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(Radio Iowa) -A northwest Iowa hospital will close in September. O’Brien County Economic Development director Kianna Johnson says the closure of MercyOne Medical Center in Primghar is devastating news. “You hate to lose a business like that. They employ 45 people between the clinics and the hospital and those are jobs we don’t want to lose,” Johnson says. “…We don’t want to lose those services for the people of O’Brien County.”
A MercyOne clinic will remain open in Primghar, but MercyOne clinics in nearby Sutherland and Paulina will be closed. Johnson says community leaders in the county met last week. “It was a really good meeting to work through what we know and how we can move forward,” Johnson says. “We need to talk about the building in Primghar and those services, to try and keep them in the community.” Johnson says she’s reached out to the South Dakota based system that operates facilities in northwest Iowa in hopes Sanford Health might take over the hospital in Primghar.
Sanford operates over 380 facilities in seven states. Primghar has had a hospital since 1914. In 2000, Mercy Hospital in Sioux City acquired the Primghar hospital and it was rebranded as a MercyOne facility in early 2019. The last hospital to close in Iowa was in Keokuk — in October of 2022. A Michigan-based company bought the hospital in 2023 and plans to open it later this year as a rural emergency hospital. Patients will be stabilized at the facility in Keokuk, then transferred elsewhere.
(Red Oak, Iowa) – Montgomery County Auditor Jill Ozuna reports the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors may be in attendance at a Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, Wednesday evening. The meeting takes place 5:30-p.m., Aug. 7th, at the Engineer’s Office (406 W. 4th St.), in Red Oak.
Ozuna says there is a possibility of a quorum, but no official county business will be acted upon by the Board of Supervisors, during that time.
(Winterset, Iowa) – The Winterset Police Department reports the body of a local man missing since Jan. 18th, 2024, was discovered inside of a vehicle that was submerged in a Howard County, Arkansas lake, August 4th. Authorities say with the assistance of a dive team, a Ford Taurus with Iowa license plates was recovered from Gillham Lake, a 1,370-acre reservoir, located in Howard and Polk Counties, in Arkansas. Inside the vehicle, was the body of 25-year-old Joshua Graham-Caskey, from Winterset.
Graham-Caskey went missing following a 9-1-1 call he placed to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office dispatch center. He and his vehicle were last seen on video at a gas station in Mena, Arkansas, on January 19th, 2024. The car was found about 30-minutes south of Mena. The Howard County, AR Sheriff’s Department said there was no evidence of foul play.
(Radio Iowa) – A giant replica of a device that prevents pregnancy has been installed in public spaces in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines this week, part of a national tour to promote legal access to birth control. Representative Liz Bennett, a Democrat from Cedar Rapids, spoke during a news conference staged beside the 20 foot tall inflatable intrauterine device or IUD. She urged Iowa Democrats to learn more about the threats to contraception. “What we’ve seen here in Iowa is part of a national playbook of policies,” Bennett said. “…All across the nation, when elected officials say they believe in policies that ‘protect life all the way from the moment of conception,’ believe them.”
State Senator Zach Wahls, a Democrat from Coralville, said Republicans in the Iowa legislature would not allow debate of a measure to ensure Iowa woman have access to all forms of birth control. “We were stunned when our Republican colleagues refused to let this legislation come forward for a simple public hearing or a subcommittee for one vote,” Wahls said. “They shut down discussion on this topic completely, which is why we had to take our case out to the people.”
Replica of an IUD temporarily installed in Cedar Rapids park. (Photo by Zachary Oren Smith of Iowa Public Radio)
Key groups that backed Iowa’s new ban on abortions after fetal activity can be detected say their next goal is passage of a “personhood” law that would ban all abortions. Democrats say that would not only make contraception illegal, but would ban in vitro fertilization. IVF assisted pregnancies accounted for 2.5% of live births in the U.S. in 2022.
(Reporting by Zachary Oren Smith, Iowa Public Radio)
(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is sharing his initial impressions of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz — Kamala Harris’ pick for a running mate. “Well, I don’t have any opinion of him,” Grassley said this morning, “and I realize now that I’ve learned that he served 10 years in U.S. House, but I don’t remember any interaction with him.” Walz served in the House from 2007 to 2019 and was a member of the House Ag Committee. Grassley said it’s unusual that he didn’t work with Walz on anything agriculture- or ethanol-related in all of those years, especially since they’re from neighboring states. Grassley, a Republican, said he’s done some research on Walz. “He has changed from being a moderate congressman to being a very liberal, progressive agenda governor in Minnesota,” Grassley said, “particularly since the legislature in Minnesota has switched to both houses being Democrat.”
