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Iowa COVID-19 update for 5/22/21: 10 additional deaths; 173 additional positive tests

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May 22nd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Public health on Saturday reported 173 new COVID-19 positive tests and ten additional deaths. At 10 a.m., the health department reported 400,734 total positive tests, 357,363 total recoveries and 6,035 total deaths since the start of the pandemic. Twenty-four hours earlier, the health department reported 400,561 total positive tests and 6,025 total deaths.

Iowa reports 2,679,228 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered and 1,305,749 individuals have completed the vaccine series. Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate is at 2.9%, and the 7-day average is now 2.8%. Health department data shows 4,998,503 total tests have been administered.

There are now 131 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, down from 142 the previous day. Iowa reports 39 patients in ICU and 18 patients on ventilators. In RMCC Region 4 (hospitals in western & southwest Iowa), there remain: Seven patients hospitalized with COVID or symptoms of the virus; Five people with COVID in an ICU; No new admissions were reported, and one person remains on a ventilator.

Two of Iowa’s long-term care facilities report active COVID-19 outbreaks (Risen Son Christian Village in Pott. County, & the Clarion Wellness & Rehab Center in Wright County). The health department reports 17 positive cases and one recovery among residents and staff within those facilities. The state reports 2,357 care facility deaths since the pandemic began.

In the immediate KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases by County (since the beginning of the pandemic) and the total number of deaths (Since the beginning of the pandemic) in each county to date:
Cass, 1,473 cases; 54 deaths
Adair, 990; 32
Adams, 352; 4
Audubon, 536; 10
Guthrie, 1,306; 31
Harrison County, 1,930; 73
Madison County, 1,776; 19
Mills County, 1,795; 23
Montgomery, 1,112; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,286;170
Shelby County, 1,372; 37
Union County, 1,366; 33

Griswold School Board Special Meeting set for Monday

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May 22nd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Griswold School Board will hold a special meeting 5:30-p.m. Monday, in the Conference Room at 20 Madison Street. The lone items on their agenda is discussion and action on releasing an employee from their contract.

3 arrested on drug charges in Walnut

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May 22nd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The latest report from the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Department shows three people were arrested on drug charges, Thursday, after Deputies executed a search warrant at 707 Atlantic Street, in Walnut. Authorities say 38-year-old Amy Joy Carman and 30-year-old Jessie Suzanne Petersen, were each charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance/ Methamphetamine – 1st Offense, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. And, 34-year-old Phillip Michael Houston was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd Offense and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

A man from Neola was arrested Thursday, following a call about a person who was armed. Deputies responded to the 400 block of 1st Street, where they arrested 27-year-old Darrell Jerome Boyer for Carrying a Weapon (a loaded Gun) within City Limits. Boyer was also charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Unauthorized Possession of Offensive Weapon. Boyer was being held in the Pott. County Jail on a total of $7,300 bond.

Pott. County Sheriff’s Officials said also, 35-year-old Daniel Joseph Shreeves was arrested early Friday morning, after Deputies were dispatched to I-880 for a reported impaired driver. Deputies located the vehicle in the center median at the five mile marker of I-880. Shreeves was charged with Operating While Intoxicated 1st Offense.

Machine Shed fire near Griswold

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May 22nd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Firefighters from Griswold were called out early Saturday morning, to the scene of a machine shed fire. The fire page went out at around 5:46 a.m., following a report of smoke and flames coming from a structure at 13001 490th Street.

Additional details are currently not available.

2021 State Track – Championship Saturday – 2A and 3A Results (Final)

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May 22nd, 2021 by admin

Class 2A Girls Sprint Medley

AHSTW- 20th 1:56.73 (Kaleah Guyer, Delaney Goshorn, Cora Comer, Holly Hoepner)
Red Oak- 23rd 1:57.25 (Macy Bozwell, Ashlynn Bentley, Araina Brummett, Liz Carbaugh)
Treynor- 6th 1:51.67 (Jozie Lewis, Keelea, Navara, Lillia Williams, Rachel Kinsella)

Class 3A Girls Sprint Medley

Harlan- 23rd 1:55.95 (Justine Buman, Delaney Wegner, Grace Eckermann, Kaia Bieker)
Glenwood- 14th 1:53.91(Zoie Carda, Lauren Roenfeldt, Danika Arnold, Nora Dougherty)
Atlantic- 10th 1:52.70 (Caroline Pellett, Alyssa Derby, Chloe Mullenix, Haley Rasmussen)

