MILLS COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Mills County sheriff’s deputies took a man into custody following a pursuit involving a stolen vehicle early Tuesday. KETV reports law enforcement had tried to pull over the vehicle for a traffic stop before 1:30 a.m. The vehicle took off and deputies followed. The driver eventually stopped in a field where he jumped out and tried to run. Officers followed, and he surrendered. Investigators said they found methamphetamine and a gun on the man. The vehicle was reported stolen out of Omaha.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – The Cedar Rapids Police Department is investigating a shooting that took place early Monday morning in Cedar Rapids. Officers were dispatched to a report of a person down in the alley. Officers found a 20-year-old male who had sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The injury is considered serious.

BETTENDORF, IA (IRN) – A man was stabbed during a fight with another man in Bettendorf Saturday. WQAD-TV reports he was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Authorities say the two men involved knew each other and there is no threat to the public.

MANCHESTER, IA (IRN) – A judge has ordered that bears, mountain lions, a camel, and other exotic animals be removed from an eastern Iowa roadside zoo. KCRG-TV reports a district court judge found the Cricket Hollow Zoo near Manchester to be a nuisance and that the exotic animals at the site must be placed at accredited sanctuaries or zoos.

LUCAS, IA (IRN) – Farmers gathered at the Kendall Brammer farm northwest of Lucas on Monday to help finish harvest. WHO-TV reports Brammer couldn’t finish the harvest, as he is battling cancer. Brammer has Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and has been hospitalized since the first of November.