Grassley says voters will have a very clear choice in November between the Trump-Vance and Harris-Walz tickets. “There’s a whole long list of very liberal pieces of legislation that he’s advocated and has signed,” Grassley said of Walz, “and so that turnaround from somebody that’s moderate to somebody really progressive would kind of surprise me, that he’d have that change of mind.”
Walz was born and raised in Nebraska, served 24 years in the Army National Guard, and worked as a high school social studies teacher before turning to politics. He’s been Minnesota’s governor since 2019. Iowa Democratic Party chair Rita Hart released a written statement after the Harris campaign announced Walz would be the vice presidential nominee. Hart said Walz “is a great candidate who understands Midwest principles, how hard Iowans work and the value of a dollar.”
(Creston, Iowa) [Updated Tue. afternoon with injuries/citations issued] – A Creston man complained of pain and possible injuries following a collision Monday morning between an SUV and a pickup truck. The accident occurred at around 10-a.m.
According to Creston Police, a 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by 38-year-old Jason Smith, of Des Moines, was stopped southbound on Lincoln Street at the red-light controlled intersection with Townline Street. Smith told police he waited for a period of time, but the light did not turn green. When he proceeded to turn left onto Townline, his SUV was struck by a 2016 Chevy pickup, driven by 32-year-old Zackery Carstensen, of Creston, as the pickup was heading west on Townline. Carstensen had a green light.
The vehicles collided, causing a police estimated total of $13,000 damage. Carstensen complained of pain but was not treated at the scene or transported to the hospital. Police say Smith was cited for Failure to Obey a traffic control device and Failure to provide proof of insurance.
(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Board of Supervisors in Montgomery County, today (Tuesday) approved the designation of Snyder and Associates Engineers, to serve as inspectors during construction of the Summit Carbon Solutions carbon transport pipeline. Supervisor Donna Robinson read a statement to that effect….
The arrangement stipulates pipeline representatives and its contractors must submit related records to the County-specified inspectors.
Payment for the inspection services will be the responsibility of the pipeline company, regardless of whether or not the line is constructed.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Board of Supervisors today (Tuesday), approved (by a vote of 4-to 1) an amended resolution for the one-time use of $95,000 from accrued Valley Business Park fund interest, for use by CADCO’s Revolving Loan Fund, to support local economic development. The funds were originally expected to be $60,000. CADCO Executive Director Jennifer McEntaffer….
Supervisor Wendy Richter – who was opposed to the amended resolution – questioned the expenditure of most of the interest from the fund for one entity, such as CADCO.
Board Chair Steve Baier explained…
Cass County BOS 8-6-24
Richter then asked if the funds would specifically be used for Atlantic, or spread-out among the communities in Cass County. McEnfaffer responded…
In other business, the Board approved the EMS Advisory Council’s recommendation that a Public Measure on the November 5th General Election Ballot. Board Chair Steve Baier…
Supervisor Steve Green wanted to make sure Cass County residents understand that if the measure is approved by the election, the funds raised by the levy and Iowa Income Surtax, will not be used for anything other than EMS purposes.
The Board discussed remaining ARPA request priorities during their meeting, Tuesday (today). Steve Baier said there is about $70,000 left in the fund. No action was taken at this time. A resolution will be prepared for the Board’s meeting on August 20th.
They approved a bid for, and awarded a contract to Gus Construction in the amount of $646,492, for a RCB (Reinforced Concrete Box) culvert project on 620th Street, in Cass County. The project will be south of Atlantic and east of Lewis, about one-quarter of a mile south of Newport Road.
The Board received a regular report on the county’s secondary roads department maintenance and activities from Engineer Trent Wolken, a monthly report from County Community Services Director & Mental Health Advocate Debbie Schuler. A report from County Conservation Director Micah Lee was not available at this time.
(Radio Iowa) – A high-speed police pursuit ended in a crash in eastern Iowa on Monday afternoon. A person who had their car stolen in Davenport called police to say they’d found the car and tried to get it back, but the man who stole it showed them a handgun, then tried to run them over and sped away. Officers quickly caught up with car which refused to pull over. The chase led to Interstate 280 where police say the suspect lost control and crashed in the median, where he was taken into custody.
The suspect, identified as 32-year-old Steven Bolio of Davenport, faces a long list of charges, including felony eluding, assault, intimidation, and for allegedly pointing a gun at police repeatedly during the chase — though it later turned out to be a B-B gun.
(Creston, Iowa) – Officials with the Creston Police Department report the arrest at around 4-p.m. Monday, of 43-year-old Tracey Lerea Mylan, of Afton. Mylan was arrested at Highway 34 and Vine Street on charges that include OWI/1st Offense, as well as Child Endangerment. She was taken to the Union County Jail and was released after later posting a $3,000 bond.
Late Monday night, 41-year-old Micheal Ryan Meek, of Creston, was arrested for Driving Suspended. Meek was cited and released from the scene of his traffic stop, on a promise to appear in court.
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