From the Associated Press:
AMES, Iowa (AP) — A 39-year-old Iowa man died after being stabbed, and his roommate has been charged with first-degree murder. Ames Police said Sunday that Maccarone Declements died after he was flown to a hospital Saturday with stab wounds in his upper torso. Officers were called to the home where the stabbing happened shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday, and they found both Declements and the suspect there. Police arrested 39-year-old Robert Lyon, of Ames, after the stabbing. He was initially charged with attempted murder but the charge was upgraded after Declements died. Police did not immediately release any additional details about what led to the stabbing.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Three people were injured in a shootout in Des Moines early Sunday. Des Moines Police said the victims said someone in a car driving by fired at them around 2 a.m., and a friend who was with them shot back at the car. KCCI reports that officers found one woman with a gunshot wound near Wells Fargo Arena, and she was transported to a hospital. Two other victims with gunshot wounds showed up at a different hospital a short time later. Police said all three victims are expected to survive. The person who shot back at the car was unhurt and is cooperating with investigators.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A 31-year-old Chicago man who was in a gun battle with Davenport police last year has been sentenced to federal prison. Federal authorities announced Friday that Clarence Washington was sentenced this week to 36.5 months in prison on several firearm and drug charges. Washington exchanged gunfire with police on Feb. 18, 2021. Police said he was a suspect in a robbery earlier that day and was also eluding federal authorities on earlier charges. No one was seriously injured before Washington was taken into custody.
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A jury has awarded a Dubuque firefighter $575,000 in her lawsuit against the city for sexual harassment and discrimination. The jury found Friday that Jami Boss proved her claims of harassment and discrimination but did not prove a claim of retaliation. Boss, an equipment operator who has worked at the department since 2011, claimed in her lawsuit that she suffered years of sexual harassment while working as a firefighter, and that she was passed over for promotions in favor of male colleagues. An attorney for the city said he could not say if his clients would pursue the legal case further.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against Gov. Kim Reynolds by a group of six Des Moines area bars that challenged her brief shutdown of their businesses in August and September 2020 when COVID-19 was rapidly spreading. The bars initially sought damages but later dropped those claims and were asking the court to allow their case to go to trial so they could pursue a case to limit the governor’s powers to close targeted groups of businesses during a proclaimed emergency. Their case was dismissed by a state court judge who concluded the case was moot because the bars were closed only for a short period and then reopened by the governor. The Iowa Supreme Court agreed Friday and affirmed the dismissal.
MOUNT VERNON, Iowa (AP) — Four men were pulled to safety after being buried in grain that poured out of a bin near the eastern Iowa city of Mount Vernon. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office says the accident happened Friday morning after two men began setting up a grain bin to unload corn just north of Mount Vernon. An outer door opened, causing corn to rush out and cover the men. Two men passing by on nearby Highway 1 saw what happened and stopped to help but they also became trapped. It took more than an hour to rescue the four men. One man was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
