Officials with the Creston Police Department report 26-year-old Michael Skylar Ross, of Creston, was arrested at around 8-p.m. Wednesday, for Violation of a No Contact/Protective Order. Ross was being held without bond in the Union County Jail, until seen by a judge.
And, a Creston man reported to police Wednesday afternoon, that someone stole a Baby Jesus display and power cord from the First Presbyterian Church, in Creston. The loss was estimated at $56.
(Radio Iowa) – The latest Covid patient count in Iowa hospitals marks another record high for 2021. The 777 figure announced Wednesday is a seven percent increase since Dec. 1st. Theresa Brennan is the Chief Medical Officer at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. “We continue to struggle, as many hospitals in Iowa have continued to struggle, with making sure that we have beds for the patients that need them,” she says.
Brennan says the hospital continue to prepare for more Covid patients — including transfers from other hospitals — while employees are exhausted from the pandemic. “We’re working with the hospitals in Iowa to try to make sure that the sickest patients have the right bed to get the care that they need, but it is a struggle,” she says.
On Tuesday, the hospital on the University of Iowa campus had 40 adult Covid patients and three pediatric patients, under the age of 18, with the virus. Nearly 120 other patients with flu and Covid symptoms were screened by telephone or video conference Tuesday, according to the hospital’s website.
(Radio Iowa) – A key senator says he’ll propose charging educators with a felony if they provide obscene materials to students. Republican Senator Brad Zaun of Urbandale is chairman of the committee that would vote on the bill. Zaun says he’s concerned about two books in particular that central Iowa school boards have discussed banning. “It was brought to my attention by several parents, some of the garbage that is being taught to our kids,” Zaun says. “It is not appropriate.” Zaun says passages in the books describe unhealthy sexual situations. “All I want our schools to do is teach our kids to be successful when they get out of school, give them the tools that they need,” Zaun says, “and I think we need to put a stop to that garbage.”
Senate Democratic Leader Zach Wahls of Coralville says this debate makes Iowa less attractive to people who might move here for work. “Saying that we’re going to go after teachers and librarians is not going to make Iowa’s public education stronger,” Wahls says. Jennifer Konfrst of Windsor Heights, the Democratic Leader in the Iowa House, says book banning discussions aren’t helpful to companies trying to attract new workers. “Iowa’s brand gets damaged when stories are out there about things that fringe elements in the state are doing or proposing,” Konfrst says.
The legislators made their comments Wednesday morning, during a forum organized by the Greater Des Moines Partnership.
(Radio Iowa) – The 15th ranked Iowa State women built a nine point lead early in the fourth quarter Wednesday night, and beat number-12 Iowa 77-70 to snap a five game losing skid in the series.
That’s ISU coach Bill Fennelly. Ashley Joens had 26 points as the Cyclones improve to 9-1.
Fennelly says the Cyclones made the key plays down the stretch to earn their first win in the series since 2015.
Caitlin Clark led Iowa with 26 as the Hawkeyes fall to 5-2.
That’s Iowa coach Lisa Bluder. The Hawkeyes connected on just under 41 percent for the game, including nine of 27 from three point range.
(Radio Iowa) – The 17th ranked Iowa State men look to stay unbeaten at home tonight (Thursday night), against Iowa. ISU is 8-0 and has dropped three straight to the Hawkeyes.
That’s Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger who says the Cyclones have focused on the same things that got them off to an 8-0 start.
It will be a Cyclone team that rides defense and rebounding against an Iowa team that averages more than 90 points per game.
Iowa coach Fran McCaffery has been impressed with how quickly the Cyclones have jelled.
McCaffery says while ISU has a new roster it is a talented one.
McCaffery says defense is where it starts for the Cyclones.
McCaffery wants to find a way to get Jordan Bohannon more shots. The senior guard has only attempted three shots from distance in the last two games.
Listen for the game on KJAN, beginning at 7-p.m.
Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy w/sprinkles possible this morning. High 52. Winds S-NW @ 10-15 mph.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 30.
Tomorrow: Mostly Cloudy w/light rain. High 38. E @ 10-15.
Saturday: Light snow possible early; P/Cldy. High 38.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High near 50.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 42. Our Low was 13. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 62 and the Low was 22. The Record High on this date was 62 in 1946 & 2020. The Record Low was -17 in 1917 & 2005.
BRUCE ALAN WADDELL, 64, of Harlan, died Tue., Dec. 7, 2021 at Bergan Mercy Medical Center. A visitation for BRUCE WADDELL will take place from 5-until 7-p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12th, at the Pauley-Jones Funeral Home, in Harlan.
Burial is in the Harlan Cemetery.
BRUCE ALAN WADDELL is survived by:
His wife – Brenda Waddell, of Harlan.
His daughters – Ashley (Randy) Mether, of Harlan, & Farren (Nathan) Johnson, of Malcom (IA).
His sister – Carolyn (Dean) Finken, of Atlantic.
FAIRFIELD, Iowa — KCCI in Des Moines reports one of the two teens charged with the murder of a Fairfield Spanish teacher has filed a motion to be tried as a juvenile. Willard Miller, 16, is facing first-degree murder charges as an adult in the death of Nohema Graber.
According to court documents, his lawyers said he’s too young and has no criminal history. A hearing on this request has not yet been set. Jeremy Goodale, 16, is also charged in the killing.
(Radio Iowa) – Federal investigators say the State of Iowa has failed to provide the most appropriate setting for intellectually disabled Iowans who are residents at state-run facilities in Glenwood and Woodward.
A report from the U.S. Department of Justice concludes Iowa’s system is heavily biased toward placing Iowans with profound intellectual disabilities in an institution. About 300 adults with intellectual disabilities and behavioral disorders are residents at the state Resource Centers in Glenwood and Woodward. The report finds that with the right services, nearly all of them could live in a community setting instead and the cost of that care would be less.
Iowa Department of Human Services director Kelly Garcia says Iowa has a long history of relying on institutional care and the findings are not a surprise. Garcia says her agency is working to build an array of services to help intellectually disabled Iowans live as independently as possible.
(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Farm Bureau has elected a northwest Iowa farmer and business owner as its next president. According to a news release from the organization, Brent Johnson raises corn, soybeans and cattle on a Calhoun County farm near Manson. He also operates a precision farming company that does soil sampling, deploys drones and offers data management. Johnson replaces 64-year-old Craig Hill of Ackworth who is retiring after a decade as the organization’s president. “I farm and enjoy the aspects of the farming operation,” Hill says. “I’m of that age where, you know, while I’m healthy and able, I want to do some things and we’re going to do those and we’ll see where it goes from there.”
Hill says soon after he became Iowa Farm Bureau president in 2012, he was part of a group that greeted Xi Jinping in Des Moines, just before Xi became president of China. “We knew the market demands of China. They’re a very large population and the growing need for food and it was an exciting opportunity to talk about trade and to hopefully prepare to be a large provider of their needs going forward,” Hill says, “so trade has been so important from the very beginning to me, the trade war that disrupted a bit of things a few years ago during my tenure, the challenges there.”
Hill says he’s proud the Farm Bureau was successful in scuttling rules that could have made more Iowa waterways subject to federal regulation. “Something that would have been very critical to this organization and to our farmers and we avoided that,” Hill says. Hill says the greatest frustration during the past decade has been the federal waivers that have exempted oil refineries from ethanol blending obligations.
“Just think how perverse this is,” Hill says. “We have an EPA that’s for clean air, right? And you have a product, a liquid fuel, that is the cleanest burning fuel that can be offered.” Johnson, Hill’s successor, was elected president yesterday (Wednesday) at the Iowa Farm Bureau’s annual meeting. Johnson was not available for media interviews after his election.
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