AMES, IA (IRN) – A 21-year-old Iowa State University student suffered serious injuries when he jumped off the roof of the Delta Delta Delta sorority house in Ames, according to KCCI-TV. Officers were called out to the house on a report of a man on the roof. When they went up the fire escape, they heard a noise and it was the man hitting the ground. Matthew Beth of Ames, was taken by air ambulance to Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines and is in critical condition. Police believe he was drunk.

KEOTA, IA (IRN) – The roof of the Keota High School gymnasium caught fire on the fourth of July, according to KCII-Radio. The fire created a 15 by 20 foot hole in the rubber roof of the gymnasium. The cause of the fire in under investigation.

AMES, IA (IRN) – Ames police say there has been a run of vehicle vandalism in their city. KCCI-TV reports 18 vehicles parked on the street or in driveways were hit. Residents woke up Monday to their cars damaged. Most of the vehicles had tires slashed but broken mirrors and keyed cars were also reported.

NORTH ENGLISH, IA (IRN) – A fire destroyed a building in North English Monday and caused heavy smoke damage to the pharmacy next door. KCRG-TV reports the building was engulfed when firefighters arrived. The cause is under investigation. No one was hurt, but some pets were lost.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa DNR reports that more than 700 vessels containing more than 2,200 boaters were contacted as part of Operation Dry Water last weekend. The operation was part of a drunken boating crackdown. 227 citations or warnings were issued, with most of the citations for not having the proper safety equipment onboard. 10 boating while intoxicated arrests were made. One-third of all boating fatalities nationally involve alcohol.

TRUMPLANDIA, EARTH (IRN) – Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is reportedly being considered as a potential running mate to Donald Trump. Trump tweeted that he is meeting with her today. It’s unclear if Ernst is interested in the position.

PLANET JUPITER (IRN) – A little piece of Iowa landed on Jupiter yesterday, according to KCCI-TV. The solar-powered Juno spacecraft is on the final leg of a five-year, 1.8 billion-mile trip to the largest planet in our solar system. An instrument onboard the probe was designed and built at the University of Iowa. The “Waves” instrument will analyze Jupiter’s auroras, which are about 1,000 times more intense than Earth’s Northern Lights.