(Radio Iowa) – Waterloo police are investigating another fatal shooting, the city’s third in a span of eight days. The latest incident happened early Sunday morning, just after midnight. Police say officers were responding to a report of disorderly conduct near West Fourth and Jefferson Streets, a downtown area where several bars are located. As officers arrived, they heard numerous shots fired and saw several people running from the area. Police say officers found a male lying on the sidewalk suffering from a gunshot wound. Officers tried lifesaving measures on the victim prior to the ambulance arriving. He was taken to a Waterloo hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later. Authorities have not yet identified the victim.

There were two deadly shootings in Waterloo last weekend. On May 15th, a 23-year-old man died, and two women were injured in an early morning shooting. Later that night, 43-year-old Tanniaah Spates was killed by 50-year-old Tony Flowers in her apartment, and then Flowers later shot and killed himself in what Waterloo police labeled a murder-suicide.

MANNING, Iowa — Democrat Dave Muhlbauer, of Manilla, has announced the launch of his campaign for U.S. Senate against GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley. Muhlbauer is a fifth-generation family farmer, former Vice Chairman of the Crawford County Board of Supervisors and member of the Iowa Association of Counties, generational Democrat and lifelong Iowan. In a video released today (Monday), Muhlbauer says, “Iowa has been my home all my life. This is where I live, where I grew up, where I’m raising my family. Having the grassroots connection to Iowa and its soil is who I am. It’s why I’m running for Senate. We have the possibility to make Iowa a leader, through farming and education, infrastructure and health care.”

Dave Muhlbauer (D) candidate for U-S Senate. (Ballotready.org photo)

Muhlbauer’s campaign says he running against GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley, “as a voice for the little guy— the working families, farmers, and rural communities— who have long been left behind by the politicians and policies in Washington, D.C.”   His staff say as a farmer raising corn, beans, alfalfa, hogs and cattle, Muhlbauer has seen first-hand the devastation of rural communities at the hands of policies that cater to corporate interests and profits instead of working people.

He says he’s running to give the people of Iowa a seat at the table and improve the lives of all Iowans through common sense changes like expanding access to health care, technologies like broadband and fiber optic internet, combating climate change through sustainable agriculture, and raising wages to make the state a national leader once again so workers and young people see long-term opportunities in their own communities.

In the coming days, Muhlbauer will make campaign stops across the state, including Mason City, Cedar Falls and Waterloo, Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, Dubuque and Davenport, Des Moines, and Sioux City.

The Creston Police Department reports five arrests over the past few days. Early this (Monday) morning, 38-year-old Angel Rodriguez, of Creston, was arrested for OWI/1st offense. He was also cited for Failure to Provide Proof of Financial Liability (Insurance)/accident related. Rodriguez was being held in the Union County Jail on a $1,000 bond. Sunday evening, 33-year-old Jeffrey Hoffman, of Creston, was arrested on an Adams County warrant for Failure to Appear, on an original Violation of a No Contact Order, charge. Hoffman was released to Adams County Deputies.

Sunday morning, 27-year-old Zakary Titus, of Creston, was arrested at his home for Domestic Abuse Assault causing injury. He was being held in the Union County Jail on $1,000 bond. Late Saturday morning, 34-year-old Shaune Tindle, of Creston, was arrested for Driving While Suspended, and Possession of a Controlled Substance/1st offense. Tindle was later released on a $1,300 bond.

And, Friday evening, 29-year-old Dalton Cormeny, of Creston, was arrested for Interference with Official Acts, Driving While Barred, and for two-counts Possession of a Controlled Substance/2nd offense. He was later released on $5,300 bond.