Sheriff’s officials in Adams County report a Corning man was arrested at around 3:05-a.m. today (Saturday), for OWI/1st offense. Martin Lee Grace was arrested following a traffic stop near the intersection of Highway 148 and 16th Street, in Corning.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa  — As influenza activity picks up this fall, the American Red Cross is urging healthy donors of all blood types to give blood or platelets to ensure a strong blood supply for patients in need. Blood and platelets can only be given by donors who are feeling well. Flu shot doesn’t affect blood donation eligibility. One way to maintain health is to get a flu vaccine each fall. There is no waiting period to give blood or platelets after receiving a flu shot as long as the donor is symptom-free and fever-free. For those that have the flu, it is important to wait until they no longer exhibit flu symptoms, have recovered completely and feel well before attempting to donate. Donors must feel healthy and well on the day of donation.

Donors of all blood types, especially platelet donors and those with type O blood, are urged to give now to ensure a stable supply this fall. Stay healthy this flu season and make an appointment to donate blood by downloading the free Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or enabling the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device.

Upcoming blood donation opportunities now through Nov. 15:

Cass County: Griswold, 11/4/2019: 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Griswold High School, 20 Madison

Fremont County: Tabor, 11/4/2019: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Fremont Mills High School, 27 Jackson Blvd

Mills County:

Glenwood, 11/4/2019: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 512 2nd St.; 11/7/2019: 6:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., Glenwood High School, 504 East Sharp Street

Malvern, 11/6/2019: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., East Mills High School, 1505 E. 15th St.

Page County:

College Springs, 11/12/2019: 12:30 p.m. – 5 p.m., South Page High School, 600 S Iowa

Essex, 11/8/2019: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., Essex High School, 111 Forbes St.

Shenandoah, 11/8/2019: 7 a.m. – 1 p.m., Shenandoah Medical Center, 300 Pershing Ave.

Pottawattamie County:

Council Bluffs, 11/2/2019: 7 a.m. – 1 p.m., Village Inn, 1906 Rue Street; 11/7/2019: 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Harrah’s Casino, 1 Harrahs Blvd; 11/15/2019: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., Iowa School for the Deaf, 3501 Harry Langdon Blvd.

Ringgold County: Mount Ayr, 11/12/2019: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., First Christian Church, 201 W Monroe

Shelby County: Harlan, 11/7/2019: 7:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., Conductix, 1417 Industrial Parkway

Taylor County: Bedford, 11/14/2019: 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Bedford High School, 1006 Illinois St.

Union County: Creston, 11/4/2019: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 800 N Sumner; 11/6/2019: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., Creston High School, 601 W. Townline

A blood donor card or driver’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in. Individuals who are 17 years of age in most states (16 with parental consent where allowed by state law), weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school students and other donors 18 years of age and younger also have to meet certain height and weight requirements. Blood and platelet donors can save time at their next donation by using RapidPass® to complete their pre-donation reading and health history questionnaire online, on the day of their donation, before arriving at the blood drive. To get started, follow the instructions at RedCrossBlood.org/RapidPass or use the Blood Donor App.

Iowa’s Fourth Congressional District Democratic candidate, JD Scholten is scheduled to appear at chili supper this Sunday evening, hosted by Four County Democratic Committees: Audubon, Shelby, Carroll and Crawford Counties. Scholten is running against Steve King for US Congress and will speak 6-p.m. Sunday at the VFW in Manning.   A chili supper will be provided for donations and is open to everyone regardless of party affiliation.

There will be a raffle drawing and a silent auction as well, and representatives from the various presidential campaigns will be available at 5-p.m. Sunday, to share information about their respective candidates.

A multi-state salmonella outbreak has sickened 10 people and caused one death. CNN reports officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the outbreak is believed to be connected to ground beef. So far, no one supplier has been linked to the outbreak. People who have been sick reported eating different brands, purchased from several locations. Eight people have been hospitalized.

Of the eight people interviewed, six said they ate the ground beef at home. People who get sick from salmonella typically develop a fever, diarrhea and stomach cramps about 12 to 72 hours after being exposed to the bacteria. Typically, an illness will last 4 to 7 days, most people recover without treatment, but sometimes an illness can be so bad a patient will need to be hospitalized. The outbreak has been identified in six states. The person who died lived in California. Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Iowa also have had patients, according to the CDC.

Lab tests identified the outbreak strain of Salmonella Dublin in repackaged leftover ground beef that was collected from the California home of one of the people who got sick. People started getting sick in August. Of the nine people who got sick, eight were hospitalized, which the CDC is much higher than we would expect for salmonella infections. Typically, the hospitalization is usually about 20%. The investigation will continue and the CDC promises to keep the public updated.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The leading Democrats vying for their party’s presidential nomination clashed Friday night in Des Moines, over the critical issue of health care while offering starkly contrasting visions for the nation’s ideological direction before thousands of cheering Iowa activists at a raucous event kicking off the three-month sprint to the first-in-the-nation caucuses.
Former Vice President Joe Biden opened the state Democratic Party’s marquee annual fundraiser, the Liberty and Justice Celebration, by swiping at the candidate who has largely caught him atop the Democratic primary polls, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Meanwhile, Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, pledged generational change, trying to take up the mantle of another young, upstart candidate, Barack Obama, who pulled off a 2008 upset in Iowa on his way to the presidency. The jabs were relatively gentle but previewed arguments that are likely to increasingly dominate the race. Biden said he would overhaul health care nationwide without “increases in taxes for the middle class. None. None. None.” While not mentioning Warren by name, his pronouncement came hours after she unveiled a much-anticipated proposal to spend $20-plus trillion over the next decade on a “Medicare for All” universal health care plan that she vowed wouldn’t require a middle-class tax increase. Biden’s campaign had already panned that as requiring “mathematic gymnastics” to cover its huge costs.

The former vice president has promised not to “abandon” Obama’s signature health care law. The issue has created a stark policy divide between Warren and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, both of whom back Medicare for All, and more moderate candidates like Biden and Buttigieg, who say the country isn’t ready to do away with private insurance. Biden also called for party unity and tried to cast himself as immediately able to rise to international challenges: “The next president is going to be commander in chief of a world in disarray. There’s going to be no time for on-the-job training.”

Taking the stage a short time later, Warren made an unwavering appeal for sweeping change, saying, “If the most we can promise is business as usual after Donald Trump, then we will lose.”
“It’s easy to give up on a big idea, but when we give up on a big idea, we give up on the people whose lives would be touched by that big idea,” she said. “Anyone who comes on this stage and tells you to dream small and give up early is not going to lead our party to victory.”

Bernie Sanders struck his familiar, defiant tone Friday night, telling the crowd, “We will pass, whether the insurance companies like it or not, Medicare for All.” In all, more than a dozen presidential candidates addressed 13,000-plus Democratic activists, party volunteers and campaign supporters at a basketball arena in downtown Des Moines. The event amounts to the largest gathering of Democrats in an early voting state — and was something of a dress rehearsal for the Feb. 3 caucuses. Candidates must now move beyond simply introducing themselves to voters and activists and focus on perfecting a grassroots strategy to ensure they mobilize strong support.

For White House hopefuls in the top tier, the event was a key test of momentum, while lagging contenders will face further questions about why they’re staying in the race. A New York Times/Siena College poll of likely caucusgoers released Friday found Warren, Sanders, Buttigieg and Biden bunched together at the top of the field in Iowa, though Biden and Warren have generally been co-front-runners elsewhere.