MOUNT VERNON – Four Cornell College instructors are recovering after they were stabbed in China. Iowa Public Radio reports that the group were with faculty at Beihua University as part of an international partnership, and individuals from both institutions were victims in the attack. The family of those impacted from Cornell informed IPR that the group is recovering.

MUSCATINE – One person died in a three-vehicle crash in Muscatine County Monday evening. The Iowa State Patrol reports a motorcycle was heading southbound and a Nissan Pathfinder attempted to make a left turn on Highway 38, causing a collision. A Jeep Liberty behind the Nissan also hit the motorcycle. One person has died and another was injured, but both identities are being withheld for now.

IOWA – Soil moisture remains plentiful despite a below average beginning as it relates to rainfall in June across the state. Ninety-five percent of topsoil was adequate or wetter and 90% of subsoil was in the same category, according to the USDA and Iowa Department of Agriculture condition report. Corn planting is nearly complete, and is nine days behind the 2023 pace and two days behind the five year average. More than 95% of the state’s crop remained in fair or better conditions.

IOWA – Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is set to tour cities impacted by severe thunderstorms this spring throughout the day today. The governor is slated for participation at disaster recovery meetings in Harlan, Minden, Corning, and Greenfield. All four towns were impacted by one of the most active springs in terms of severe weather in recent memory, which included dozens of tornadoes in April and May.