IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – An athlete at the University of Iowa is recovering after he was shot in the knee. KWWL-TV reports Iowa City police responded to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics this morning on a report of a person with a gunshot wound. The victim is Samuel Paul Stoll, 22, of Iowa City, and is being treated for non-life threatening injuries. Several people were in a home when one person fired a gun, accidentally striking Stoll. Stoll is a wrestler at the University of Iowa. He’s an All-American and placed 5th at the NCAA championship last year.

BURLINGTON, IA (IRN) – A basement fire in Burlington was caused by acetone flumes and a natural gas water heater. KWQC-TV reports a contractor was working in the basement using acetone to remove old vinyl flooring. The fumes from the acetone were ignited by the natural gas water heater in a nearby room. The cause of the fire is considered accidental.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines man is behind bars after police say he raped a 74-year-old woman in a senior assisted living home. KCCI-TV reports the victim says Lonnie Jackson, 45, raped her because she wouldn’t give him money. Jackson is in Polk County Jail on charges including sex abuse, robbery, burglary and unauthorized use of credit cards.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A Cedar Rapids man who sold methamphetamine from his home near Wilson Middle School was sentenced to 17 years in prison. KCRG-TV reports after serving a search warrant at the home of 26-year-old Daniel Wayne Melsha, police found over 70 grams of “ice” methamphetamine and 41 guns. Released pending trial, Melsha cut off his GPS-monitoring bracelet, and was later found hiding in a camper parked inside a barn.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines woman found passed out at home Sunday is accused of regularly drugging her children so they sleep during the day. WQAD-TV reports 35-year-old Morgan Brown-Edmundson is charged with three counts of child endangerment. After neighbors found her 8-year-old son wandering the streets in a lethargic condition, police entered the home and took Brown-Edmundson and three children to the hospital for treatment. When asked how much alcohol she had drank that day, she replied, “more than enough and over the limit.”

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines firefighters are asking for donations of fans to help residents without air conditioners beat the heat. WHO-TV reports the department collects fans for Impact Iowa, which hands them out to people struggling to stay cool. They have received 49 fans so far this summer; and one woman alone dropped off 20. New fans can be dropped off at any of the 10 fire stations in Des Moines.