SHARON ELAINE GOFF, 83, of Murfreesboro, TN (& formerly of Spokane Valley, WA, and Atlantic, IA), died March 6, 2023. A private family service for SHARON GOFF will be held.
Sharon was a retired teacher.
Memorials for Sharon Goff can be made to P.E.O International, or the classroom of your choice.
(Radio Iowa) – A survey of several hundred Iowa businesses finds an overwhelming majority of them are in good shape compared to a year ago, despite record inflation, the rising cost of living, and ongoing supply chain challenges. Jim Plagge, president and C-E-O of Bank Iowa, says this is the institution’s second annual statewide survey of businesses and he’s encouraged by the results.
Plagge says more than 40-percent saw an increase in business, while another 40-percent stayed steady, so, better than eight in ten businesses are steady to improved. About 80-percent of Iowa businesses report open jobs with difficulty finding qualified workers, though some report an improvement in the quality of applicants.
(Radio Iowa) – The Centers for Disease Control is recommending a new vaccine to prevent the respiratory virus R-S-V in infants under eight months. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics pediatrician, Adam Brown, says the shot is possibly one of the biggest breakthroughs in pediatric medicine in the past two decades.
He says the recent research has shown that up to 75percent benefit from the shot by prevention of hospitalizations and 90 percent effective in preventing I-C-U admissions. He says the shot should be given in the fall, and it would take effect immediately provide coverage for five to six months.
He says the vaccine will likely be available this fall.
(Red Oak, Iowa) – Police in Red Oak report a Red Oak woman was cited into court, Monday morning, on Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, charge (A Simple Misdemeanor). 28-year-old Emily Rohner was issued the citation in the 1300 block of N. Broadway Street, at around 10:50-a.m.
And, 59-year-old Michael Robert Aguirre, of Red Oak, was arrested Monday afternoon in the 300 block of Nuckols Street, in Red Oak. Aguirre faces a Public Intoxication charge. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail at last report, on a $300 cash bond.
(Grant, Iowa) – The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says no injuries were reported following an accident that occurred at around 12:13-p.m. Monday, in Grant. Authorities say a 2015 GMC Acadia driven by 78-year-old Zelda M. Swartz, of Grant, was entering the intersection of Highway 71 from 110th Street, intending to proceed east. A 1991 Ford Ranger pickup driven by 57-year-old Ben J. Devilbiss, of Panora, was traveling south on Highway 71.
Swartz’ vehicle entered the intersection after a non-contact vehicle had continued south past the intersection, and an additional non-contact vehicle was at the westbound stop sign, waiting to enter the intersection. As Swartz entered the intersection, officials say she saw Devilbiss’ Ford approaching and braking, which she had not seen prior to pulling out into the intersection. She attempted to get out of the way of the pickup by accelerating, but her SUV was struck on the left rear by the pickup.
Swartz’ vehicle spun around. The pickup skidded into the northbound lanes of Highway 71, where it came to rest. Both drivers were shaken-up, but declined medical treatment at the scene. The collision resulted in about $10,000 damage to the GMC and $2,500 damage to the Ford.
Today: Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming west southwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Southeast wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between noon and 5pm. High near 77. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.
Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Breezy.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 81 and the low was 60. This day last year the high in Atlantic was 80 and the low was 52. The all-time record High on Aug. 8th was 111 in 1934 and the record low was 39 in 1904. Sunrise is at 6:21 a.m. and sunset is 8:29 p.m.
(Radio Iowa) – New data shows 19-and-a-half percent of the applications for new, state-funded accounts to cover private school expenses are for students who live in the two largest counties in the Des Moines metro. By last Friday, 18-thousand-627 Education Savings Account applications had been approved. About a thousand applications are pending, waiting on a parent or guardian to confirm their annual income is at or below 300 percent of the federal poverty line.
Data released by the Iowa Department of Education shows how many approved applications came from each county. Over 31-hundred are for residents in Iowa’s largest county, Polk County, and about 500 more were for private school students who live in neighboring Dallas County. Just over six percent of approved applications came from northwest Iowa’s Sioux County, which is Iowa’s 19th largest county. Linn County — the Cedar Rapids-Marion metro — accounted for about seven percent of the approved E-S-A applications.
