ALTOONA, IA (IRN) – The Altoona Police Department said one person died Monday after being shot by police at a motel. Altoona police responded to a report of a suspicious person with a weapon outside a Motel 6 around 8:33 a.m. Upon arrival, officers confronted the person. Police and witnesses said a verbal exchange occurred between authorities and the man and that gunfire occurred when officers saw the man with a gun. He died at the scene.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Nearly 200 more University of Iowa students have self-reported positive COVID-19 tests since Friday.The UI says there have been 174 new cases among students and one new case among employees. That means 1,569 students and 20 employees have reported positive tests since the semester began. The state of Iowa now has more than 19,000 active cases. There have been 1,167 deaths due to the disease, up 2 people since yesterday.

LEON, IA (IRN) – A 3-year-old boy has died after driving a utility terrain vehicle into a parked trailer in southern Iowa. The boy had been riding in the UTV as a passenger with two relatives in Leon. The boy got into the driver’s seat after his two relatives got off. The child then drove the vehicle into a parked fifth-wheel trailer. He was taken to the hospital but died of his injuries.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines Police said an early morning 911 call about a stabbing ended with a standoff, an arrest, and a woman in the hospital. Blake Cross, 28, was booked into the Polk County Jail and charged with willful injury. Just before 6 a.m. Sunday, a woman told 911 she had been stabbed by a man she knew. Cross initially refused to come out of the house, but peacefully surrendered about a half hour later.

ALLAMAKEE COUNTY, IA (IRN) – On Saturday, around 5:00 p.m. DNR Conservation Officers responded to a fatal hunting incident at Fish Farm Mounds Wildlife Area near New Albin, Iowa in Allamakee County. Investigators found a 46 year old male from St. Paul, MN, dead at the scene. The man was believed to be squirrel hunting at Fish Farm Mounds Wildlife Area prior to his death.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Students from Des Moines Public Schools plan to march to Terrace Hill on Monday to protest the state’s decision to suspend in-person sports and activities at schools holding classes completely online. DMPS plans to begin the school year on Tuesday with online-only classes for students amid the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in Iowa.