Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:00 a.m. CDT

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A Davenport man faces a first-degree murder charge after authorities say he killed his girlfriend during an argument. The Quad-City Times reports that 55-year-old Thomas James Lopez was charged following the woman’s death Sunday afternoon. Davenport police say Lopez assaulted 37-year-old Melissa Lewis at their home on Aug. 31. According to an affidavit, Lopez slapped, choked and pushed her, causing her to fall back and hit her head on a window sill.

CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — An overnight shooting at an event center in Clive has killed two people and injured two others. Authorities say 29-year-old Johnny Lee Ollie Jackson of Des Moines died outside of 7 Flags Event Center. Another victim, 44-year-old Kevin Lee Hall of Des Moines, died on the way to a local hospital. Authorities say 31-year-old William Dale Celander and 25-year-old Kelly Christopher Love Jr. suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.

FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) — A group plans to ask Lee County officials to create a task force to study the impact of increasing the county’s minimum wage. The Fort Madison Daily Democrat reports that county supervisors will discuss the issue at their meeting Tuesday. The request came from a group calling itself the Lee County Raise the Wage Coalition.

VENTURA, Iowa (AP) — A herd of 40 goats is helping to clear nuisance vegetation at an Iowa state park. The Globe Gazette in Mason City reports that the goats will graze on non-native honeysuckle, buckthorn and other plants that have crowded out native vegetation. The goats belong to “Goats On The Go” in Ames.

Anita Rescue and Wiota 1st Responder personnel along with Medivac Ambulance, were called to the scene of a rollover accident Monday evening on Interstate 80, in Cass County. The accident happened near the 66 mile marker of I-80 eastbound, at around 6:15-p.m. According to dispatch reports, two occupants of a Mazda were out of the vehicle when law enforcement arrived. The pair did not request transport to the hospital.

No additional details are currently available.

The governor has signed a proclamation declaring this week (September 5th through 11th) as Suicide Prevention Week. Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH), Suicide Prevention Program coordinator Pat McGovern says there’s a simple goal. “Really just wanting to raise awareness that suicide is an issue that affects many, many Iowans, many more than I think most people understand or believe,” McGovern says.

Health Department statistics show suicide is the tenth leading cause of death for all Iowans and the second leading cause of death for 15 to 24 year-olds and those ages 25 to 44. McGovern says you can help prevent a suicide by reaching out to friends, family and co-workers. He says it’s not always easy. “It really depends on your relationship, it’is different if a really good friend or a family member who you are really comfortable with — as compared to someone who you might work with and might socialize with at work — but not be friends with outside of work. So, it really does depend on the relationship,” according to McGovern.

He says it is important to take action regardless of the relationship. “The really bottom line is that it’s okay to ask someone how they are doing. It’s even okay to say ‘are you thinking about suicide, are you thinking about taking your own life?,'” McGovern says. “Again, that’s not a comfortable thing, that’s not something that comes naturally to most people. I am in that group. But it is okay to ask that. If someone is suicidal, asking them that question is not going to make them more suicidal.”

McGovern says asking someone about the issue could start a conversation that lets them know there is help available. He says if you addressing thoughts of suicide it isn’t something you have to tackle on your own. You can call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800- 273-TALK or go to www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You may also contact Your Life Iowa by calling (855)-581-8111, texting (855)-895-8398 (2:00 to 10 p.m. Central) or visiting www.yourlifeiowa.org.

McGovern says there are often signs that someone is considering suicide. “There are, and normally it’s not just one thing. We all have ups and downs, some days we are happier than others and that can be caused by any number of variables,” he says, “and feeling suicidal is the same way. It’s not just one thing in a vacuum. It’s normally a constellation of events or feelings or experiences.”

For more information about how to help someone, visit the Iowa Department of Public Health’s website at: idph.iowa.gov.

(Radio Iowa)

CLIVE, Iowa (AP) – An overnight shooting at an event center in Clive has killed two people and injured two others. Authorities say 29-year-old Johnny Lee Ollie Jackson of Des Moines died at the scene of the shooting outside of 7 Flags Event Center. Another victim, 44-year-old Kevin Lee Hall of Des Moines, died on the way to a local hospital.

Authorities say 31-year-old William Dale Celander and 25-year-old Kelly Christopher Love Jr. were hospitalized with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. Clive Chief Michael Venema says the shooting involved a personal dispute, and the public is not in danger. As many as 60 people were in the parking lot at the time of the shooting.

Authorities say the center had been hosting an event, and security staff had removed several people.

DES MOINES – An Omaha, Neb. man was injured after being thrown from a boat Sunday evening on the Missouri River in Harrison County. Officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources said Monday, 23-year old Nathan Case was a passenger sitting in the front of an open bow boat when the vessel hit the wake from another boat causing him to fall out of the front shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday approximately four miles south of the Little Sioux boat ramp. The boat Case fell out of went over the top of him and he was hit by the propeller.

Case was airlifted to Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha in serious condition. He was not wearing a life jacket when he fell into the water. Other passengers on-board were able to get him back to the boat. The boat that Case was aboard was operated by 32-year old Brett Feder, of Omaha. Feder was charged with failure to having a throwable flotation device on board and for having an expired boat trailer registration.

The incident was investigated by law enforcement officers from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.