MOUNT VERNON, Iowa (AP) — A Marion man has been arrested after police say he took pictures of women dressing in an eastern Iowa college locker room. Police say 45-year-old Jeffrey Pospisil was arrested Friday and charged with invasion of privacy. The investigation began when students at Cornell College reported seeing a cellphone held in an open doorway leading to the locker room. Students alerted a coach, who found Pospisil in the area.

Pospisil, who was an employee with a business that provides custodial service for the college, told police he had only been texting on the phone, but a search of the phone found more than 100 images taken in the locker room as students were fully or partially nude. Pospisil was fired from his job and has been banned from the college.

ALTOONA, Iowa (AP) — Police in central Iowa say a man fatally shot his girlfriend before killing himself following an argument. The Des Moines Register reports that Altoona police were called around 11 p.m. Friday by someone who reported that a woman had been shot in a restaurant parking lot. Officers who arrived on the scene found the body of 29-year-old Chekesha Clark, of Des Moines. Investigators quickly determined that Clark’s boyfriend was a person of interest. Around 1:15 a.m. Saturday, police found 30-year-old Kalen Burgess dead outside a Des Moines home from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Police determined that shooting happened after an argument between Clark and Burgess escalated in the parking lot. Police say the couple shared a child together, but the child wasn’t present during the shooting.
Authorities continue to investigate.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris says she doesn’t “condone military action at this point” to ensure humanitarian aid reaches Venezuela. Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro, has blocked such aid at the border as he resists stepping aside for opposition leader Juan Guaido. Harris is noting Maduro’s stand, and the California senator says during a visit to Iowa that “”we need to take it very seriously.”

President Donald Trump Monday has advocated “a peaceful transition of power” but also said all options are on the table. Two other Democratic senators in the 2020 White House race, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, also have said they oppose U.S. military force in Venezuela.

RIVERSIDE, Iowa (AP) — Police in southeastern Iowa are investigating after a body was found inside a fire-damaged car. Cedar Rapids television station KCRG reports that fire crews responded just after 12:30 p.m. Friday to a report of a burning car in rural Riverside. After extinguishing the fire, firefighters found the body inside the vehicle. Police have not yet released the name of the person pending notification of family members. The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and Johnson County Medical Examiner are investigating. No other details were released.

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A fatal shooting late Friday night in Altoona is under investigation. Police in Altoona told Des Moines television station KCCI that a woman was shot at around 11-p.m., in the parking lot of an Applebee’s Restaurant in Altoona. The circumstances leading up to the shooting weren’t immediately clear. When officers arrived at the scene, they found a woman who had suffered from a gunshot wound. The suspected shooter fled the scene.

About two hours later, the Des Moines Police Department was requested to make contact with a person of interest in the shooting. Police say that person was found dead in Des Moines from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Law enforcement authorities said they believe there is no threat to the public and that all parties have been identified. The names of those involved have not yet been released, pending notification of family members.

A single-vehicle accident at around 2-a.m. today (Saturday) in Dallas County has claimed the life of a man from Marshall County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2003 GMC Envoy driven by 32-year old Jose’ Luis Ramirez-Cardenas, of Marshalltown, was traveling west on Interstate 80 when the SUV left the road. It rolled onto its side and came to rest after striking a tree. Ramirez-Cardenas, who was wearing a seat belt, died at the scene. The accident remains under investigation.

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(Radio Iowa) — A heart ailment that kills hundreds of Iowans every year isn’t one most people know about. When people hear about heart disease, it usually brings to mind heart attacks or congestive heart disease, but not heart -valve- disease. Sue Peschin, president and C-E-O of the Alliance for Aging Research, says there’s very little public awareness about the potential health threat. “Heart valve disease involves damage to one or more of the heart’s four valves,” Peschin says. “While some types are not serious, others can lead to major complications, including death.”

The older you get, the more your odds increase for having trouble with a heart valve, and Iowa’s population is one of the nation’s oldest, as nearly 17-percent of Iowans are now over age 65. “In 2017, which is the last year the data were available, 348 Iowans died from heart valve disease,” Peschin says. “That’s a rate of about 36.9 per 100,000 and that’s really reflective of the aging of the population in Iowa.” Friday was National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day and a campaign is underway to increase recognition of the risks and symptoms, improve detection and treatment, and ultimately save lives.

“Heart valve disease can be there at birth or you can develop it from damage later in life, just from wear and tear to getting older,” Peschin says. “Age is the greatest risk factor for heart valve disease, especially if you’ve had a heart attack, or you have diabetes or hypertension. Those all put you at higher risk.”  The best ways to avoid heart valve disease are familiar, maintaining a good diet and getting routine exercise. Still, the symptoms of heart valve disease are varied and sometimes don’t show up at all. “You could have shortness of breath or dizziness or tightness or discomfort in the chest,” Peschin says. “You might feel exceptionally tired or get a swollen belly, ankles or feet, but a lot of people with heart valve disease don’t have symptoms, even if their disease is severe.”

Just by listening to your heart, a physician should be able to detect a heart murmur, which is often the most important clue. She says heart valve disease can usually be successfully treated with valve repair or valve replacement in patients of all ages and ethnicity. A recent study found about 40-percent of people have never heard of heart valve disease and only one in four know even some details about this serious disease.

More on the web at www.valvediseaseday.org or www.agingresearch.org

The Audubon County Secondary Roads Department reports County roads are completely ice covered this morning, state highways are partially covered. Plows will be heading out before 7 am to get some material on the hard surface county roads. There are a lot of vehicles sitting on the shoulders due to adverse driving conditions overnight. If you have a vehicle sitting on the shoulder please try to move it later this morning to aid us in the upcoming snow removal process. Stay safe and please do not travel unless it is absolutely necessary this weekend.