Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds’ Wednesday press conference on COVID-19. This presser was delayed from Tuesday to Wednesday this week. We will have live audio on KJAN as well with the presser set to begin at approximately 11:00 a.m.

(A-P/KCCI) Merriam-Webster is revising its definition of racism after a Missouri woman’s emails claimed it fell short of including the systemic oppression of certain groups of people. KMOV-TV reports that Kennedy Mitchum, a graduate of Drake University in Des Moines, says people would argue with her about the definition of racism and she realized the problem was in the Merriam-Webster’s dictionary. Mitchum said the definition of racism should say it is a system designed, especially in America, to oppress black and brown people.

Peter Sokolowski, editor at large at Merriam-Webster, says the definition also covers the sense that Mitchum was seeking, and they will make its wording even more clear in the next release. He says this is the kind of continuous revision that is part of keeping the dictionary up to date. Drake University shared the dictionary’s response in a tweet. The statement said, in part, “A revision to the entry for racism is now being drafted to be added to the dictionary soon, and we are also planning to revise the entries of other words that are related to racism or have racial connotations.”

Merriam-Webster went on to say, “This revision would not have been made without your persistence in contacting us about this problem.”

A Creston man was arrested Tuesday afternoon, on a sexual abuse charge. Creston Police says 21-year old Matthew Davis was taken into custody at 900 S. Birch Street on a charge of Sexual Abuse in the 3rd Degree. Davis was being held in the Union County Jail on a $10,000 bond.

(7-a.m. News) A semi tractor-trailer rollover accident in Adair County Tuesday night has claimed the life of a man from California. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2019 Freightliner semi driven by 52-year old Jaspal Singh, of Sacramento, CA, was traveling east on Interstate 80 near mile marker 74 (two-miles west of Adair), when for reasons unknown, the semi swerved off the road and entered the south ditch, where it rolled over. The accident happened at around 11:23-p.m.

A passenger in the semi, 26-year old Jagjit Singh, of Madera, CA, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene. The accident remains under investigation. The State Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Adair County Sheriff’s Office, and Adair Fire/Rescue.