BUTLER COUNTY, IA (IRN) – One adult and two children were injured after their car crashed into a train on Sunday in Parkersburg. According to an Iowa State Patrol crash report, Aleshia Meeks, 28, failed to yield to a train that was traveling westbound. Meeks was critically injured and was airlifted to a nearby hospital. Two children aged four and one were also injured and taken to hospitals.

VAN METER, IA (IRN) – Dallas County authorities are searching for a man who went underwater in the Raccoon River. At about 4:30 p.m. Sunday, rescue crews from several metro-area agencies rushed to the scene in Van Meter. Initial reports indicated that tubers were in distress. A man in his mid-30s went underwater, and authorities have not found him as of Sunday night.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A new fiscal year started on Friday, with state departments dealing with new budgets. There are also several new laws that are officially in place as of July 1. Among them are big changes to the state’s unemployment system. The number of weeks one is able to claim an unemployment check was reduced from 26 to16 weeks.

IOWA (IRN) – High heat and humidity as well as chances for thunderstorms are set to dominate the forecast this week, and today will kick things off with both. First, thunderstorms will be possible across Central and Northern Iowa through the morning hours. Once the scattered showers and storms are out of the way, the extra humidity from any rain that may fall plus another warm south wind, will push heat index values over 100 into the 105 degree range by the afternoon. A Heat Advisory will kick in at 1 p.m. for much of the state.