DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Police in Des Moines needed help from firefighters to arrest a man barricaded inside his apartment Tuesday. WHO-TV reports police were called to an apartment complex on a report of a man making threats. Police say the man used a couch and table to block his front door. They say the suspect also filled his oven with papers sending smoke through the apartment. Once firefighters cleared the smoke, police arrested the man.

DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – Six juveniles are in jail after a police chase in Davenport yesterday, according to WQAD-TV. At least two squad cars were damaged, and one had to be towed.
The chase started after a person was robbed. When police confronted the suspects, they took off.

ALTOONA, IA (IRN) – An Altoona detective resigned in April after he allegedly stole prescription pills from the department’s evidence locker. WHO-TV reports Joshua Copeland faces four drug related felony charges for swapping out prescription pills for fake ones being held as evidence.

MARION, IA (IRN) – The last shoe repair shop in the metro Cedar Rapids area is closing. KCRG-TV reports Smitty’s Shoe Repair on the square in downtown Marion is shutting its doors November 1st. Owner Rich Foens began learning how to repair shoes at his parent’s shoe shop at age nine and he’s kept at it for 70 years. But Foens says if shoes wear out these days people just throw them out and buy another pair. He has about 50 pairs left to fix and then that’s it.

AMES, IA (IRN) – The Big 12 Conference fined Iowa State University $25,000 for fans rushing the field after Saturday’s upset win against West Virginia. ISU will appeal the decision. Iowa State beat previously undefeated and sixth-ranked West Virginia 30-14 on Saturday night. Following the victory, Iowa State fans rushed the field.

ACKLEY, IA (IRN) – A trial has been rescheduled for a central Iowa man accused of locking his 8-year-old son in a basement. KCCI-TV reports a judge granted the delay for 30-year-old Alex Shadlow. He and 39-year-old Traci Tyler have pleaded not guilty to kidnapping charges. Authorities say the boy was locked up for at least 9 hours a day last summer in a space under the basement stairs. The couple withheld food from him and made him endure dog bites. He slept on concrete and had no access to a bathroom.

INWOOD, IA (IRN) – A man was killed in a farm accident near Inwood in Lyon County Friday. KCAU-TV reports a tractor rolled over and pinned Paul DeBoar, 59, underneath. DeBoer was pronounced dead at the scene.

CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – A man was arrested in Cedar Falls after an incident with a sword that led to another man’s thumb being severed. According to the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Zachary Aaron Kremer, 22, said he was wielding the sword to break a stick that the victim had in his hands, but missed. Witnesses say Kremer swung the sword at the victim and his girlfriend intentionally, with the blade hitting the victim’s thumb while he tried to protect his girlfriend.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Trump administration is doing its part to help Iowa congressman David Young hold onto his U.S. House seat. Last week President Donald Trump mocked Young’s 3rd district Democratic challenger Cindy Axne at a rally in Council Bluffs, and praised the two-term Republican. Vice President Mike Pence will join the congressman for a rally Friday at a hotel near the Des Moines airport.

U.S.A. (IRN) – The college wrestling season is underway, and Trackwrestling released their first rankings for the year. The Hawkeyes are the highest-ranked Iowa-based program, checking in at No. 3. They trail only Penn State and Ohio State. Oklahoma State and Nebraska round out the top five. The Panthers are No. 14 overall, while the Cyclones are 23rd.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – After nearly three months without a winner, the Mega Millions lottery game has climbed to an estimated $654 million jackpot. The odds of matching all six numbers and winning the game is one in 302 million.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – An employee suffered burns in an explosion at Katecho in Des Moines Sunday afternoon, according to WHO-TV. The company, located near the airport, provides medical and cosmetics manufacturing.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Hundreds of Republicans gathered Saturday for Gov. Kim Reynolds’ second annual Harvest Festival at the state fairgrounds, where she was joined by special guest White House press secretary Sarah Sanders. Sens. Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley, as well as Rep. David Young, also made an appearance. Grassley was greeted with a hero’s welcome for his role in support of the nomination of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (IRN) – Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California is making her first campaign trip to Iowa before Election Day, adding to speculation about a potential presidential run in 2020. Harris plans to visit the state on Oct. 22-23. It’ll be her first visit to Iowa since she was elected to the Senate in 2016. Harris has gotten increased attention in recent weeks for her visible role on the Senate Judiciary Committee in opposition to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

USA (IRN) – After four of the nation’s top eight teams football teams lost, the Associated Press college football poll had a new look behind No. 1 Alabama, with Ohio State reaching No. 2, LSU jumping back to No. 5 and Michigan moving into the top 10. Number 13 West Virginia lost at Iowa State and fell seven spots, and the University of Iowa Hawkeyes surged into the rankings for the first time this season at No. 19.

MASON CITY, IA (IRN) – A Mason City man has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of another man. The Globe Gazette reports that 21-year-old Braedon Bowers was sentenced Friday. Bowers stabbed 23-year-old Wraymond Todd in Mason City. Todd died five days later. Bowers has maintained that he did not intend to kill Todd, saying he was acting in self-defense

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines man being sought on multiple arrest warrants fled a police stop before shooting and critically injuring himself, according to KCCI-TV. Officers tried to stop a car, driven by 29-year-old Jakeb Lee Hall on Friday. He refused to stop and then sped off, setting off a high-speed chase that ended when he crashed into a house. As officers approached the crashed vehicle, Hall shot himself in the head with a handgun. Two passengers in the car were unharmed.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A mobile home was destroyed following a fire Saturday afternoon in Cedar Rapids. Three people and a cat escaped the home, and no injuries were reported.

IOWA (IRN) – The Hawkeyes made a decent Indiana football team look helpless, winning 42-16 in Indiana. For the second season in a row, the Cyclones upset an opponent that featured a legitimate Heisman Trophy candidate — this time 30-14 against a West Virginia team that came to town as the Big 12’s lone unbeaten school. They beat Baker Mayfield and Oklahoma a year ago, and Will Grier and sixth-ranked West Virginia on Saturday night at home.