BURLINGTON, IA (IRN) – Authorities in southeast Iowa say a 17-year-old driver has minor injuries after crashing his car into a pond at a golf club. KGAN-TV reports the teen was speeding early Monday in Burlington and lost control of his vehicle at a curve. The car slid sideways, entered Flint Hills Golf Course and eventually went into a pond on the eighth hole. The teen returned to land before his vehicle was fully submerged into the water. He was intoxicated.

OMAHA, NE (IRN) – A man who was shot to death in Omaha on Saturday had been acquitted of first-degree murder in the 2001 death of his girlfriend. The Omaha World-Herald reports 40-year-old Carlos A. Alonzo was was acquitted in 2005 in the death several years earlier of his girlfriend, Teresa Windham. The 17-year-old Windham disappeared from a Council Bluffs motel where she was staying with Alonzo. Her body was later found near Fremont.

SABULA, IA (IRN) – A 21-year-old Clinton man has drowned in a lake near Sabula this weekend. KCRG-TV reports Eugene Kemp Jr. died at a hospital after being found in a small lake Saturday afternoon. The incident remains under investigation.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Police in Des Moines are investigating an incident involving a car that crashed into an apartment building early Sunday morning. WHO-TV reports police were called to the apartments around 6 a.m. where a car had crashed into a first-floor apartment. One person was in the bedroom at the time of the wreck but wasn’t hurt. The driver of the car claims he was hit by a truck that made him spin into the building.

CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – A Freedom Rock completed last fall in Cedar Falls was vandalized Saturday night. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports spray paint was used to damage the rock. Greenfield artist Ray “Bubba” Sorensen II painted the rock, which includes images of the Five Sullivan Brothers killed in World War II. A memorial service scheduled for today at the rock will proceed as planned.

BOONE, IA (IRN) – The facade of a historic building in Boone partially collapsed Sunday afternoon, according to KCCI-TV. No one was hurt when part of the Boone History Center’s facade came crashing down. The director of the center has been pushing for repairs since winter.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Paralyzed at age 16, Hunter Stoneburner thought he’d never walk again. KWWL-TV reports this weekend he walked across the stage for his high school graduation in Des Moines. After a stroke put him in a wheelchair, Stoneburner thought he’d never walk again. Two years and two brain surgeries later, he’s beaten the odds. Stoneburner says “there were a few times I wanted to give up but I just kept on fighting.” He plans to take business classes at college, and hopes to open up his own business one day.