DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Medical Society says fewer Iowans with COVID-19 would have died if more was done sooner. Leaders say Iowa needs more extensive testing and should have put restrictive mandates in place at the beginning. Iowa has now surpassed 1,000 deaths in the pandemic.

CORALVILLE, IA (IRN) – An increase in coronavirus cases has prompted Iowa prison officials on Wednesday to stop admitting inmates from county jails to the Iowa Medical and Classification Center in Coralville. The Department of Corrections said 59 inmates tested positive in the last week out of nearly 800 tests conducted at the center.

DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – Clean-up is underway at a Davenport shop after a truck crashed through the storefront Tuesday. Davenport police said two vehicles collided causing one of them to hit the Little Rock and Gem shop. No one was hurt.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – New data collected by the National Weather Service shows even stronger winds than initially thought during the derecho, according to meteorologists. The Quad Cities office of the agency released new storm reports on Wednesday morning. Winds are now estimated to have been over 140 mph.