Thursday, May 27th, 2021

Testifying in court on Wednesday, Cristhian Bahena Rivera denied killing Mollie Tibbetts in 2018, saying instead that two armed men forced him to drive them around as they abducted her. IPR’s Kate Payne explains that he said he didn’t tell officers the truth because the men threatened his family. An annual report on local health has found nearly one in five Iowa households do not have access to broadband. We get details on the report from IPR Health reporter Natalie Krebs. Plus, the Des Moines International Airport is seeing a spike in travelers for the Memorial Day holiday weekend that looks more similar to a pre-pandemic level of travel.