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A teenage human trafficking victim who was initially charged with first-degree murder after she stabbed her accused rapist to death was sentenced Tuesday in an Iowa court to five years of closely supervised probation and ordered to pay US$150,000 restitution to the man’s family.Pieper Lewis, 17, was sentenced Tuesday after she pleaded guilty last year to involuntary manslaughter and willful injury in the June 2020 killing of 37-year-old Zachary Brooks of Des Moines. Both charges were punishable by up to 10 years in prison.Polk County District judge David M.

A screenshot from the dash-cam footage released by the Marshalltown Police Department DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa police released footage Wednesday which shows a police vehicle hitting a 4-year-old boy. According to a Facebook post for the Marshalltown Police Department, Officer David Danielson was patrolling a neighborhood roughly 53 miles north of Des Moines on May 20, when he collided with a child who was attempting to cross the street. In the dash-cam footage, Danielson can be seen driving past a white van which appeared to be an ice cream truck with a sign that says "stop for children." The child can then be seen entering the street in front of the van where he was struck by Danielson's vehicle. Police say the child was taken to a local hospital where he was treated for injuries to his right foot and lower leg. Warning: The footage below may be triggering or disturbing for some. "The police vehicle was being driven by Officer David Danielson. Officer Danielson was conducting a routine patrol through the area when the accident occurred.

DES MOINES, Iowa - Two Iowa officers are being credited for saving a man's life after they saw he was about to jump off a bridge. Their dashcam recorded their heroic efforts. Des Moines Police said earlier this month, officers Destiny McGinnis and Tim Morgan were patrolling when they saw an SUV pulled over with its flashing lights on the side of the road going over the bridge. The officers saw two men standing were outside the vehicle. "We thought they were arguing," McGinnis said in a video news release. RELATED: Heather Armstrong, mommy blogger known as Dooce, dies at 47As soon as the officers got out of their car, one of the men climbed over top of the bridge's railing. The second man grabbed the suicidal man's leg to try and pull him back over. A June 24-30 survey showed 25.5 percent of respondents aged 18-24 years had seriously considered suicide in the past month.The officers intervened and also grabbed the man to pull him back to safety. "I think his shoe fell into the river when I pulled him over," McGinnis added. The officers held the man down until medics arrived. The man told officers he was upset that his mother had died a year ago, and he wanted to end his life. "I wanted to cry," McGinnis continued.

reports that Sgt. Paul Parizek said an unknown number of suspects have been detained and three teens are in critical condition.Des Moines Public Schools were given the "all clear" by police after putting the high school on lockdown earlier on Monday, according to a tweet, and students will be dismissed "on time." Special agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Des Moines field office have been deployed to the scene to assist with investigations, the agency tweeted. FOX Television Stations has reached out to the Des Moines school district for comment.  AdvertisementThis story is developing.

Early this morning Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill that prevents mask mandates in K-12 schools and restricts city and county mandates to public property, according to the Des Moines Register.

Early this morning Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill that prevents mask mandates in K-12 schools and restricts city and county mandates to public property, according to the Des Moines Register.

Southwest Airlines says it was following the law when it stopped a boy with autism from flying because he refused to wear a mask.

DES MOINES, Iowa - A Des Moines woman has pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes for intentionally driving her SUV into two children in 2019 because she said she thought one was Mexican and the other was a member of the Islamic State group.Nicole Poole Franklin, 43, entered the pleas Wednesday in a Des Moines federal court to two counts of violating the U.S. Hate Crime Act for trying to kill the children in separate attacks because of their races.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – A journalist went on trial Monday on charges stemming from her coverage of a protest against racial injustice in Des Moines last year, after Iowa prosecutors defied international pressure to drop a rare effort to punish a working reporter.

DES MOINES, Iowa – Crop loss estimates from a rare wind storm that slammed Iowa in August have increased by more than 50%, a new report shows. The U.S.

DES MOINES, Iowa - School districts that plan to reopen classrooms in the fall are wrestling with whether to require teachers and students to wear face masks — an issue that has divided urban and rural schools and yielded widely varying guidance.The divide has also taken on political dimensions in Iowa, among other places, where Democratic-leaning cities like Des Moines and Iowa City have required masks to curb the spread of the coronavirus, while smaller, more conservative communities have left the decision to parents.“It’s a volatile issue,” said Mike McGrory, superintendent in Ottumwa, a district in the state's southeast corner with 4,700 students.