LaVon Eblen visits with Cass County Extension Director Kate Olson about the drive-through pancake supper fundraiser for 4-H.
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The Iowa Department of Public Heath Tuesday, reported on the Coronavirus dashboard, that an additional 577 positive COVID-19 test results were returned from the labs, for a pandemic total of 367,753. There were also 15 additional deaths reported, including one more in Pottawattamie County, for a statewide total of 5,574. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,193 of the State’s total number of deaths.
The number of Long-Term Care facility COVID-19 Outbreaks is down from 10 the past few days, to nine, as of Tuesday. Hospitalization statistics indicate 179 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID, compared to 168 on Monday. The number of COVID patients in an ICU is down to 33. There were 28 patients admitted to hospitals over the 24-hour reporting period, and nine patients are on a ventilator (3 more than Monday).
Hospitals in Western & Southwest Iowa report: 20 people are hospitalized for COVID; seven are in an ICU, three patients with COVID symptoms was admitted over the past 24-hours, and two people are on a ventilator. More than 280,254 Iowans are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Health department data shows 902,070 vaccine doses have been administered in Iowa, with 286,590 individuals receiving both doses. State data shows 4,167,019 COVID-19 tests have been administered in Iowa.
Iowa’s 14-day and seven-day positivity rates are steady at 4.1%, 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’s Rasir Bolton and Jalen Coleman-Lands have been recognized with the announcement of the All-Big 12 selections as voted on by the league’s coaches. Bolton was a third-team selection, while Coleman-Lands received honorable mention.
Bolton earned All-Big 12 Third-Team honors after leading the Cyclones with 15.4 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.9 assists as a junior. Bolton, a Petersburg, Virginia native, reached double figures in 17 games, scoring a season-high 26 points at TCU. He shot 45.5 percent from the floor and 83.8 percent at the charity stripe.
Among league players, Bolton is seventh in scoring and eighth in assists, while also ranking among the top 20 in rebounding. During the regular season, Bolton ranked seventh in the Big 12 in field goal percentage and sixth in free throw percentage.
Coleman-Lands, a graduate transfer, had an impressive season after joining the Cyclones this season. The Indianapolis, Indiana native averaged 14.3 points and shot 39.7 percent from 3-point range while connecting on a team-high 54 three-pointers.
Coleman-Lands reached double figures in 20 of his 22 games this season, including four games with 20 points. He’s 11th in the Big 12 in scoring and eighth in field goal percentage.
During the season’s final nine games, Coleman-Lands averaged 17.5 points per game, which ranked fifth in the league during that stretch.
Oklahoma State’s Cade Cunningham was named Big 12 Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, while Baylor’s Scott Drew was named coach of the year.
COUNCIL BLUFFS– The Iowa Department of Corrections reports 36-year old Jonathon Mandel Clausell, who was convicted of Robbery 2nd Degree and other crimes in Union County, failed to report back to the Council Bluffs Residential Correctional Facility as required, Monday night.
Jonathan M. Clausell (IA DOC photo)
Clausell is a black male, height 5’10”, and weighs 195 pounds. He was admitted to the work release facility on February 23, 2021. Persons with information on Clausell’s whereabouts should contact local police.
The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports five recent arrests. Sunday night, 25-year old D’Angelo Thomas Monson, of Glenwood, was arrested at the Mills County Jail, for Criminal Mischief in the 4th Degree, with bond set at $1,000. Sunday evening, 37-year old Garret Allen Horgdal, of Henderson, was arrested for Theft in the 4th, two counts of Harassment in the 2nd, Domestic Abuse Assault, and Harassment in the 3rd Degree. Horgdal was being held without bond in the Mills County Jail.
On March 5th, 54-year old Walter Melvin Hankins, of East St. Louis, IL., was arrested at the Mills County Jail, for being a Fugitive from Justice. He remained held in the jail without bond. And, On March 4th, 18-year old Nathanyel Mychal Daley, of Bellevue, NE., was arrested in Mills County at around 5-p.m., for Possession of a Controlled Substance.
