From the KCRG-TV9 Newsroom:
Two women are dead after a shooting at a home outside Springville in Linn County. Deputies are releasing few details about the shooting yesterday morning, but do say both victims are adult women and were found with gunshot wounds. The home is in a rural area near Highway 151 between Marion and Springville. According to the Linn Coutny Sheriff’s Office, there is no threat to the public.
Iowa lawmakers may soon consider two bills that would ban same-sex marriage. A House bill is designed to protect religious liberty and state sovereignty relating to marriage. And “House Joint Resolution 8” proposes an amendment to the state constitution relating to marriage. Both need to pass through a committee if they want to survive Friday’s so-called funnel deadline.
Bills related to students who are transgender are also advancing in the state legislature. Two bills ban students who are transgender from using the bathrooms based on their gender identity. Lawmakers are also moving forward with a bill that would prevent anyone under the age of 18 from getting gender-affirming surgeries and hormone treatments.
The Cedar Rapids Police Department is passing out steering wheel locks at community events to people owning certain Kia and Hyundai cars. The wheel locks are from Kia. They are meant to stop car thieves from using a USB cord to steal cars starting with a key from the 2010 to 2020 model years. Police found the trend, seen on social media.
Five coaches and athletics leaders with the Hawkeye football program are no longer part of a lawsuit, claiming racial discrimination. Attorneys for seven black former Hawkeye football players dismissed their own claims against four coaches, Kirk Ferentz, Brian Ferentz, Chris Doyle and Seth Wallace. They also dismissed claims against Athletic Director Gary Barta. In 2020, the group of athletes sued them for 20 million dollars, claiming they played in a racially hostile environment, and faced racial discrimination and harassment. This case is still moving through the court system, with the University of Iowa as a whole and the Iowa Board of Regents still named in the lawsuit.
