DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A text message sent from a teenager to a family member that read, “He’s been pimping me out,” has led to a Des Moines man being charged with human trafficking. The Des Moines Register reports Richard Lynn Wisecup, 56, was also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of methamphetamine. The girl, who is under the age of 17, also texted a family member: “He was trying to bring me out of state, to Missouri.” The victim also made a phone call from Wisecup’s phone and left a voicemail saying “help me.”

DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – Police in eastern Iowa are investigating the death of a man in an overnight shooting. The Quad-City Times reports that Davenport police were called shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday for a report of shots fired. Arriving officers found a man suffering from gunshot wounds. The 46-year-old man was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

ALTOONA, IA (IRN) – Des Moines hazmat crews were called to an Altoona trucking company on Friday afternoon, worried chemicals could explode. WHO-TV reports the incident happened at approximately 2 p.m. at Majestic Trucking. A worker says a 55-gallon drum of paint and gun solvent started to expand. The area was briefly evacuated.

MUSCATINE, (IRN) – A pink fire truck made a stop in Muscatine last week, according to KWWL-TV. The organization, Pink Heals, Inc., is behind the visit. Pink Heals works to help raise cancer awareness and provide encouragement to anyone who has been affected by it.

ESTHERVILLE, IA (IRN) – Police in Estherville are looking into the death of an 11-month-old girl, according to WHO-TV. Investigators say the girl was taken to the hospital where she later died. Police have not yet said how the baby died.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – A University of Iowa campus police officer claims that he was unfairly fired days before leaving for a lengthy military deployment overseas. KCRG-TV reports Jeffrey Williams was placed on leave April 19 during his final shift before he was leaving for a one-year deployment with the Air National Guard. Williams says his termination came after an internal affairs investigation related to his search for drugs. The 30-year-old Williams says he had no prior discipline and was terminated without a hearing required by law. He’s seeking reinstatement.

DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – A Davenport woman is warning other women to be on the lookout while shopping. WQAD-TV reports the woman noticed a man following her around Walmart with a shopping basket. A Walmart employee later informed her that the man was known for going around and filming up women’s skirts with his phone in the basket.

BETTENDORF, IA (IRN) – A construction crew working on a bridge over the Mississippi River in Bettendorf saved four lives when a boat full of rowers capsized in the Mississippi River. WQAD-TV reports the crew saw the boat capsize, and launched two rescue boats. Three of the rowers were hanging onto the overturned boat, and a fourth rower, a female, had let go and was drifting down river with the current. All four were rescued.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police launched a suspicious death investigation today after discovering a body on the sidewalk of a metro neighborhood. KCCI-TV reports the body of a deceased male was found around 6:30 a.m.

PUTNAM COUNTY, MO (IRN) – A southeast Iowa woman received injuries from multiple dog bites serious enough for her to be airlifted to the hospital. KTVO-TV reports dispatchers received a 911 call regarding a woman who was having problems breathing after being bitten by a dog. When emergency personal arrived, they found that a 59-year-old woman from Exline, Iowa, had been trying to separate two male dogs that had been fighting. According to the dogs’ owners, the dogs were family owned animals and had not displayed aggressive behavior before.

MEXICO (IRN) – A young man brought to Iowa illegally from Mexico by his parents when he was three has been killed weeks after being sent to Mexico by ICE agents. The Des Moines Register reports DREAMER Manuel Antonio Cano Pacheco was scheduled to have graduated from East High School in Des Moines last month. Arrested on misdemeanor charges, Pacheco was escorted across the border. His throat was slit.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Suicide rates are on the rise in every state except Nevada, according to a report released Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC says there has been a 36 percent increase in suicides from 1999 to 2016 in Iowa. The two groups with the highest suicide rates are teenage girls and farmers.

HARDIN COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Rick Dunn from Eldora won the Republican primary for Hardin County Attorney on Tuesday but his name won’t appear on the general election ballot, according to WHO-TV. Dunn passed away a month ago after a battle with cancer, and it was too late to take his name off the ballot. Dunn served as Hardin County Attorney for 16 years. County Auditor Jessica Lara says, “he was Mr. Eldora for many of us because he was involved in so many things in the community.”

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – The Iowa City Airport is celebrating a century of service this weekend, according to KWWL-TV. The celebration will start today and it features an historic Ford Tri-Motor plane. Built in 1928, the plane is small in comparison to today’s commercial planes, but back then it was ahead of its time and a luxury. Henry Ford had the plane commissioned with three engines as a safety innovation.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa State Patrol closed a portion of I-35 today after a semi trailer carrying pigs rolled over. KCCI-TV reports I-35 was closed at the eastbound I-80 ramp for several hours as crews cleaned up the area.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa’s secretary of state clarified Wednesday that Democrats, not Republicans, had record turnout in Tuesday’s primary election following an errant tweet stating there was overall record turnout. The correction comes after Secretary of State Paul Pate announced that Iowa “shattered another voting record.” This past primary election had the third-highest turnout in Iowa history, behind 2002 and 2010.

CLINTON, IA (IRN) – Authorities charged a 12-year-old Clinton boy after police said he burglarized a boat on a trailer parked in a yard, then killed a cat, and threatened to hurt the boat owner with a knife. WQAD-TV reports the boy faces multiple charges.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A woman is in the hospital after being shot in the leg in Cedar Rapids, according to KWWL-TV. It was the second shooting Cedar Rapids Police responded to on Wednesday, after a man was shot earlier in the day.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – A dog in Iowa City has “adopted” a kitten as one of its own. KCRG-TV reports the owners of Stitch the dachshund say she often has false pregnancies. But this time their new kitten, Kitty, took to Stitch’s milk when there wasn’t a litter. The two have been inseparable since the family first took the weeks old kitten home.