DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Testing at Iowa’s State Hygienic Laboratory has indicated five additional positive cases of 2019 novel coronavirus in Iowa residents, for a total of 13 presumptive positive cases. All five new cases are in self isolation and recovering at home. The five new cases are all older adults (61 to 80 years) from Johnson County and were on the same Egyptian cruise as seven other presumptive positive cases.

GRINNELL, IA (IRN) – Grinnell College is shifting to online instruction in response to coronavirus concerns. Starting with spring break activities, all students are expected to leave campus by Monday, March 23, then complete the spring semester off campus.

FLOYD COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A Charles City father is facing charges connected to the death of a 3-month-old child. KCRG-TV reports the Charles City and New Hampton police departments arrested Shane Michael Morris, 26, in New Hampton on Monday. He’s charged first-degree murder and child endangerment resulting in death.

MAQUOKETA, IA (IRN) – Federal authorities are taking over the monitoring of contamination from a carcinogenic chemical that’s spread from a factory site in the eastern Iowa city of Maquoketa. The Telegraph Herald reported that the contamination stems from the operations of Clinton Machine Co., which built small engines from 1950 into the 1990s. The factory used trichloroethene, commonly known as TCE, as a degreasing agent. It has since been determined that TCE is carcinogenic.

MASON CITY, IA (IRN) – A man accused of slamming a car door on the hands of a police officer is pleading guilty. KIMT-TV reports Jamie McFarland, 28 of Mason City, entered guilty pleas Monday to charges of eluding and interference with official acts causing bodily injury. When Mason City police tried to arrest McFarland, he closed his car door on an officer’s hands and sped away. McFarland collided with another vehicle and a tree before getting out of his car and fleeing on foot.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Iowa center Luka Garza has been voted the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Player of the Year. Garza is the first Hawkeye to win the award since it was introduced by the Big Ten in 1985.