Class 2A Boys Sprint Medley

Red Oak- 9th 1:36.92 (Landon Couse, Garrett Couse, Bradley Sifford, Jack Kling)
Treynor- 4th 1:35.25 (Evan Smith, Josh Clark, Jaxon Schumacher, Todd Pedersen)

Class 3A Boys Sprint Medley

Carroll- 22nd 1:37.91 (Abraham Dirks, Cade Schable, Colby Christensen, Zach Dirkx)
Glenwood- 21st 1:27.60 (Chase Darden, Colby Frye, Tyler Huey, Silas Bales)
Harlan- 5th 1:34.66 (Mason Griffith, Will Neuharth, Aidan Hall, Michael Erlmeier)

Class 2A Girls 800M Run

Aliyah Humphrey, Underwood- 3rd 2:17.46
Gwen Steffen, Panorama- 6th 2:18.51

Class 3A Girls 800M Run

Kaia Bieker, Harlan- 5th 2:17.04
Ava Rush, Atlantic- 19th 2:26.31
Liv Freund, Harlan- 16th 2:24.53

Class 2A Boys 800M Run

Trevin Suhr, ACGC- 4th 1:59.86
Scott Pearson, Underwood- 2nd 1:58.87
Michael Pottebaum, Kuemper Catholic- 9th 2:01.00

Class 3A Boys 800M Run

Andrew Smith, Glenwood- 21st 2:04.16
Craig Alan Becker, Atlantic- 5th 1:58.21

Class 2A Girls Shuttle Hurdle Relay

Treynor- 5th 1:09.80 (Rachael Phelps, Aubree James, Carissa Spanier, Lillia Williams)

Class 3A Girls Shuttle Hurdle Relay

Class 2A Boys Shuttle Hurdle Relay

Treynor- 1st State Champions 1:01.142 (Noah James, Todd Pedersen, Kayden Dirks, Sid Schaaf) Came down to .008 of a second to determine the winner.

Class 3A Boys Shuttle Hurdle Relay

Class 2A Girls 100M Dash

Jaidyn Sellers, Panorama- 1st State Champion 12.58

Class 3A Girls 100M Dash

Class 2A Boys 100M Dash

Brayden Wollan, Underwood- 2nd 11.23 (OABCIG’s Cooper DeJean won in 11.16)

Class 3A Boys 100M Dash

Aidan Hall, Harlan- 6th 11.43

Class 2A Girls 100M Hurdles

Holly Hoepner, AHSTW- 6th 15.89

Class 3A Girls 100M Hurdles

Class 2A Boys 110M Hurdles

Sid Schaaf, Treynor- 2nd 14.83

Class 3A Boys 110M Hurdles

Class 2A Girls 200M Dash

Jaidyn Sellers, Panorama- 1st State Champion 25.91

Class 3A Girls 200M Dash

Haley Rasmussen, Atlantic- 6th 26.75

Class 2A Boys 200M Dash

Brayden Wollan, Underwood- 1st State Champion 21.86

Class 3A Boys 200M Dash

Aidan Hall, Harlan-8th 23.14

Class 2A Boys 1600M Run

Trevin Suhr, ACGC- 14th 4:36.72
Cole Dooley, Treynor- 11th 4:32.74

Class 3A Boys 1600M Run

Craig Alan Becker, Atlantic- 5th 4:24.32
Andrew Smith, Glenwood- 20th 4:45.46

Class 2A Girls 1500M Run

Ella Waddle, Panorama- 15th 5:08.03

Class 3A Girls 1500M Run

Emma Hughes, Glenwood- 6th 4:53.17
Brecken Van Baale, Harlan- 7th 4:53.73
Taylor McCreedy, Atlantic- 22nd 5:19.39

Class 2A Girls 4x100M Relay

Class 3A Girls 4x100M Relay

Class 2A Boys 4x100M Relay

Class 3A Boys 4x100M Relay

Class 2A Girls 4x400M Relay

Panorama- 3rd 4:04.02 (Gwen Steffen, Olivia Steffen, Shey Storesund, Jaidyn Sellers)

Class 3A Girls 4x400M Relay

Harlan- 7th 4:08.46 (Kaia Bieker, Brecken Van Baale, Lily Metzger, Liv Freund)

