A semi that failed to yield at a four-way stop in northwest Iowa, struck pickup truck late Sunday morning, killing a teenage passenger in the semi. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened in Moville at around 10:15-a.m., at the intersection of U-S Highway 20 and Iowa Highway 140.

A 2015 International semi driven by 37-year old Leuchann A. Johnson, of Williamsburg, VA, was traveling west on Highway 20 when it collided with a northbound 2000 Ford Ranger, driven by 62-year old Roger J. Clark, of Moville. Following the collision, the semi came to rest on its side, in the median.

15-year old Leuchann Johnson, Jr., of Williamsburg, VA. died from his injuries at the scene. Clark was transported to the hospital by Moville Ambulance.

Neither of the accident victims were wearing a seat belt. The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office, Moville Fire Department & Ambulance, and the Lawton Fire Dept/Ambulance.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The medical director at a state-run institution for people with intellectual disabilities has resigned amid questions about the care residents received at the Glenwood Resource Center in southwest Iowa. The Des Moines Register reports that documents from the Iowa Department of Human Services show that Dr. Mohammamd Rehman resigned Friday from the Glenwood facility.

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating allegations that the former Glenwood superintendent was planning to conduct human sexual arousal experiments and had begun questionable hydration therapy on patients. The department also is looking into a death rate that concerned employees.

Police and firefighters from Council Bluffs were dispatched at around 9:13-a.m. Sunday (today), to the area of the Indian Creek at Creek Top Street for a vehicle in the creek. A passing Union Pacific train crew had spotted the vehicle in the culvert. Upon arrival, emergency responders found a Red Ford Explorer had driven through the metal guard rail and concrete barrier. The vehicle had fallen approximately 12 feet down into the culvert, landing on its wheels. The vehicle was in approximately 1-2 feet of water.

The driver of the vehicle, 74-year old Kieth Cunningham, of Omaha, was extricated by the Council Bluffs Fire Department and transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Cunningham had been reported as missing in Omaha and may have been suffering from a medical condition.

The incident was being investigated by the Council Bluffs Police Special Operations Traffic Unit. Anyone with information about the crash is urged to call the CBPD Traffic Unit at (712) 328-4948.

Pottawattamie County Public Health, Sunday (today) reported four new COVID-19 cases. The total of COVID-19 cases in Pottawattamie County is now twenty-nine. Seventeen individuals have recovered, eleven are self-isolating at home, zero are hospitalized, and there has been one death.

The four new cases all reside in Council Bluffs and include two males and two females ranging in age from 18 to 80 years old. Two of them have pre-existing conditions. One of the individuals had contact with an existing COVID-19 case, and three were the result of community spread. These individuals were tested between April 23 and April 24. All four of them are self-isolating at home.

Pottawattamie County Public Health is conducting the contact tracing investigations and is in communication with the Iowa Department of Public Health. As testing capacity increases, the number of positives reported will also increase. The total number of Iowans tested for COVID-19, along with positive and negative results, can be found at www.coronavirus.iowa.gov.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa firefighter whose family has been devastated by the coronavirus says he wants people to know how easily the virus can spread. Twenty-nine-year-old Omar Martinez said Friday that his mother first tested positive for the virus on April 3. Then his 22-year-old sister Evelyn, who is the mother of a toddler, contracted the virus and has been in the hospital since April 10.

On April 15, Omar says his 58-year-old father, Jose Gabriel Martinez, was hospitalized. He died on Tuesday. The family shares a home in West Liberty, Iowa, where they settled after immigrating from Mexico in the 1990s. Omar Martinez says, “I don’t wish this upon anybody.”

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s three major public universities are planning to resume in-person classes in the fall, but they are still working out the details of what that will look like during the coronavirus outbreak. Iowa Board of Regents President Mike Richards said the schools will follow state and federal guidelines to protect health as they develop plans for thousands of students to return to the campuses of the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and Northern Iowa University.

The number of coronavirus cases continues to rise in the state. Health officials said Saturday the number of confirmed cases in Iowa had increased by 648, to 5,092, though the actual number of sick is thought to be much higher because of many people haven’t been tested.

DES MOINES – Today (Sunday), the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has been notified of 384 additional positive cases for a total of 5,476 positive cases. There have been an additional 1,356 negative tests for a total of 30,614 negative tests to date, which includes testing reported by the State Hygienic Lab and other labs. The number of positive cases will continue to grow as Test Iowa sites open and additional surveillance testing of large businesses and nursing home staff continues.

According to IDPH, an additional 6 deaths were also reported, 286 are currently hospitalized, and 1,900 Iowans have recovered. At this time, 1 in 87 Iowans have already been tested.

According to IDPH the additional 6 deaths were reported in the following counties:

• Black Hawk County, 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
• Clinton County, 1 elderly adult (81+)
• Des Moines County, 1 older adult (61-80 years)
• Johnson County, 1 adult (18-40 years), 1 elderly adult (81+)
• Linn County, 1 elderly adult (81+)

The state of Iowa has released an updated dashboard on coronavirus.iowa.gov that will be updated daily to include comprehensive tracking of COVID-19 in Iowa. The new dashboard includes cases, deaths, and tests conducted in each county. The state is now providing demographic information that was not previously provided as well as Iowa’s epidemiological curve.

Sheriff’s officials in Adams County, late Saturday night, said a Cass County man was arrested Saturday night after being pulled-over twice in 24-hours for the same offense. Brian Eilts, of Massena, was pulled over on Highway 34 at Gingko Avenue, at around 8:45-a.m., Friday. Upon further investigation, Eilts was found to have a barred license. He was charged and then released from the scene.

At around 8-p.m. Saturday, Adams County Deputies conducted a traffic stop on Eilts at Birch Avenue and 240th Street. He was subsequently arrested for Driving While Barred. Eilts was transported to the Adams County Jail and held pending an appearance before the magistrate.

A central Iowa casino is expected to announce on Monday, that layoffs will begin May 3rd for 1,000 staff members. KCCI reports the layoffs will come from Prairie Meadows Hotel & Casino, in Altoona. The casino is owned by Polk County, and operated by a non-profit board of directors. It employs more than 1,300 people.

A county official told KCCI all but about 70 staff members will be temporarily laid off. The official said the laid-off staff will still receive health benefits and the casino hopes to reopen on June 1st.