CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Law enforcement officials are investigating after a Saturday night shooting incident that sent one person to the hospital. At around 10:54 p.m., the Cedar Rapids Police Department was sent to a report of gunshots in the 1100 block of 32nd Street NE. Officers located a home that had been shot multiple times. A person inside the home, who officials said was sleeping at the time, was hit by a single bullet. The person was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of their injuries. Police said they were in stable condition. An investigation into the shooting is ongoing, and police are asking for the public’s help in providing any information they may have about the incident. You may call Cedar Rapids Police directly, or Linn County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-272-7463. You may submit an anonymous tip through Crime Stoppers and may be eligible for a reward.
DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – Peter Im, an attorney representing Planned Parenthood of the Heartland and Emma Goldman Clinic, asked Judge Joseph Seidlin to make a judgment from the bench Friday ahead of Governor Reynolds signing the so-called heartbeat bill. Im said 92% of patients at Planned Parenthood and 99% at the Emma Goldman Clinic are beyond six weeks gestational age by the time they get an abortion. Daniel Johnston, the attorney representing the state of Iowa, said the new law is constitutional. Once the two laid out their cases, Judge Seidlin was firm as to why it would be wrong for him to make a decision quickly. “I cannot think of anything more insulting to either side than for a judge who before 11 o’clock had no idea that he was going to be involved in any of this would listen to arguments, and then rule from the bench,” Seidlin said. Judge Seidlin said the latest he would be able to prepare a written decision would be Tuesday.
Des Moines, Iowa (KCRG) – With its first-in-the-nation Republican caucuses, all eyes are on Iowa. More than 2,000 people attended the Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines, where they heard from six Republican presidential hopefuls. At that same event, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the abortion bill passed by the legislature during a one-day special session on Tuesday. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence, former Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, South Carolina U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, and Ohio businessman Vivek Ramaswamy participated in the event.
CENTER POINT, Iowa (KCRG) – Police said the 77-year-old Washington, Iowa man that was reported missing earlier this week died in a motorcycle crash Friday. Police said they were called to the crash just after noon on I-380 near mile marker 32, south of Center Point Road. Wayne Zieser died in the crash. Police had been searching for Zieser, saying he had left his Washington home on July 12 on a motorcycle, but he failed to arrive at his destination in Hiawatha. Police put out a call for help locating him on Thursday. The crash remains under investigation. Police have not released additional details.
