MAQUOKETA, IA (IRN) – One of two men who broke out of the Jackson County Jail in eastern Iowa has been given 10 years in prison. KCRG-TV reports 20-year-old Brian Willey was sentenced Friday. Willey and 19-year-old Andrew Combs were captured after a short foot chase March 6. The men had pried open a gate and escaped Feb. 28 from the jail in Maquoketa.

NEWTON, IA (IRN) – A shooting during a fight at a convenience store in Newton Monday night injured one man. WHO-TV reports police were called to the store on a report of a fight, and that a gun had been fired during the incident. When officers arrived no one was there, but they did find damage to the store’s front door and blood at the scene. They later located a 20-year-old male victim at a local hospital who was linked to the incident. He was treated for non-life threatening injuries and released.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – University of Iowa officials have confirmed an 18-year-old student was found unresponsive in a campus dorm room. KCRG-TV reports campus police responded to Daum Hall where witnesses said the student had been drinking earlier in the evening. They said he appeared to have a seizure and collapsed. He later died at the hospital. His death is under investigation.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines man faces charges after police say he beat his girlfriend with a baseball bat, severely injuring her. He then handed the bat to the woman’s daughter and told her to beat her mother with it. KCCI-TV reports 27-year-old Taner Mann was charged with assault causing bodily injury, child endangerment, and willful injury causing bodily injury. He’s in jail.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines homeowner had a rude awakening overnight, according to WHO-TV. A car left the road, sped through his yard, and crashed into the home. After the crash, the homeowner found a car dangling through the ceiling of a downstairs bedroom. No one was injured in the incident, and an investigation is underway.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Storm Lake Times won the Pulitzer Prize Monday for taking on agricultural organizations after the Des Moines Water Works sued the paper’s home county and two others over farm pollution. Art Cullen says his editorials were about government transparency. The counties tried to hide the names of the agricultural groups who were helping them fight the lawsuit with financial support until the 3,000-circulation newspaper exposed the names of the groups.