MISSOURI VALLEY, IA (IRN) – Two bodies were found inside a business after a fire Thursday in Missouri Valley. KETV reports the fire was at CTI Electronics. At least nine volunteer fire departments responded to the scene.

GRAETTINGER, IA (IRN) – A church in northwest Iowa is missing as much as $470,000, according to KCAU-TV. Bethel Lutheran Church officials in Graettinger say the money loss dates back to 2007. A suspect has been identified, but no arrest has been made. A local bank tipped church leaders about the loss after discovering suspicious account activity.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – The woman who was shot Monday night in Cedar Rapids is brain dead, but is on life support awaiting organ donation. KCRG-TV reports 33-year-old Heidi Stephens was found shot in front of a friend’s house. Her brother, Trent Hoppe, says — “she didn’t deserve it — she was a very loving person — she was the mother of three beautiful children.” No arrests have been made, but Hoppe say he thinks he knows who did it.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A man was arrested after a standoff in Des Moines yesterday, according to KCCI-TV. Police were called to a domestic dispute, and the man involved would not come out to speak with officers. He told them he had two guns. Eventually, police knocked the door in and told the man to get on the ground. No shots were fired, and no one was injured.

SIOUX CITY, IA (IRN) – Northwest Iowa police arrested a Colorado man when 77 pounds of marijuana was found in his vehicle. KWWL-TV reports police charged 34-year-old Darrel Wait of Thornton, Colorado on multiple drug charges. Wait was pulled over on a traffic stop.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – It’s Black Friday, and shoppers are heading out. WHO-TV reports while online shopping is on the increase, Iowans still love to get out and shop retail stores. Shopper Jennifer Mott says, “ I like having things in my hands, and bringing them home with me.” Shopper Bekah Johnson says you just can’t get the Christmas spirit online. “The Christmas lights, the people, the music, gets you in the spirit.”

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Cedar Rapids Police are investigating a homicide after a body was found early Wednesday morning in an alley. KGAN-TV reports the man in his 30’s died of “fatal traumatic injuries.” Neighbors say they heard gunshots.

WATERLOO, IA (IRN) – A Waterloo man accused of threatening Iowa senator Joni Ernst could spend the next 15 years in prison. On Wednesday a federal jury in Cedar Rapids convicted 34-year-old Joseph Dierks of sending threatening communications. Police arrested Dierks in August after he sent three threatening tweets to the senator. One included a link to scene in a movie showing a man shooting a woman in the head.

WATERLOO, IA (IRN) – A Waterloo man is in jail following a lengthy early morning chase that included a Black Hawk County sheriff’s deputy firing shots. KWWL-TV reports no injuries were reported, and the pursuit lasted about half an hour, starting on the outskirts of Waterloo and winding through the county. 35-year-old Eric John Norelius was jailed.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – An Ohio woman was arrested after having to be removed from a plane at the Des Moines International Airport Tuesday. WHO-TV reports 40-year-old Carol Lamb was drunk and arguing with a business partner. She refused to get off the plane and police had to remove her. Lamb was arrested and charged with trespassing and interference with official acts.

CHICKASAW COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A Nashua man is behind bars on sexual abuse charges. KIMT-TV reports 38-year-old William Maurice Dooly was charged with three counts of 2nd-degree sexual abuse, all class “B” felonies. Dooly allegedly sexually abused victims who were 4, 6 and 7 years old in 2013 in a camper bathroom. In one of the allegations, he is accused of abusing a 6-year-old and threatening the victim with a loaded gun.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – An Iowa City man charged with sexually assaulting numerous students and employees on the University of Iowa campus has taken a plea deal. KGAN-TV reports 34-year-old Adam Weinstein entered an Alford plea Tuesday to assault with intent to commit injury and assault with intent to commit sexual abuse. In an Alford plea, a person doesn’t admit guilt but acknowledges there is enough evidence for a likely conviction. Police say Weinstein sexually assaulted, groped and harassed at least eight women on the campus during a 15-hour period in 2015.

AMES, IA (IRN) – An Ames woman charged with involuntary manslaughter in the opioid overdose of her fiancée pled guilty to a lesser charge of possession of a controlled substance, according to KCCI-TV. Ames police say 22-year-old Sadie Dalgliesh purchased the drug known as U-4 that killed her fiancée, 25-year-old Tashara Burnside. Burnside’s mother says the plea deal is “a punch in the gut.”

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The City of Des Moines is considering a plan to turn one of the city’s oldest eyesores into something new. WHO-TV reports the city is considering building a new police department headquarters at the Dico Superfund site near Martin Luther King Parkway and Fleur Drive which has sat empty for years. The current century-old police building is too small. Lack of space has forced the department into seven smaller buildings.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Iowa City is the one of the drunkest cities in the nation according to USA Today. Almost a quarter of Iowa City residents binge drink or drink excessively. Overall, Iowa is the seventh drunkest state. Most of our nation’s drunkest cities and states are in the midwest.

KEYSTONE, IA (IRN) – An Eastern Iowa girl is going to be on national TV Sunday for her volunteer work, according to KCRG-TV. Raegan Junge from Keystone founded Raegan’s Relief Efforts and has raised more than $23,000 to donate and deliver products to natural disaster victims. She will join three other teens for the Nickelodeon Halo Awards. Reagan says she hopes other kids watch the HALO awards and are inspired to volunteer.

OMAHA, NE (IRN) – A former Omaha school teacher and softball coach accused of child sexual assault has taken a plea deal. KETV-TV reports that 47-year-old Daryl Clark of Crescent, Iowa pled no contest Monday to enticement by electronic device and to attempted visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct. Prosecutors had already dropped three counts of child sexual assault when they determined the girl had been 16, the age of sexual consent in Nebraska.

WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Firefighters were called to Valley West Mall in West Des Moines early Tuesday morning according to WHO-TV. A fire alarm at the mall’s Younkers store went off around 5:00 a.m. and when fire crews arrived there was smoke in the building. A fire was discovered in the mechanical room and was quickly put out.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – The man charged for the murder of a cab driver in Iowa City has now been charged with the murder of a bail bondsman. KGAN-TV reports 41-year-old Curtis Jones has been charged with first-degree murder for the death of 34-year-old Jonathan Wieseler, in addition to the previous murder charge. Jones was granted parole a year ago on a burglary charge, despite a parole officer deeming him a high risk to commit more violent crimes.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Two Denison children are safe after officials issued a statewide Amber Alert Monday. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation said 12-year-old Beyonce Carrasco and 13-year-old Rodolfo Penaflor Jr. left Denison in the middle of the night in Penaflor’s mother’s car. KCCI-TV reports Penaflor threatened to harm Carrasco and himself. Police stopped them on I-235 in Des Moines.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Ten people were killed in highway construction work zones so far this year, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation. The 10 deaths include three road construction workers, and it’s the second consecutive year with above average fatalities. Last year, 13 people died in work zone crashes, including one road construction worker. Iowa has averaged 655 work zone accidents annually over the past decade and 6.8 fatalities per year.

GRANDVIEW, IA (IRN) – A man from the southeastern Iowa town of Grandview is one of the final twelve contestants on the television show “The Voice.” KWQC-TV reports Adam Cunningham’s parents started a gospel group when Adam was eight years old and would travel to different cities, singing at banquets, churches, and more. His parents say they are excited for him, and proud of him.