Late Monday morning, March 8th, a collision occurred in Mills County on the I-29 north on ramp to Highway 34. Authorities say a 2012 Ford driven by 26-year old Dustyn Oliver of Glenwood, and a 2017 Kenworth driven by 59-year old Jeffrey Barnes, of Clifton, KS, were eastbound on Highway 34. Oliver didn’t see the semi ahead of him. The rig had recently turned onto Highway 34 and was just about up to speed, when Oliver’s vehicle hit the trailer of the semi.
The impact caused his vehicle’s airbag to deploy. Oliver suffered possible, minor injuries, but was cleared at the scene by rescue personnel. His vehicle was towed from the collision site. The semi was able to continue after its rear bumper was pulled free from the rear set of wheels.
(Radio Iowa) – Following the January 6th riot, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says security upgrades are still needed to better protect the U-S Capitol but he disagrees with some of the initial recommendations in a report released on Monday. The task force called for spending 500-million dollars on additional security measures, including keeping a National Guard presence in Washington D-C for another two months. Grassley, a Republican, says that’s unnecessary. Grassley says, “We’re waiting for people that are studying it to make that decision but we don’t have to be spending a half a billion dollars, just a million dollars a day just for the fence that’s being maintained, and it’s a temporary fence.”
A retired Army lieutenant general and others on the task force are calling for significant changes to bolster security around the Capitol and to speed the emergency response. “He said we need a thousand more policemen. I think we have about 1,800 now,” Grassley says. “This is just for the five or six blocks around Capitol Hill and we’ve had that number of policemen for a long time.”
Grassley says law enforcement needs better training, especially in crowd control, and better communication is also needed between the House and Senate as well as between the police and the sergeant-at-arms. Grassley recalled the days when his wife would drive him to work and drop him off at the Capitol steps. While acknowledging more security is needed, he doesn’t want to see Washington become a fortress. “I don’t have an answer except to wait and see what these people recommend,” Grassley says. “I don’t see the need for a permanent fence and yet there’s people advocating that.”
The senator agrees with the task force’s recommendation to streamline the chain of command to deploy the National Guard in an emergency situation. Grassley notes it took four or five hours for the guard to respond during the unrest in January and a more immediate response is needed. Some five-thousand National Guard troops remain on-duty in Washington, though most of them are scheduled to return home this week.
(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa House has unanimously passed legislation that would make a pandemic era policy for telehealth services permanent. Last year, the governor used her emergency powers to temporarily make insurance reimbursement rates equal for in-person and virtual visits for mental health services. Representative Joel Fry of Osceola says the bill would continue the requirement that rates be equal, whether the appointment is face-to-face or conducted online.
“Over the course of the last year with Covid, we have all learned the importance of telehealth,” Fry says, “and its ability to provide health care to Iowans, regardless of where they live in the state.” Fry says this kind of reimbursement parity for mental health services is already law in ten states and many others are considering similar legislation.
The Iowa Print Sports Writers Association released their Girls All-State Basketball Teams on Monday. Katie Dinnebier, of Waukee, was selected as Miss Iowa Basketball 2021.
