DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Bondurant man admitted to killing his entire family as part of a plea deal Monday. KCCI-TV reports Chase Nicholson faced charges for shooting and killing his parents and sister last April. Nicholson was arrested in Missouri just a day after the shooting. In court today, Nicholson withdrew his original not guilty plea, and has asked to be sentenced immediately.

WALNUT, IA (IRN) – A fire broke out Sunday morning at the Super 8 motel in Walnut. KSOM radio reports flames and heavy smoke were coming from the building when firefighters arrived. Thirty-one rooms were occupied, but no one was hurt. Twelve guest rooms and the pool area are either heavily damaged or destroyed. Around a dozen fire departments assisted.

WEBSTER COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A man died Sunday after exchanging several gunshots with an Iowa State Patrol trooper who was responding to a call west of Fort Dodge. The trooper found a man and woman involved in a dispute, and the man pointed and fired a handgun at the trooper. After exchanging several rounds at each other, the man was shot and killed; the trooper was not injured.

DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – One of two men charged in connection with a fatal shooting in Davenport last year has agreed to testify against everyone involved. The Quad-City Times reports 21-year-old Nakita Ronschel Wiseman Jr., of Bettendorf was one of five people involved in a robbery where 20-year-old Brady Tumlinson was shot to death last September.

LINN COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A Linn County standoff ended Sunday when deputies entered a garage and found the suspect dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. KCRG-TV reports earlier that evening a male had shot another, causing minor injuries.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Saturday was graduation day at Grand View University, and one student gave the term “graduation walk” a whole new meaning. WHO-TV reports Ankeny native Andrew Tressel was born with spina bifida, which has left him paralyzed from the waist down. Tressel hasn’t been able to use crutches for years, but surprised his parents and the entire university on the graduation stage with a walk to remember. His father said it was, “very exciting, a very proud moment for his mom and myself.”