(Radio Iowa)  – A Sioux City man is in custody, facing murder charges after a shooting early Saturday morning on the west side of Sioux City. Nineteen-year-old Joseph Cruz is charged with two counts of second degree murder, intimidating with a dangerous weapon causing serious injury and willful injury causing serious injury.

Sioux City Police were dispatched to a home around 2:15 a.m. Saturday. They found two shooting victims. one was dead at the scene. The other was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Cruz was later arrested and booked into the Woodbury County Jail where he’s being held pending a bond hearing.

(Radio Iowa) – State officials say a 24-year-old man running for from law enforcement in Davenport early Sunday was shot to death after shooting at police. According to a news release from the Iowa Department of Public Safety, several law enforcement agencies were patrolling an area near a strip club in Davenport. Officers tried to stop a vehicle shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday, but the driver sped away and the vehicle crashed at a nearby intersection.

The occupants of the vehicle then ran and the state agency says officers in pursuit exchanged gun fire with 24-year-old Kenneth Jamal Carrol of Davenport, an occupant of the vehicle. He was hit and pronounced dead at the scene. None of the officers were injured.

The news release does not mention how many shots were fired, but it does say two state troopers, three Davenport police officers and one Bettendorf police officer fired their guns.

The Red Oak Police Department and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports 2 people were arrested on warrants during a joint operation on Sunday. At 5:50 a.m. law enforcement conducted a search of a residence in the 1500 block of Forest Avenue in Red Oak that led to the arrests of 27-year-old Angel Nichole Knowles of Council Bluffs on five Pottawattamie County bench warrants for Forgery and 4 counts of absence from custody. Also arrested was 30-year-old Johnathan Tyler Mcalpin of Red Oak on a Pottawattamie County bench warrant for Violation of Parole. Both were held on no bond.

(Johnson County, Iowa) – A collision between a car and a trailer of a semi tractor-trailer in eastern Iowa, resulted in the death of a man from Iowa City, Saturday morning. The Iowa State Patrol reports 22-year-old Riley Joseph Reynolds died, when the 2005 Ford Taurus he was driving, struck the trailer of a semi that was making a U-turn. The accident happened at around 2:15-a.m. on Highway 1 near 280th Street.

The Patrol says Riley Reynolds was traveling southbound, while the 2019 Freightliner semi, driven by 38-year-old Parvinder Kaur, of Elk Grove, CA, was completing a U-turn. The trailer was blocking the southbound lane when it was struck by the car. The Taurus entered the ditch  following the collision. Reynolds died at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt.

The crash remains under investigation.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa State University engineers have received a grant from the E-P-A for research to help small rural communities reclaim wastewater and rainwater for other purposes like irrigation, firefighting, and drinking. Project leader Kaoru Ikuma says they are searching for options.

“When it comes to rural small communities, like many in Iowa, really it’s a struggle to find more than one type of water that they can use, and have the plan B if something goes wrong,” she says. She’ll work with researchers from the University of Rhode Island and the University of California-Berkeley for the next four years.

“What we want to do in this project is to help these smaller rural communities that do not have the resources to broaden their view in how they think about water and treating water, using water,” Ikuma says.

She says the researchers will look at different technologies to treat water, and they’ll also be testing the treated water for contaminants such as forever chemicals that are harder to remove. They’ve received three million dollars for the research.

(Radio Iowa) – A 26-year-old Fairfield woman is under arrest after authorities say she barricaded herself inside a house with a three year old boy. The stand-off started at about 2 a.m. Friday, after a man called Fairfield Police to report his girlfriend had assaulted him and forced him out of the house, but his son was still inside. Police say after they contacted the woman, she threatened to shoot officers.

Negotiators were able to secure the safe release of the child. After the woman stopped speaking with negotiators, officers entered the house with a police dog. According to a police news release, Sherry Thomas-McCabe was found in a hidden compartment in a crawl space, armed with a loaded AR-15 style rifle. She was arrested at about 8 a.m. and charged with second offense domestic assault, two felony gun charges and interference with official acts.

