DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified 20-year-old Lily Macke of Grimes, Iowa, as the woman who died in a fatal collision between a car and a semi. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Saturday that Macke was driving a 2006 Nissan southbound on Highway 141 on Friday morning when her vehicle crossed the median and was struck by a northbound semi. She was pronounced dead a the scene. The driver of the semi was uninjured. The investigation into the accident continues.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating a shooting in Des Moines that fatally wounded a man. The Des Moines Police Department and Des Moines Fire Department responded to the report of a shooting at about 11:20 p.m. Friday and arrived to find the man with a gunshot injury.

Police said in a news release that despite lifesaving efforts at the scene and the hospital, he died at about 1:20 a.m. Saturday. This is the city’s first homicide of the year.

The Iowa Department of Public Heath, Saturday, at 10-a.m., reported an additional 612 positive COVID-19 test results returned from the labs since Friday, for a pandemic total of 363,090. There were seven additional deaths reported, for a total of 5,470. Locally, there were two more deaths in Pottawattamie County, for a pandemic total to-date, of 143, and there was one additional death in Adair County, for a total of 28. Long Term Care facility deaths account for 2,167 of the State’s total number of deaths.

Long-Term Care facility COVID-Outbreaks remain steady at 18. Hospitalizations have fallen to 181 (compared to 196 on Friday). COVID patients in an ICU declined also, from 46 Friday to 43 Saturday. There were 36 patients admitted to hospitals over the 24-hour reporting periods, compared to 27 on Friday, and nine fewer patients on a ventilator, for a total of 18.

Hospitals in Western & Southwest Iowa report: 10 people remain hospitalized; five COVID patients are in an ICU, there were two people admitted with COVID symptoms, and one person remained on a ventilator.

Iowa’s 14-day and seven-day positivity rates are unchanged at 4.1% each.

In the KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases by County; The # of new cases since yesterday {+} – if any; and the total number of deaths in each county to date:

• Cass, 1,328 cases; {+0}; 51 deaths
• Adair, 918; {+1}; 28
• Adams, 327 {+2}; 4
• Audubon, 485 {+2}; 9
• Guthrie, 1,163 {+2}; 28
• Harrison County, 1,792; {+3}; 69
• Madison County, 1,538; {+2}; 18
• Mills County, 1,625; {+0}; 20
• Montgomery, 1,039; {+0}; 36
• Pottawattamie County, 10,751; {+18}; 143
• Shelby County, 1,203; {+2}; 33
• Union County,  1,262; {+0}; 31

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(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks says the hack of a Texas software company that ultimately led to a computer breach in federal agencies shows every American must take online security seriously.   “You know, we’re all a weak link in this system,” Miller-Meeks says. Miller-Meeks, a Republican from Ottumwa, is a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security. The panel held a hearing about the security breach, Friday. Miller-Meeks says malware and ransomware are new realities that require vigilance.

“This is a tremendously important hearing,” Miller-Meeks says. “As I’ve listened to the testimony of our witness and both the insightful questions from my colleagues and the answers provided by our expert witnesses, I’m reminded of pulling a single threat, which then unravels an entire garment.” Federal investigators say Russia was likely responsible for planting malicious code into a software update from a private company in Texas called SolarWinds last March. Thousands of customers completed the software update and it wound up compromising email systems in several federal agencies.

Miller-Meeks says changing passwords may seem a nuisance, but this case should raise an alarm for all Americans.  “We need to use events like these as collective learning moments, the stakes are just too high to stand idly by,” Miller-Meeks says. One of the experts who testified said hospitals, schools and government agencies need more tools and better trained I-T staff to combat malicious software or “malware” attacks.