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DES MOINES – Flags were ordered at half mast through the weekend by Governor Kim Reynolds to coincide with an order by President Donald Trump. The move is to recognize the death of Conservative Influencer Charlie Kirk. The leader of Turning Point USA was shot and killed during an event in Utah. The flags were already ordered to be at half-staff today to recognize the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. ANKENY – An Ankeny Christian Academy teacher was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly touching a student inappropriately. KCCI-TV reports 50-year-old Michael Scott Burrows faces three counts of lascivious acts with a child. The Ankeny Police Department is investigating the alleged incidents that took place in 2021 and 2022 while Burrows was teaching band at the private school. EDDYVILLE – The Iowa State Patrol is investigating a crash in which a 10-year-old appears to have ran out in front of a moving car. Several agencies responded to the incident that occurred on Wednesday. The report described the injuries of the girl as “minor.” FORT DODGE – The Iowa Girls State Softball Tournament has called the Harlan and Hazel Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge its home for the last 55 years. This week, the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union and its Board of Directors signed a contract extension that will keep the State Softball Tournament at Harlan and Hazel Rogers Sports Park for another 20 years. The extension will run through the 2045 state softball tournament and comes on the heels of a six-million-dollar renovation project that Fort Dodge has invested in Rogers Park, which has been home to the state tournament since 1970. The renovation projects include three new fields, lights on all five competition fields, a new press box, and expanded parking.

MARSHALLTOWN – The number of cases related to Legionnaires’ Disease in Marshall County has grown to 34 people, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health. Retired Catholic Priest Bernard Grady is the only reported fatality. The state has not identified the cause of the nearly three-dozen cases of the bacterial infection that travels through sources of water. Marshalltown Water Works told KCCI-TV the town’s drinking water is not impacted.ROCK VALLEY – A teenager was killed and another injured in a two-vehicle crash in Sioux County. The Iowa State Patrol reports an unidentified 17-year-old was driving a Cadillac Escalade and pulled out from a stop sign at the intersection of U.S. Highways 18 and 75. The car was struck by a semi, knocking it into a nearby ditch. IOWA CITY – An arrest has been made in a case involving a baby found in an Iowa City Landfill in 1992. WHO-13 reports 58-year-old Cindy Sue Elder is accused of having matching DNA following a resubmitting of a test by the Iowa City Police Department in 2022. She is charged with first degree murder. Elder has allegedly told police that she left the baby in a plastic bag in a trash can near her father’s home.

GREENE COUNTY – The person killed in an officer-involved shooting in Greene County has been identified. On Saturday, the Greene County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Boone Police Department and the Boone County Sheriff’s Office with a pursuit that started in Boone County and continued into Greene County. The pursued vehicle came to a stop, and officers encountered 18-year-old Camryn Stonehocker of Boone. Stonehocker is accused of exiting his vehicle armed with a weapon. When Stonehocker allegedly advanced on officers, police fired on him. He died at the scene. The involved officers were uninjured. They have been placed on critical incident leave in accordance with their department policy.NEW DELHI, INDIA – Governor Kim Reynolds gave a keynote address at DialogueNEXT, a two-day symposium in New Delhi, India, convening food system stakeholders to discuss agricultural innovations and reforms to improve global food security. The event is hosted by the World Food Prize Foundation in conjunction with CIMMYT, Borlaug Institute for South Asia, and Indian Council for Agricultural Research.Governor Reynolds is in India conducting an eight-day trade and investment mission which includes a 20-member delegation representing Iowa’s agricultural, education, and government sectors.DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Transportation has been working to lower fatal car crashes in the stat with roadway improvements. WHO-13 reports the DOT has been working to add center line and edge line rumble strips on every two lane highway in the state. The project started 15 years ago, but in 2024, a special focus

GOLDFIELD – A Huxley woman died in a crash involving a gator near the Boone River over the weekend. The Iowa State Patrol reports 20-year-old McKenna Mae Woodbeck was the passenger on the UTV operated by 21-year-old Levi Edward Rasmussen. He misjudged how close they were to the Boone River, and entered the water from a “significant” drop from the bank. Woodbeck was trapped underneath the gator. Rasmussen was injured. GREENE COUNTY – One person is dead following an officer involved shooting in Greene County. WHO-13 reports the Greene County Sheriff’s Office was assisting the Boone Police Department with a pursuit on Saturday evening. The alleged suspect died following a shooting. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is leading the review of the incident. AMES – For the second year in a row, Iowa State Cyclone kicker Kyle Konrardy found the game winning points late in the 4th quarter to give the home team a win in the Cy-Hawk Series over the Hawkeyes. Konrardy kicked a 54-yard field goal with 1:52 remaining to lift No. 16 Iowa State to a 16-13 victory over Iowa. It’s the first time since 2011 that the Cyclones have won the rivalry game in the confines of Jack Trice Stadium — they’ve now won three of the last four matchups after six wins in a row for the Hawks.

WINNESHIEK COUNTY – A Georgia man has been found guilty for the killing of an Iowa teen that has been missing for eight years. WHO-13 reports 15-year-old Jade Marie Colvin arrived at a Winneshiek County farm in 2017. She has not been found. Police arrested James David Bachmuski and charged him with second-degree murder. A jury found him guilty of that charge. MARSHALLTOWN – A Lennox plant in Marshalltown will be laying off additional workers. The Des Moines Register reports 49 employees will be let go on September 28th. The company announced in July that 62 workers were being let go on August 1st. An additional update on the state’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification site showed an amendment that that layoff was down to 22 workers. DES MOINES – The Powerball jackpot is up to $1.8 billion after no matches for the main prize on Wednesday. KCCI-TV reports Iowans won just over 68,000 prizes totaling $343,000. A ticket purchased in Indianola had a $50,000 prize — one number away from the jackpot, according to the Iowa Lottery.