(Radio Iowa) – A weekend police chase that spanned multiple counties ended with a crash in Fort Dodge. The pursuit began at around 2:44-p.m., Sunday, a Trooper with the Iowa State Patrol stopped a gold 2012 Chevy Impala in Carroll, for a tinted window violation. After making contact with the driver, the Trooper requested a K-9. The K-9 indicated on the outside of the vehicle and Troopers asked the driver to step out of the vehicle. The driver then sped off, leading Troopers on a chase from Carroll to Fort Dodge, a distance of approximately 60 miles, at speeds over 100 mph at times.

As the driver approached Fort Dodge on Old Highway 20 near Highway 169, the Iowa State Patrol made intentional vehicle contact with the fleeing car.  The driver went into the ditch ending the pursuit. Troopers approached the vehicle and found the driver with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.  A loaded .45 caliber handgun was recovered next to the driver in the vehicle. The driver was identified as 18-year-old Isiah Christopher Mosely, of Fort Dodge. Mosely was transported to Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa where he is being treated for his injuries.

The Iowa Department of Public health, Monday, said there were 126 new COVID-19 positive tests over the previous 24-hours, and one additional death. The total number of COVID-related deaths statewide amount to 5,985. The health department reports 397,710 total positive tests since the start of the pandemic. The state’s positivity rates were up a bit, with the 14-day rate 3.8%, and the seven-day rate at 3.6%.

COVID hospitalization data show: There are 169 hospitalized, 45 persons in an ICU (an increase of 6 from Sunday), 21 people were admitted, and 19 were on a ventilator (an increase of 7 from Sunday). In RMCC Region 4 (hospitals in western/southwest Iowa), there are 15 COVID patients hospitalized; six are in an ICU; three people were admitted, and one person was on a ventilator.

There have been more than 2.5-million doses of a COVID vaccine administered in Iowa, and over 1.19-million persons who have completed their respective vaccination series.

The state reports there is still just one Long-Term Care Facility Outbreak. The Urbandale Health Care Center has 19 positive cases among residents and staff,  with 17 total recoveries. The state reports 2,325 care facility deaths since the pandemic began.

In the KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases by County; The # of new cases since yesterday {+} if any; and the total number of deaths in each county to date:
Cass, 1,462 cases; {+1}; 54 deaths
Adair, 983; {+0}; 32
Adams, 349 {+0}; 4
Audubon, 526 {+1}; 10
Guthrie, 1,290 {+0}; 29
Harrison County, 1,926; {+1}; 73
Madison County, 1,755; {+1; 19
Mills County, 1,785; {+1}; 22
Montgomery, 1,109;{+0}; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,189; {+5}; 168
Shelby County, 1,365 {+1}; 37
Union County, 1,361; {+0}; 33

Two people were arrested over the past couple of days on drug charges, in Union County. Creston Police report 52-year old Darryn Dugan, of Nodaway, was arrested at around 11:17-p.m. Sunday, in the 800 block of W. Taylor Street. Dugan was taken into custody for Possession of Paraphernalia and on two counts Possession of a Controlled Substance/3rd offense. He was being held in the Union County Jail on a $10,300 bond.

And, at around 1:17-a.m. today (Monday), 44-year-old Kari Wilkinson, of Red Oak, was arrested in the same location (800 block of W. Taylor), for Possession of Paraphernalia and on two counts Possession of a Controlled Substance/1st offense.  She was later released from the Union County Jail on a $2,300 bond.

The Cass County Board of Supervisors are set to meet 9-a.m. Tuesday, during their regular weekly session in their courthouse Boardroom, in Atlantic, and via Zoom. Discussion and/or action items on their light agenda include: A provision of services for HIPAA Training, the Employee Handbook and other Human Resource services, re: Ahlers & Cooney law firm; and, the Board will act on an abatement of Tax for a parcel owned by the City of Cumberland at 216 Adams Street.

The Supervisors will also receive (as available), reports from various department heads.

A traffic stop in Red Oak at around 7:15-p.m., Sunday, resulted in an arrest. Red Oak Police report 50-year-old Richard Bryan Jenkins, of Red Oak, was arrested for Driving While (license is) Suspended. Jenkins was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on bond amounting to $491.25.