DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police say a man stabbed his stepbrother after an argument about laundry. Enrique Rivas is charged with attempted murder. He allegedly planned the attack after his stepbrother took his clothes out of the laundry. The stepbrother was treated for a dozen stab wounds, as well as bite marks. Police say the two lived together for six years.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A federal judge has ordered the state of Iowa to immediately halt enforcement of a law passed in May that prevents school boards from ordering masks to be worn to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Judge Robert Pratt said in an order signed Monday that the law substantially increases the risk of children with health conditions of contracting COVID-19. Governor Kim Reynolds says she will appeal the decision.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines Public Schools will reinstate its mask mandate. All students, staff and visitors will be required to wear masks in the district’s schools starting Wednesday, Sept. 15.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – School district officials in Iowa City said that their district is likely to implement a face mask mandate for all people in school buildings in the wake of the ruling. Superintendent Matt Degner said that the district will discuss the ruling at the district’s board meeting today.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – The Cedar Rapids School Board met just hours after the ruling, and the topic was added to the agenda at the last second. No decision was made.