BURLINGTON, IA (IRN) – One person is dead and at least one other injured following several late morning shootings in Burlington. KBUR-radio reports one shooting happened just before 10 a.m., another at 10:30 a.m., and a third at 11 a.m. One man was killed while driving his car, and another man was hospitalized with a gunshot wound. Schools were placed on a precautionary lockdown.

WATERLOO, IA (IRN) – Waterloo Police were called to a home yesterday after someone reported a woman being beaten. KWWL-TV reports officers forced their way into the home where they found a woman with bruises and a bite mark to her forehead. 34-year-old Patrick Ian Berry was arrested and charged with assault domestic abuse.

ELDON, IA (IRN) – A southeast Iowa woman has been sentenced for stealing money from the Cardinal Community School District parent-teacher organization. KTVO-TV reports 33-year-old Ashley Jean Ingle of Eldon pled guilty last week to one count of second-degree theft. She was sentenced to five years probation and received a deferred judgment. Ingle stole around $10,200 from the PTO. The missing money came from fundraisers to designed to support the group.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A couple and their pets were rescued from a house fire in Des Moines Tuesday, according to KCCI-TV. A passerby noticed flames coming from the roof, and called 911. When firefighters arrived, they rescued the elderly couple, who didn’t know the roof of their home was on fire. A dog and three cats were also rescued.

JASPER COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Two people are in the Jasper County Jail after a chase Sunday on Interstate 80 where speeds exceeded 150 mph. WHO-TV reports 34-year-old Samuel Roberts of Oklahoma faces multiple charges, while 45-year-old Bridget Anderson, of Texas, is charged with allowing an unauthorized person to drive. It all started when Roberts refused to pull over for an Iowa State Trooper Sunday morning. Stop sticks ended the chase near Newton.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Three opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline began a hunger strike in a last-ditch effort to stop the controversial oil pipeline, which is nearing completion in Iowa. The Des Moines Register reports the group began fasting Monday outside the Iowa Utilities Board in Des Moines.

OELWEIN, IA (IRN) – A U.S. Marine from Oelwein who died fighting a World War II battle on the Pacific Ocean island of Betio was buried at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington on Monday. KCRG-TV reports Pfc. Wilbur Mattern, who was 23 when he died, had been unaccounted for since a Nov. 21, 1943, battle on the small island of Betio. The grave site of Mattern and 35 other Marines was found in June 2015. Family members say they believed his body had floated out to sea and would never be found.