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The Creston Police Department reports the arrest at around 11:10-p.m. Tuesday, of 33-year old Johnny Gossett II, from Creston. Gossett was taken into custody for Domestic Assault/3rd or subsequent offense. He was being held in the Union County Jail while awaiting a Bond Hearing.
And, two people were arrested in Creston Tuesday, for Violation of a Protection Order. 34-year old Skylar Rufenacht, of Creston, and 33-year old Samantha Meek, of Mt. Ayr, were arrested at a residence in the 800 block of N. Jarvis Street, at around 3:30-p.m. Rufenacht was being held in the Union County Jail, Meek was being held in the Adams County Jail. Both were awaiting a Bond Hearing.
The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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(Radio Iowa) A Le Mars police officer was fired from his job after posting questionable material on social media. Le Mars Police Chief Kevin Vande Vegte issued a news release Tuesday afternoon stating Officer Jeremy Singer had engaged in misconduct involving social media activity depicting comments and behavior unbecoming of a police officer. Vande Vegte says he was first made aware of the situation on Sunday, of which he immediately place the officer in question on administrative leave. Vande Vegte says a misconduct investigation was initiated. Based on the results of that misconduct investigation, Jeremy Singer was dismissed from his duties as a police officer effective Tuesday, September 15th.
Vande Vegte says the city of Le Mars took this matter seriously and the actions and comments made by Officer Singer are not representative of the values in place to ensure that there is trust between the police department and the community of Le Mars. Singer had been a police officer with the Le Mars Police Department for just about three years.
The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard today (as of 10-a.m.), said there are 775 new (Positive) COVID-19 cases (for a total of 76,050 to-date) and one death has taken place, since 10-a.m., Tuesday (for a total of 1,234 to-date). Officials say 5,164 lab result have been processed since Tuesday. The data show: 4,620 new Negative cases (For a total of 633,911); 55,005 Iowans have recovered from the virus since the pandemic began. IDPH reported 712,919 Iowans have been tested for COVID-19. Officials reported an 8.6% positivity rate over the last 14 days.
Of those who died, 856 had a pre-existing condition, and 653 of the deaths took place at a Long-Term Care (LTC) facility. In the KJAN listening area: Guthrie, Montgomery and Shelby Counties have one more positive case each, of COVID-19. Pottawattamie County has 33 new cases, Harrison and Madison Counties have two new cases, each, and Mills County shows four new, positive cases. No deaths have been reported across the KJAN listening area since Sept. 12th.
Across the State, hospitalizations have increased by six, to 291. The number of patients with COVID-19 who are in an ICU is up five, to 79; eight more people were admitted to a hospital with symptoms of the virus, for a total of 44, and 32 patients were on ventilators, three more than reported Tuesday. In western/southwest Iowa, hospitals report No change to the data from Tuesday into today: There are 11 hospitalized; Six in an ICU; There were no new admissions, and one person remains on ventilator.
There are two more LTC outbreaks, at 38, with 901 patients/staff testing positive for COVID-19, and 442 have recovered.
Here are the latest positive case numbers for southwest/western Iowa (County; Positive Case #’s; number of persons who have (recovered); {deaths since the outbreak began}.
(Radio Iowa) – Construction is underway on a new barge loading and unloading terminal on the Missouri River near Blencoe in western Iowa. When complete, the facility will accommodate 240-thousand tons of soybeans, corn, dried distillers’ grain and dry fertilizer per year. Soy Transportation Coalition executive director Mike Steenhoek says the terminal will provide a new route for Northern Plains commodities to the Gulf of Mexico. “They have a design and intention to load a modest number of barges for the export market of soybeans yet this fall in November to December,” Steenhoek says. “For farmers in the western part of the state of Iowa, it really is exciting. It provides a new marketing option.”
The farmer-owned NEW Cooperative in Fort Dodge owns the terminal. Steenhoek says the Missouri River is underused for shipping ag commodities and the NEW Co-op facility will help producers ship their product in a more cost-effective way rather than by rail. “The Missouri River could be more actively utilized from a navigation perspective, particularly for agriculture,” Steenhoek says. “Whether it’s exports for soybeans, DDGs, corn, inbound shipments for fertilizer, the inland waterway system makes a lot of sense.”
