nude images of them. KCCI-TV reports 42-year-old Greg Stephens pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to seven felony charges. Stephen faces up to 130 years in prison. However, he could serve as few as 15 years.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – An 18-month prison sentence has been handed down in an opioid-connected death of an Iowan. Jay Rickert, 28 of Grand Rapids, Michigan, ordered DMT, an illegal hallucinogenic drug, on the dark web. Rickert had the drugs shipped directly to a 22-year old woman who lived in Dubuque. However, the supplier of the drug shipped fentanyl instead of DMT. The two substances are nearly identical in appearance. The woman, believing the substance to be DMT, used the fentanyl and died. Rickert was talking to her over Skype while she used the fentanyl and called 911 after seeing her fall over.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – An Iowa National Guard soldier died Tuesday while swimming at a naval station beach at Guantanamo Bay. Pfc. Matthew Cox, 19, of Leon, was swimming with four other service members when he was overpowered by a strong current.

WORTHINGTON, IA (IRN) – A car and an ATV collided in Dubuque County yesterday near Worthington, according to KCRG-TV. The ATV driver suffered life-threatening injuries.

ANKENY, IA (IRN) – Patients of an Ankeny dental office were turned away Thursday from their appointments after federal investigators raided the building and shut it down. KCCI-TV reports
federal agents, equipped with badges and guns, walked in and out of A-1 Iowa Dental but wouldn’t give any details about why they were there.