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Iowa early News Headlines: Monday, May 4th 2020

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May 4th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa health officials reported 528 additional coronavirus cases and nine new deaths linked to COVID-19 to give the state a total of 9,169 cases. The Iowa Department of Public Health said Sunday that a total of 184 deaths have been reported in the state. Iowa has begun lifting restrictions on many businesses and churches in 77 counties where few cases of the virus have been reported. More stringent rules remain in 22 counties, which include most of the state’s major cities. State health officials said Sunday that 77 percent of the new cases reported Sunday came from the 22 counties where restrictions remain in place.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police are investigating after pulling a body from the Des Moines River this weekend. Des Moines Police spokesman Sgt. Paul Parizek said officers were sent to Prospect Park Saturday afternoon after someone spotted a body in the Des Moines River. Rescue personnel from the Des Moines Fire Department removed the body from the water with help from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Parizek said an autopsy will be performed to identify the body and determine how the person died.

CLINTON COUNTY, Iowa (AP) — Two people died when the motorcycle they were riding veered off the road and crashed into a fence. Clinton County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Scott Reyhons said the crash happened around 4:15 p.m. Saturday afternoon. Deputies who responded to the crash found that a motorcycle had left the road and struck a farm fence in a field. Both people on the motorcycle died at the scene of the crash. Their names were not immediately released.

MCGREGOR, Iowa (AP) — One person died when a truck struck a tree and caught on fire in northeast Iowa. The Clayton County Sheriff’s office says the crash happened south of the town of McGregor, Iowa, around 3:40 p.m. Saturday. The sheriff’s office says the truck failed to negotiate a curve in the road and went into a ditch where it struck the tree and started on fire. The driver of the truck died at the scene of the crash. Authorities did not immediately release the driver’s name.