FIRST TEAM
Name | School | Grade |
Katie Dinnebier | Waukee | SR |
Anaya Barney | Cedar Falls | SR |
Grace Larkins | Southeast Polk | SR |
Jada Gyamfi | Johnston | JR |
Audrey Koch | Iowa City West | SR |
Halli Poock | Waterloo West | SO |
Sahara Williams | Waterloo West | SO |
Hannah Stuelke | Cedar Rapids Washington | JR |
SECOND TEAM
Name | School | Grade |
Maggie Phipps | Ankeny Centennial | SR |
Arianna Jackson | Des Moines Roosevelt | SO |
Caroline Waite | Ames | SR |
Kelsey Joens | Iowa City High | SO |
Lexi Boles | Dowling Catholic | SR |
Peyton Kelderman | Waukee | SR |
Bella Sims | Davenport North | SR |
Sydney Mitvalsky | Cedar Rapids Washington | SR |
THIRD TEAM
Name | School | Grade |
Aili Tanke | Johnston | FR |
Hattie Aanestad | Bettendorf | SO |
Matayia Tellis | Iowa City West | SR |
Sophia Barrett | Cedar Rapids Kennedy | SR |
Eviyon Richardson | Iowa City High | JR |
Emma Gipple | Dowling Catholic | JR |
Reagan Bartholomew | Waukee | JR |
Ashley Iiams | Ames | SR |
FIRST TEAM
Name | School | Grade |
Abbie Draper | Waverly-Shell Rock | SR |
Taylor Veach | Central DeWitt | JR |
Katelyn Lappe | Bondurant-Farrar | JR |
Jenna Hopp | Glenwood | SO |
Allison Meadows | Central DeWitt | JR |
Ella Van Weelden | Marion | SR |
Molly Ihle | Ballard | SR |
Ava Hawthorne | Gilbert | JR |
SECOND TEAM
Name | School | Grade |
Ashley Fountain | North Scott | SR |
Emma Donovan | Dubuque Wahlert | SO |
Jenna Twedt | Benton | SO |
Calia Clubb | Clear Creek-Amana | JR |
Madison Camden | Glenwood | JR |
Paige Andersen | Denison-Schleswig | SR |
Emma Miner | Dallas Center-Grimes | SO |
Ivey Schmidt | Grinnell | JR |
THIRD TEAM
Name | School | Grade |
Kelsey Fields | Creston | SR |
Malarie Ross | Fort Madison | JR |
Sadie Struchen | Marion | JR |
Lexi Turner | Cedar Rapids Xavier | SO |
Andrea Lopreato | Mount Pleasant | SO |
Brooke Loewe | Ballard | JR |
Claire Schmitz | Harlan | JR |
Samantha Scott | North Scott | SR |
FIRST TEAM
Name | School | Grade |
Maggie Wilkins | Knoxville | SR |
Gracie Schoonhoven | Unity Christian | SO |
Janie Schoonhoven | Unity Christian | SR |
Brooklyn Meyer | West Lyon | JR |
JeMae Nichols | Cherokee | SR |
Macy Daufeldt | West Liberty | JR |
Ryley Goebel | Center Point-Urbana | JR |
Mya Merschman | Central Lee | SR |
SECOND TEAM
Name | School | Grade |
Moriah Prewitt | Des Moines Christian | SR |
Jaydan Nitchals | Estherville-Lincoln Central | JR |
Callie Levin | Solon | FR |
Gabrielle Guilford | Monticello | SR |
Haley Rasmussen | Atlantic | SR |
Katy Reyerson | West Marshall | SO |
Payton Beckman | Panorama | JR |
Sydney Marlow | West Burlington | SR |
THIRD TEAM
Name | School | Grade |
Dani Johnson | Osage | SR |
Claire Mathews | Centerville | SR |
Finley Hall | West Liberty | SO |
Reagan Barkema | Roland-Story | JR |
Jaden Ainley | Clear Lake | JR |
Lucy Howes-Vonstein | Vinton-Shellsburg | SR |
Kenley Meis | Sioux City Bishop Heelan | SO |
Kendal Clark | Humboldt | SR |
FIRST TEAM
Name | School | Grade |
Ella Imler | Maquoketa Valley | SR |
Emerson Whittenbaugh | Maquoketa Valley | SR |
Isabel Manning | Van Buren County | SR |
Kamryn Kurt | North Linn | FR |
Maddax DeVault | Nodaway Valley | JR |
Rachel Leerar | West Hancock | SR |
Sasha Koenig | West Branch | SR |
Sophia Hoffmann | Dike-New Hartford | JR |
SECOND TEAM
Name | School | Grade |
