DES MOINES, Iowa- On Saturday afternoon a man in a fishing boat got too close to the churning water at the Scott Street Dam and his boat got sucked in and stuck. He struggled to survive. Des Moines Fire Department Wet Team Two came to the rescue. Lt. Tad Stoner said the team used what's called a two-boat tether; the rescuing boat is tied to a second boat which is safe outside the strong current. The second boat can pull the rescue boat in and out if need be. The Des Moines Fire Department posted on Facebook photos of the rescue and an explanation for what happened. "A very low frequency, very ..read more

NEWTON, Iowa -- Racers geared up and tested the track at the Iowa Speedway on Thursday ahead of the Hy-Vee INDYCAR Race Weekend that takes place next month. Seventeen INDY NXT drivers tested the track by driving more than 1,350 laps at around 158 mph. INDY NXT Driver Christian Rasmussen has raced at the track before and said it was great to be back on the oval. "Super good to be back on an oval in general and kind of revving up for the weekend," he said. Ernie Francis Jr., also an INDY NXT driver, said he's enjoying the challenge that the track brings. "We're running pretty quick around here ..read more

"What we need to see is accountability and transparency. We've had none of that." Those were the words of James Woods, of Davenport, who - along with other members of the community - attended a Davenport Committee of the Whole meeting on Wednesday, when tensions and frustration ran high. A jam-packed room of community members spoke out about what they say are unanswered questions after the May 28 partial collapse of a downtown Davenport apartment building. The tragedy killed Branden Colvin Sr., Ryan Hitchcock and Daniel Prien, and left others injured and without shelter or belongings. The City ..read more

DES MOINES, IOWA -- A West Des Moines man sitting in his enclosed from porch was thrown out of his home when a truck hit the building on Thursday morning. It happened at the intersection 1st/63rd and Vine Street around 9:00 a.m. West Des Moines Police say a work truck pulling a utility trailer left the road and crashed into the porch. A man was sitting in the porch at the time was was thrown from the building as the truck crashed through the porch. The 28-year-old man, whose name isn't being released, landed in the yard. He suffered minor injuries. The driver of the truck, 60-year-old Scott Wr ..read more

URBANDALE, Iowa -- A man was arrested and charged Wednesday for allegedly videotaping his roommate while she was in the shower on multiple occasions. On May 27 the victim reported to the Urbandale Police Department that her roommate, 24-year-old Alexander Sutton, had taken multiple videos of her while she was changing and showering, court documents state. The victim gave officers Sutton's phone which contained several of the inappropriate photos and videos, an affidavit states ..read more

Mountaineer Nation is aiming to take care of one of its own. A GoFundMe page has been created for Gabe Osabuohien, the former WVU hoops star, who was injured in a vehicle accident over the weekend. According to social media posts and the fundraiser page, Osabuohien suffered various injuries, including a pair of broken vertebrae, a concussion, and a broken nose. The GoFundMe page was created Monday evening. It has a goal of raising $15,000 for the former Mountaineer enforcer. As of Noon ET on Tuesday, more than $5,600 has been raised in the roughly 16 hours since the page was set up. "WVU takes ..read more

The late-stage presentation of evidence to a Florida grand jury is the latest sign that former President Trump may face trial in Miami as prosecutors work to insulate the Mar-a-Lago case from legal challenges stemming from the location of the proceedings. Special counsel Jack Smith has for months been calling witnesses before a Washington, D.C., grand jury on the matter, but a recent flurry of activity in the case — just days after Trump’s attorneys met with Justice Department prosecutors in D.C. — has instead been in Florida. This week, a handful of witnesses have been appearing in Florida, i ..read more

VENICE, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida diver recently found a massive megalodon tooth while looking for shark teeth in Venice. Charter captain and diver Michael Nastasio told SNN that he has been hunting for shark teeth in Venice since 2011. Nastasio said his dive didn't start well. "I swam for probably 30 minutes before I found any material that looked good," he told the news station ..read more

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans. June 19th became of official federal holiday in 2021 but has been recognized in Iowa since 2002 and celebrations this year begin June 9th with the Iowa Juneteenth Kickoff at Mainframe Studios in Des Moines from 5pm-8pm. Living History Farms will host a celebration in Urbandale at 9am on June 10th. The following day on June 11th Hoyt Sherman will be taken over by a Gospel Celebration at 6pm. An informative and educational panel on Iowa Juneteenth titled "Free to Be," will begin at 5:30pm inside the State ..read more

The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down Alabama’s Republican-drawn congressional map, ruling that it likely violates the Voting Rights Act by diluting the power of Black voters, a surprising resolution to a case many thought would be won by the state. In a 5-4 decision, the court affirmed a lower ruling that ordered the GOP-led state to create a new map with an additional majority-Black district. Alabama’s map included one majority-Black district out of the state’s seven total districts, despite 27 percent of state's population being Black. The ruling rejects an effort to further narrow ..read more