BOONE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified two people whose bodies were found earlier this week inside a central Iowa home. Police say the bodies of 68-year-old Joyce Richeson and 39-year-old Jason Richeson were found inside the Boone home late Wednesday. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has called their deaths suspicious and says a handgun was found inside the home. Police did not specify the Richesons’ relationship, but a neighbor told Des Moines television station KCCI that a woman and her son lived in the home.

Boone police and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation are investigating. Authorities say they believe the deaths are an isolated incident and that the public is not in danger.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Sioux City police officer is recovering after his patrol vehicle was broadsided by a pickup truck. The Sioux City Journal reports that the crash happened around 2 a.m. Friday when Sgt. Terry Ivener was traveling northbound on a city street and was hit by an eastbound pickup.

Police believe the 29-year-old woman driving the pickup had been drinking and say charges are pending. Investigators say the woman ran through a yield sign and hit the patrol SUV. Sioux City Fire Rescue was called to cut Ivener from the mangled SUV by cutting off the driver’s side doors. Ivener was taken to a Sioux City hospital, where he was treated and released. The woman was also taken the hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

Two students who were reported missing this (Saturday) morning from the Clarinda Academy, have been located and apprehended in Otoe County, NE, and a car reported stolen from Clarinda was also found. Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers said the teens were found sometime around 11:50-a.m.

Earlier in the day, Brothers say the male students, ages 17 and 15 were reported missing by Academy staff at around 4-a.m. It was later reported a Buick LeSabre had been stolen from the 700 block of S. 22nd Street, in Clarinda.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific is renewing its campaign to urge people to stay off railroad tracks. The railroad has created a series of animated videos about the potential dangers of railroad tracks that Union Pacific posts on social media sites.

The short videos highlight the risks of taking a selfie on railroad tracks or posing for high school senior pictures on or near train tracks. The videos are designed to be easily shared on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other social media sites.

Federal statistics show that more than 400 people are killed nationwide each year while walking or standing on railroad property.

(Twitter track safety PSA here: https://twitter.com/UnionPacific/status/845290659573583873)

The Mid America Museum of Aviation and Transportation has ended years of searching after finding a model of the D-C-10 like the one that crashed at the Sioux Gateway Airport in 1989. Museum director, Larry Finley says they started searching for a model of the plane two years before the 25th anniversary of the crash of Flight 232.

He says they went through the 25th anniversary two-and-a-half years ago without out a large-scale model, and about six months later he got a phone call from a man who had a 1/12 scale model. Finley says this model has a 13-foot wingspan. The model was just a short distance away in Moorland, near Fort Dodge. Finley says they made change to the model to fit into the exhibit.

He says one of the board members took the plane to his workshop and repainted it into the colors of the plane that landed there in 1989. There were 296 people on board the plane when it suffered engine failure and 185 survived after it made the emergency landing. Finley says one side of the model is clear and you can see inside. He says it adds perspective to the work the emergency responders did to save the lives of so many passengers on that day.

“It lights up inside so people can see the seating configuration, and adds quite an impressive unit to our 232 display,” Finley says. The model now hangs above the Flight 232 exhibit at the museum in Sioux City.

(Radio Iowa)

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 8:15 a.m. CDT

(TAMA, Iowa) – One person is dead after a man and a woman tried to cross a road in eastern Iowa, Friday evening. The Iowa State Patrol says 41-year old Randolph Larry Papakee, Jr., of Tama, was struck by a Chrysler Town and Country van, as he and a woman were attempting to cross Highway 30 on foot. The woman made it across the road. The accident happened at around 7:50-p.m.. Friday. Papakee died from his injuries at the Marshalltown Community Hospital.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Sioux City man accused of firing at a Woodbury County sheriff’s deputy has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder. The Sioux City Journal reports that 24-year-old Melvin Spencer entered the plea Friday before in Woodbury County District Court. Authorities say a deputy had tried to pull over a vehicle carrying Spencer around 3:30 a.m. Feb. 26 and Spencer opened fire at the deputy, who shot back. Neither Spencer nor the deputy was injured, although another man in the car was.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Former University of Northern Iowa President Ben Allen will serve as interim president of Iowa State University following the resignation of Steven Leath. The Press-Citizen reported Friday that Allen will begin his interim role on May 9. His annual salary will be $525,000 _ the same as Leath. Leath announced his resignation Monday to take the president’s job at Auburn University.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A new report says Iowa’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.2 percent in February, its lowest level since 2001. Iowa Workforce Development announced Friday that the rate was two-tenths of a point lower than the 3.4 percent in January and was down six-tenths of a point from 3.8 percent a year ago. The national rate dropped to 4.7 percent last month from 4.8 percent in January.

MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — The mayor of Muscatine will have to wait until next month to defend herself to the City Council, which is considering her removal from office. The Muscatine Journal reports that the council met for 11 hours Thursday and listened to witnesses and lawyers talk about Mayor Diana Broderson. Broderson never got a chance to speak, however, so the council decided to reconvene April 1.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The police chief in northwestern Iowa’s Sioux City has announced plans to retire later this year. The Sioux City Journal reports that Chief Doug Young will retire at the end of September.

The 60-year-old Young has served on the Sioux City police force for 36 years — eight of them as chief. Young says he’s proud of how Sioux City’s police department has continued to stay with the times and has connected with its community.

Sioux City leaders will begin the search for a new chief this spring.

Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope is pleased to report the Sheriff’s Office K9 “Judge” will receive a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. “Judge” is s three-year old Belgian Malinois/Shepherd mix, who was been on the road in Fremont County and helping the surrounding counties for the past two-years.

Aistrope says “On behalf of the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, we would like to extend out thanks and gratitude to Vested Interest in K9’s, Inc., for their support to law enforcement and our four-legged partners.” K9 Judge’s vest will be embroidered with the sentiment “In memory of K9 Ty, California City Police Department“. Delivery is expected within eight to ten weeks.

Deputy Zac Buttercase & K9 “Judge”, part of the Southwest Iowa Highway Interdiction Team/Fremont County Sheriff’s Office.

Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. is a 501c (3) charity located in East Taunton, MA whose mission is to provide bullet and stab protective vests and other assistance to dogs of law enforcement and related agencies throughout the United States. The non-profit was established in 2009 to assist law enforcement agencies with this potentially lifesaving body armor for their four-legged K9 officers. Since its inception, Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. provided over 2,400 protective vests, in 50 states, through private and corporate donations, at a cost of over 1.9 million dollars. All vests are custom made in the USA by Armor Express in Central Lake, MI.

The program is open to dogs actively employed in the U.S. with law enforcement or related agencies who are certified and at least 20 months of age. New K9 graduates, as well as K9s with expired vests, are eligible to participate.

The donation to provide one protective vest for a law enforcement K9 is $1,050.00. Each vest has a value between $1,795 – $2,234 and a five-year warranty, and an average weight of 4-5 lbs. There is an estimated 30,000 law enforcement K9s throughout the United States. For more information or to learn about volunteer opportunities, please call 508-824-6978. Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. provides information, lists events, and accepts tax-deductible donations of any denomination at www.vik9s.org or mailed to P.O. Box 9 East Taunton, MA 02718.

(Update: A car has been reported as stolen. Authorities believe it is connected with the missing Clarinda Academy Students. Bronze Buick LeSabre, Iowa license BGU-806. STOLEN FROM 700 BLOCK SOUTH 22ND Street in Clarinda).

Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers reports this (Saturday) morning, that law enforcement and Clarinda Academy personnel are looking for two missing students from the Clarinda Academy. The male students were discovered missing by Academy staff at approximately 4:00 a.m.

One student is a Black male, age 17 ,6’1 200 lbs afro style hair, possibly dressed in all black. The second student is White, age 15, 5’8 160, short hair, possibly wearing red and orange. Direction of travel unknown. If observed contact law enforcement.

w/ Chris Parks

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