A massive fire burned through at least four buildings in downtown Vinton from Thursday evening until early Friday. The fire started in the Michael and Dowd furniture store

Firefighters tell us the Link Hydraulic building is a total loss after a fire this morning. It started shortly after 4:00 a.m. off of Westside Court. Firefighters saw a lot of flames when they got there. The Dubuque Fire Chief says someone nearby called it in. He says the fire started in the left side of the building.

Dubuque saw less crime last year. The police department's annual report shows the number of violent crimes fell 16 percent. Property crimes dropped 11 percent from the year before.

Authorities have identified a person killed in a northwestern Iowa house fire as a 10-year-old girl. The Sioux City Journal reports that Riley Meyer, a third grader at Central Lyon Elementary School, died when her family's house in George burned early Sunday.

Fire crews in Norwalk battled an overnight house fire and the extreme temperatures for several hours. The fire started at 1 a.m. at a home at 11711 Dakota Street. Fire officials said a family of five was able to escape the blaze. The home was fully engulfed when fire crews arrived.

In a press conference on Monday, Ames Police Commander Geoff Huff described the victim of a brutal sexual assault as a true survivor. After 13 months of investigating the assault, police arrested Devontez Voigts. He is currently being held in the Story County Jail on a $2 million bond, facing several charges including sexual assault and kidnapping.

A person was rescued from the Mississippi River in Muscatine just before 4:30pm. Officials say a 911 call first alerted dispatchers that a subject was in the water along the riverfront. Upon arrival, first responders found a person in the open water portion of the river. The fire department says that crews had to clear an opening in the ice that was large enough to fit a boat through in order to launch rescue personnel and paramedics into the river to save the subject.

One of the teens charged with arson in the fire that destroyed the Cedar Bridge in Madison County last April has accepted a plea deal. Court documents show Joel Davis, of Norwalk, pleaded guilty to second-degree arson as part of a plea deal.

One person is dead after a fire broke out at a home in George, Iowa.

A farm near Williamsburg is now safe thanks to the help of a good Samaritan couple

A woman was arrested after leading police on a high speed chase through Burlington and West Burlington on Friday, February 2 just before midnight. Police say an officer with the Burlington Police Department tried to pull over Aaliyah Vandyon Williams, 23, of Burlington for a suspected narcotics violation.

Anthony Vincent Ettore, 52, of Wilton, IA was sentenced today for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and also, on a separate charge, for possession of methamphetamine for personal use. He was also found guilty of driving while his privilege to do so was revoked, according to the Muscatine County District Attorney

A help an officer call is issued in Council Bluffs early Thursday morning. In a release, police say an officer was responding to a call of a suspicious vehicle near E Broadway and Frank Street around 3 a.m. when the officer fired shots while trying to take the driver into custody.

A Des Moines teenager faces several child pornography charges after police received a tip from an unusual source. Noah Notch, 18, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with 12 counts of possession of child pornography after police found out he had been using a cloud-sharing application to share and download graphic content.

Polk County deputies are investigating a chase Tuesday that ended in a crash north of Prairie Meadows. Authorities said the chase started just before 5:00 p.m. when Des Moines officers spotted a reported stolen vehicle.

Newton Police are looking for suspects involved in a drive-by shooting. The shooting happened on Sunday night in the 1100 block of W. 15th Street on the west side of town. Neighbors are now shaken, saying this is a safe area. Police say this is the first drive by shooting in Newton in nearly 20 years.

The Iowa County Sheriff, Rob Rotter, tells TV9 the building was destroyed and no one was hurt in the fire.

An 18-year-old man is facing charges after two Sioux City teenagers died after being stabbed over the weekend. The Sioux City Journal reports that Sioux City Police arrested the 18-year-old not long after the victims were found in a neighborhood around 1:15 a.m. Sunday.

Fire caused damage to a food manufacturing facility in Ames. Firefighters were called to the Caremoli production plant along 580th Avenue

Officials said 21-year-old Kamilo Tongamoa, of Sun Valley, California, was arrested near the 100 block of Stanton Avenue before he was taken to the Story County Jail

One person is dead after a shooting in the area of 1300 Warren Street. Officers were called to the area for reports of shots fired around 11:15 p.m. on Friday January 26, 2018.

One person is in the hospital after trying to outrun police in a car chase that ended in a crash. Des Moines police responded to a call from a woman claiming she was being followed at around 3 a.m. on Saturday. When officers arrived, the suspect took off and police pursued them. The chase ended when the vehicle crashed at 17th and School Streets

Police have arrested a man already in custody on a first-degree murder charge in the shooting death of another Des Moines man last year. Police say Alonzo Marlon Gibbs was arrested Thursday, following the end of his trial on federal firearms charges.

Authorities have arrested a state worker at the Iowa Capitol. The Iowa State Patrol says staffers at the House of Representatives noticed Wednesday morning that the woman was acting strangely and smelled of alcohol. Troopers say the woman became belligerent when they contacted her and say she pushed and kicked them, screaming as they escorted her out of the building.

Investigation finds Rock Island man killed in mine was seeking crystals

Des Moines police said a driver is in custody after an overnight chase. It started just before 2 a.m. at Saylor and Sheridan, a few blocks west of Grand View University. Police said the suspect crashed at East 14th & Hull, but kept on going.

A 46-year-old Omaha man and a 24-year-old Clarinda, Iowa, woman were arrested Tuesday in connection with a theft and assault-of-an-officer case in southwest Iowa. The Fremont County Sheriff's Office said the arrests grew out of a theft call at Orschlen Farm and Home Store in Shenandoah, Iowa.

An eastern Iowa man is now charged with vehicular homicide in connection to a man who was found dead in a vehicle beneath the ice of Lake Delhi earlier this month.

Cedar Falls Police are investigating a robbery at the Kay Jewelers store on Viking Road. Police Chief Jeff Olson said around 8:00 p.m. Monday, a man entered the store, took merchandise, and then sprayed the employees with pepper spray.

A man charge with murder will get his wish. Curtis Jones trial will move from Johnson County to Polk County because of media attention. His trial is scheduled for July. Jones is accused of shooting and killing a bail bondsman in April 2017 in Iowa City