DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Department of Public Health reported Sunday that a significant number of COVID-19 tests were not reported over the weekend due to a backlog in the department’s electronic reporting system. It is unclear today if that backlog has been rectified. As of 10 a.m. Monday, IDPH reported 343 new positive cases and 1 additional death. There have been 793 deaths in Iowa since the pandemic began.

ANKENY, IA (IRN) – Police have identified the man at the center of an hours-long standoff in Ankeny Friday evening. Police say 60-year-old Jesse Krueger threatened to blow up his apartment building with a bomb. After about a four-hour standoff with police, he was taken into custody without injury and was charged with threat of terrorism. Krueger had just gotten out of jail for allegedly shooting off a handgun on his balcony earlier this week. He was suicidal.

CEDAR COUNTY, IA (IRN) A teen died after an early morning stabbing in Cedar County on Sunday, according to KCRG-TV. Police received a 911 call reporting that someone had been stabbed at a rural residence. The stabbing happened after an altercation at around 3 a.m. Chantz Stevens, 19, of Wilton was pronounced dead at the scene. Milton Jermaine Cole Serrano Jr, 21, of Muscatine is charged with first-degree murder, among other charges.

CEDAR FALLS, IA (IRN) – One person is dead after a vehicle struck a semi in Cedar Falls on Sunday. Witnesses say the SUV didn’t stop at the intersection and hit the side of the semi. The driver of the SUV was rushed to a local hospital where they later died.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Department of Public Health confirmed Sunday that a “significant number” of COVID-19 tests were not reported over the weekend due to a backlog in the department’s electronic reporting system.