The Adair County Board of Supervisors are set to meet for their regular session on Wednesday, June 21st at 9:00 a.m. at the Adair County Courthouse Boardroom.

On their agenda is Sheriff Jeff Vandewater discussing Sheriff Vehicle Funds. Gwen Johnston with County Veterans’ Affairs will discuss a VA Commissioner Appointment. County Engineer Nick Kauffman will discuss a secondary roads benefit policy and sign a contract and performance bond for W14 Jefferson Bridge Project. He’ll also deliver his regular maintenance report.

The Glenwood Police Department reports the arrest of an Omaha man on Monday. Officers arrested 48-year-old Robert Mukka of Omaha for Felony Eluding, Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd Offense, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Reckless Driving. He was also issued several traffic citations. Mukka was taken to the Mills County Jail and held on $11,600 cash or surety bond.

The Creston Police Department reports two arrests on Monday, June 19th.

At 8:28 a.m. 36-year-old Jeffrey Michael Donald Drake of Creston was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center on a Union County Warrant for Violation of a No Contact/Protection Order. Drake was taken to the Union County Jail and held on no bond until seen by a Magistrate.

At 10:34 a.m. 22-year-old Blaine Tristan McIntosh of Orient was arrested the Creston Union County LEC and charged with Enticing a Minor under 16-Sexual Purpose and Lascivious Acts with a Child- Solicit Child for Sexual Activity. McIntosh was taken to the Union County Jail and held on no bond until seen by the Magistrate.

The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is hosting a clinical trial for a vaccine that promises to protect senior citizens against the respiratory disease known as R-S-V. Dr. Patricia Winokur, executive dean of the U-I Carver College of Medicine, says many of the trial’s participants are grandparents.

The Centers for Disease Control is expected to meet this week to make recommendations on the usage of the G-S-K and Pfizer vaccines. Both were approved by the Food and Drug Administration for adults 60 and older last month. Winokur says the vaccine might be best for seniors who have underlying conditions.

During the past few winters, the U-S has experienced an unusually high amount of respiratory virus activity driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. The vaccine could be available as soon as this fall.

Thirty-five daysfrom now Carroll will be the overnight host for thousands of participants in the 50th annual RAGBRAI — the Registers Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. Lynda Dukes Franey (FRAN-ee) is on Carroll’s host committee and she says it’s crunch time.

Carroll has formed 15 different groups or committees to plan for hosting.

Musical performances will start at 4 p.m. in Carroll, with a Midwest band called “The Pork Tornadoes” as the headliners that evening. Dukes Franey says there will be kid-themed activities throughout the day, too.

The RAGBRAI committee in Carroll is seeking more volunteers to offer up their homes for RAGBRAI riders or their yards for participants who pitch their tents. Dukes Franey says some Carroll residents have started putting up decorations to welcome the RAGBRAI riders.

RAGBRAI will start in Sioux City on July 23rd. Storm Lake is the first overnight stop, then it’s on to stops in Carroll, Ames, Des Moines, Tama-Toledo and Coralville before the final trek to Davenport.

The mosquitoes are biting and state health officials have already confirmed Iowa’s first human case of West Nile virus this year, which is several weeks early. The first day of summer is Wednesday and epidemiologist Elizabeth Schiffman says West Nile cases don’t typically start showing up until mid-summer.

The state’s first case was reported Friday in an older adult, between 61-and-80 years, from northwest Iowa’s Plymouth County. A total of nine Iowans were diagnosed with West Nile virus last year, with no deaths. The peak months for West Nile in Iowa are usually August and September. Schiffman says it’s difficult to predict if we’ll see a lot of cases because of mosquitoes’ short life cycle and their sensitivity to weather conditions.

The experts say Iowans who spend time outdoors should wear insect repellant, and dump out any standing water where mosquitoes might breed. Those infected with West Nile may show no symptoms, or they may have a fever, headache, disorientation and muscle weakness. Learn more at: https://hhs.iowa.gov/cade/disease-information/west-nile-virus

This is the final month of the fiscal year for Iowa’s state-licensed casinos, and it appears competition across the boarder will impact the year-end revenue total. Racing and Gaming Administrator, Brian Ohorilko.

Harrah’s Casino and the Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs in southwest Iowa both saw revenue drop in April and May.

Harrah’s was down roughly 634-thousand dollars in gross revenue in May of this year and around 300-thousand in April compared to last year. The Horseshoe Casino was down around three million dollars in May, and one-and-a-half million in April of this year. Ohorilko says the drop is not a major concern.

The 19 state casinos brought in more than one-billion-766-thousand dollars in the last fiscal year.