DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Department of Public Health on Friday reported 2,621 new coronavirus cases and 14 additional deaths as hospitalizations continue to rise and more counties report high positivity rates. There are 31 counties with a 14-day positivity rate greater than 15%, up from a record 25 the previous day.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – New COVID-19 cases are being reported at Anamosa State Penitentiary and the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women in Mitchellville. Officials say they will be organizing mass-testing for inmates and staff in the coming days, to determine which inmates should be placed in isolation.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Police in Des Moines say they’ve made an arrest after a shooting killed a man and injured a woman. The shooting happened Thursday near the grounds of East High School. Officers called to the scene found a 29-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to her leg and learned that a 21-year-old man had been taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest and later died. Police say 27-year-old Wesley Marquise Bekish is charged with first-degree murder and a weapons count in the shooting.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A federal grand jury has indicted Brandon Tumause Owen, 20, of Cedar Rapids, for one count of Unlawful Drug User in Possession of a Firearm. Officials say Owen brandished an AR-15 rifle during a June protest in Iowa City.