(Radio Iowa) 0 Establishments with liquor licenses have until Friday to complete and send the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division (ABD) a COVID-19 compliance checklist. A-B-D spokesman, Jake Holmes says the checklist follows complaints that some businesses were not following the rules. “The purpose is really for the licensee to certify that they’ve read and understand the terms of the governor’s proclamation,” Holmes says. Holmes says they had some 300 reports of businesses not complying through last week. He says the checklist asks them some questions.

“If they’ve arranged seating in a certain way to ensure that six feet of physical distance. That they understand that all patrons need to be seated and that they’ve implemented additional measures to ensure social distancing. It’s just a few yes or no questions,” Holmes says. “And then they have the ability to submit pictures to show us what they’ve done in their establishment.” He says the checklist gives them a record to go on if they do get a complaint.

“On our end it will help expedite the process to resolve a compliant if we should get one — by allowing us to cross-check the information that they have provided with the actual findings that we come across,” Holmes says. Holmes says they will go out to investigate if they don’t get the checklist back. And that could lead to further action.He says they will see if it is something that they can work with and try to get them into compliance –otherwise, he says it will be just like a normal inspection where they will open up a case depending on the facts.

Holmes says they haven’t taken any action at this point to revoke a license for non-compliance.

(Radio Iowa) – A new Des Moines Register “Iowa Poll” shows the presidential race in Iowa is a dead heat. Forty-seven persident of the likely Iowa voters surveyed said they will vote to reelect President Trump and 47 percent said they will vote for Democratic challenger Joe Biden. Just three percent said they were undecided and the rest said they’d vote for a third party candidate.

The poll shows Trump has a 21 point advantage among male voters in Iowa, while Biden has a 20 point advantage among women. The survey was conducted last week, before the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

The previous Iowa Poll was conducted in June. It also found the race between Trump and Biden for Iowa’s six electoral college votes was neck-and-neck.

The Cass County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees is set to meet on Wednesday, September 23rd at 7:30 a.m. in Conference Room 1 at CCMH.

During the meeting the Board is set to hear routine reports from a number of department leaders. They also are set to act on Approval of Resolutions to approve plans, contract, and bond for a bid package and award that contract for continued work at the facility. They are also set to appoint an Infection Preventionist and an Antibiotic Stewardship Chairperson.

CEO Brett Altman will give an update and the Board will go into closed session at the end of the meeting to conduct a CEO Performance Review.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Des Moines School board has set a date for returning to school but put off establishing a coronavirus infection rate that would force the district to revert to online-only instruction. Des Moines schools has been the state’s only school system that has refused Gov. Kim Reynolds’ order that they hold at least half their classes in-person unless they have received a waiver because of high infection rates. The board voted to gradually start a hybrid plan of in-person and online courses, starting with pre-kindergarten on Oct. 12 . However, the board will hear from public health experts on metrics that would trigger a return to online-only classes. The board will meet Sept. 28 to set such metrics.