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The CAM School Board will meet in a regular session 6:30-p.m. today (Monday), in Anita. The meeting takes place in the CAM High School Superintendent’s Office. On the agenda, in addition to any personnel matters, is discussion and/or action on: approving an Athletic Trainer Agreement; Approving a 2006 School Bus Bid; an Elementary Vocal Sharing Agreement with Nodaway Valley, and various Board Policies/updates with regard to Public Emergencies and School Bus Safety instructions.
The CAM School Board will also hear an update on the District’s Return to Learn plan, and High School handbook-graduation requirements.
(Radio Iowa) — As grade school leaders debate how classes will be held this fall, higher education will continue in eastern Iowa with a mix of in-person and virtual classes. Don Doucette, chancellor of Eastern Iowa Community Colleges, expects about one-third of students to take classes face-to-face. “We’re also offering courses on campus, especially those that require on-campus hands-on training, laboratories, things like that, but others as well,” Doucette says. “We know that some students learn and need to learn with in-person instruction.”
Students at the community college campuses in Clinton, Muscatine and Scott counties will be asked to follow C-D-C recommendations for COVID-19. “Our classrooms have been socially distanced with reduced capacity in all of those classes, all kinds of plexiglass shields for front-line staff, disinfectants and hand sanitizer all over the place,” Doucette says. “Everybody picks up a wipe on the way into a class and wipes down their desk.” Craig DeVrieze, at Saint Ambrose University in Davenport, says classes will start a week early on August 17th, and they’ll be in the hybrid format. “Half of the students will take a class on a Monday in-person and then the other half will be observing online. Then, the following day, they will switch places,” DeVrieze says. “That will help us achieve the social distancing that we need in order to stay safe.”
Students at Saint Ambrose, where the school mascot is the Fighting Bees, are being asked to commit to the “Bee Safe, Bee Responsible” promise, to follow C-D-C guidelines. “We make available to students an opportunity to learn strictly online, to stay home and take advantage of as many of our online offerings as they can,” DeVrieze says. “We hope the students who don’t feel like they want to come on campus will take advantage of that and work to complete their degree.”
Doucette and DeVrieze say enrollments at Eastern Iowa Community Colleges and Saint Ambrose are steady to slightly higher compared to a year ago.
As of 10-a.m. today (Monday) morning, the IDPH Coronavirus dashboard shows one new, confirmed positive case of COVID-19 in Cass, Adair and Shelby Counties since Sunday, for a total of 74 in Cass County, 30 in Adair County and 184 in Shelby County. From 10-a.m. Friday through early today, there have been 23 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Cass County. Fortunately, there have been no new reports of deaths associated with COVID-19, in our immediate listening area. The highest percentage of positive cases in Cass County (45%) are persons in the 18 to 40 age bracket. 64-percent of those who tested positive were symptomatic. In Adair County, 48% of positive cases are in the 18-40 age group. In Shelby County, 34% of the 18-to 40 age group tested positive. The genders in all three counties are almost evenly split: 50% male, 49% female.
Statewide, one more person died from COVID-19 from 10-a.m. Sunday through today (Monday), for a total of 931. The DPH confirmed 268 additional COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Iowa’s reported positivity rate is 9.4% compared to 6.8% Sunday. Of the state’s confirmed cases, 37,247 Iowans recovered. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 498 of the 931. Iowa DPH reports 224 hospitalizations, of which 57 patients are in intensive care. The Iowa DPH said hospitals admitted 26 new COVID-19 patients in the past 24 hours compared to 32 on Sunday. 23 people were on a ventilator.
Southwest/Western Iowa hospitals are reporting a total of 14 patients, 5 are in an ICU, 0 were admitted since 10-a.m. Sunday, and there was one person on a ventilator. Long-Term Care facility outbreaks are down one to 25. At those facilities, 804 patients/staff tested positive for COVID-19, and 425 have recovered from the virus.
The IDPH Dashboard current County/Positive Case count/reported recoveries ( ), and the number of deaths to date (if any) { }:
Elsewhere in western/s.w. Iowa here are the current number of positive cases/recoveries; deaths (N/A= No data available):
(Radio Iowa) – The stadium seating Major League Baseball set up at the field it built near the Field of Dreams movie site in Dyersville is coming down – for now. Last week, crews began removing the temporary stands that had been installed for an August 13th match-up between the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals. Last week, Major League Baseball announced the game will be postponed until 2021. Roman Weinberg, manager of The Field of Dreams Movie Site, says they knew rescheduling the game was a possibility since the pandemic began in early March.
Weinberg says the plan is to rebuild the stadium, starting next spring, for next year’s game.
