Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:10 a.m. CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say one man was injured and three pets died after a recreational vehicle caught fire in a Walmart parking lot in Des Moines. Firefighters were called the fire around 9 p.m. Friday. Officials say a man, woman, two dogs and two cats were inside when the fire started. The man suffered minor injuries in the blaze and was taken to a nearby hospital. One dog was able to escape, but the other three animals died.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A judge has ruled that a man accused in a deadly shooting on Iowa City’s pedestrian mall cannot avoid trial using Iowa’s new “stand your ground” law as a defense. The Press-Citizen reports that Sixth Judicial District Judge Paul Miller ruled Friday that 23-year-old Lamar Wilson’s case must first be heard by a jury. Wilson is charged with first-degree murder and other counts in connection with an Aug. 27 shooting that killed one man and injured two others.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa prison officials are looking for an inmate who walked away from work release. The Iowa Department of Corrections say 31-year-old David Michael Evans failed to return Friday night to the Fort Des Moines Correctional Facility. Evans is serving a prison term for assault and drug-related counts. Officials say he was admitted to the work release facility on Oct. 19.

WALCOTT, Iowa (AP) — A well-known truck stop in eastern Iowa that bills itself as the world’s biggest will get even larger as crews begin a $10 million expansion that will create more retail space and expand a food court. The Quad-City Times reports the expansion will add 23,000 square feet of space to the truck stop, which already had a main building of about 100,000 square feet. The truck stop, about 10 miles northwest of Davenport, sprawls across 200 acres. A company official calls it a “re-make of everything.”