Police in Council Bluffs have identified a woman who was struck by a car late Tuesday morning. Authorities say 50-year old Denise Webster, of Council Bluffs, was struck by a vehicle driven by 19-year old Kathryn Anderson, of Council Bluffs, at around 10:30-a.m., Tuesday. The accident happened at the intersection of Main and Kanesville Boulevard. Webster suffered critical head injuries during the collision, when she hit the car’s windshield. The accident remains under investigation.

Police said Tuesday, their investigation determined Webster was northbound on the sidewalk at the intersection. North and southbound traffic had a green light. Anderson was straveling outhbound from West Washington and turning east onto Kanesville Blvd.

As Anderson made her turn, she failed to see Webster and her bike crossing the roadway before hitting her. Webster was transported to the University of Nebraska Medical Center for treatment of her injuries. A report on her current condition was not available. No charges have been filed at this time.

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DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man shot during a struggle with a sheriff’s deputy in Davenport has died. Police say 27-year-old Davenport resident Robert Mitchell died at a hospital Tuesday night.
The shooting occurred around 1:10 a.m. Tuesday, just south of Interstate 80 on the north side of Davenport. Scott County Sheriff Tim Lane says Deputy Greg Hill pulled over Mitchell’s vehicle there, and an altercation occurred that led to Hill shooting Mitchell. A chase ensued. A female passenger got out nearby, and the chase ended when Mitchell’s vehicle stopped at a convenience store.

Investigators have not said whether Mitchell had a weapon or why Hill had pulled over his vehicle. Hill suffered minor injuries. He’s been placed on administrative leave in line with department policy.

Police in Creston say there were two arrests, Tuesday night. At around 11:30-p.m., 19-year old Erika Alexander, of Lucas, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center on 5th Degree Theft charge. She was subsequently released on a $300 bond. And, 50-year old Jack Howard Davis, of Orient, was arrested at around 9-p.m. Tuesday, for Driving While Suspended. He was later released on a $300 bond, also.

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(Radio Iowa) – State health officials are issuing a call to action for lead poisoning prevention awareness to decrease childhood exposure. Kevin Officer, community health consultant at the Iowa Department of Public Health, says 60- to 70-thousand Iowa kids are tested for lead every year and as many as ten-percent are found to have high lead levels in their bodies. Officer says old houses are part of the problem. “If you live in a home that was built prior to 1950, then there should be an assumption that the paint in that home is lead paint,” Officer says. “Take a look. Is that paint chipping, is it peeling, is it somehow in bad condition and does it need to be repaired?”

In many parts of the U-S, lead in the water due to old pipes is a problem, but here in Iowa, old house paint is usually the prevalent culprit. Iowa is among the top states for pre-1950 housing and many contain lead paint. “Working with parents on hygiene, keeping kids hands clean and keeping the home clean,” Officer says. “Home cleanliness is one way to minimize and reduce that exposure in kids.”

This is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week which highlights ways parents can reduce children’s exposure to lead in their home environment and prevent serious health effects and learning disabilities. “One of the areas we want to focus on the most is testing kids at the earliest ages, which is 12 months,” Officer says. “One-year-olds, two-year-olds and three-year-olds, at the point where they’re really beginning to develop to catch it early.”

The three themes of this year’s Lead Poisoning Prevention Week are: Get The Facts, Get Your Home Tested, and Get Your Child Tested.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a woman stole about $40,000 from a Des Moines soccer club. Thirty-four-year-old Brandi Preul, of Carlisle, is charged with theft. Her attorney is Michael Culp, and he told The Des Moines Register that Preul will be pleading not guilty. She’s accused of stealing from the Greater Des Moines Over the Hill Soccer Club, which operates the Central Iowa Coed Soccer League. League commissioner Chris Beck says it has about 35 active teams and supports more than 500 players who play games around central Iowa.

Beck says Preul was the league’s commissioner earlier this year.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery officials say someone has won the record $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot. Mega Millions officials say a ticket purchased in South Carolina matches all six numbers in Tuesday night’s drawing. The massive jackpot is the world’s largest ever lottery grand prize. The winning numbers were 5, 28, 62, 65, 70 and Mega Ball 5. No details on where the winning ticket was sold were immediately available.
The jackpot has been growing since July, when a group of California office workers won $543 million. The lucky player overcame miserable odds. The chance of matching all six numbers and winning the top prize is 1 in 302.5 million. Mega Millions is played in 44 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Police in Council Bluffs say a convenience store was robbed early this (Wednesday) morning. The incident happened at around 1:12-a.m., at the Kwik Shop located at 3632 Ave G. Police say a man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with “Omaha” written on the back, a black mask, and light colored jeans, entered the store while brandishing a silver handgun. (See images below)

The suspect then left the store on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. He was described as being an Hispanic male between 20 and 30 years old, 5’06” tall, 250 pounds. The Council Bluffs Police Department is asking anyone with information to please call the Criminal Investigation Division at (712) 328-4728 or Crime Stoppers at (712)328-7867.

Kwik Shop robbery suspect (Still frame from surveillance video)

(Radio Iowa) — Three candidates are listed on the November ballot for the statewide post that will oversee elections for the next four years. Current Secretary of State Paul Pate is seeking reelection. Pate, a Republican, served as secretary of state for one term in the 1990s, then won another term in the office four years ago. Pate is emphasizing his role in shaping the new state law that requires new measures to verify the identity of voters. “You left your home, you locked your door at your house. You didn’t lock it because there’s a rash of burglaries in your neighborhood. You locked it because you valued the things inside that home,” Pate says. “and voting is one of
those things that we value.”

Deidre DeJear is the Democratic candidate for secretary of state. DeJear says Pate’s office hasn’t done enough to explain the “soft roll out” of the new law and it risks disenfranchising qualified voters. “I want to be the one that’s a champion for people’s voices and a champion for people’s votes and ensuring we’re getting as many eligible voters out there participating in the process,” DeJear says. DeJear was a voter outreach coordinator for President Obama’s 2012 Iowa campaign. She’s now a consultant to small businesses and non-profits. This is her first run for elected office. If DeJear wins this race, she would be the first black Iowan elected to statewide office.

The Libertarian Party’s nominee for Secretary of State is Jules Ofenbakh, an attorney from West Des Moines who’s a native of Russia. “The fact that Iowans have their constitutional right impeded upon by a voter ID is appalling to me,” she said at the State Fair. Ofenbakh’s family came to the United States 26 years ago as visitors and sought political asylum. She became an American citizen 16 years later.

The election is just 13 days away.