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The Cass County Conservation Board invites you to “Bust the boredom,” with their digital treasure hunt. Since our parks are our treasures, the CCCB would love for you to visit them. Follow the clues (Listed below), and take a picture. Two special clues involve using a GPS. Prizes will be awarded, but you will have to wait until May for the prize announcement!
Treasure Hunt Rules:
1. All photos must include at least one member of the family or person. Self-portraits are allowed as long as we can verify your location by the picture.
2. Photos shall be submitted through the following email: lkanning@casscoia.us
3. Entrant will only receive an email back if their submission was Incorrect.
4. One entry per family.
5. Deadline for submission is April 30th 2020 at 4:30 PM CST. Winners will be drawn and announced on May 20th 2020.
6. The CCCB reserves the right to display winners’ photos and other contest images.
7. Board members, staff and their families are ineligible for the drawing.
Prizes: all correct submissions will be entered into one drawing. There will be 3 additional drawings one for each of the correct GPS clues, and one for correct pictures for ALL of the picture clues.
Clues:
1. Get ready to Standup paddleboard! Take your picture where we start our standup paddleboard demonstrations.
2. Travel to this park on a “dry” day and take your picture with the park entrance sign!
3. Enjoy our “newest” Cass County park, take your picture near the “newest” wetland, try not to get too muddy.
4. Named after a pioneer town that had a saw mill and a hotel. Take your picture with the park entrance sign.
Get out your GPS unit for these special prizes:
Go to these coordinates (N 41˚ 18.200 W 095˚ 06.195) and leave your full name in the log to qualify for a special prize!
Go to these coordinates (N 41˚ 25.724 W 094˚ 58.955) and find a wildflower or tree sign. Email the correct name from the sign to the email above to qualify.
Reminder the deadline for submission is April 30th 2020 at 4:30 PM CST. Winners will be drawn and announced on May 20th 2020.
The Mills County Sheriff’s Office today (Friday), said 28-year old Zackery Mount-Gallett, of Carter Lake, was arrested Wednesday morning at the Pottawattamie County Jail. Mount-Gallett was taken into custody on a Mills County warrant for Failure to Appear. His bond was set at $5,000. And, the Union County Sheriff’s Office reports 26-year old Michael Steven Cox, of Des Moines, was arrested on a Union County warrant for Probation Violation. Cox turned himself-in to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, and was transported to Union County, where he was being held without bond until making an initial court appearance.
(12-p.m. News, 4/3)
(Radio Iowa) — Doctors from the University of Iowa Hospitals says they are ready if there is a surge of people who would need coronavirus treatment in the intensive care unit. Doctor Brooks Jackson says the postponement of elective surgeries helps in their ability to handle such patients. “The good news is, even with normal every day capacity — we still have I-C-U capacity — so we are nowhere near our regular 90-95 percent occupancy that we would normally have,” Jackson says. Jackson is the dean of the U-I’s Carver College of Medicine. He gave an update on the planning to the Board of Regents during their recent on-line meeting.
“We’ve created a surge plan that would be able to take us over normal operations. Our normal operations as you guys are aware is 90 to 95 percent occupancy of 850 beds. We have the ability — and we have developed a plan to staff an incremental 100 to 150 beds to serve Iowans in the face of a surge,” according to Jackson. Jackson says they will convert medical-surgical units into I-C-U’s and then use recovery units for other rooms. He says they have ventilators and the ability to convert anesthesia machines into ventilators. But Jackson says having the rooms and equipment isn’t the most important part of the equation — it’s having the proper staff to operate an I-C-U.
Officials with the Iowa Department of Human Rights report, due to the Covid-19 virus and the State of Iowa Public Health Disaster Emergency, the IDHR’s Division of Community Action Agencies, has extended the application period for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) through May 31, 2020.
Iowa families are facing many challenges to cope with the Covid-19 virus. Some have lost jobs or had their hours of employment reduced. These circumstances could lead to difficulty in paying your utility bill. If you find yourself in that situation, there is help available through the State’s network of local community action agencies that have offices in all 99 counties. Families can apply for the Energy Assistance program at their local community action agency. This program can help pay a portion of an eligible household’s utility bill. Eligibility is based on household size and income. Anyone facing difficulty in paying their utility bill is encouraged to contact their local agency.
Community action agencies have other types of help available, such as food and clothing pantries, and other services. You can find a link to information about your local community action agency by going to the Iowa Department of Human Rights’ website at https://humanrights.iowa.gov/dcaa/where-apply.
DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has been notified of 85 additional positive cases of Iowans with COVID-19, for a total of 699 positive cases. There have been a total of 8,764 negative tests to date, which includes testing reported by the State Hygienic Lab and other labs. The latest cases were scattered through 31 counties, from Lyon County in the state’s northwest corner to Van Buren County in southeast Iowa. Polk County had 13 cases and Linn County had 14. The statewide total rose to 699 cases. No additional deaths were reported in Iowa.
The latest data show 80 people have been hospitalized with the virus, 58 who were hospitalized are recovering at home, while 415 were never hospitalized and are self-isolating at home. 11 people have died from the virus, which is unchanged from Thursday. 