Steenhoek says having the NEW Cooperatives facility on the Missouri River could encourage the building of other terminals downriver in order to take advantage of using barge traffic to ship ag commodities.”The Missouri River will never rival the Ohio, the Mississippi, or the Illinois River in terms of volume of freight moved, but we do think it is a maritime highway that should be used more than it is,” he says. “It could be an additional marketing opportunity for farmers in that region.”
That includes not only Iowa and Nebraska, but Missouri, Kansas and South Dakota. He says initial phases of construction should be complete within two months.
DELBERT KIRCHHOFF, 92, of Atlantic, died Tue., Sept. 15th, at home. A private service for the immediate family of DELBERT KIRCHHOFF will be held Saturday, September 19th at Hillside Assembly (formerly First Assembly of God) in Atlantic. Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Extended family and friends are invited to watch the service via livestream 2-p.m. Saturday, at the Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic, where some seating will be available (or online at www.rolandfuneralservice.com).
Visitation will be held on Friday, Sept. 18th, from 10-a.m. until 4-p.m., at the Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic, followed by visitation with the family from 5-until 8-p.m
Burial with military honors by the Atlantic Color Guard will be held immediately following the service at the Atlantic cemetery. Everyone is invited to the committal service.
Memorials may be directed to the family for later designation.
Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.
DELBERT KIRCHHOFF is survived by:
Children: Darla Conn of Atlantic. Donna (Rodney) Cook of Lewis. Darrell (Becky) Kirchhoff of Atlantic. Danny (Kim) Kirchhoff of Lewis. Delilah (Jeff) Heuton of Atlantic. David (Michele) Kirchhoff of Lewis. Dwaine (Jennie) Kirchhoff of Atlantic.
Sister-in-law: Mary Ann Kirchhoff of Griswold.
18 Grandchildren and 31 Great-Grandchildren.
JANET L. NELSON, 86, of Casey, died Tuesday, Sept. 15th, at the Guthrie County Hospital, in Guthrie Center. Funeral services for JANET NELSON will be held 11-a.m. Monday, Sept. 21st, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Casey. Hockenberry Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Visitation at St. John’s Lutheran Church will take place from 10-until 11-a.m., Monday.; Online condolences may be left at www.hockenberryfamilycare.com.
Burial is in the Dalmanutha Cemetery, north of Casey.
Memorials may be directed to the family for later designation.
JANET L. NELSON is survived by:
Her Husband – Verdell Nelson, of Casey.
Her Son – Terry (Cathy) Nelson, of Casey.
Her Daughter – Lisa (Brian) Hansen, of Guthrie Center.
Her Sisters – Mary (John) Toft, and Beverly (Ronnie) Juelsgaard.
4 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.
(Radio Iowa) – The Des Moines School Board has directed the district’s superintendent to come up with a new plan for both in-person AND virtual classes, but during a meeting last (Tuesday) night, the board did not set a time frame for bringing students back into school buildings. The state’s largest district started the school year with most students taking classes online, without a state waiver to do so. Board member Kalyn Cody argues virtual instruction is safest at this point in the pandemic.
“I mean if we open up all 60 of our buildings, that’s 60 potential hotspots within a 20 mile radius, but that’s going to spread outward very, very quickly,” Cody said. Board member Kelli Soyer says she’s worried about the students who are struggling with virtual instruction. “It’s not working for everyone,” she said. Board member Terri Caldwell-Johnson agrees. “I feel like we’re failing a lot of our students,” Caldwell-Johnson said.
Board member Rob Barron says the district has to balance the need to protect staff with growing demands from parents who want their kids back in the classroom.”I don’t take lightly being out of compliance with the state, but even if we were to say: ‘Come hell or high water we are bringing everybody back in person,’ that doesn’t happen tomorrow,” Barron said. “We are still out of compliance probably at least a few weeks before we can turn that model around and bring kids back.”
A handful of parents spoke to the board during a period for public comment at the beginning of the meeting. Holly Kilborn-O’Neall says online classes provide the safest and most consistent connections for students and teachers. “This first week of school has gone remarkably well,” she said. Justin Minor is among 70 percent of parents who responded this summer that they wanted their kids to return to classrooms. “Let’s mask up and go to school,” he said.
There are about 33-thousand students in the Des Moines Public Schools.