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DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Scores of students at several Des Moines Public Schools walked out of class in protest of election results this morning. KCCI-TV reports many could be seen carrying signs at East, Valley, and Roosevelt high schools, protesting the election of Donald Trump to the presidency. No violence was reported. IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Iowa City Police are looking for whoever robbed a pizza delivery man Tuesday night. KCRG-TV reports the man was trying to deliver a pizza to an apartment complex. He says a man approached him holding a small black pistol. He didn’t point the gun at the pizza delivery man, but he told him to not knock on the door and put the pizza down. The delivery man did as he was told and the suspect took the pizza and ran off. No one was hurt. BLACK HAWK COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Black Hawk County officials agreed to pay $30,000 to a man who scuffled with an off-duty sheriff’s deputy after a traffic dispute. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports the Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to pay the money and settle a case filed by Edward Felts. He claimed deputy Richard Hoffman hit and kicked him repeatedly during a February 2015 incident. Felts head-butted the deputy, and then the deputy took him to the ground. A jury earlier found Felts guilty of assault. DES MOINES, IA (IA) – Republican Donald Trump is president-elect, leading a Republican wave that carried Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, Congressmen Steve King, Rod Blum and David Young back into office. Congressman Dave Loebsack won re-election, remaining Iowa’s sole Democrat in Washington. Republicans also won control of the Iowa House and Senate. Three Iowa Supreme Court Justices won retention in Tuesday’s election. CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – A man has been charged in a crash that killed a woman this past weekend in Cedar Falls, according to KCRG-TV. Forty-two-year-old Charles Brooks, of Champlin, MN, faces a felony charge of serious injury by a motor vehicle. Brooks was speeding when he collided with a mini-van on a bridge. The crash killed 38-year-old Cynthia Brooks, a passenger in his vehicle. Two other passengers were seriously injured. Brooks tried to jump off the bridge after the crash. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A man who allegedly stabbed another man at the Iowa State Fair in August has been arrested. 21-year-old Craig Hunt of Des Moines has been charged with attempted murder. The victim, who has since recovered, was found near the midway with two stab wounds. BETTENDORF, IA (IRN) – Renovations have been completed after six months of work on water damage at the Bettendorf Public Library. The Quad-City Times reports the staff unveiled the renovated areas Monday. There’s been construction underway since a burst pipe loosed a torrent of water May 20. Library board President Tom Cruise says not a single shelved book was damaged, thanks to staffers who took quick action to save the collection.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – A University of Iowa student who fell last week from a light pole on the Iowa City pedestrian mall while celebrating the Chicago Cubs’ World Series win has died. The Iowa City Press Citizen reports 21-year-old Kyle Leeney died Monday afternoon. In a video posted on Twitter, Leeney can be seen climbing a light pole and falling outside DC’s Sports Bar on the ped mall. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – One man was killed in a single vehicle accident in Cedar Rapids Monday, according to KWWL-TV. The driver, 54-year-old Richard Lee Hartl of Marion, was travelling eastbound when his vehicle left the roadway and went airborne across another road. The vehicle landed on its roof in a yard. Hartl was pronounced dead at the scene. CEDAR COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Prosecutors have charged a Tipton man after his 2-month-old child wound up in the hospital with severe head trauma. Zachary Hayes faces one count of multiple acts of child endangerment. The charge carries up to 50 years in prison. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A Maquoketa man has pled guilty to distributing a mixture of drugs that left one person dead and injured two others. KCRG-TV reports 22-year-old Joshua Allen Manning admitted to distributing the drugs. He faces at least 20 years in prison and could be sentenced to life. AMES, IA (IRN) – A prosecutor has asked Iowa State University police to investigate a flight that took President Steven Leath to the North Carolina town where he owns a home. KCCI-TV reports Story County Attorney Jessica Reynolds forwarded the complaint for investigation to the ISU police. The complaint comes from a Board of Regents critic who questions whether it was an illegal personal trip. CLARINDA, IA (IRN) – An Iowa prison is teaming up with the Animal Rescue League, according to WHO-TV. Inmates at the Clarinda Correctional Facility are training rescue dogs to be companion animals for veterans. The men chosen for the program have a soft spot for dogs, and say it helps them pass their time in prison in a productive way. After two months of training, the dogs have to show they can sit, stay, come, walk on a leash, and wait at a door.