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Iowa COVID-19 update for 3/20/21: No new deaths; 486 additional cases

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March 20th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, today (10-a.m., Saturday), shows 486 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs, for a total of 373,372, and zero additional deaths. The pandemic death total stands at 5,672. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,225 of the total number of deaths across the state.

Iowa continues to report no Long-Term Care (LTC) facility COVID-19 outbreaks. Hospitalization data show: 172 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID (compared to 189 on Friday); 38 are in an ICU (compared to 44 Friday); 27 people were admitted to a hospital across the state (compared to 45 Friday), and 20 patients are on a ventilator.

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: those hospitalized with COVID are at 14; 8 people are in an ICU; one person was admitted, and five people remain are on a ventilator.The 14-day and seven-day positivity rates remain unchanged at 3.9% each.

The State reports nearly 1.22-million vaccines have been administered, with nearly 1.17-million of the shots given to Iowans. Those persons who have received a required two doses of the vaccine, amount to 435,843.

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, 1,389 cases; {+3}; 52 deaths
  • Adair, 952; {+2}; 31
  • Adams, 327 {+0}; 4
  • Audubon, 495 {+0}; 9
  • Guthrie, 1,193 {+1}; 28
  • Harrison County, 1,823; {+3}; 70
  • Madison County, 1,617; {+0}; 19
  • Mills County, 1,682; {+10}; 20
  • Montgomery, 1,045 {+0}; 36
  • Pottawattamie County, 11,075; {+30}; 149
  • Shelby County, 1,256 {+1}; 34
  • Union County,  1,285; {+0}; 31

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MARLIN R. ACKERMAN, 85, of Council Bluffs (Svcs. 3/26/21)

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March 20th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

MARLIN R. ACKERMAN, 85, of Council Bluffs, died Tue., March 16th. Funeral services for MARLIN ACKERMAN will be held 11-a.m. Friday, March 26th, at the Roeder Mortuary, in Omaha.

MARLIN ACKERMAN is survived by:

Sons – John (Amy) Ackeman; and Mark (Amy Sanderhoff) Ackerman.

His daughter – Kara (Ed) Soo.

His brothers – Larry Ackerman, and David Ackerman.

His sister – Sheryl Kehm.

5 grandchildren, many other family members, and friends.

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ELAINE MAGDELINE WENDT, 87, of Portsmouth (Private Mass of Christian Burial 3/22/21)

Obituaries

March 20th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

ELAINE MAGDELINE WENDT, 87, of Portsmouth, died Thursday, March 18th, at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. A Private family Mass of Christian Burial for ELAINE WENDT will be held 11-a.m. Monday, March 22nd, at St. Mary Our Lady Fatima Church. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Sunday, March 21st, from2-until 8-p.m.

Burial is in St. Mary’s Cemetery at Portsmouth.

ELAINE MAGDELINE WENDT is survived by:

Her sons – John (Mary Ann) Wendt, of Panama, and Larry (Jeana) Wendt, of Ceresco, NE

Her daughters – Peg (Bob) Barta, & Bev (Rich) Priestly, all of Salado, TX; and Traci (Trent) Schuning, of Portsmouth

Her sisters – Agnes (Paul) Schulte, of Carroll; Gemma Finken, of Olathe, KS; Shirley (Bob) Hanson, of Omaha. and Mary Maddox, of Harlan.

Her brothers – Ray (Judy) Thielen, of Elkhorn, NE., and Charles (Lydia) Thielen, of Lincon, NE.

18 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area: 3/20/2021

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March 20th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Today: Sunny, with a high near 60. Windy, with a south wind 8 to 13 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. Breezy, with a south wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Windy, with a south wind 18 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Sunday Night: A 50 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. South wind 9 to 14 mph becoming light after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Monday: Rain. High near 53. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Monday Night: Rain. Low around 43. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Tuesday: Rain. High near 53. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Friday’s High in Atlantic was 56. Our Low was 20. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 33 and Low 18. The Record High on this date was 80 in 1938. The Record Low was -7, in 1906.

6 arrested in Montgomery County, Friday

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March 20th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports three people were arrested Friday:

  • 28-year-old Amanda Marie Borgmyer, was arrested on a valid warrant for Harassment 3rd Degree. Borgmyer was booked into corrections and was released on $300 cash bond.
  • 28-year-old Nathanial Allen Dishong, of Red Oak, was arrested on a valid warrant for Burglary 3rd Degree, Criminal Mischief 3rd Degree and Theft 4th Degree. Dishong was booked into corrections on $500 cash bond.
  • And, 24-year old Kyle Andrew Nicholson, of Red Oak, was arrested Friday on a valid warrant for Assault with Bodily Injury. Nicholson was booked into corrections and was held without bond.

