DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Department of Public Health announced 46 new positive cases of COVID-19 in Iowa, bringing the state’s total to 946. Linn County remains the county with the highest number of cases, now at 176. Seventy-one cases are in long-term care facilities. A total of 284 people are known to have recovered. There have been three additional deaths which included an older adult (age 61-80) in Linn County and two elderly people (older than 81) in Tama County. That brings the death toll in Iowa to 25.

IOWA (IRN) – Gov. Kim Reynolds has ordered more businesses closed through April 30 to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus, including malls, bowling alleys, zoos, campgrounds, playgrounds and libraries, among others.

MIDDLE AMANA, IA (IRN) – Whirlpool’s Middle Amana plant is open for the first time in almost two weeks after multiple COVID-19 cases were confirmed last month, according to KGAN-TV. The Iowa County facility reopened with third-shift workers on Sunday night, the first time workers there had gone back since an initial confirmed case was reported at the facility on March 24. The facility was deep-cleaned.

MITCHELLVILLE, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines man is dead after police say he led officers on a high-speed chase that ended in a multi-vehicle crash. The Iowa State Patrol says an officer spotted the motorcyclist driving over 100 mph on Interstate 80 near Altoona on Saturday. The motorcycle slammed into the back of a car, which then rear-ended a third vehicle. The motorcyclist, later identified as 21-year-old Aaron Bjork, died at the scene.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – One person was injured after losing control of a motorcycle Sunday in Linn County. KCRG-TV reports a 51-year-old resident of Marion lost control of her motorcycle on the loose sand on the edge of the roadway. She put her motorcycle on its side, sliding into a ditch. She wasn’t wearing a helmet.

ATLANTIC, IA (IRN) – Two men were arguing over an excessive amount of toilet paper purchased on Friday in Atlantic. Police were called to the Dollar General when one of the men reportedly showed a gun. Authorities said no one was hurt and police plan to review in-store video. Charges are pending.