CLARKSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a boy died after an accidental shooting in northeastern Iowa. Butler County Sheriff Jason Johnson says in a news release that the shooting was reported around 4:45 p.m. Thursday in rural Clarksville. Officers and medics sent to the scene found three people, all under 18. The names of the boy, the others involved and how the shooting occurred have not been released. The shooting is being investigated.

Officials with the Creston Police Department said today (Friday), that a man residing in the 300 block of N. Division Street in Creston, reported late Thursday morning, that someone had broken out the back window of his vehicle. The incident happened while the vehicle was parked in a parking lot overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning. The damage was estimated at $300.

(7-a.m. News)

PLYMOUTH, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a man killed in northern Iowa after a train struck a chemical sprayer being towed by the tractor he was driving. The accident occurred around 8 a.m. Tuesday at a spot northeast of Plymouth, in Worth County. The Iowa State Patrol says 59-year-old Brian Nack didn’t stop the tractor at a rail crossing that’s marked by a crossing sign and a stop sign. The train hit the sprayer and dragged it and the tractor several yards. Nack died after being ejected. The patrol says he lived in Grafton.

Davenport police say child abuse caused the death of a five-year-old boy. A family member says JaShawn Bussell had numerous injuries and died Tuesday after being taken off of life support in Iowa City. She says the boy was beaten to death. Police are looking for 26-year-old Tre Henderson, the live-in boyfriend of JaShawn’s mother. A police affidavit says the little boy was not taken in for medical attention for four days in spite of signs that something was wrong.

(Radio Iowa)

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Cedar Rapids police say a man died after a car rolled over him. Officers and medics were sent to the accident site around 6 p.m. Thursday. They found the man trapped under the car in a driveway. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say there was no one in the car when it rolled. The man’s name and other details haven’t been released.