Governor Terry Branstad has signed a bill into law that lets first responders and others administer a drug that counteracts an opiod overdose. “This legislation is a positive step forward in decreasing the tragedies that an opiod overdose can have on Iowans and their loved ones,” Branstad says.

Kim Brown is a registered nurse from Davenport. Her son died of a heroin overdose in 2011. He wasn’t alone at the time and she thinks if a friend or family member had been able to give him Naloxone, he might be alive today. “You cannot rehab a dead kid,” she says. “And once they’re dead, there’s no coming back.”

Iowa now joins 45 other states which let anyone administer Naloxone to revive someone who’s overdosed and stopped breathing. Branstad has signed more than 30 bills into law during the past 24 hours. That includes legislation that offers a new state tax credit to businesses that come up with new products from what’s left over after ethanol and biodiesel are made.

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It would be easier to prosecute so-called “peeping Toms” under legislation that has won approval in the Iowa House and the Senate. Senator Kevin Kinney of Oxford says the bill expands the legal definition of trespassing. “To ensure that unscrupulous persons who film you when you are in your home or apartment can be punished appropriately,” he says.

The bill has been championed by a University of Iowa graduate who was secretly filmed in her Iowa City apartment by the landlord. The bill makes that kind of invasion of privacy an aggravated misdemeanor and removes the requirement that prosecutors must prove the accused was sexually excited by what he or she saw. Representative Chris Hall of Sioux City points out not a single legislators voted against the bill this year.

“An iteration of this bill is something that we saw and debated last year,” Hall says. “It’s taken time. It’s taken indepth discussion. I believe that, as amended, this bill will provide protections to Iowans of all backgrounds.” The bill now goes to the governor for his signature or veto.

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A man from Dallas County died Wednesday, during a single-vehicle accident in Polk County. The Iowa State Patrol says according to witnesses, for reasons unknown, a 2015 Volvo SUV driven by 64-year old John J. Lint, of Dallas Center, veered off Interstate 80 westbound at around 3:50-p.m., and entered the north ditch, where it struck a tree before coming to rest. The accident happened on the north side of Des Moines, about a mile west of the Highway 69 exit to Ankeny. Lint was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident remains under investigation.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Leaders in the split Iowa Legislature have announced a compromise on spending targets for the next state budget, though details remain vague. Lawmakers in the Democratic-controlled Senate and Republican-majority House released joint budget targets Wednesday that propose the state spend about $7.34 billion in the fiscal year that begins in July. That is slightly below an earlier estimate.

The set of overall spending targets will allow legislative subcommittees to begin work on bills that will make up the state budget. Most targets propose slightly higher spending for the different areas of state government, but there’s no additional information on the real financial impact.

House Republicans say details will be ironed out. A key Senate Democrat said in a statement his chamber attempted to find common ground to avoid “gridlock.”

GRAND RIVER, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa father is facing charges after authorities found his infant child unresponsive. The Decatur County Sheriff’s Office says they received a report around noon Monday that a 3-month-old child was having trouble breathing. When emergency crews arrived at the Grand River home they found the infant was unresponsive. The child was taken to a Decatur County hospital and later air-lifted to a Des Moines hospital. Officials say the child remains on life support.

The infant’s father, 25-year-old Joshua Guill, has been charged with child endangerment causing serious injury. He is being held at the Decatur County Jail. Officials did not provide further details about the incident.

The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest of two individuals Wednesday on Credit Card Fraud charges.  At 2:28pm officers arrested 32-year-old Gordon Leroy Currin III of Des Moines and 40-year-old Misty Schalome Currin of Council Bluffs.  They were arrested in the 1800 block of E Summit Street.  Both suspects were charged with 3 counts of Credit Card Fraud and were taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $2,000 cash bond each.