DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say a 14-year-old boy faces a charge in what appears to be the accidental shooting of a girl in Des Moines. Medics and officers were sent to the scene around 9:45 p.m. Saturday. Police say several juveniles were mishandling a gun and it went off. The bullet struck the 14-year-old girl in the face. Sgt. Paul Parizek says the girl was taken to a hospital and is expected to live.

Parizek says the boy is being charged with reckless use of a firearm causing injury.

A teenager was injured and his father was killed in a wreck in northwest Iowa on Saturday afternoon. The Iowa State Patrol reports about 4:23 p.m.14-year-old Ryan Schneidermann, of Inwood, was driving a 1992 Ford pickup westbound on Highway 9, two miles east of Rock Rapids. According to the report, Schneidermann said he was tired from working outside all day. He said he briefly fell asleep. The pickup crossed left of center, entered the south ditch, struck a field drive and rolled.

The report says it then came to rest upside down in the south ditch. A passenger in the pickup, 46-year-old Brad Schneidermann of Inwood, died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash. The teenager was taken to the Rock Rapids Hospital by ambulance.

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Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 1:27 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two women challenging Iowa’s regulation on African-style hair braiding plan to drop a lawsuit they filed last year because of a change in state law. An attorney for the women says the lawsuit in district court against the state’s cosmetology board will be dismissed once new legislation goes into effect Friday. The pending law will allow the women and others to do natural hair braiding in Iowa without a cosmetology license.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Longtime Iowa sports broadcaster Bob Brooks, whose career covering athletics of every kind spanned seven decades, has died. He was 89. Brooks’ son, Rob Brooks, says his father died Saturday. Affectionately known as “Brooksie,” he worked for a variety of Iowa radio and television stations throughout his career. For the last 15 years, he covered sports for Cedar Rapids radio station KMRY.

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — West Des Moines leaders say the city will spend up to $20 million to build a new public services facility to better serve neighborhoods on the city’s western edge. The Des Moines Register reports the new facility will house the city’s Public Works Department and Parks and Recreation maintenance division. Public Works Director Bret Hodne says his department has outgrown its current 30-year-old facility.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Sioux City Council is mulling a proposal for more than $60 million in upgrades to the Tyson Events Center. The Sioux City Journal reports the upgrades are aimed at helping the Sioux City venue better compete with event centers in Omaha and Lincoln in Nebraska and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The proposed upgrades include adding everything from smartphone charging stations to a 15,000-square-foot atrium at the main entrance.

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports deputies responding to a possible domestic situation late Sunday evening, arrested William Bruce, of Corning, for Domestic Abuse. The incident was reported at around 8:47-p.m.

William Bruce

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Sioux City Council is mulling a bevy of proposals that would amount to about $60 million in upgrades to the Tyson Events Center. The Sioux City Journal reports that the upgrades are aimed at helping the Sioux City venue better compete with event centers in Omaha and Lincoln in Nebraska and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

A consultant on Friday unveiled the proposed upgrades to the City Council. They include adding everything from smartphone charging stations to a 15,000 square foot atrium at the main entrance. Smaller suggested additions included a walk-in convenience store for visitors to buy prepackaged food.

Big-ticket add-ons included expansion of the building’s concourses and a 15,000 square foot lobby entry that could house more restrooms, merchandise stands and concessions.

WEST LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa State Patrol says a bicyclist participating in the third annual “pEDaling for Pancreatic Cancer” fundraiser was killed after being hit by a car. The Muscatine Journal reports that the crash happened just after 9:30 a.m. Saturday in West Liberty. The victim’s name, age and gender have not been released.

Patrol investigators say a 28-year-old West Liberty man was driving a car southbound when he hit the bicyclist, who was also southbound. The cycling event gave riders a choice of 100-, 65-, 30- or 15-mile routes. Monday raised goes to support pancreatic cancer research. The crash remains under investigation.