(Radio Iowa/KJAN) – Saturday is the second National Drug Take Back Day. The head of the Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy, Suzie Sher, encourages everyone to take part. “You can bring back any unused or unneeded medication to this event, any expired prescriptions or extra medications you have in your medicine cabinet at home, it’s a great time to clean out those cabinets and have a safe and anonymous way to properly dispose of those medications,” she says. Sher says there are two national take back days every spring and fall. “It’s a proper, safe way to dispose of those medications. It keeps them out of the hands of people who might either intentionally or unintentionally get a hold of those medications,” Sher. She says more than five-thousand (5,077) pounds of unneeded medicine was turned in at the first event in April.

Sher says if you miss the event this Saturday, there are other ways to properly dispose of the medication. “Iowa has 400 or so permanent drug take back sites. They’re in every county, in pharmacies, in law enforcement centers. You can go to the D-P-S website. We’ve got a map,” she says. Sher says the permanent sites offer a good option year-round. “And those are anonymous, you can go safely dispose of your medications, and they’ll take care of it from there,” she says.

A reminder too, that the Atlantic Elks Lodge and Atlantic Police Department are teaming up this year for “Drug Take Back Day.” The event will take place Saturday, Oct 26th from 9 am to 11 am at the Atlantic Elks Lodge, with a drive through drop off in front of the Elks lodge at 411 Walnut St next to the police station.  Nationwide, Saturday’s National Prescription Drug Take Back events will operate from 10:00 a-m until 2:00 p-m at designated sites across Iowa. You can also get rid of vaping devices and e-cigarettes as long as the batteries are removed from the devices.

For more information or to find a site near you, visit: https://www.dea.gov/takebackday

(Red Oak, Iowa) – A woman from Red Oak was arrested Thursday night on a Montgomery County warrant. According to Red Oak Police, 40-year-old Chandra Christine Baggett was taken into custody in the 200 block of 1st Avenue at around 7:40-p.m. She was wanted on a warrant for Harassment in the 3rd Degree. Baggett was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 bond.

DES MOINES, Iowa — [KCCI] – The U.S. Marshals Service arrested a fugitive they say has been on the run for almost two months after cutting off an ankle monitor. Investigators say 25-year-old Kyle Boutchee was located at an apartment off of School Street around 2 p.m. Thursday. According to reports, he jumped from a second-floor window to get away from authorities. Boutchee was taken into custody at 10th Street and Keosauqua Way.

The Marshals Service says Boutchee was initially sentenced to more than five years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. That was in 2020. He was furloughed in May and placed on house arrest. Then, on Aug. 28, officials say he cut off his ankle monitor and disappeared.

Boutchee is now being taken to the Polk County Jail.

DES MOINES, Iowa [WHO-TV] — Police say a man who sought treatment for a gunshot wound at a Des Moines fire station Wednesday afternoon, likely shot himself and charges are pending in the incident.

Officers with the Des Moines Police Department responded to Des Moines Fire Department Station #4 at 917 University Avenue after a 43-year-old man showed up around 3:00 p.m., suffering from a gunshot wound to the arm. DMPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Parizek said the man told officials he had been shot in a drive-by shooting in the 1200 block of 9th Street.

Officers did find a scene in the roadway and the investigation led officers to a residence in the 1200 block of 10th Street. Sgt. Parizek said a handgun, which was later determined to be stolen out of Indiana, was located outside the residence.

Investigators found evidence that the drive-by shooting the man claimed was the source of his injury did not occur. The gunshot wound to his arm was likely self-inflicted, said Sgt. Parizek.

Police have learned the man who was injured is a felon and is prohibited from possessing a firearm. He remains hospitalized, but charges are pending.

DMPD has not yet released the man’s name.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) – The Davenport Police Department has opened a death investigation after a body was found in the Mississippi River.

Thursday at approximately 1:03 p.m., the Scott Emergency Communications Center received the report of a body found in the river on the LeClaire Park riverfront, according to a media release from police. Upon arrival, police and fire said they found the body of an adult woman in the river.

The medical examiner investigator indicated the body appeared to have been “in the river for an extended period of time,” according to the media release. An autopsy has been scheduled to determine the identity and cause of death.

This incident remains under investigation, police said.