Class 2A Boys 4x400M Relay

Underwood- 1st State Champion 3:25.42 (Scott Pearson, Alex Ravlin, Bryce Patten, Brayden Wollan) **Underwood secures the 2A Boys Team Championship with the win.
Treynor- 2nd 3:26.88 (Todd Pedersen, Noah James, Devin Vorthmann, Sid Schaaf)

Class 3A Boys 4x400M Relay

Skyscan Forecast Saturday May 22, 2021

Weather

May 22nd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Today: Partly cloudy skies. A few isolated showers and thundershowers possible this afternoon. S@ 10-20  High 81

Tonight: Partly cloudy skies. A few isolated showers and thundershowers. S@ 10  Low 66

Sunday: Partly cloudy skies. A few isolated showers and thundershowers, but dry much of the time. S@ 10-20  High 81

Monday: Partly cloudy skies. A few isolated showers and thunderstorms.  High 81

Tuesday: Partly to mostly cloudy. A better chance for more widespread rain and thunderstorms.  High 80

‘Don’t Kiss or Snuggle Backyard Poultry,’ CDC Warns in Salmonella Alert

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May 22nd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning backyard poultry farmers that their chickens may be linked to a growing salmonella outbreak. The notice of investigation, posted Thursday, said 163 people are confirmed to have been sickened across 43 states. While none have died, a third of those sickened were children under 5 years of age, the agency said.

The CDC warns that there are likely many more cases as few people are tested for salmonella, a bacterial infection that in most people resolves on its own in a week or less after causing diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps. People younger than 5 or older than 65 are likelier to experience more severe illness and are at increased risk of hospitalization, the CDC says. Safety tips shared by the public health agency include having hand sanitizer near your coop and frequently washing hands after touching poultry.

“Don’t kiss or snuggle backyard poultry, and don’t eat or drink around them,” the CDC writes. “This can spread Salmonella germs to your mouth and make you sick.” The agency said children are more likely to get sick from salmonella, and advised supervising them around flocks, and preventing children under 5 years of age from touching the birds. The news follows what was a bad year for salmonella safety in America’s backyard poultry farms, according to the CDC. There were 17 multi-state salmonella outbreaks linked to backyard flock contact in all 50 states in 2020, the agency said.

“The number of illnesses reported [in 2020] was higher than the number reported during any of the past years’ outbreaks linked to backyard flocks,” the CDC wrote. Salmonella outbreaks linked to backyard poultry flocks were reported every year from 2020 back to 2017

UNI beats Iowa State in first game of NCAA Softball Regional

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May 21st, 2021 by admin

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Iowa State (32-22, 6-12 Big 12) fell 8-0 to UNI (32-18, 20-7 MVC) in the first game of the NCAA Columbia Regional on Friday night at Mizzou Softball Stadium.

UNI 8, Iowa State 0
The Panthers were able to strike first with a big second inning, plating four runs in the frame. Taylor Hogan notched a lead-off single, followed by a walk for Sammy Moss. Brooke Snider then gave the Panthers the lead with a two-RBI double down the left field line. An Emmy Wells RBI base hit pushed two more UNI runs across later in the inning to extend the lead to 4-0.

UNI busted the game open further in the top of the third. Madison Parks extended the lead to 5-0 with a two-out RBI single to left, followed by a three-run home run by Sammey Bunch.

Those would be the final UNI runs of the day, but it was what the Panthers needed thanks to an excellent performance in the circle by Kailyn Packard. The sophomore allowed just one hit in 5.0 innings of work.

On Deck
Iowa State will face either UIC or Missouri on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Mizzou Softball Stadium in an elimination game. Should the Cyclones win, they will play another elimination game at 6 p.m. CT.

Girls Singles/Doubles Regional Tennis Results and State Qualifiers

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May 21st, 2021 by admin

Class 1A

Region 1 at Spencer                                     

Singles  will now be played May 21st Friday
Doubles

Region 2 at Kuemper Catholic                               

Singles:Kinsie Zinne (Boone) over Morgan Kathman (Boone) 6/0, 6/1
Doubles: Landry Miller & Allison Nami (St. Albert) over Regan Halsne & Brynna Huen (Ballard) 6/4, 4/6, 7/6 (3)

Region 3 at Red Oak                       

Singles: Le Yuan Sun (Shenandoah) over  Maddie Frey (Creston) 4/6, 6/0, 6/3
Doubles: Rhenn Rolenc & Merced Ramirez (Red Oak) over Morgan Driskell & Sam Dunphy (Creston) 6/4, 6/1

