OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Warren Buffett says his company’s scaled-back annual meeting will feature an abbreviated question-and-answer session this weekend. Berkshire Hathaway is planning to hold a smaller, online annual meeting this Saturday without any shareholders present. All the other events surrounding the meeting, which normally attracts roughly 40,000 people, have been cancelled. Buffett said Monday that he and Berkshire Vice Chairman Greg Abel, who oversees Berkshire’s non-insurance businesses, will answer questions from a reporter at the meeting on Saturday afternoon.

Berkshire will also release its first-quarter earnings report Saturday. The online meeting will be broadcast by Yahoo Finance, so shareholders can watch.

A traffic stop today at around 4:40-a.m. in Red Oak, resulted in the arrest of 40-year old David Daniel Wells, of Red Oak. Wells was arrested in the 2700 block of N. 8th Street, following an accident. He was charged with OWI/2nd offense, and Driving While Suspended. Red Oak Police were assisted at the scene by Red Oak Fire and Rescue, and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.

Red Oak Police, Monday evening, arrested 28-year old Nathan Allen Aldrich, of Red Oak, on four misdemeanor charges. Aldrich was taken into custody a little after 6-p.m., for Domestic Abuse Assault/1st offense; Trespass; Harassment in the 2nd Degree, and Obstruction of Emergency Communication. He was brought to the Montgomery County Jail, and held without bond.

(Radio Iowa) — Local public health officials say one-fifth of the state’s confirmed COVID-19 cases are in Black Hawk County and more than 90 percent of the county’s cases are connected to the Tyson pork processing plant in Waterloo. Dr. Mathew Sojka, the chief medical officer for Mercy One in Waterloo, says it’s a scary time.

“We don’t know if another surge is going to occur,” he says. “I’m very nervous about that with seeing the numbers in the community increase like they have over the last week.” Dr. Sharon Duclos is medical director at People’s Community Health Clinic in Waterllo. She says health care workers are going through an emotional roller coaster.

“It’s hard because you start to go through the grief of realizing, again, this is not a sprint, it’s a marathon,” she says. Dr. Duclos says her greatest fear is a member of her staff will contract the virus. Black Hawk County public health officials say one percent of the county’s population has tested positive for the coronavirus. Eleven resident of Black Hawk County have died of the virus.

(Radio Iowa) — The mayors of five cities in the Sioux City metro are asking local public health officials as well as state officials in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota to reveal more information about Covid-19 cases in their area. Sioux City, Iowa Mayor Bob Scott says “Provide more comprehensive reporting data to include the specific locations where any outbreak or spread has occurred.”

Local public health officials have refused to say whether a recent surge in Covid-19 cases in the region is linked to a meat packing plant in Dakota City, Nebraska. It’s the largest employer in the Sioux City metro area. The letter from the five mayors directly asks any area business to publicly reveal if there’s been an outbreak of the virus among employees.

“This includes accurate information to employees and the public about any confirmed cases in their facilities and the steps they’re taking to protect their employees,” Scott says. “This information should be shared in a response plan to reduce the spread of the disease in their facilities and our community.” The mayors are asking any business that’s the site of an outbreak to close until they develop a response plan.

The mayors of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, South Sioux City, Nebraska; North Sioux City, South Dakota and Dakota City, Nebraska signed onto the statement along with Sioux City’s mayor. The group also referred to regional closures related to the pandemic. “Our priority is the health and safety of our citizens,” Scott said. “To that end, we urge Governor Reynolds, Governor Rickets and Governor Noem to act cautiously in lifting current restrictions across the three-state region too soon.”

Yesterday (Monday), Governor Reynolds announced restaurants, bars, fitness clubs and retail businesses in 77 Iowa counties may reopen on May 1st. The four counties that are adjacent to Woodbury County are included in that opening-for-business zone.