Ali Vesely | Waterloo Columbus | SR |
Ellie Ware | North Linn | SR |
Kelsey Drake | Wilton | JR |
Kennedy Kelly | West Hancock | JR |
Lindsey Davis | Nodaway Valley | FR |
Mallory McCall | West Monona | SR |
Payton Petersen | Dike-New Hartford | FR |
Taya Tucker | Maquoketa Valley | SR |
THIRD TEAM
Name | School | Grade |
Alison Van Gorp | Pella Christian | SR |
Kailey Jones | AHSTW | SR |
Abbie Schany | Emmetsburg | SR |
Abby Heemstra | Rock Valley | SR |
Hannah Dau | South O’Brien | SR |
Hayden Heimensen | Central Lyon | SR |
Lainey Thoren | Grundy Center | JR |
Morgan Brandt | Sumner-Fredericksburg | JR |
FIRST TEAM
Name | School | Grade |
Audi Crooks | Bishop Garrigan | SO |
Molly Joyce | Bishop Garrigan | SO |
Macy Sievers | Newell-Fonda | JR |
Cassidy Nelson | Lenox | SR |
Elise Boulton | Montezuma | SR |
Hali Anderson | Saint Ansgar | SR |
Macy Emgarten | Exira-EHK | JR |
Lauren Wilson | Springvillle | JR |
SECOND TEAM
Name | School | Grade |
Quinn Grubbs | Exira-EHK | SO |
Danielle Hoyle | Paton-Churdan | SR |
TJ Stoaks | Lenox | SR |
Kaylyn Meyers | Bishop Garrigan | SR |
Bailey Sievers | Newell-Fonda | JR |
Taylor Harpenau | MMCRU | JR |
Reagan Franzen | Collins-Maxwell | SR |
Layla Hargis | North Mahaska | JR |
THIRD TEAM
Name | School | Grade |
Sara Reid | Central City | JR |
Allie Petry | St. Albert | SR |
Katy Stephens | Burlington/Notre Dame | JR |
Emily Dreckman | MMCRU | JR |
Maggie Walker | Newell-Fonda | SR |
McKenzie Goodwin | Kingsley-Pierson | JR |
Aleah Hermansen | Audubon | JR |
Reagan Mudderman | Kee | JR |
Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports two persons arrested over the past week or so, were later released on citations. 31-year old Meagan Lorraine Horner, of Fontanelle, was arrested later released with a citation for OWI/1st offense, after she was pulled over in Stuart at around 1:15-a.m., on Feb. 28th. Horner allegedly failed to stop the intersection of S. 4th and Division Streets. Tests later indicated her intoxication level to be .088%.
And, at around 7:10-p.m. March 1st, 20-year old Jeffrey Dale Dillenberg, Jr., of Creston, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana – 1st offense, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (a glass pipe). His arrest stems from a traffic stop for speeding and defective headlight, in Greenfield.
One person died and two others were injured during a collision between a semi and a car early this (Tuesday) morning, in Polk County. The Iowa State Patrol reports the crash happened in the suburb of Pleasant Hill at around 1:23-a.m., when a semi stopped for a traffic light eastbound on Highway 163 and NE 80th Street, when the rig was hit from behind by an eastbound 2002 Cadillac Seville, driven by 34-year old Zachary Willer, of Pleasant Hill.
Willer and a passenger in his car, 23-year old Kyleigh Jeffrey, of Des Moines, were injured in the crash. Both were wearing seat belts. Willer was flown by Life Flight to Mercy One Hospital, Jeffrey was transported to the same hospital by Pleasant Hill EMS. A second passenger in the Cadillac, 23-year old Dean Goodenough, of Maple Park, IL., died at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt. The driver of the semi, a 26-year old man from Minnesota, was not injured.
The crash remains under investigation.