(Updated 11:30-a.m.) – WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Police say a man shot while trying to rob an armored vehicle outside a Waterloo bank branch has died and a suspected accomplice has been arrested. The shooting happened just before 10 a.m. Wednesday outside a U.S. Bank branch. Police and medics who arrived on the scene found a man with gunshot wounds who was taken to a hospital where he died later. He’s been identified as Bryce Miller, of rural La Porte City. The other man also was wounded and was caught later. A manager at Rochester Armored Car says none of the company employees was injured.

Creston Police say a woman complained of pain following an accident Wednesday evening, but did not require ambulance transport to the hospital. Authorities say a 2004 Hyundai Elantra driven by 18-year old Haylee Alexis Morgan, of Creston, was traveling south on Cherry Street at around 6:20-p.m., at the same time a 2018 Chevy pickup driven by 39-year old David Lee Ayers, of Creston, was traveling eastbound on Howard. When Ayers pulled out in front of the Morgan vehicle, his pickup was hit on the left front side.

Ayers told Police he came to a stop at the controlled intersection and looked both ways before proceeding, but did not see the oncoming Hyundai, due to vehicles parked near the intersection. Damage from the collision amounted to $5,000. No citations were issued.

Sheriff’s officials in Adams County report a woman from Corning was arrested Wednesday afternoon on an Assault charge. Angie Hardisty was taken into custody for Assault causing a Bodily Injury (a Serious Misdemeanor), at around 1-p.m. at a residence in Corning.

(Radio Iowa) — The Iowa Senate has passed a bill to clarify the county officials have control over local courthouses. The bill is a response to the “break-ins” at courthouses in Polk and Dallas Counties that were conducted by a firm STATE court officials hired to assess security. Senator Zach Whiting, of Spirit Lake, says there’s no way to sugar coat what happened.

“The Judicial Branch of our state government contracted with an out-of-state third-party entity to commit a crime, to break into county courthouses,” Whiting says. “If you think that’s bad…wait until you hear this: apparently these hired hands waited until 12:30 a.m. on September 11th to conduct one of these break-ins, or as they like to call it, a ‘physical penetration testing.'”

The two contractors triggered an alarm and were arrested inside the Dallas County Courthouse. Whiting says there was no coordination with local government. “It’s stupid, it’s dangerous and it’s irresponsible,” he said. Whiting added “…Law enforcement was not notified beforehand and perhaps most troubling of all, the cavalier attitude with which these bandits acted towards local law enforcement after their arrest, even claiming they had a ‘get-out-of-jail-free’ card.”

The Senate’s Government Oversight Committee held a hearing last fall to examine the incidents. Whiting credits the late Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady for his remarks at the hearing about the break-ins. “He did so with a sincere, apologetic and humble attitude because I think he fully understood the gravity of the situation,” Whiting said. “Police officers racing to the courthouse in the dark of night, not knowing who or what is inside the doors. Staff working late at night in the building could have been startled, injured, shot or even killed.”

The bill makes it clear that counties own all the county courthouses in the state and are responsible for security. It passed on a 45-to-one vote. The court had previously done security checks of court records, to ensure confidential information was protected and judicial branch officials say they did not expect the contractors to conduct “physical penetration” of courthouses outside of business hours.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s three public universities announced Wednesday they would shift to only online classes beginning March 23 in an effort to keep students and faculty safe from the new coronavirus. The University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa said they would only offer online classes after students return from next week’s spring break. The online courses would continue for at least two weeks, with officials reassessing the situation during the week of March 30. Some private colleges are making similar moves. The president of Grinnell College has told students they must leave the campus by March 23. Classes will be offered online for the rest of the semester.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds says a 14th person who had recently taken a cruise in Egypt has tested positive for COVID-19. The news came late Wednesday afternoon on the same day that an Iowa City hospital CEO says a COVID-19 patient who took the same cruise was admitted and is in critical condition there. University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics CEO Suresh Gunasekaran said all proper procedures and precautions were followed during the admission process so staff members were properly protected. Both patients are among a group of 21 who went on a recent Egyptian cruise sponsored by Hills Bank in Hills, Iowa.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Police say a man who was among a group of people trying to rob an armored vehicle outside of an Iowa bank was wounded in a shootout with the armored truck guards. The shooting happened Wednesday morning outside a Waterloo U.S. Bank branch in northeastern Iowa. Police and medics who arrived on the scene found a man with gunshot wounds who was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. His name has not been released. Police say an initial investigation showed that people in a vehicle tried to rob the armored car in the bank’s parking lot when the shootout began. Police later located the vehicle they believed was used in the attempted robbery. No arrests have been reported.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A loaded handgun was spotted at a Sioux City airport security checkpoint Wednesday and confiscated from the Nebraska woman who was carrying it. The Transportation Security Administration says the 9 mm semi-automatic had one of its eight bullets in the chamber. A TSA officer says the X-ray machine showed the gun inside the woman’s carry-on bag. The woman lives in Ponca, Nebraska, and she told Sioux City Police that she didn’t know the gun was in the bag. She says the weapon belonged to her husband and that they had reported the gun as stolen because they lost track of it.