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(Atlantic) – The Cass County Board of Health met via conference call Monday afternoon. During their session, the Board re-elected Doctor Wessels as Board Chair, and elected Betty Johnson to continue as Board Secretary. Vice-Chair, Dr. Todd Bean, stepped-down from the Vice-Chair position because of his busy schedule. The Board then elected Mary Strong to fill the post. Cass County Public Health Director Beth Olsen said there continues to be progress on vaccinations.
She said they’re making rounds this week to nursing homes to inoculate new residents who haven’t received a COVID vaccine.
Beth said also, they are pushing out the vaccines as soon as they receive them.
Members of the Board of Health told Olsen they are pleased with how smoothly the vaccination process is going. Olsen said Public Health gets their vaccines from Moderna. Rex & the Hy_Vee Pharmacies are working with Pfizer. The one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine Olsen said is hard to come by.
Today: Showers & some thunderstorms. High 59. E/SE @ 10-20.
Tonight: Showers & occ. thunderstorms. Low 39. N @ 10-20.
Tomorrow: Cloudy w/morning showers. High 48. NW @ 15-25.
Thursday: Mo. Cldy w/a chance of showers. High near 50.
Friday: Partly cloudy. High 56.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 49 (24-hour high). Our Low was 39. 24-hour Rainfall in Atlantic was .2”. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 47 and Low 37. The Record High on this date was 86 in 1910. The Record Low was 4, in 1974.
A fight Monday night in Red Oak resulted in a brief foot pursuit and an arrest. Red Oak Police say officers responded at around 9:50-p.m. to a report of two men fighting in the 300 block of 2nd Avenue. When officers arrived, one of the men took off on foot. 28-year-old Isaias Guerra, of Red Oak, was taken into custody on a Felony charge of Burglary in the 2nd Degree. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $10,000 bond.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Ashley Joens scored an Iowa State NCAA Tournament record 33 points, including the clinching free throw with 3.1 seconds left, to lift the Cyclones to a 79-75 women’s opening-round win over Michigan State. Iowa State made 8 of 12 free throws in the fourth quarter and 6 of 8 in the final 1:41 to hold off the 10th-seeded Spartans, who trailed by 10 with 1:40 to play in the third quarter. The seventh-seeded Cyclones will play second-seeded and fourth-ranked Texas A&M in the second round of the Mercado Region on Wednesday. Nia Clouden scored 16 points for the Spartans (15-9).
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Chris Duarte scored 23 points and Oregon showed no signs of rust in beating No. 2 seed Iowa 95-80 to reach the Sweet 16 after a long layoff. The seventh-seeded Ducks had advanced to the West Region’s second round without playing a game because first-round opponent Virginia Commonwealth had multiple positive COVID-19 tests. That left the Ducks with a nine-day break since losing in the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals. Oregon’s offense hummed like it was fresh off the line once the ball went up. It kicked off the NCAA Tournament’s first Monday of second-round games with a masterpiece. Two-time All-American Luka Garza capped his stellar college career by tying the Iowa NCAA Tournament record with 36 points.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Marcus Zegarowski scored 20 points to help Creighton beat Ohio 72-58 in the NCAA Tournament. That secured the program’s first trip to the round of 16 in 47 years. Damien Jefferson added 15 points for the Bluejays, the fifth seed in the West Region. They’ll next face No. 1 overall seed Gonzaga in the the Sweet 16. Creighton hadn’t reached a regional semifinal since 1974. Dwight Wilson III scored 12 points to lead Ohio. The 13th-seeded Bobcats shot 32% and made 7 of 30 3-pointers after their upset of 2019 champion Virginia in the first round.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Isaiah Mobley scored 17 points, younger brother Evan had 10 points and 13 rebounds, and No. 6 seed Southern California routed Kansas 85-51 to reach the Sweet 16. It was the worst loss in 49 trips to the NCAA Tournament for the No. 3 seed Jayhawks. USC ended the first half on an 11-0 run to take a 40-21 lead and never looked back. Marcus Garrett scored 15 points to lead Kansas, which was out-rebounded 43-27.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Brice Calip had 18 points and Missouri State used a huge third-quarter run to beat UC Davis 70-51 in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Jasmine Franklin added 17 points and 17 rebounds, helping No. 5 seed Missouri State dominate inside. Missouri State will face No. 13 Wright State on Wednesday after it advanced with an upset win against Arkansas.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:30 a.m. CDT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — People could buy firearms and carry a concealed handgun without first obtaining a state permit in the state under a bill the Iowa Senate approved and sent to Gov. Kim Reynolds. The bill was approved Monday with only Republican support. Last week it cleared the House with the backing of only one Democrat. The bill would eliminate current state permit requirements and the accompanying background checks that ensure the person obtaining or carrying a gun isn’t disqualified from ownership due to past felonies or abuses. It now goes to Gov. Kim Reynolds.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A federal appeals court says three University of Iowa administrators can be held personally liable for monetary damages for improperly revoking a Christian student group that rejects homosexual relationships. