Police in Red Oak, Wednesday afternoon, arrested 44-year-old Jason Richard Berendes, of Red Oak, on a valid Montgomery County Domestic Assault – No Contact Order. Berendes was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $2,000 bond.
Police in Red Oak, Wednesday afternoon, arrested 44-year-old Jason Richard Berendes, of Red Oak, on a valid Montgomery County Domestic Assault – No Contact Order. Berendes was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $2,000 bond.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office report the arrest Wednesday on an assault charge, of 42-year-old Robert Matthew Lynn Petersen. The Red oak man was arrested on a warrant for Domestic Assault. His bond was set at $300.
(Des Moines, IA) – Test Iowa, the state’s large-scale, free COVID-19 testing program which launched in April of last year, will end operations on July 16, 2021. Staggered closings of its drive-thru test sites and clinic locations statewide will occur over the next five weeks.
The five state-operated drive-thru locations will close when testing concludes at 4 p.m. on the following days:
Clinic site closures will be determined by provider, but will occur no later than Friday, July 16. Closing dates will be announced publicly and posted online at coronavirus.iowa.gov and testiowa.com. Demand for testing is at its lowest levels in more than a year since vaccine is now widely available and virus activity has significantly decreased. However, ensuring the availability of free COVID-19 tests for Iowans remains a priority.
The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) and State Hygienic Lab (SHL) are finalizing plans now to provide at-home test kits free of charge to Iowa residents following the closure of the Test Iowa program. More details will be provided in the coming weeks. Additionally, COVID-19 testing will continue to be provided by health care providers, pharmacies, and other retail testing sites statewide.
Since opening, nearly 644,000 individuals have been tested for COVID-19 at a Test Iowa site, making it Iowa’s top testing option. Testing peaked on Nov. 23, 2020, when more than 6,700 individuals were tested on a single day. Approximately 400 total tests per day are now being conducted across all 17 drive-thru and clinic sites
currently open.
Drive-thru test sites will continue to operate Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., while they remain open. Hours of operation vary by clinic site. For more information about locations, hours or scheduling a test, visit coronavirus.iowa.gov or testiowa.com.
If you have symptoms of COVID-19 or have been exposed to an individual who has tested positive and you have not yet been fully vaccinated, you should be tested and remain at home away from others until you know your results. If you are positive for the virus, follow the isolation instructions from your testing provider or local public
health department.
IDPH encourages Iowans age 12 and up to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Information about vaccine providers and events statewide is available at vaccinateiowa.gov.
(Radio Iowa) – A judge has ordered a Sergeant Bluff man to pay an 80-thousand-dollar civil penalty for burning thousands of railroad ties on his property. State regulators say they warned John Goldsmith not to burn some 30-thousand railroad ties after he called a D-N-R employee in 2018, and said he intended to burn some of them. He said that disposing of the ties would cost significantly more than his property was worth.
The lawsuit against Goldsmith says he barricaded the property to prevent anyone from getting in and then burned the railroad ties over a period of three days. The judge issued the maximum penalty and also issued a permanent injunction against Goldsmith to keep him from violating solid-waste and open-burning laws.
The judge warned Goldsmith that he could face contempt charges and possible jail time if he disobeys the judge’s order.
424 PM CDT Wed Jun 16 2021 …A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST, MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances. Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when possible.
To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
CLAIR LANE, Sr., 78, of Greenfield passed away on Thursday, June 10, 2021, at his home in Greenfield. A Celebration of Life service for CLAIR LANE, Sr., will take place 2-p.m. Saturday, June 19th, at the Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield, with full military rites conducted by the Greenfield American Legion Head-Endres Post number 265, and VFW Post No. 5357.
The family will greet friends at the funeral home one-hour prior to the services on Saturday.; Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.
Memorials may be directed to the Clair Lane, Sr. Memorial Fund, to be established by the family at a later date.
(Radio Iowa) – Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a wide-ranging bill into law that cuts personal income taxes, gradually gets rid of the state inheritance tax and erases a property tax levy used to finance mental health services. State money is to be used to finance the mental health system. “Health care professionals and patients who rely on Iowa’s mental health system deserve this sustainability and predictability this funding source will provide,” the governor says.
Reynolds says she’ll recommend MORE personal income tax cuts in 2022. The legislation was a compromise brokered by Governor Reynolds with the Iowa House and Senate to wrap up the 2021 Legislative Session.
SF 619 provides significant tax relief to hardworking Iowans:
SF 619 invests in mental health and foundational priorities like child care and housing:
(Radio Iowa) – The Board of Supervisors in the state’s most heavily populated county has approved a lottery with thousands of dollars in prizes to try and lure more residents to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The Polk County leaders say their goal is to get 75 percent of the county’s eligible population vaccinated by the end of the State Fair on August 22nd.
Supervisor Tom Hockensmith said he supports the program. “In order to reach herd immunity, I think we’re gonna have to do things like this to really encourage folks and set folks to, to get vaccinated,” Hockensmith says.
The county will host lottery drawings for all fully vaccinated residents on every Friday starting next week. Ten prizes of one-thousand dollars will be given out weekly. One prize of 50-thousand dollars and a five-thousand-dollar scholarship will be given out every other week. The governor says the state won’t be doing any sort of vaccine lottery — but Polk County Supervisor Robert Brownell thinks it could work for Polk County. “It’ll help drive vaccinations and it’ll help drive our vaccination numbers. And once we can get past this thing, then things really can get back to normal,” Brownell says.
Polk County residents can go to the website immunizepolk.org to register for the vaccine lottery.
(Walnut) – One of the organizers of this Father’s Day weekend’s 38th Annual Walnut AMVETs Antique Show says approximately 350 vendors from 21 states will be on hand to display and sell their antiques and older collectibles. The event takes place this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Gene Larsen, with the Walnut AMVETs, said the first time the event was held, it started out small, with about 20 or 30 dealers, but then it quickly began to grow each year.
The huge number of vendors, according to Larsen, take up about 15 city blocks over the weekend, in Walnut, in addition to three big halls for displays.
Larsen essentially runs the show, as administrator. He says they make sure vendors have quality items for sale before they are allowed to set up in their display area.
Gene Larsen says people are shocked at the amount and variety of antiques they’ll find.
The event has been featured in almost every antiques-related magazine and newspapers in the country has featured the Walnut AMVETS show. One antiques magazine even rated it in their Top 10 Antiques Travel Destinations in the world.
In addition to antiques, there will be plenty of food vendors. Admission to and parking for the event, are free. The show runs from 8-a.m. to 5-p.m. Friday and Saturday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.
The Atlantic Parks and Recreation Department reports four new outdoor Pickleball Courts are ready for play. The courts are painted in the west end of the Sunnyside Tennis Courts, and there are three scheduled group times per week:
The game of Pickleball.
Bruce Henderson says “It is possible to play at anytime during the week. To play at times other than those mentioned (above), contact Bruce Henderson or call the Parks and Rec Office at 243-3542. Pickleball, by-the-way, is currently the fastest growing sport in the U-S. Between 2019 and 2020, the number of players increased by 21.3%. Currently, there are about 3.8-million players in the U-S.
In 2006, there were only 400 outdoor Pickleball venues across the country.
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