Sheriff’s officials in Union County report the arrest at around 11-p.m. Wednesday, of 57-year old David Joseph Tindle, from Creston. He was arrested on a Union County warrant for failure to appear. Tindle was transported from the Polk County Jail to the Union County Jail, where he is being held on $2,000 bond.
The Iowa Association of Track Coaches has released their pre-season cross country team rankings for 2020. Here is a look at the list with area teams in bold.
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dubuque Hempstead |
| 2 | Sioux City, North |
| 3 | Cedar Falls |
| 4 | Dowling Catholic, WDM |
| 5 | Prairie, Cedar Rapids |
| 6 | Johnston |
| 7 | Pleasant Valley |
| 8 | Iowa City, West |
| 9 | Iowa City, Liberty |
| 10 | Ames |
| 11 | Waukee |
| 12 | Southeast Polk |
| 13 | Iowa City, City High |
| 14 | Urbandale |
| 15 | Ankeny Centennial |
Teams to Watch
Cedar Rapids Kennedy
Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson
Indianola
Linn-Mar, Marion
Norwalk
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Linn-Mar, Marion |
| 2 | Johnston |
| 3 | Southeast Polk |
| 4 | Valley, West Des Moines |
| 5 | Iowa City, City High |
| 6 | Prairie, Cedar Rapids |
| 7 | Dubuque Senior |
| 8 | Epworth, Western Dubuque |
| 9 | Urbandale |
| 10 | Waukee |
| 11 | Bettendorf |
| 12 | Dowling Catholic |
| 13 | Sioux City East |
| 14 | Dubuque Hempsted |
| 15 | Iowa City, Liberty |
Teams to Watch
Ankeny Centennial
Des Moines Roosevelt
Indianola
Iowa City, West
Pleasant Valley
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas Center Grimes |
| 2 | Center Point Urbana |
| 3 | Clear Creek Amana |
| 4 | Dubuque Wahlert |
| 5 | North Polk |
| 6 | Marion |
| 7 | Decorah |
| 8 | Humboldt |
| 9 | Pella |
| 10 | Monticello |
| 11 | Waverly Shell Rock |
| 12 | Carlisle |
| 13 | Atlantic |
| 14 | Gilbert |
| 15 | Grinnell |
Teams to Watch
Harlan
LeMars
Mount Vernon Lisbon
MOC Floyd Valley
Sergeant Bluff Luton
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ballard |
| 2 | Dallas Center-Grimes |
| 3 | Wahlert, Dubuque |
| 4 | Harlan |
| 5 | Bishop Heelan |
| 6 | Solon |
| 7 | CPU |
| 8 | Monticello |
| 9 | Glenwood |
| 10 | Charles City |
| 11 | ADM |
| 12 | Decorah |
| 13 | Spencer |
| 14 | Pella |
| 15 | Grinnell |
Teams to Watch
Atlantic
Assumption, Davenport
Carlisle
North Polk
Winterset
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Davis County |
| 2 | Danville-New London |
| 3 | Albia |
| 4 | Tipton |
| 5 | Denver |
| 6 | Western Christian |
| 7 | GC-GR |
| 8 | Des Moines Christian |
| 9 | North Fayette Valley |
| 10 | Camanche |
| 11 | GLR-CL |
| 12 | Williamsburg |
| 13 | Okoboji |
| 14 | Mid-Prairie |
| 15 | Treynor |
Teams to Watch
Central Decatur
Clarinda
Jessup
Northeast
Waukon
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mid Priaire Welllman |
| 2 | Williamsburg |
| 3 | Jesup |
| 4 | Starmond |
| 5 | WC-KP |
| 6 | Unity Christian |
| 7 | Davis County |
| 8 | Cherokee |
| 9 | Dike New Hartford |
| 10 | Tipton |
| 11 | Waukon |
| 12 | Denver |
| 13 | Emmetsburg |
| 14 | Chariton |
| 15 | Sibley Ocheydan |
Teams to Watch
Danville New London
NE Goose Lake
Okoboji
Panorama
West Marshall
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Madrid |
| 2 | Earlham |
| 3 | Calamus-Wheatland |
| 4 | Nodaway Valley |
| 5 | Maquoketa Valley |
| 6 | South Winneshiek |
| 7 | West Fork |
| 8 | Newman Mason City |
| 9 | Pekin of Packwood |
| 10 | Ogden |
| 11 | Tri-Center |
| 12 | Gehlen Catholic-Lemars |
| 13 | St. Albert-Council Bluffs |
| 14 | Saint Ansgar |
| 15 | East Marshall |
Teams to Watch
ACGC
Bellevue
Central Springs
Hudson
Regina Iowa City
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa City Regina |
| 2 | Van Meter |
| 3 | Manson North West Webster |
| 4 | Pekin |
| 5 | AHSTW |
| 6 | Hudson |
| 7 | ACGC |
| 8 | Aplington Parkersburg |
| 9 | Kee Lansing |
| 10 | Madrid |
| 11 | St. Edmond Fort Dodge |
| 12 | Sumner Fredricksburg |
| 13 | Nasuha Plainfield |
| 14 | North Linn |
| 15 | Nodaway Valley |
Teams to Watch
Central Elkader
Earlham
Logan Magnolia
South Winneshiek
Tri Center
(Radio Iowa) – A quarter of a million Iowa homes and business are still without power this (Thursday) morning. Ames residents have been warned damage is so dense and significant, power may be out for a week in some areas. Governor Kim Reynolds toured Marshalltown Wednesday afternoon and told reporters the damage she saw may be worse than the devastating tornado that hit Marshalltown two years ago. “Just from a mental perspective of trying to deal with all of that, it’s just tough,” Reynolds says. “They’re hit pretty hard again.”