Red Oak Police report three arrests, also:

  • 30-year-old Chloe Marguirete Coburn was arrested at around 5:40 p.m., Friday. She was charged with domestic abuse assault — 1st offense. Coburn was transported to the Montgomery County Jail. She is being held without bond.
  • And, an altercation in Red Oak led to two arrests Friday morning. Authorities say 19-year-old Chad Stanley Padilla and 23-year-old Steven Cody Esquivel, both of Red Oak, were arrested for disorderly conduct in connection with an incident at the Oak Creek Apartments. Officers were called to the location shortly before 8:40 a.m. on a report that two males were fighting in the apartment’s courtyard. Police say both suspects were engaged upon officers’ arrival, with one male restraining the other. The suspects were then separated, and taken into custody. The men were released on $300 bond, each.

Midwest Sports Headlines: 3/20/21

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March 20th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Iowa leads the team race heading into the final day of the NCAA wrestling championships but Penn State showed it’s not going to easily loosen the grip it’s had on the title for nearly a decade. Spencer Lee and two of his Iowa teammates won semifinals and the Hawkeyes go into Saturday with 109 points. The Nittany Lions had all four of their semifinalists advance and had 94.5 points. The Hawkeyes are looking for their 24th team title and first since 2010. Penn State is looking for its ninth in 10 years and fifth in a row.

UNDATED (AP) — Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard says new basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger has agreed to a five-year contract that will be loaded with incentive bonuses. Terms of the contract are still being worked out. Pollard said it will be structured creatively to account for the athletic department’s financial problems stemming from the pandemic. Otzelberger was earning $1.2 million in the second year of his five-year contract at UNLV. Otzelberger says his Cyclone teams will play with high intensity on both ends of the court.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — With the first round of college basketball’s March Madness underway, Kansas legislators are moving closer toward legalizing sports betting. But action Friday by a state House committee showed that lawmakers disagree about where sports fans should be able to place live wagers. The House committee approved a bill that would allow live sports wagering at four state-owned casinos, racetracks and as many as 1,200 retail stores that current sell Kansas Lottery tickets. The Senate approved a proposal earlier this month to limit live wagering to four state-owned casinos. Both bills would allow online and mobile-app betting but with different players operating them.

Iowa early News Headlines: Saturday, March 20, 2021

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March 20th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:35 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court says there was enough evidence for a jury to conclude that a man shot and killed his mother in 2015, rejecting his appeal and leaving in place the jury’s $10 million verdict even though the man was later acquitted of criminal charges.. The court on Friday denied Jason Carter’s appeal of the civil case in which a jury found him responsible for the June 2015 shooting of his mother Shirley Carter at his parents’ farm home near Knoxville. Jason Carter, of Knoxville, and his father Bill Carter have been locked in legal disputes since Shirley Carter’s death. Carter later was charged with first-degree murder but a jury found him not guilty.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A panel of Iowa budget experts says they expect higher than anticipated state revenue this year and they remain cautious about predicting a quick recovery. The Revenue Estimating Conference on Friday increased the current year estimate of revenue to $8.07 billion or 1.9% growth from the previous year. That is up from a December estimate of 0.5% growth and $7.96 billion in revenue. The panel estimates state revenue will also increase in the following two years. If the estimated 3.8% growth for the 2022 fiscal year is realized, tax cuts approved in 2018 will not kick in. That’s because legislators require at least 4% revenue growth before lowering the tax brackets.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Firefighters in central Iowa have rescued a man trapped under a skid loader at a burial vault business in Waterloo. The Courier reports that the incident happened around 6 a.m. Friday when the hydraulics that operate the arms of the skid loader bucket failed, sending one of the arms crashing down on a mechanic and pinning him. Waterloo Fire Department Battalion Chief Ben Peterson says the bucket happened to be titled downward and hit the cement first, relieving enough weight from the arm that it saved the mechanic’s life. Petersen says crews cut the skid loader arm off the man’s back and took him to a hospital. His condition was not released.

INWOOD, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a 9-year-old girl is dead after the car in which she was riding rear-ended a school bus in northwest Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol said the West Lyon Community School District bus was stopped to pick up students when it was hit. In a statement posted on Facebook, the West Lyon Community School District said the victim was a third grade student. She has since been identified as Jessica Yeaman, of Inwood, according to a crash report. The Des Moines Register reports that the 17-year-old driver of the car suffered serious injuries and was transported to a local hospital in Sioux Falls. Her condition wasn’t immediately known.