Region 4 at Waterloo Columbus                            

Singles: Sasha Hyacinth (Columbus) over Bre Phillips (Columbus) 6/0, 6/0
Doubles: Chloe Butler & Avery Hogan (Columbus) over Alexa Weber & Belle Weber (Union) 6/4, 6/3

Region 5 at Decorah

Singles:  Victoria Schwarting (Osage) over Kayla Kellogg (Charles City) 6/3, 6/1
Doubles:  Mara Holland & Annalise Skrade (Decorah) over Morgan Brauer & Cady Peterson (Decorah) 6/1, 6/7 (4), 7/5

Region 6 at Xavier

Singles: Miyako Coffey (Xavier) over Maci Cloane (Camanche) 6/1, 6/1
Doubles:Ally Burger & Courtney Carstensen (Xavier) over Ella Tallett & Avery Link (Xavier) 6/2, 6/0

Region 7 at Fairfield

Singles: Tess Paton (Fairfield) over Lily Fenton (Maharishi) 6/0, 6/2
Doubles: Yana Gaskell & Nellie Higdon (Fairfield) over Mary Rolfstad & Ella Dillulio (Assumption) 6/1, 6/4

Region 8 at Pella

Singles: Emily Blom (Pella) over Katy Roose (Pella Christian) 6/4, 6/4
Doubles: Lauren Bolte & Carra Fenske (Grinnell) over Megan Kramer & Kelly Van Wyk (Pella Christian) 4/6, 6/2, 6/2

Class 2A

Region 1 at Fort Dodge                                           

Singles:  Abbie Peterson (Ankeny Centennial) over Jordyn Gustafson (Ankeny Centennial) 6/0, 6/0
Doubles:  Claudia Guan & Esther Guan (Ankney Centennial) over Tiegan Barkema & Celine Matthews (Mason City) 4/6, 6/2, 6/2

Region 2 at Johnston

Singles: Arunadee Fernando (Ames) over Ally Roeth (Waukee) 6/1, 6/0
Doubles:Allie Christensen & Dasha Svitashev (Johnston) over Puja Mekala & Moran Seashore (Waukee) 6/7 (4), 6/3, 6/2

Region 3 at WDM Valley    

Singles:  Claire Gu (WDM Valley) over Elaine Wang (WDM Valley) 6/0, 6/1
Doubles:  Katie Carver & Lily Dykstra (Urbandale) over Isabella Dobrinov & Nithya Myneni (WDM Valley) 7/5, 1/6, 6/4

Region 4 at SE Polk                         

Singles: Alison Szalay (Dowling Catholic) over Megan Sommerfeld (Ankeny) 6/0, 6/0
Doubles: Ava Petersen & Mackenzie Klein (Dowling Catholic) over Isa Valverde & Ella Spanovic (Dowling Catholic) 6/1, 6/2

Region 5 at Marshalltown

Singles: Madison Sagers (Cedar Falls) over Ayva Bohr (Cedar Rapids Prairie) 6/0, 6/2
Doubles: Mira Keeran & Maya  Mallavarapu (Cedar Falls) over Malina Amjadi & Elena Escalade (Cedar Falls) 6/1, 6/1

Region 6 at Pleasant Valley

Singles: Lauren Masengarb (Pleasant Valley) over Ella Gilbert (Iowa City Liberty) 6/1, 3/6, 6/4
Doubles: Kathryn Zylstra & Katelynn Kock (CR Washington) over  Josie Norris & Mya Messenger (CR Washington) 6/0, 6/0

Region 7 at Bettendorf

Singles: Sarah Dockery-Jackson ( Iowa City High) over Sydney Thoms (Dubuque Hempstead) 6/1, 6/3
Doubles: Andrea Porubcin & Elizabeth Alves (Bettendorf) over Mackenzie Lange & Emily Manemann (Clinton) 6/5 injury default

Region 8 at North Scott

Singles: Ella De Young (Iowa City West) over Riley O’Donnell (Dubuque Senior) 6/0, 6/0
Doubles: Caroline  Mascardo & Julianna Mascardo (Iowa City West) over Natalie Kaiser & Maddy Sampson (Dubuque Senior) 6/0, 6/2

Boys District Golf Results/State Qualifiers

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May 21st, 2021 by admin

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