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says the administrators are not immune from the lawsuit brought by Business Leaders in Christ because they violated the group’s clearly established constitutional rights to freedom of speech and association. The case dates to 2017, when the organization barred a student from serving in its leadership after disclosing that he was gay and did not agree with its teachings on sexual morality. A federal judge ruled later that the university unevenly applied its human rights policy by revoking the group’s registration.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A 54-year-old mother and son from Iowa are facing new charges arising from their alleged roles in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Deborah Sandoval, of Des Moines, and her 23-year-old son, Salvador Sandoval, of Ankeny, were each originally charged with three counts after their arrest on Feb. 19. A new federal indictment filed in their extradition case shows Salvador Sandoval now faces 13 counts and his mother faces five charges. Federal officials say video shows the younger Sandoval fighting with several police officers in the Capitol building. They are not currently in custody. They are scheduled to be arraigned Friday in Washington D.C.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The husband of Vice President Kamala Harris toured a Des Moines food bank as the Biden administration continued its effort to promote the recently passed $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill. Doug Emhoff, accompanied by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Iowa U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne, toured the Food Bank of Iowa on Monday. Emhoff and Vilsack announced a 15% increase in benefits in the SNAP program through September 2021. The funding is in the recently passed bill and Vilsack says it will provide about $28 more per person, per month, or more than $100 more per month for a household of four, in additional SNAP benefits.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Survive and advance. The Iowa State women’s basketball team (17-10, 12-6 Big 12) did just that Monday night in a 79-75 victory over Michigan State (15-9, 8-7 Big Ten) in the first round of the NCAA Championship.
The win advances the Cyclones to the second round with a match up vs. No. 2-seeded Texas A&M on Wednesday.
Iowa State was able to stave off a Michigan State team that quickly erased a seven-point deficit at the beginning of the fourth quarter and was down by just one point (76-75) with :26 seconds left in the contest.
Iowa State made 6-of-their-last-8 free-throws, including a pair from Lexi Donarski with :26 seconds left and one by Ashley Joens with :02 seconds remaining to ice the victory.
With the season on the line the Cyclones went to their big gun Joens, who was absolutely sensational. The Big 12 leading scorer broke ISU’s NCAA Tournament scoring record by pouring in 33 points, her seventh 30-point outing of the season. Joens also drilled four 3-pointers and grabbed nine boards in the win.
Joens’ 33 points ties for the fifth-most by a Big 12 player in a NCAA Tournament game since 2000.
The Cyclones also received a major boost from off the bench from Madison Wise, who tallied her second double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 caroms. She was 5-of-7 from the field.
ISU also made a big dent with its 3-point shooting, connecting on 9-of-22 from downtown (41.0 percent).
The first quarter went according to plan for the Cyclones. Connecting on 64 percent of its shots from the field, including a 5-of-6 effort from downtown, Iowa State led 26-20 after the first 10 minutes. A key 8-0 run late in the quarter fueled by Wise and Joens 3-pointers allowed the Cyclones to move ahead.
Joens (10 points) and Kristin Scott (seven points) combined for 17 of ISU’s 26 points in the quarter.
MSU opened the second quarter on a 10-2 run to take a 30-28 lead, but the Cyclones quickly answered with an Emily Ryan bomb and a scoop shot from Joens, who was fouled and converted the free-throw to make it 34-30 ISU.
The half ended with the Cyclones owning a 45-39 lead, as Joens had 18 first-half points despite sitting out seven minutes to protect a couple of early fouls.
Joens helped the Cyclones increase their lead to 56-47 with under four minutes remaining in the third stanza by scoring seven of the team’s first 11 points. However, Joens picked up her third foul and Iowa State head coach Bill Fennelly made the wise move to sit Joens for the remainder of the period.
With Joens on the bench, the Cyclones remained on top to begin the fourth period at 63-56.
The Spartans briefly tied the game in the fourth quarter, but the Cyclones were able to counter and never gave up the lead for the remaining of the game.
Sheriff’s deputies in Page County, Saturday, arrested 26-year old Bryson Sean McAlpin, of rural Braddyville. McAlpin was arrested at his residence on a Page County Warrant for Burglary 3rd Degree, Theft 4th Degree Criminal Mischief 4th Degree, and Trespass – Injury or Damage greater than $300.00. He was transported to the Page County Jail and held on a $5,000 cash or surety bond, pending further court proceedings.
Bryson Sean McAlpin
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A federal appeals court says three University of Iowa administrators can be held personally liable for monetary damages for improperly revoking a Christian student group that rejects homosexual relationships. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says the administrators are not immune from the lawsuit brought by Business Leaders in Christ because they violated the group’s clearly established constitutional rights to freedom of speech and association.
The case dates to 2017, when the organization barred a student from serving in its leadership after disclosing that he was gay and did not agree with its teachings on sexual morality. A federal judge ruled later that the university unevenly applied its human rights policy by revoking the group’s registration.
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