(Updated)(Radio Iowa – Governor Kim Reynolds says projections indicate there will soon be a “significant” increase in the amount of Covid vaccine the federal government ships to Iowa. “Today, I’m announcing that all Iowans will be eligible for vaccinations starting Monday, April 5th, as long as the vaccine allocation increases as we’ve been told and as we are expecting.”

There are two-point-one MILLION adults in Iowa — and more than 413-thousand of them are fully vaccinated today according to the state website tracking how many shots of the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson and Johnson vaccines have been given. “If we’re able to ramp up in a the manner we’re projecting — and we’re ready to go — it’ll be good news for Iowans,” Reynolds told reporters today.

The governor says mass vaccination clinics are proving very worthwhile in Iowa as hundreds of people are getting the shots every hour at the events. “Iowans have demonstrated our ability to work together and ensure vaccine is administered efficiently and responsibly,” Reynolds says. “I’m confident that we’re prepared to open up even more.” Reynolds says a computer glitch that prevented Iowans who are administering COVID shots from registering that information in a statewide database has been fixed. Iowa and several other states were affected by the hardware problem that popped up on Tuesday.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports a man from Missouri was arrested Monday night on Felony Eluding and other charges. 20-year-old Tyler Blake Miller, of Maryville, MO., was arrested on I-29 at Highway 34, following a traffic stop and pursuit. In addition to Eluding, Miller was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance, Reckless Driving and being a Fugitive from Justice. He was being held without bond in the Mills County Jail.

Today (Wednesday), 23-year-old David Patrick Robertson, of Lincoln, NE., was arrested at the Douglas County, NE., Jail, on a Mills County warrant for Contempt of Court. Bond was set at $7,500. And, 36-year-old Jeffrey Thomas Olsufka, of Wayne, NE., was arrested at around 6:50-a.m. on Hyland Avenue, for Unlawful Possession of Prescription Medication, and Failure to affix a drug tax stamp. His bond was set at $6,000.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A jury has convicted a man of first-degree murder for the 2019 shooting death of another man in a Des Moines home. Television station WHO-TV reports that that Stanley Wofford was found guilty Monday in the Aug. 31, 2019, death of 45-year-old John Belcher. Wofford was charged in the case nearly three weeks after the shooting. Police testified that Wofford called 911 about half an hour after the shooting and claimed to have found Belcher’s body. Police later determined it was Wofford who did the shooting. Wofford faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison when he’s sentenced on April. 23.

(Radio Iowa) – Republican Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Ottumwa says there’s a humanitarian crisis at the country’s southern border and the Biden Administration should no longer allow unaccompanied minors to stay after they cross into the United States. Miller-Meeks is among a dozen Republicans from the U.S. House who toured facilities in El Paso this week and met with Border Patrol agents. “I saw firsthand the crisis they are facing,” Miller-Meeks says, “and believe it is our job, as congress, to do everything in our power to address it.”

The number of immigrants illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border is at its highest level since 2019. “To put this in perspective, President Obama’s secretary of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson, stated during his tenure that 1000 apprehensions a day was considered a bad day,” Miller-Meeks said. “We are at more than three times that now and, on top of it, we continue to face a global pandemic.” Miller-Meeks says it’s time to require Covid tests for migrants seeking asylum who are released to stay with family in the U.S. until their court hearings. “As a physician and the former director of the Iowa Department of Public Health, I know that the Covid-19 pandemic is not yet over,” Miller-Meeks said. “We must ensure that any individuals the Biden Administration insists on releasing into our communities do not have Covid-19.”

Border Patrol agents assess the health of migrants, but only those who show Covid symptoms are tested and treated before release from custody. Rapid tests of migrants buying tickets at the Brownsville, Texas, bus station are finding about six percent test positive for Covid. “Without proper testing and quarantine, they are likely to bring Covid-19 with them and the communities to which they are transferred are unaware,” Miller-Meeks says.

A Democratic congresswoman from El Paso accused Republicans of using the stereotype that immigrants bring diseases into the country to stoke fear and anger toward migrants. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says House Republicans are trying to distract attention from their unified opposition to the pandemic relief package Democrats enacted last week.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office, Wednesday, said 45-year old Shane Morgan was arrested at around 8:45-p.m. Tuesday, in Council Bluffs. Morgan was taken into custody for OWI/1st offense, and later released from the Pott. County Jail.

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office reports a woman from Nebraska was arrested on numerous charges at around 3:20-p.m. Tuesday, following a traffic stop. The Fremont County K9 Unit stopped a 2008 Honda Civic for a traffic violation and an excessive number of passengers in the vehicle, near the 24-mile marker southbound Interstate 29. The vehicle was discovered to be stolen out of Papillion, Nebraska.

Emma Faith Smith

The driver, 18-year old Emma Faith Smith, of Papillion, was arrested for Operating a Motor Vehicle without Owner’s Consent, Possession of Marijuana, two counts of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor, Interference with Offical Acts, and several traffic offenses. She was being held at the Fremont County Jail on a $3,900 bond. The Iowa Stated Patrol assisted the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office with the call.