DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – One man is in the hospital after an early morning shooting in Davenport, according to WQAD-TV. Investigators determined the man had been in an argument prior to the shooting. Shell casings were recovered at the scene. No arrests have been made.

MT. VERNON, IA (IRN) – A 21-year-old Mt. Vernon man is in the hospital with serious injuries after an ATV crash. KCRG-TV reports John Philipp lost control of the ATV, hit a fence, causing it to roll over and pin him to the ground. First responders took him by helicopter to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

PLEASANT HILL, IA (IRN) – Police are investigating a string of 13 car burglaries that happened overnight in Pleasant Hill Thursday, according to WOI-TV. In every case the cars were left unlocked. Individuals are walking through the community, and trying car doors and if the car is found to be open, then they rummage through the vehicle. Police say lock your car, and don’t leave anything valuable in it.

GREELEY, IA (IRN) – An eastern Iowa woman is dead after an incident with a homemade cannon Saturday night in Greeley, according to KGAN-TV. The victim, 55-year-old Lori Heims, of Edgewood, was with friends in the backyard of a home, when they loaded and fired a homemade cannon. When the cannon fired, the rear portion of the barrel blew out, sending fragments flying. One of the fragments hit Heims in the head, causing the deadly injury.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – One person was killed Sunday in a single-vehicle crash just after 2:30 a.m. in Des Moines. KCCI-TV reports 24-year-old Dawood Nega and 23-year-old Bill Saywonson crashed into a traffic signal pole after Nega lost control. They were pulled from the car by witnesses just before it caught fire. Nega was hospitalized and Saywonson died on the scene. Coincidentally, one of the men who pulled them from the fiery crash was a friend.

CERRO GORDO CO., IA (IRN) – One person was taken to the hospital after an ATV rollover in Cerro Gordo County. KIMT-TV reports 40-year-old Brian Fessler was driving the ATV with two passengers, ages 9 and 12. The Polaris rolled while going up a steep hill. The two minors were not hurt, but Fessler was hospitalized.

MARSHALLTOWN, IA (IRN) – A World War II Navy veteran celebrated his 95th birthday in Marshalltown yesterday, according to WHO-TV. Joe Simms was born just hours before the fourth of July in 1921. Simms is still active. At his party he danced and sang — things his family says he’s done his entire life. His words of wisdom for us? “The most important thing is love. If you’ve never had love, you’ve missed everything,” he said. “Life is too hard not to love each other.”