LaVon Eblen visits with Cass County Wellness Coordinator Brigham Hoegh about local food issues.
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LaVon Eblen visits with Cass County Wellness Coordinator Brigham Hoegh about local food issues.
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The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, today (10-a.m., Tuesday), shows 467 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs, for a total of 371,192. There was one additional death over the past 24-hours, for a pandemic total of 5,642. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,219 of the total number of deaths across the state.
Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks are down to one. Hospitalization stats continue to fluctuate: 162 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID; 40 are in an ICU; 33 people were admitted to a hospital across the state, and 18 patients are on a ventilator.
RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show those hospitalized with COVID are up to 15, 10 people are in an ICU, there were four new admissions, and four people are on a ventilator.
The 14-day and seven-day positivity rates are both up slightly, to 4% each.
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:
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State Director of Athletics Jamie Pollard announced Monday night that the school and men’s basketball coach Steve Prohm have agreed to part ways. The search for a new coach has begun.
As Pollard conducts that search while fulfilling his duties as a member of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee, he shares his rationale for change and the plans for finding a new basketball coach in this video.
(Radio Iowa) – A new poll finds a majority of Iowans don’t think U-S Senator Chuck Grassley should run for re-election. The Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll says only 28-percent of Iowans surveyed think Grassley should seek an eighth term. Grassley, who’s 87, says he doesn’t put any stock in polls. “I’ve found similarities between that and what Branstad got in 2013 that half the people said he shouldn’t run for re-election. He won by 20 points,” Grassley says. “I don’t fear any poll like that.”
FILE PHOTO: US Senator Charles Grassley visits with Cass County Health System CEO Brett Altman (Photo provided by CCHS)
The Republican from New Hartford says he hasn’t yet made a decision about running again and says he won’t make the announcement until this fall. “In the meantime, I’ve got a responsibility to continue working hard for Iowans and I hope I do work hard by getting to the office at 6 in the morning and being around Capitol Hill until about 6 or 6:30 in the afternoon,” Grassley says, “and I enjoy my work.”
Grassley says he’s in no rush to retire. “I plan to make my announcement in September, October, November,” Grassley says. “A year is long enough to campaign so I’m just going to proceed and ignore polls that I find favorable — and unfavorable.” Should Grassley run for re-election and serve another six-year term, he’d be 95 upon its completion.
The Griswold School Board, Monday evening, passed the district’s 2021-22 Budget, following a public hearing. Superintendent Dave Henrichs said there’s a lot of good news, including the fact the district was able to reduce the Income Surtax from 9-percent to one-percent.
The Property Tax asking was reduced, with the end result being a savings to taxpayers. The Griswold School Board also approved his recommendation on the Mask Mandate.
In other business, the Griswold School Board approved contracts for those still employed by the district, for the upcoming school year.
The Board also approved numerous resignations.
And they approved the following new hires:
In other action, the Griswold School Board approved the Senior FFA Trip to Branson once the school year ends, contract renewals for the various sharing agreements currently in-place, and the purchase of a stage curtain, the price tag for which came in just shy of $10,000, which was way under the cost estimate. The colors will remain the same, with the main curtain Royal Blue, along with a black backdrop.
More State and area news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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Jim Field visits with Cass County Pork Queen Paige Jensen and Cass County Pork Ambassador Emily Plagman.
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The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast with Jim Field.
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A man and woman from Creston were arrested on separate warrants, Monday. At around 9:25-a.m., 23-year old Amanda Blakely-Luddington was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, on a Union County warrant for Driving While Barred. She was later released on a $2,000 bond. And, at around 1:05-p.m., 44-year old Joel Gross was arrested on two Union County warrants, including Failure to Appear on Possession of Prescription Drugs and Possession of Marijuana/1st offense, and, Failure to Appear on a charge of Theft in the 5th Degree.
Gross was additionally charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana. He was being held in the Union County Jail on a $2,600 bond.
A call to Police from a woman in Creston with regard to someone being in garage, resulted in the arrest of a man on multiple charges. Officers responded at around 12:40-a.m. to the 300 block of N. Jarvis Street, and located 18-year old Chase Parascando, of Creston, who took off on foot. He was apprehended at around 12:47-a.m. in the 400 block of N. Spruce Street. Following an initial investigation, Parascando was charged with:
Parascando was being held in the Union County Jail while awaiting a bond hearing. The investigation is ongoing, with additional charges possible.