MUSCATINE, IA (IRN) – A man from Davenport has been charged with Homicide by Vehicle after authorities found his vehicle submerged in the Mississippi River. 36-year-old Joshua Scott Peters’ vehicle was found with a dead body in it.

WINTERSET, IA (IRN) – Iowa’s oldest oak tree is clinging to life following last month’s EF-4 tornado that hit Madison County. The bur oak, which stands in Pammel State Park, sprouted in 1634, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. That’s nearly a full century before the birth of George Washington (1732). The rolling hills in the park have never been plowed, and the park contains 40 or 50 of the oldest oak trees in Iowa.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A new $58 million dollar hockey arena in Des Moines just got its final approval. The new Buccaneers arena is going up at Merle Hay Mall. The Iowa Economic Development Authority approved the plans to funnel $26.5 million into the project. The approval allows the Buccaneers to finish raising money, and start building. It will seat 3,500 fans, and the project is expected to be complete in fall of next year.

AMES, IA (IRN) – A research team at Iowa State University has won a prestigious award for developing a new way that could remove thousands of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year. The team won a $1,000,000 prize from XPRIZE Carbon Removal as a way to help advance its vision of removing a major greenhouse gas from the environment in the hope of slowing climate change.