DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A motorcyclist remains in critical condition following a crash in Des Moines on Sunday. An investigation shows that the 40-year-old Des Moines man was traveling at a high rate of speed and weaving in and out of traffic prior to the crash. Police said a 20-year-old Des Moines woman driving a Chevrolet Impala turned into the path of the motorcycle and the motorcycle crashed into the passenger side of her car.

MUSCATINE, IA (IRN) – A Muscatine man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the shooting death of his girlfriend. David J.S. Hatfield called police in October 2019, and said 18-year-old Kaitlyn Palmer had tried to commit suicide by shooting herself. Hatfield later admitted to shooting Palmer.

WAPELLO COUNTY, IA (IRN) – The Ottumwa Police Department found the body of a missing woman Sunday. 60-year-old Helen Elizabeth Showalter’s family reported her missing on Saturday. She was last seen walking away from a vehicle near the Garrison Rock Park in Wapello County. Her body was found in the Des Moines River, and police have ruled her death suspicious.

OTTUMWA, IA (IRN) – Armadillos have made their way to southern Iowa. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has been tracking the animals for nearly four years and they have confirmed 17 sightings just in 2021 alone. Armadillos join us from the south, but officials say they can’t survive the harsh winters here in Iowa. The DNR asks if you see one, take a photograph and send it to them.