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SOFTBALL SEASON: Valley Vs. Hoover

The softball season was supposed to begin Monday night, but Mother Nature had other ideas. Valley and Hoover were able to get underway on Tuesday.

The game was scoreless until Hoover’s Natalie Clark jacked one deep.

Valley came back for the win, 5-3.

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SEASON OPENER: Roosevelt Vs ADM Baseball

Roosevelt and ADM opened their baseball seasons Tuesday night.

The ADM Tigers came out strong with 3 runs in the first three innings.

The Roughriders got on the board in the fourth, but the Tigers held on for the win 6-2.

BANK ROBBERY: Police Arrest Suspect

Des Moines police say they’ve arrested a man suspected of robbing a bank on Monday and say he’s also the same person who robbed a different bank in April.

Officers arrested 30-year-old Beau Peterson overnight with the help of Ankeny police.

Peterson was found at a hotel in Ankeny and brought back to the Des Moines Police Department.

He’s charged with two counts of first degree robbery.

Police say he robbed the West Bank on East Euclid Monday around 1:30 p.m.  They say he showed a gun, and took money. Police say Peterson dropped $2,000 in the parking lot before he got into a car and drove away.

Police say an interview with Peterson led them to believe he also robbed the Community State Bank on East 33rd on April 23rd.

SUSPECT SOUGHT: East Side Bank Robbery

Des Moines police are looking for an armed robber who held up a bank on the east side Monday afternoon.

Police say a heavy-set white man in his 30’s walked into the West Bank on East Euclid around 1:30 p.m. and demanded money at gunpoint.

The teller complied and the robber made off with an undisclosed amount of money. Police say while he was running across the parking lot he dropped about $2,000 in cash.

The suspect then left in a black two-door Pontiac.

No one was hurt during the incident.

Anyone with information is asked to call Polk County Crime Stoppers at 515-223-1400.

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FINAL DAY: Coed State Track & Field

Mother Nature was on her best form this week and so were several of the high school athletes during the final day of the Coed state Track and Field meet.

With perfect conditions, more records fell at the Blue Oval.

4A sprint medley – the girls of Roosevelt are always tough and Agnes Sayeh anchored home a winner in 1:45.66. That’s a new state meet record.

Sayeh wasn’t done – 100 meter dash, Agnes edges out her teammate Jaylynn-Roberts Lewis in 12.16.  Dowling’s Jessica Campbell takes 3rd.

That trio squared off again in the 200 and they finished 1-2-3 again, only this time it was Campbell of Dowling in a photo finish at 24.77 seconds, she was a winner by 1-hundredth of a second. Sayeh 2nd, Roberts-Lewis 3rd.

It was a great showing from both the Waukee boys and girls.

APARTMENT FIRE: Firefighter Released From Hospital

A fire in Des Moines sent two people to the hospital Thursday night.

Crews responded to the apartment building on 9th Street just after 7:30 p.m.

Authorities say a firefighter fell through a hole in the floor and suffered a back injury. Investigators aren’t releasing the firefighter’s name, but say he was released from the hospital Friday.

A tenant was also treated for smoke inhalation.

The fire caused about $60,000 in damage and the residents had to be relocated.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

SPECIAL VISIT: Sesame Street At The Hospital

Special visitors spread cheer at Blank Children’s Hospital on Friday.

Elmo and Cookie Monster both ventured away from Sesame Street to dance and play with patients. A big furry hug went a long way to brighten these kids day at the hospital.

The characters are in town for a show at Wells Fargo Arena.