The governor has gotten an aerial view of crop damage this week and she visited a grain elevator that was critically damaged. With silos and bins smashed in areas that were hit Monday, Reynolds says storage for this year’s crop will be a significant issue. “There’s no way that they’re going to be able to rebuild the bins this fall — materials, construction — I mean, just across the board it’s not going to happen,” she says.
Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says farmers may have to resort to open-air storage — piling the grain on the ground.
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Jim Field visits with Freese-Notis Meteorologist Dan Hicks about the derecho that caused so much damage across the state on Monday.
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(Radio Iowa) – More than a quarter million Iowans are still without power, three days after a major wind storm blasted across the state. Alliant Energy spokeswoman Cindy Tomlinson says the situation remains too complex for an accurate estimate of a restoration time. “We don’t want to over-promise and then under-deliver,” Tomlinson says. “We want to make sure when we provide an estimated time that we can meet that window. It’s just going to take a little more time to estimate when services will be restored.”
Reports show 257-thousand Iowa homes remain without electricity, though at the peak after the Monday severe weather, nearly 500-thousand customers were in the dark. Tomlinson says when Alliant’s senior vice president Terry Kouba toured the damage in Marshalltown and Cedar Rapids, he was amazed. “The storm has created damage beyond what we’ve ever seen before and he’s been with our company several decades,” she says. “It’s definitely an experience beyond what he’s ever seen before.”
Tomlinson reminds folks who are using generators to be sure and shut down the main disconnect to the house. If that is still on, it could result in electricity feeding back down the line and could potentially injure a utility worker who’s trying to get your power back on. Tomlinson reminds everyone to continue to avoid downed power lines, because you never know if maybe a generator may be feeding back into those lines, or when the power DOES come back on.
The Atlantic School Board, Wednesday evening, received an update on the Athletic facilities improvement projects. Superintendent Steve Barber says “Our Trojan Bowl is finally looking like a football stadium.”
Concrete crews will pour the north curb separating the track and field. Once that’s done, they’ll move to the baseball/softball fields and begin working on the dugout footings. Once the concrete is poured, Barber said the mason contractor will begin erecting the dugouts.
Once the Press Box is finished at the factory, it will be hoisted to the top of the home bleachers. Barber said also, the field is about to final grade. Crews began laying rock for the foundations of the asphalt track, with the first layer set to be installed next week. He said also, the scoreboard and time clock poles have been installed. They’re still waiting on word on when the scoreboard will arrive.
Work has also been mostly completed on the concession stand. Earth moving material is scheduled to be moved up to the high school, beginning next week.
Iowa Health officials today (Thursday, as of 10-a.m.) report the State has topped 50,000 positive cases of COVID-19. The data show 488 new cases confirmed since Wednesday, for a total of 50,135. There have also been five more deaths in the State attributed to COVID-19 since 10-a.m. Wednesday, for a total of 954. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 511 of the State’s death toll.
Here in Cass County, there was another increase in the number of positive cases, from 79 Wednesday, to 82 today. Of those, 47 have recovered from the virus. Adair County has five more positive cases, for a total of 35. There were also increases of one case each, in Adams, Guthrie and Montgomery Counties, and 10 new cases in Pottawattamie County. There was also one additional death reported in Pott. County, for a total of 29. The 14-day Positivity Rate for area Public School officials to determine if they need to change instructional plans, is as follows, with an action rate of 15% or greater allowed to apply for a waiver to hold classes online, and if 10% of students are absent: Cass & Adair Counties: 9%; Adams: 5%; Audubon: 3%; Guthrie: 6%; Montgomery: 8%; Pottawattamie: 10%; Shelby County: 14%.
The IDPH says 537,330 Iowans have been tested, 5,322 tested negative since 10-a.m. Wednesday, for a total of 484,024 to-date. And, 39,214 Iowans have recovered from the virus. Hospitalization data show: 261 are hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms; 88 are in an ICU; 38 were admitted to a hospital since Wednesday, and 25 people remain on a ventilator.
Southwest/western Iowa hospitals report: 12 people are in a hospital with COVID-19; Five people are in an ICU; There were 2 persons admitted and no one on a ventilator. Long-Term Care (LTC) data today, show: 28 Outbreaks; 847 patients/staff have tested positive; and 492 have recovered.
Here are the latest positive case numbers for southwest/western Iowa since 10-a.m. Wednesday (County; Positive Case #’s; number of persons who have (recovered); {deaths since the outbreak began}. Counties with changes since Monday, have highlighted numbers:
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