Des Moines RegisterThe Altoona Police Department launched a criminal investigation after a noose was found at the Facebook Data Center on Friday.A supervisor from Turner Construction — one of the companies working on construction at the Facebook Data Center — called police right before 6 a.m. on Friday after discovering the noose hanging from a Waldinger Plan Lock Box, a news release from the Altoona Police Department states.The noose was out of public view with no evidence suggesting an intended target, the news release adds."This disturbing offensive act will not be...…Des Moines RegisterThe Altoona Police Department launched a criminal investigation after a noose was found at the Facebook Data Center on Friday.A supervisor from Turner Construction — one of the companies working on construction at the Facebook Data Center — called police right before 6 a.m. on Friday after discovering the noose hanging from a Waldinger Plan Lock Box, a news release from the Altoona Police Department states.The noose was out of public view with no evidence suggesting an intended target, the news release adds."This disturbing offensive act will not be...WW…

Des Moines RegisterView CommentsSeveral hundred thousand gallons of manure spilled into a Lyon County creek Wednesday and, in a separate incident on the same day, another 10,000 gallons of manure also spilled into a Kossuth County creek that flows into the Des Moines River.In Rock Rapids, Bernie Baker of Rock Bottom Dairy reported spilling "several hundred thousand gallons of manure" after "an irrigation unit became stuck," according to an news release Wednesday evening.The manure flowed through fields, which included cover crops or pasture, before it eventually flowed...…Des Moines RegisterView CommentsSeveral hundred thousand gallons of manure spilled into a Lyon County creek Wednesday and, in a separate incident on the same day, another 10,000 gallons of manure also spilled into a Kossuth County creek that flows into the Des Moines River.In Rock Rapids, Bernie Baker of Rock Bottom Dairy reported spilling "several hundred thousand gallons of manure" after "an irrigation unit became stuck," according to an news release Wednesday evening.The manure flowed through fields, which included cover crops or pasture, before it eventually flowed...WW…

Des Moines Register The suspicious device found near an Ankeny polling place Tuesday has been confirmed to be a live pipe bomb.Lakeside Center, 400 NW Lakeshore Drive in Ankeny's Hawkeye Park, was evacuated after the pipe bomb was found in the parking lot around 9:30 a.m., according to a news release from Ankeny police. The incident disrupted voting for about 3 hours.The facility was being used as a  in which Ankeny Community School District asked for voters' approval of updated plans for how it will spend its revenues from the state's Secure an Advanced Vision for Education...…Des Moines Register The suspicious device found near an Ankeny polling place Tuesday has been confirmed to be a live pipe bomb.Lakeside Center, 400 NW Lakeshore Drive in Ankeny's Hawkeye Park, was evacuated after the pipe bomb was found in the parking lot around 9:30 a.m., according to a news release from Ankeny police. The incident disrupted voting for about 3 hours.The facility was being used as a  in which Ankeny Community School District asked for voters' approval of updated plans for how it will spend its revenues from the state's Secure an Advanced Vision for Education...WW…

Des Moines RegisterMore than two dozen people face drug and gun charges after authorities Wednesday morning on 45 properties across central Iowa.Rachel Scherle, assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, said in a news release Thursday afternoon that the charges stem from a joint federal and state investigation into the trafficking of firearms and drugs such as methamphetamine, cocaine, crack cocaine and marijuana. Wednesday's raids "resulted in the seizure of 37 firearms, three pounds of cocaine, one ounce of methamphetamine, 18 pounds of marijuana, 1.5...…Des Moines RegisterMore than two dozen people face drug and gun charges after authorities Wednesday morning on 45 properties across central Iowa.Rachel Scherle, assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, said in a news release Thursday afternoon that the charges stem from a joint federal and state investigation into the trafficking of firearms and drugs such as methamphetamine, cocaine, crack cocaine and marijuana. Wednesday's raids "resulted in the seizure of 37 firearms, three pounds of cocaine, one ounce of methamphetamine, 18 pounds of marijuana, 1.5...WW…

Des Moines RegisterA Kansas man who asked a judge to allow him a trial by combat with Japanese swords  in a child custody dispute with his Iowa ex-wife is sane, a court-ordered psychological evaluation has concluded.Now David Ostrom is seeking to have the court order that his ex-wife and her attorney undergo psychological evaluations as well.The judge in March ordered Ostrom, 40, to  and banned him temporarily from seeing his children without supervision. Ostrom, of Paola, Kansas, filed the motion for trial by combat on Jan. 3, asking the Iowa...…Des Moines RegisterA Kansas man who asked a judge to allow him a trial by combat with Japanese swords  in a child custody dispute with his Iowa ex-wife is sane, a court-ordered psychological evaluation has concluded.Now David Ostrom is seeking to have the court order that his ex-wife and her attorney undergo psychological evaluations as well.The judge in March ordered Ostrom, 40, to  and banned him temporarily from seeing his children without supervision. Ostrom, of Paola, Kansas, filed the motion for trial by combat on Jan. 3, asking the Iowa...WW…