JASPER COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A central Iowa man died Friday night in a wrong-way crash on U.S. Highway 65 in Jasper County. Ronald Vasey, of Maxwell, was driving north in the southbound lanes near Collins when his 2020 Kia Soul collided with a semi-truck headed south around. Vasey, 79, died at the scene.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A man has been arrested more than one year after a shooting at a former Des Moines bar. Court documents say on March 19, 2022, 39-year-old Floyd Couch, of Minneapolis, got into a dispute with the victim at Whiskey River bar. Couch pulled out a gun and shot at the victim, but missed. As the victim tried to get away, Couch continued to follow the victim, shooting him twice. The victim was shot once in the upper torso and once in the leg.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Iowa City Police responded to the Clock Tower Parking Ramp Saturday night after officers heard multiple shots fired. They found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds on the sidewalk by the parking ramp. He was taken to a hospital for serious injuries. The suspect was last seen fleeing the area on foot with several other people involved in an altercation before the shooting.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines Police officers saved a two-week-old infant from a hot, locked car on Thursday. Officers arrived at the Primary Health Care Clinic in Des Moines and found a two-week-old infant inside of a locked car. The infant appeared to be unresponsive, so officers broke the car’s window. The baby’s parents were inside the clinic. The infant was unharmed, but one officer received lacerations to his hand.

MOUNT VERNON, IA (IRN) – Cornell College had its graduation on Saturday, but for one Eastern Iowa man the ceremony was especially meaningful because it was 80 years in the making. Fred Taylor is 101 years old. He was finally able to take part in his graduation ceremony getting his degree in music. He wasn’t able to attend his ceremony the first time because he left school to serve during World War II in the United States Army.