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(Atlantic, Iowa) – With COVID-19 cases on the rise again across Iowa and much of the country, testing supplies are in high demand. Cass Health Laboratory Director Mitch Whiley, says the supply of rapid tests are being limited these days, after a sufficient supply was on-hand earlier this summer.
He says the determination of who gets the rapid tests is driven by their test suppliers.
In Cass County, outpatient testing options include free home testing kits from Test Iowa, and Outpatient testing at Cass Health. The home test kits can be ordered from testiowa.com, or picked up from Cass County Public Health.
The saliva-based test results are typically available 48-hours after it is received by the State. Outpatient testing according to Whiley, is appropriate for those persons who need to be tested prior to travel, prior to a medical procedure, or who are mildly ill. The tests will be offered by appointment at Cass Health, and then sent on to a reference laboratory for processing. Results typically take 48-to-72-hours, and are delivered in the patient’s MyChart account.
Whiley says the manufacturer who makes Cass Health’s COVID tests, also makes the Flu and RSV Tests. He says RSV has been hitting hospitals hard, lately, so that impacts the amount of tests available.
Whiley says to help prevent the spread of illnesses, all patients with symptoms who are tested for COVID-19, should isolate themselves while they wait for their result. For more information about COVID-19, visit coronavirus.iowa.gov.
The Creston Police Department (Friday, 9/3), reports a Ringgold County man was arrested Thursday afternoon. 39-year-old Benjaman Lee Hunsucker, of Benton, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, on a charge of Violation of No Contact/Protective Order – Contempt, Stalking – Violation of Protective Order, Harassment – 1st Degree. Hunsucker was being held in the jail without bond, pending an appearance before the Magistrate.
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The Guthrie County Fair is underway in Guthrie Center, through Sept. 5th. Gate admission daily is $10. Carnival rides and Grandstand entertainment are FREE.
Today’s schedule (Sept. 3rd) includes:
8:00 AM 4-H/FFA Swine Show
8:30 AM 4-H/FFA Horse Show
8:00 AM – 6:00 PM 4-H/FFA Education Center Open
12:30 PM 4-H/FFA Sheep & Goat Show
6:00 PM Clover Kids Show
7:00 PM Rodeo at the Grandstand (Presented by Grand River Rodeo)
This weekend’s activities include:
Saturday, Sept. 4th –
10:00 AM Parade
5:00 PM Tractor & Pickup Truck pulls (at the Grandstand)
Sunday, Sept. 5
6:00 PM Queen Coronation (Grandstand)
7:00 PM Figure 8 races (Grandstand)
For more information, see the Guthrie County Fair website, or follow them on Facebook.
West Central Valley XC Meet
09/02/2021
Girls Team Scores
Girls Individual Top Ten
Boys Team Scoring
Boys Individual Top Ten
(Radio Iowa) – The pheasant season last year saw hunters take the second-highest number of pheasants in more than ten years — and the numbers are lining up for a repeat. D-N-R wildlife biologist, Todd Bogenschutz oversees the roadside survey and says one area stood out. “Up in the northwest, it could be some of the best hunting they’ve seen in years,” he says. Southeastern and eastern Iowa saw fewer birds in this year’s survey — while the overall outlook pretty much mirrored 2020. Bogenschutz says in 2020 they average 20-point-three birds on each route and this year they average 20-point-one birds.
The results showed three of the nine regions — northwest, north-central, west-central averaged at or more than 30 birds on each route — which hasn’t happened since 2007. Bogenschutz says the spring season is always key in determining how many new birds live into the fall. “I think the nesting season overall was generally pretty good. But last winter was particularly tough on southern Iowa,” according to Bogenschutz. “we had snow, and then it warmed up and melted, and then we went sub-zero and got some freezing rain and that happened a couple of times — to the point that by the end of February in southeast Iowa, full-grown adults were walking on top of the snow, and not breaking through.”
Bogenschutz says he’s not too concerned about the recent flooding, as flooding has the most impact in the spring nesting period. “So, April into May and maybe the first part of June. After that flooding doesn’t have near the impact once the chicks are out and grown up a little bit,” Bogenschutz says. “The flooding we had in July and August shouldn’t have hurt the newly hatched chicks as much.” He expects at minimum a repeat of the pheasant harvest from last year. “I’m expecting we’ll have a harvest of around that 250 to 300-thousand mark again,” Bogenschutz says.
The pheasant season opens on October 30th and runs through January 10th.
(Radio Iowa) – College football season opens in Iowa tomorrow (Saturday) and buses carrying two Iowa teams will also carry new branding. The Iowa Soybean Association and the Iowa Biodiesel Board are partnering with Windstar, the bus company that provides transportation for the Iowa Hawkeyes and Iowa State Cyclones. Iowa Biodiesel Board executive director Grant Kimberley says the buses run on biodiesel and it says so in big letters down the side. “These buses transport these teams to home games to the stadium and away games, as well,” Kimberley says. “It’s not just for football season, it’s also utilized at other times of the year for some of the other sports teams. These buses get some miles on them and they go all across the country.”
He says the partnership and the rebranding of the buses is a great way to educate people about biodiesel. “We can reach a wide audience this way,” Kimberley says. “People that may not normally see a lot about agriculture or about biofuels. It’s a way to get a good cross-section of people.” The Hawkeye and Cyclone team buses have a broad reach, all the while advertising one of Iowa’s biggest biofuels. “People told me that they’ve seen these buses in places like Los Angeles and Denver and even driving by the Capitol in Washington D.C.,” Kimberley says. “They do get around a lot of different places and that’s why we think it’s a great partnership with the university.”
Iowa’s farmers are expected to harvest more than 525-million bushels of soybeans this fall. Every bushel will enhance Iowa’s standing as the nation’s top producer of biodiesel.
IRENE M. LARSEN, 96, of Elk Horn, died Thursday, Sept. 2nd, in Elk Horn. Funeral services for IRENE LARSEN will be held 1-p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8th, at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church. Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home, in Harlan has the arrangements. Masks are recommended and will be available.
Friends may call at the church from 11-a.m. until 1-p.m., Wednesday; Online condolences may be left at www.burmeisterjohannsen.com.
Burial is in the Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery.
IRENE LARSEN is survived by:
Her daughters – Angela (Dennis) Hemminger of Blair, NE. Lynda Martin of Exira.
Her son – Eugene Larsen of Exira.
Her sisters – Harriet Campbell of Audubon. Shirley (Martin) Nelson of Elk Horn.
6 Grandchildren, several Great-Grandchildren & Great-Great-Grandchildren, other Relatives, and Friends
MARVIN ALLEN PIITTMANN, 86, of Avoca, died Aug. 30th, at Myrtue Medical Center, in Harlan. Memorial services for MARVIN PIITTMANN will be held 2-p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4th, at the Pauley-Jones Funeral Home, in Avoca.
Burial is in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.
MARVIN PIITTMANN is survived by:
His wife – Barbara [Wendt] Piittmann, of Avoca.
His son – Troy Piittmann, of Avoca.
His daughter – Audra (Russ Dickerson) Piittmann, of Boone.