Murray Cook of BrightView, the company Major League Baseball hired for the stadium work, told the Dubuque Telegraph Herald much of what was used to construct the stadium was rented and it’d be too expensive to keep it all intact until next year. Meanwhile, in downtown Dyersville, a new museum honoring the Field of Dreams has just opened. It’s called the “If You Build It Exhibit” and highlights the making of the 1989 film. Weinberg was on hand for the museum’s ribbon cutting.
A mural on the side of the building featuring the Ghostplayers coming out of the corn. The Field of Dreams movie is based on the 1982 book “Shoeless Joe” and the field constructed outside of Dyersville for the filming of the movie has been maintained as a tourist attraction.
Red Oak Fire firefighters were called to the scene of a structure fire a little after 10-a.m., Sunday. According to Red Oak Fire Chief John Bruce, crews were dispatched to 111 East Joy Street, and once inside, found a fire in the first floor kitchen area. While they worked to quickly knock down the flames, other firefighters searched the house and were able to rescue a dog, who was unharmed. Two residents got out of the house and were evaluated at the scene, but refused transport to the hospital.
Chief Bruce said the fire originated in an over-the-range microwave. He said also the home was still able to be occupied, even though it sustained moderate fire and smoke damage in the kitchen, and minor smoke damage to the rest of the house. Firefighters from Stanton and Elliott, as well as the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Montgomery County Communications, Red Oak Police and MidAmerican Energy all assisted at the scene.
Police in Red Oak cited a Red Oak juvenile early this morning. The male juvenile – who was not identified because of his age – was cited at around 1:20-a.m., for Minor in use of tobacco/vapor product, Possession of Stolen property, and Interference with official acts. The male was cited into juvenile court and then released to a parent.
Two juveniles and an adult face Felony Burglary, Theft and misdemeanor Criminal Mischief charges associated with a burglary in Red Oak. According to Red Oak Police, Officers were notified at around 6:41-p.m. Sunday, of a possible burglary at the White Oak gas station at 710 N. Broadway, in Red Oak. A passerby said they had seen three people inside the building, and that the front door window was broken.
Officers located three individuals at 3rd and Corning Streets who matched the description given by the witness. After an investigation, Officers arrested 28-year old Nathan Allen Dishong, of Red Oak. A 14-year old male and a 10-year old male were taken into custody. Each was charged with Burglary (A Class-D Felony), Theft in the 4th Degree ( a serious misdemeanor), and Criminal Mischief in the 3rd Degree (an Aggravated misdemeanor).
Dishong was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $5,000 bond. The 14-year old male was transported to the Juvenile Detention Center in Council Bluffs, and the 10-year old male was released to a parent.
The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest at around 11:50-p.m. Saturday, of 35-year old Karmyn Kay Watson, of Creston. Watson was taken into custody on two Union County warrants, following a traffic stop at Union Avenue and Highway 34. She was being held without bond in the Adams County Jail.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The entire three-game series between the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis that was set to begin tonight (Monday night) at Busch Stadium, has been postponed while the Cardinals deal with a COVID-19 outbreak. There have now been 27 games postponed by Major League Baseball because of coronavirus concerns. The Cardinals have not played since July 30 and have had 13 games scrapped. Miami and Philadelphia each had seven games postponed earlier and have returned to the field since the disruptions. MLB said Sunday night that the league and the Cardinals “believe it is prudent to conduct additional testing while players and staff are quarantined before the team returns to play.”
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hunter Dozier hit a two-run single in his first at-bat since testing positive for COVID-19, prized prospect Brady Singer earned his first major league win and the Kansas City Royals swept the Minnesota Twins 4-2. The Royals won their fourth in a row overall. The Twins lost all three at Kauffman Stadium and have dropped four straight. Dozier, who hit 26 home runs last year and tied for the big league lead with 10 triples, hadn’t played this season while recovering from the virus. He quickly delivered, putting the Royals ahead 2-0 in the first inning.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — American Collin Morikawa has become a first-time major champion by winning at San Francisco’s Harding Park. The 23-year-old closed with a 6-under 64 to win the PGA Championship by two strokes over Paul Casey and third-round leader Dustin Johnson. Morikawa was tied with Casey before an eagle on the par-4 16. He closed with consecutive pars for a 13 under total.
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Kevin Harvick has completed a weekend sweep of NASCAR’s Cup races at Michigan International Speedway. Harvick held off Denny Hamlin over the final laps and finished 0.09 ahead to become the first driver to win Cup races on consecutive days since Richard Petty in 1971. Harvick also took the first two stages in Saturday’s victory before earning the second state Sunday.
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Joe Pavelski tied it with 31.4 seconds left in the third period, Anton Khudobin stopped all three shots he faced in the shootout and the Dallas Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1 in round-robin play to clinch the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference. Denis Gurianov scored the only goal of the shootout. Dallas will face the Calgary Flames in the first round of the playoffs. Defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis went winless in the round robin and will next face the Vancouver Canucks.