FAIRBANK, Iowa – Officials with the Iowa Department of Public Safety, early this (Saturday) morning, said that at around 5:05-p.m. Friday (October 28, 2022), the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a missing four year old child. The child was reportedly last seen at approximately 3:45 PM Friday, in the front yard of his residence in the 1400 block of 145th Street Fairbank, IA.

Multiple agencies responded to assist with the search.  An extensive search was conducted of the residence, curtilage, surrounding fields, ditches, structures and ponds.  At approximately 11:40 PM, the child was found deceased in a neighboring pond.

The investigation is ongoing however no foul play is suspected.  An autopsy will be conducted by the Office of the Iowa State Medical Examiner.

As previously mentioned, this is multi-agency investigation conducted by the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Iowa State Patrol, Independence Police Buchanan Department Emergency Management Office, Hazelton Fire Department, Fairbank Fire Department, Jessup Fire Department, Independence Fire Department and Rowley Fire Department.

The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest of two people on Friday afternoon. At 4:16 p.m. Officers arrested 30-year-old Gregory Edwared Nail and 42-year-old Penny Marie Griggs of Red Oak on one charge each of 5th Degree Theft. They were arrested at 1205 North Broadway Street in Red Oak and taken to the Montgomery County Jail. Both were booked in on $300 bond.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – A bus decked out with a “Fields of Freedom” logo and the face of Iowa Republican Governor Kim Reynolds pulled into Atlantic Friday afternoon for a get out the vote rally. Reynolds was accompanied by Lt. Governor Adam Gregg, 3rd District candidate/Republican Senator Zach Nunn, Secretary of State Paul Pate and others. Adam Gregg was the first to speak to a crowd gathered in front of 511 Chestnut Street. Gregg said November 8th will give Iowans four more years of Reynolds’ leadership, including her judgement, her character and priorities. Governor Reynolds said Iowan’s are on brink of something great this election.

She said the excitement about change is palpable.

Gov. Reynolds rallies the crowd (10/28/22) Ric Hanson photo

Reynolds said these are “crazy times,” thanks to the Biden administration.

Reynolds introduced Congressman Randy Feenstra, a candidate for U-S Representative in District 4, who said there is a lot of work to be done with the federal government, including overcoming a progressive liberal agenda by “Biden, by Pelosi and Schumer,” and are willing to destroy the country. He cited the open border, and the purchase of foreign oil.

Senator Zach Nunn mentioned his opponent in the General Election, 3rd District Democrat incumbent Cindy Axne.

He said they have great leadership ready to take control of the country, and it can be possible if people get out and vote.

Guthrie County Attorney/Prosecutor Brenna Bird spoke during the rally. She’s running for Iowa Attorney General, a title currently being held by Democrat Tom Miller, who is running for re-election. She spoke about “Backing the Blue,” and mentioned Cass County Sheriff Darby McLaren, who appears in one of her TV ads.

She referred to her opponnent Tom Miller, as a “Long-time lazy liberal who got elected in the 70’s. Senator Roby Smith, the Republican candidate for State Treasurer, also spoke briefly, as did Senator Tom Shipley, from Nodaway, and Thomas Moore, from Griswold. Smith is running against incumbent Michael Fitzgerald. Incumbent Shipley faces a challenge by Tripp Narup. Afterward, those in attendance had a chance for a brief photo opportunity with the candidates, and to sign the bus in support of the “Red Wave.”

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic Police Department would has issued a warning to area businesses and individuals making cash transactions: Authorities say an individual has been trying to pass counterfeit $100 bills. The bills are clearly stamped “For motion picture use only.”

The Police Department anticipates the bills being tried at other businesses.

Please contact the Atlantic Police Department at 712-243-3512 if you come across this individual or if your business has received a counterfeit bill.