According to IDPH, the locations and age ranges of the 85 individuals include:
A status report of monitoring and testing of COVID19 in Iowa is provided by IDPH and can be found here. In addition, a public hotline has been established for Iowans with questions about COVID-19. The line is available 24/7 by calling 2-1-1 or 1-800-244-7431. The state of Iowa has started sharing the number of negative tests conducted at outside labs, and is providing additional information on the conditions of those infected with COVID-19.
NOTE: There is not a positive case in Delaware County. After further investigation, the case is attributed to Linn County. Maps and other materials are updated.
Gov. Reynolds will hold a press conference today at 2:30 p.m. The press conference will be livestreamed and posted in full on Governor Reynolds’ Facebook Page.
A report at around 8:50-p.m. Thursday about a burglary in Council Bluffs, resulted in an arrest. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office say 25-year old Christian Edward Rexilius (No city of residence listed), was taken into custody for: Burglary in the 2nd Degree [Breaking and Entering] (w/a person present – no injuries), Criminal Mischief in the 5th Degree (Destruction/Damage of Property), and Providing False ID information. His bond was set at $10,600 altogether.
And, a prisoner at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln, NE., was transported to the Pott. County Jail this morning. 47-year old Steven M. Morlan was wanted in Pottawattamie County on a warrant for Violation of Probation.
(Radio Iowa) — State public health officials have drawn up a map that divides the state into six sections. They’re tracking COVID-19 developments in each area and the Iowa Press Citizen obtained the point system being used to determine if or when Governor Reynolds issues a shelter-in-place order. Dr. Caitlin Pedati, the State Medical Director, says a key factor they’re following is the number of outbreaks in nursing homes. “It’s important to keep that in mind because we’ve seen the experiences of other countries and other states,” Pedati says, “and how challenging it can be to care for those populations in those situations.”
Earlier this week, state officials revealed there IS an outbreak at a nursing home in Cedar Rapids, but on Thursday they declined to reveal whether there are outbreaks at other facilities. Other factors state officials are tracking are the percentage of people in each part of the state who’re over the age of 65 and the percentage of Iowans in each of the six zones who’ve been hospitalized for treatment of COVID-19. Governor Kim Reynolds says the analysis helps deploy resources. “We can identify where some of the hotspots (are at. Is it in a region?” Reynolds asks. “So we can focus in and make sure that we are getting the equipment there, we have a workforce, we have the surge capacity in place — so that we don’t overwhelm some of our hospital systems.”
State officials have now released the map showing these ratings to the public. It appears to divide the state based on which major hospitals would treat seriously ill patients in each region. “As we learn more and we take a look at other assumptions and data that’s available, we’ll continue to monitor the situation,” Reynolds says. The map shows segments of eastern Iowa with a score of seven out of 10. A score of 10 would trigger a shelter-in-place order from the governor. Reynolds said earlier this week she might issue such an order for a region rather than for the entire state.
(In an update our earlier posted and on-air reports) – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says a woman from Cumberland was injured during a rollover accident this (Friday) morning. Officials say 44-year-old Jennifer Lea Brisky was driving a 2005 Chevy Colorado pickup westbound on Lansing Road near the intersection with 680th Street (or, about half-way between Cumberland and Wiota) at around 6:49-a.m., when the vehicle went out of control due to the icy conditions. The pickup hit an embankment and rolled into the north ditch, where it landed on its top.
Authorities report Brisky was transported to Medivac Ambulance to the Cass County Memorial Memorial Hospital, in Atlantic.
(Radio Iowa) — The World Pork Expo, an event that typically brings 20-thousand people from around the world to central Iowa, is among the latest casualties to coronavirus. Jen Sorenson of Ankeny, president-elect of the National Pork Producers Council board of directors, says the big gathering that was slated for June in Des Moines is being called off due to the pandemic. “We are deeply disappointed that we have to cancel this year’s expo,” Sorenson says. “It was a tough decision by the NPPC board of directors but it was, obviously, the right thing to do in the face of COVID-19.”
It marks two years in a row the expo has been thwarted by disease. The June 2019 edition was cancelled because of fears about African Swine Flu. She says producers will miss the event, but hopefully, it’ll be back in 2021. “Pork Expo is the time to come together, network, get business done, socialize, share ideas, look at the new technology and innovation that’s coming into the industry,” Sorenson says. “For us, as pork producers, it’s business as usual. We’re taking care of our animals on our farms and that’s our big priority right now.”
When it comes to staying ahead of the curve on health issues, Sorenson says pork producers remain proactive, adding, they were practicing social distancing “before it was cool.” “With our practices to protect our herds when it comes to biosecurity, when it comes to showering in and out of our farms, using that hand sanitizer, disinfecting supplies that come into the farm,” she says, “just a whole gamut of things that we do to protect our herds.”
America’s pork producers take their jobs seriously in being an essential service, Sorenson says, helping keep the food supply chain moving and in good shape.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Two of the largest banks in Iowa say they aren’t ready to take applications for the $349 billion small business aid program that began Friday. MidwestOne Bank and Bankers Trust announced late Thursday that they still do not have enough information from the Small Business Administration to proceed. Both indicated they would begin processing applications as soon as they had the answers to key questions. A MidwestOne vice president told customers that banks “do not yet have critical program details” and warned that submitting inaccurate or incorrect applications would delay their aid. Des Moines-based Bankers Trust says it’s disappointed in the lack of guidance and delay.
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