TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD FROM A INCIDENT WHICH BEGAN LATE SATURDAY IN WATERLOO. POLICE SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO A WEST SIDE APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR SUNNYSIDE COUNTRY CLUB JUST AFTER 11 PM. THE BODY OF A FEMALE VICTIM WAS RECOVERED WITH AT LEAST ONE GUNSHOT WOUND. THEN AFTER MIDNIGHT, A SUSPECT IN THE CASE WAS LOCATED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN. POLICE SAY THE MAN SHOT HIMSELF AS OFFICERS WERE PREPARING TO TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY. THERE ARE NO OTHER SUSPECTS IN THE APPARENT MURDER-SUICIDE.
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND THREE OTHERS WERE HURT IN A CRASH NORTHEAST OF DUNKERTON SUNDAY. TWO PEOPLE WERE THROWN FROM A VEHICLE WHICH ROLLED SHORTLY BEFORE SIX O’CLOCK LAST NIGHT. BLACK HAWK COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THE FATALITY WAS DECLARED AT THE SCENE. ONE INJURED VICTIM HAD TO BE FLOWN TO UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITAL IN IOWA CITY; THE OTHERS WERE TREATED AT ALLEN HOSPITAL IN WATERLOO.
JURY SELECTION IS UNDERWAY IN THE TRIAL OF THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING MOLLIE TIBBETTS IN 2018. CRISTHIAN RIVERA’S CASE HAS BEEN MOVED TO DAVENPORT. TIBBETTS WAS FATALLY STABBED WHILE ON A RUN IN BROOKLYN, IOWA, AND HER BODY WAS NOT DISCOVERED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. A POOL OF 175 POTENTIAL JURORS WILL BE TRIMMED DOWN TO 12, PLUS THREE ALTERNATES. THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO LAST TWO WEEKS.
POLICE IN IOWA CITY ARE LOOKING FOR FACTS FOLLOWING A FATAL SUNDAY MORNING SHOOTING. REPORTS OF GUNSHOTS LED AUTHORITIES TO A VEHICLE THAT HAD CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE DRIVER HAD BEEN WOUNDED BY GUNFIRE. HE DIED AFTER BEING REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. AN AUTOPSY IS BEING PERFORMED TODAY. THE MAN’S NAME WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY RELEASED.
THE 14-YEAR-OLD DRIVER OF A PICKUP TRUCK FOUND HIMSELF IN A CEDAR RAPIDS HOSPITAL SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LINN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES SAY THE TRUCK ROLLED INTO A DITCH SOUTH OF PALO AFTER GAGE GROTHER LOST CONTROL. THE TEENAGER WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED. DEPUTIES INDICATED GROTHER WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT. TRAFFIC CHARGES RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT ARE EXPECTED.
MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING IS A KEY STICKING POINT WHICH HAS KEPT THE IOWA LEGISLATURE IN SESSION MORE THAN TWO WEEKS PAST THE SCHEDULED ADJOURNMENT DATE. SPEAKER OF THE IOWA HOUSE PAT GRASSLEY REPRESENTS ALL OR PART OF GRUNDY, BUTLER, AND HARDIN COUNTIES. GRASSLEY PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON THAT ISSUE LATE LAST WEEK. MENTAL HEALTH HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN FUNDED THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES AND ADMINISTERED LOCALLY. THROUGHOUT THE SPRING, LEGISLATORS HAVE EXPLORED STRATEGIES TO PAY FOR MENTAL HEALTH WITH STATE MONEY IN RETURN FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.
HUNDREDS OF NORTHEAST IOWA RESIDENTS WERE CHASED FROM THEIR HOMES SUNDAY AFTER A TRAIN CARRYING FERTILIZER AND OTHER CHEMICALS DERAILED AND CAUGHT FIRE. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED NEAR SIBLEY AROUND 2 O’CLOCK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THICK SMOKE LED TO THE EVACUATION ORDER WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS OF THE CRASH SITE. UNION PACIFIC SAYS 47 CARS DERAILED, BUT THERE WERE NO IMMEDIATE INJURY REPORTS.
IOWA CITY POLICE HAVE A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING THE INVESTIGATION OF A FATAL APRIL SHOOTING. 29-YEAR-OLD RENARD WINFIELD JR. OF GARY, INDIANA, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF 31-YEAR-OLD TOMMY CURRY. WINFIELD WAS HELD DURING THE WEEKEND IN THE JOHNSON COUNTY JAIL. ON APRIL 28TH, CURRY WAS FOUND IN A VEHICLE AND HAD GUNSHOT WOUNDS; HE DIED LATER AT A HOSPITAL. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE HE WAS LURED TO THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING EXPECTING TO MEET A WOMAN HE HAD BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THROUGH AN ONLINE PLATFORM.
IOWA REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS HAVE STRONGLY REJECTED THE SUGGESTION THAT THE CONSERVATIVE HERITAGE FOUNDATION INFLUENCED NEW VOTING RULES. IOWA HOUSE SPEAKER PAT GRASSLEY. VIDEO WAS RECENTLY MADE PUBLIC OF A HERITAGE FUNDRAISING EVENT THAT INCLUDED A FOUNDATION OFFICIAL CLAIMING INVOLVEMENT IN CRAFTING THE LAW. IOWA DEMOCRATS HAVE CALLED FOR THE RELEASE OF ANY RECORDS THAT WOULD INDICATE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN STATE LAWMAKERS AND THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION RELATED TO VOTING POLICY DURING THE CURRENT SESSION.
THE UNI PANTHER SOFTBALL TEAM IS GOING TO THE NCAA REGIONALS. THE PANTHERS WERE PICKED FOR AN AT-LARGE BID ON SUNDAY AFTER A RUNNER-UP FINISH DURING THE MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT. IT’S THE FIRST TIME UNI HAS EARNED A REGIONAL BID SINCE 2013. THE PANTHERS WILL PLAY IOWA STATE FRIDAY. IOWA STATE IS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1988.