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Rescue crews were called to Interstate 80-35 this morning after a tanker truck slid into Beaver Creek north of Des Moines. KCCI-TV reports the driver suffered minor injuries. The Des Moines Hazmat team and a wet team were at the site, placing absorbent booms into the creek. The crash is under investigation. JOHNSTON, IA (IRN) – A man fired shots before taking his own life early this morning in Johnston, according to KCCI-TV. A 32-year-old man in an apartment building was involved in a domestic dispute with his spouse. He fired shots as police units arrived. The man later turned the gun on himself and took his own life. No officers were injured, or fired their weapons in the incident. DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – Davenport police have arrested two men after an early-morning assault. WQAD-TV reports one man was injured. 29-year-old Justin Jewell and 30-year-old Andrew Albright, both from Davenport ,were charged with false imprisonment, willful injury, and assault while displaying a weapon. OMAHA, NE (IRN) – Forty-five pounds of marijuana and $3,600 in cash have been seized, and a minivan driver arrested along Interstate 80 in Omaha, according to KETV. A deputy saw the eastbound minivan drive onto the roadway shoulder without signaling early Friday morning, and a drug dog alerted the deputy to the odor of the drugs. 26-year-old Michael Soto of San Francisco told deputies he was driving from Utah to Iowa to deliver the pot. CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – The state fire marshal’s office is investigating a fire that destroyed a city building in Cedar Falls over the weekend. KCRG-TV reports when firefighters arrived, they found the building engulfed in flames. The city uses the space to store police equipment. It was a total loss. ROCKWELL CITY, IA (IRN) – Some Iowa landowners are raising concerns about construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, saying crews have left behind debris, released cattle from grazing areas and disrespected their land. The Des Moines Register reports the Iowa Utilities Board has received 22 complaints including 10 involving landowners. The company says the complaints are unfounded. CUSHING, OK (IRN) – A magnitude 5.0 earthquake centered near one of the world’s key oil hubs brought down building facades and shattered windows last night in Cushing, Oklahoma. KWWL-TV reports the earthquake was felt as far away as Illinois and eastern Iowa. There have been 19 earthquakes in Oklahoma in the past week.

DELAWARE COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A Delaware County crash involving a tractor killed a Manchester man on Friday. The Iowa State Patrol reports a truck driven by 72-year-old Eric Smith sideswiped a tractor that was driving in the opposite direction. The truck went into a ditch and Smith was killed. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police are investigating an armed robbery at a Git N’ Go on the Des Moines south side. KCCI-TV reports three suspects armed with a handgun robbed the gas station early this morning. They were wearing dark clothing and face masks. No one was injured. MONTICELLO, IA (IRN) – Three people are facing charges after a late night chase in Jones County, according to KGAN-TV. Monticello Police tried to pull over a vehicle reported stolen out of Missouri Friday night. The vehicle took off, eluding police through farm fields and ditches. The vehicle then rammed a Jones County Sheriff’s vehicle and a Cascade Police vehicle who were assisting. Three individuals were taken into custody. Multiple weapons were found in the vehicle. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The public can now visit an endangered black rhino born last month at Des Moines’ Blank Park Zoo. Since being born on Oct. 11, the baby has had her first bath and gained about 50 pounds. She now weighs about 130 pounds. The calf will be getting a name in the coming months. Beginning Nov. 29 everyone who gives at least $50 to the zoo through Dec. 31 can suggest a name. The name will picked from those suggestions and announced in January.

CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – One person died and several others were injured in a two-vehicle crash early this morning in Cedar Falls, according to KCRG-TV. The crash happened on the 1st Avenue bridge, and it was closed for several hours while police investigated. Both vehicles were travelling the same direction when the crash occurred. DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – New court documents show a Dubuque man stabbed his girlfriend 115 times, killing her in June of last year. KCRG-TV reports 27-year-old Eddie Hicks goes on trial Tuesday for the murder of 21-year-old Kahdyesha Lemon. After the stabbing, Hicks opened the refrigerator, and grabbed a can of pop. He then ran outside yelling that someone had robbed him and that someone had “set him up.” Hicks is claiming self-defense, diminished responsibility because he was on PCP at the time, and temporary insanity. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police are investigating two overnight stabbings. KCCI-TV reports one man suffered multiple stab wounds near Mercy Medical Center and was taken to the hospital. The second stabbing happened around 12:15 a.m downtown. Police have a suspect. MARION, IA (IRN) – Marion Police have charged a former Linn-Mar Community School District employee with Dissemination and Exhibition of Obscene Material to Minors. KGAN-TV reports 26-year-old Marcus Cain sent a pornographic image to a juvenile. Cain is no longer employed by the school. DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – While millions celebrated the Cubs World Series title in Chicago, a smaller crowd with the same passion rejoiced at Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines, according to WHO-TV. Georgia Anne Johnson was a lifelong Cubs fan who lost her battle with cancer in 2015. Her family celebrated the win with her, and at her gravestone is the iconic ‘W’ flag, a Cubs flag, stickers and 108 roses to commemorate the number of years since the Cubs last won the World Series.