Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A group of Iowa City residents is gathering signatures on a petition to ban the use of traffic cameras and drones in their hometown. The group has collected between 500 and 1,000 signatures since October. The group hopes to get 10,000 signatures by April 1st to put their proposal on the ballot.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating a head-on collision that killed an 18-year-old woman and injured two other people in eastern Iowa. KWWL reports that Angela Harrison of Washington died yesterday morning after the crash in Johnson County. The Iowa State Patrol says Harrison was driving along Highway 22 south of Iowa City when her car crossed into oncoming traffic near Utah Avenue. Harrison’s car collided with a pickup truck.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A man is facing murder charges after some Iowa children found a dead body near the trash at a Des Moines apartment complex. Police say the children found the body of 27-year-old Gerald Bonner of Des Moines Saturday evening. Their mother called police. Police arrested 27-year-old John D. Edwards early yesterday morning.
ELDORA, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa hunter has been hospitalized after shooting himself in the foot with a shotgun while getting into a pickup truck. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says it is investigating the incident that happened near Eldora. Officials say that 53-year-old Tim Oelschlager of Roland shot himself in the foot Saturday morning.