Adair County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections Mandy Berg reports that on Tuesday, June 9th, the Adair County ASVP Board will meet at 9:30 a.m. at the Adair County Courthouse in Greenfield, to conduct the post-election audit of the voting system used in the June 2, 2020 Primary Election.
The audit is required under the Code of Iowa, and is open to the public.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Democrats and black leaders are calling for urgent action by state lawmakers to end racial injustice and have proposed several bills during the shortened legislative session. One bill would make it illegal for police in Iowa to use a chokehold or neck restraint unless a person poses an imminent threat.
Another would make it illegal for Iowa police departments to hire officers who were fired or resigned while being investigated for serious misconduct or excessive force. Gov. Kim Reynolds and House Speaker Pat Grassley, both Republicans, wouldn’t commit to the ideas but said they’re willing to talk.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Polk County officials have rescinded a curfew after experiencing several nights of peaceful protests in the Des Moines area. The Polk County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Thursday to end the curfew, which took effect Sunday. The 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew was imposed at the request of Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie and Gov. Kim Reynolds after earlier protests in Des Moines started peacefully but then resulted in vandalism after nightfall.
The protests began after the May 25 death of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis. He died after being arrested by police, including a white officer who pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck.
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A Waterloo hospital is seeing a baby boom. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital reported delivering 142 babies in May, smashing the hospital’s old record of 121 babies set in September 2017. The record is especially surprising because the spring isn’t usually a busy times for babies at the hospital. Last year, 86 births were recorded in May. The births came as the hospital already was dealing with coronavirus cases and precautions that put extra stress on staff.
“Grow Another Row, Cass County!” is a campaign to encourage residents to grow more food to share in 2020. The campaign is launching to address food challenges created by COVID-19, as
more people are finding themselves needing a little extra help keeping food on the table.
Denise O’Brien of Rolling Acres Farm with her tomatoes in 2019.
Most Wanted Produce: According to ISU Extension, the 13 best produce donations are:
tomatoes, winter squash, zucchini, potatoes, onions, peppers, cucumbers, melons, broccoli, cabbage, sweet potatoes, carrots, and beans.
Now is a great time to plant green beans.
Pole beans need a trellis to climb on but save some strain on the back at harvest time! A bean trellis can be as simple as planting along the garden
fence.
Can you grow another row of tomatoes?
Denise O’Brien of Rolling Acres Farm is focused on producing greenhouse raised plants to help people start their own gardens. This year she’s
giving away free tomato plants to people growing another row. Learn more about Rolling Acres Farm and contact Denise through her website www.rollingacres76.com, or find Rolling Acres
Farm on Facebook @RollingAcresAtlanticIowa. Thank you to Rolling Acres Farm for the support!!
How do your tomatoes grow??
Do your tomatoes often get overgrown and hard to pick? Trellising or caging gets those plants (and tomatoes) up off the ground, making them easier to pick and preventing rot. Additionally,
pruning excess foliage from indeterminate varieties will increase fruit set and speed up ripening. Indeterminate varieties produce leaves and flowers continuously through the growing
season. To prune effectively, pick one main growing stem and remove all other leaves and ‘suckers.’ Suckers are the little shoots that form in the axil where the leaf stem attaches to the
main growing stem.
For more information, please contact:
Brigham Hoegh, Wellness Coordinator
Cass County ISU Extension
712-249-5870
For more gardening tips and to sign up to participate in Grow Another Row visit https://www.extension.iastate.edu/cass/content/grow-another-row-cass-county.
The Iowa Department of Public Health reports 15 more people have died from COVID-19. for a total of 579, and there have been 694 new, positive cases of the virus, since Wednesday, for a total of 20,706. There have also been 153,025 negative test results,. The number of Iowans who have recovered from the virus total of 12,183. And the number of Iowans tested currently stands at 174,127. Those who have died number 579.
The IDPH reports also, 25 people were admitted to hospitals, for a total of 310. The number of persons in an ICU is unchanged at 105; Six fewer people were on ventilators, for a total of 70. The number of Long-Term Care facility (LTC) outbreaks is down one, to 41. Patients and/or staff tested at those facilities who have positive for COVID-19, amount to 1,548. Those who have recovered number 763, while the numbers of deaths at LTC’s is 289.
The Region 4 Regional Medical Coordination Center (RMCC) data – covering hospitals in western/southwest Iowa – shows one less person hospitalized, two less people in an ICU, none were admitted over the past 24-hours, and 2 remain on ventilators. For Cass and surrounding counties, there wasn’t much change in the number of cases and the number of those recovered, over the past 24-hours. The exceptions: Guthrie and Shelby Counties, both of which had 1 more positive case of COVID-19, and Pottawattamie County, where the IDPH dashboard shows 306 cases and 185 recovered. The Counties that have reported COVID-19 deaths include: Pottawattamie, 10; Guthrie, 3; Audubon and Montgomery Counties have had one death each.
Officials with the Iowa Department of Public Health and Audubon County Public Health today (Thursday), identified an additional case of COVID-19 in the county. The individual is an older middle-aged 41-60. This additional case brings Audubon County’s total to 13 positive confirmed cases of COVID-19, this number includes 12 that have recovered, and one death.
Please keep in mind that when a new positive case is announced the Iowa Department of Public Health is only allowing the age range of the individual to be released. Due to confidentiality and HIPPA regulations any additional information including the person’s race, ethnicity, gender, city or employer is considered confidential information and cannot be given out.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The number of people filing initial unemployment claims in Iowa continued to fall as the state began reopening after taking steps intended to slow spread of the coronavirus. Iowa Workforce Development reported Thursday that 6,920 people filed initial claims in the week ending May 30. That’s a drop of nearly 50% from the previous week. There were 165,195 continuing weekly unemployment claims last week, a decline of 13,000 from the previous week.
The largest number of claims came from people employed in manufacturing. Nationally, nearly 1.9 million people applied for unemployment benefits last week and the total number of people receiving jobless aid increased to 21.5 million. That’s down from a peak of 25 million two weeks ago.
LINDA KEY, 100, of Atlantic, died May 29th, at the Heritage House, in Atlantic. Her body has been donated to science, and no services will be held at this time, but you are invited to view a slideshow of LINDA KEY‘s memories on the Roland Funeral Home website, along with sharing any memories or thoughts. Roland Funeral Service in Atlantic is assisting the family.
Memorials may be directed in her name, to the Atlantic Senior Alumni Scholarship Foundation (SASF) https://atlanticsasf.orgm Nishna Valley Family YMCA, or the Atlantic First United Methodist Church.
LINDA KEY is survived by:
Her daughters – Sheri (Bob) Johnston; Mary Lou (John) Skoog; and Teri Key.
Her son – Patrick Key.
12 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, her daughters-in-law: Sonia, and Carolyn Key, other relatives and friends.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds’ Thursday press conference on COVID-19. We will have live audio on KJAN as well with the presser set to begin at approximately 11:00 a.m.
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