DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Department of Public Health reports the state saw five more deaths attributed to COVID-19 and more than 300 people have tested positive. There have been 717 total deaths from the coronavirus in the state so far. Of those deaths, 366 were residents of long term care facilities. There are currently outbreaks at 20 long term care facilities

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Johnson County judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked Iowa’s latest abortion law. The law, signed Monday by Gov. Kim Reynolds, would have required women seeking an abortion to wait 24 hours after their initial appointment before they could have the procedure. It also required patients to view an ultrasound of the fetus and receive adoption information. The law was set to take effect at midnight.

IOWA (IRN) – Gov. Kim Reynolds strongly defended the number of donors on her newly created COVID-19 economic recovery board. KCRG-TV reports the majority of the 13-member board has donated large amounts of money to Reynolds’ campaign within the last five years.

ACKLEY, IA (IRN) – An SUV carrying Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds hit a Black Lives Matter protester who was trying to block the vehicle Tuesday as she was leaving an event in the northern Iowa town of Ackley. Jaylen Cavil, a Black Lives Matters organizer, told the Des Moines Register that he stood in the driveway in the hopes that Reynolds would roll down a window and talk with protesters. He believes he was hit intentionally. Cavil said the impact spun him around and lifted him onto the SUV’s hood but he wasn’t hurt. Cavil said an Iowa State Patrol trooper began yelling at him and called him an idiot.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Cubs will not play its 2020 season. Minor League Baseball announced Tuesday that the 2020 baseball season is canceled.