While applications have been approved, parents have to secure enrollment in a private school for their child and the state will announce this fall how many of the state-funded accounts have been activated. A previous state report indicated about 60 percent of the applications for the 76-hundred dollars in state funding were for students already enrolled in private school.
There are only three counties where no state-funded Education Savings Accounts applications have been approved. They are Decatur and Ringgold Counties along the Missouri border in southern Iowa, and Louisa County along the Mississippi River in southeast Iowa. As of August 4, students have been approved for ESAs in 96 of Iowa’s 99 counties.
Here is the full list of applications from each county:
Polk County 3,144
Linn County 1,318
Scott County 1,306
Sioux County 1,183
Black Hawk County 942
Woodbury County 916
Dubuque County 882
Johnson County 572
Dallas County 505
Carroll County 427
Plymouth County 411
Pottawattamie County 383
Webster County 369
Cerro Gordo County 338
Marion County 297
Delaware County 282
O’Brien County 250
Marshall County 231
Clinton County 217
Lee County 212
Warren County 197
Lyon County 196
Mahaska County 188
Kossuth County 183
Boone County 170
Winneshiek County 168
Muscatine County 159
Des Moines County 157
Buena Vista County 152
Crawford County 152
Jackson County 145
Jasper County 144
Clay County 142
Washington County 140
Bremer County 118
Floyd County 113
Alamakee County 113
Story County 112
Jefferson County 112
Wapello County 111
Jones County 111
Buchanan County 93
Howard County 87
Humboldt County 83
Palo Alto County 75
Benton County 71
Iowa County 64
Poweshiek County 55
Union County 52
Shelby County 49
Hamilton County 49
Chickasaw County 46
Page County 46
Pocahontas County 43
Fayette County 37
Madison County 35
Calhoun County 30
Sac County 29
Winnebago County 27
Franklin County 26
Butler County 26
Clayton County 25
Cedar County 23
Grundy County 21
Mills County 21
Henry County 20
Osceola County 18
Hancock County 17
Hardin County 17
Cherokee County 17
Adair County 15
Ida County 14
Monona County 13
Dickinson County 12
Harrison County 10
Green County 9
Worth County 8
Lucas County 7
Audubon County 7
Davis County 7
Wright County 7
Tama County 7
Keokuk County 6
Adams County 5
Van Buren County 4
Taylor County 4
Appanoose County 3
Guthrie County 3
Mitchell County 3
Fremont County 2
Wayne County 2
Monroe County 2
Montgomery County 2
Cass County 2
Clarke County 2
Emmet County 1
(Creston, Iowa) – In an update to our earlier report, the Iowa State Patrol, Monday, released the names of two people involved in a single-vehicle crash Saturday night, in Creston. The Patrol says a male passenger in the car, 27-year-old Young Seok Moon, of Creston, died at the hospital, from injuries suffered in the crash. The driver, 26-year-old Myung Jo Kang, of Creston, was injured and flown to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines.
As previously mentioned, that crash happened at around 9:45-p.m. Saturday, in Creston. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2001 Ford Mustang was traveling south on Highway 25 in Creston, when the driver lost control near the intersection of Sumner and Howard Streets.
The car left the roadway to the left and struck a parked vehicle before vaulting and striking the front of two houses on the east side of the road. The vehicle flipped over and came to rest on its top at 313 Sumner Avenue.
Both occupants were wearing their seat belts. The State Patrol was assisted at the scene by Creston Police and the Union County Sheriff’s Office.
CORALVILLE – Steven Andrew Mauck was pronounced dead due to natural causes at 12:35 a.m. on Friday, August 4, 2023 while in hospice at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center where he had been housed due to chronic illness. Mauck was 41 years old at the time of his death.
Mauck had been serving a 25-year maximum term for the crime of Sex Abuse – 2nd Degree from Des Moines County. His sentence began on January 22, 2020.
DES MOINES – Fermani Jose Maldonado, convicted of Robbery 1st Degree, Willful Injury and Conspiracy to Commit Forcible Felony in Polk and Marshall Counties, failed to report back to the Fort Des Moines Reentry Center as required last Friday.
Maldonado is a 26-year-old black male, height 5’9″, and weighs 219 pounds. He was admitted to the work release facility on March 28, 2023.
Fermani Jose Maldonado
Persons with information on Maldonado’s whereabouts should contact local police.
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