DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police hope to find the people who robbed a man and held him at gunpoint. KCCI-TV reports the man used the “Letgo” app to buy a cell phone. The victim and suspects met up Tuesday night on a street, and the robbers took the cash and ran away. No one was hurt. Police believe the robbers are juveniles.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Gov. Kim Reynolds confirmed Tuesday that there are 13 presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 in Iowa. The five new cases are older adults from Johnson County who traveled on the same Egyptian cruise as seven other presumptive positive cases.

DES MOINES, IOWA (IRN) – The Iowa Board of Regents announced Tuesday that it is asking the state’s three regent institutions to move toward delivering instruction online because of COVID-19 concerns. The board also announced that it will extend its international travel ban by seven days each Monday until conditions improve.

DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – The Archdiocese of Dubuque and Diocese of Davenport have put response plans in place to help prevent transmission of coronavirus. KCRG-TV reports for now, it is up to each individual parish to decide how it wants to react. The Diocese in Davenport has emptied all fonts of holy water, stopped offering wine during mass, and is also limiting all hand touching during services.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – William Burt of Waterloo can now legally operate his barbershop on wheels, after Governor Kim Reynolds signed it into law Tuesday. WHO-TV reports Burt got the idea while serving time in prison, where he worked as a barber. The bill received unanimous support in both the House and Senate. Burt’s idea was to bring his mobile barber shop to under-served people in the city of Waterloo, children of low-income households, veterans with disabilities and others without access to a barber. State code had required barbershops to be stationary, but now Burt’s business can hit the road. He said he was in “tears of joy” Tuesday.