LaVon Eblen visits with Damon Clark, Prevention Specialist with Zion Recovery Services about opioids and clean living.
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A reminder from the Cass County Memorial Hospital’s Obstetrics (OB) Department: The “Love Steps Up” walk will be held tomorrow (Saturday, October 7th) at 10 am at the Atlantic High School track. In the event of rain, the event will take place in the AHS gymnasium. Love Steps Up is an initiative created by the OB Department to raise awareness and support for families impacted by pregnancy and infant loss. The annual walk is held in October, and a support group meets monthly at the hospital.
During the event, some personal stories will be shared, in hopes it won’t make families who have experienced the loss of a child at or before birth, so alone. Coming together, honoring the babies, and sharing stories. officials say, help us heal and raise awareness in the community about just how many families this touches.
The event is free and open to the public. And again, it will be held tomorrow (Saturday, October 7th) at 10 am at the Atlantic High School. If there’s inclement weather, the event will be held in the AHS gymnasium. Participants will gather for brief remarks, walk, and then the event will conclude with a balloon release. There is no registration or fee for the event, but you can order a Love Steps Up t-shirt at www.casshealth.org through September 21st. Any questions can be directed to the CCMH OB Department at 712-250-8862.
Gambling studies released by the Iowa Racing and Gaming commission Thursday show a new casino in Cedar Rapids would have big impact on existing casinos. The study by White Sand Gaming says the best time to consider casino in Cedar Rapids was in 2003. Linn County voters turned down a gambling referendum back then. It says the Riverside and Isle casino in Waterloo now service the area and a Cedar Rapids casino would take money away from those two existing facilities. It says the three current proposals for Cedar Rapids casinos overstate the revenue potential of the facilities.
The other market study by Marquette Advisors came to a similar conclusion. It showed any of the three proposed Cedar Rapids casinos would cannibalize between 45 and 56 percent f their annual revenue from Riverside and Waterloo. Cedar Rapids was denied a gambling license back in 2014 with commissioners citing the impact on current casinos as the main reason. The commission will hear formal presentations on the two market studies at their meeting next week in Emmettsburg.
You can see both studies on the Iowa Racing and Gaming website.
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2017 Iowa High School Volleyball Rankings
Compiled by the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union Thursday, Oct. 5
Class 1A
School | Record | LW | |
1 | Janesville | 24-6 | 1 |
2 | Springville | 28-2 | 2 |
3 | LeMars Gehlen Catholic | 22-4 | 3 |
4 | Starmont | 19-5 | 4 |
5 | New London | 29-3 | 5 |
6 | Tripoli | 20-7 | 6 |
7 | Holy Trinity Catholic | 24-5 | 7 |
8 | North Tama | 21-6 | 8 |
9 | Montezuma | 19-3 | 9 |
10 | Iowa Valley | 17-9 | 10 |
11 | Dunkerton | 17-7 | 13 |
12 | HLV | 13-4 | 14 |
13 | Algona Bishop Garrigan | 16-10 | 11 |
14 | Essex | 15-4 | 15 |
15 | Harris-Lake Park | 15-7 | 12 |
Class 2A
1 | Dike-New Hartford | 31-3 | 1 |
2 | Western Christian | 23-4 | 2 |
3 | Grundy Center | 29-4 | 3 |
4 | Council Bluffs St. Albert | 21-3 | 4 |
5 | Sidney | 23-3 | 5 |
6 | Lake Mills | 30-1 | 6 |
7 | Unity Christian | 10-7 | 8 |
8 | Tri-Center | 23-2 | 9 |
9 | Treynor | 20-4 | 7 |
10 | Hinton | 17-10 | 10 |
11 | Iowa City Regina | 22-7 | 11 |
12 | Wilton | 21-4 | 12 |
13 | North Cedar | 16-10 | NR |
14 | Clarinda | 12-9 | 13 |
15 | Wapsie Valley | 16-11 | NR |
Class 3A
1 | Sioux Center | 22-4 | 1 |
2 | Kuemper Catholic | 28-2 | 2 |
3 | Waterloo Columbus Catholic | 26-6 | 3 |
4 | Mount Vernon | 18-6 | 4 |
5 | Gilbert | 19-9 | 6 |
6 | Osage | 16-7 | 7 |
7 | Davenport Assumption | 20-5 | 8 |
8 | Tipton | 24-5 | 5 |
9 | MOC-Floyd Valley | 19-6 | 13 |
10 | Red Oak | 15-9 | 9 |
11 | Dyersville Beckman Catholic | 22-11 | 11 |
12 | Iowa Falls-Alden | 17-3 | 14 |
13 | West Liberty | 19-7 | 10 |
14 | Forest City | 20-3 | 15 |
15 | Monticello | 20-7 | NR |
Class 4A
1 | Cedar Rapids Xavier | 26-7 | 1 |
2 | Dubuque Wahlert | 12-8 | 4 |
3 | Sioux City Bishop Heelan | 21-6 | 5 |
4 | Pella | 24-3 | 2 |
5 | Waverly-Shell Rock | 28-5 | 3 |
6 | Sergeant Bluff-Luton | 24-2 | 6 |
7 | Center Point-Urbana | 23-7 | 7 |
8 | Lewis Central | 22-5 | 8 |
9 | North Scott | 16-7 | 13 |
10 | Independence | 24-4 | 9 |
11 | Charles City | 16-10 | 10 |
12 | Marion | 17-9 | 12 |
13 | Western Dubuque | 14-10 | NR |
14 | Fort Madison | 18-5 | 14 |
15 | Harlan | 14-8 | NR |
Class 5A
1 | Cedar Falls | 26-2 | 1 |
2 | West Des Moines Valley | 34-4 | 2 |
3 | Ankeny Centennial | 24-4 | 3 |
4 | Cedar Rapids Jefferson | 27-3 | 4 |
5 | Linn-Mar | 22-6 | 5 |
6 | Dubuque Hemsptead | 19-4 | 6 |
7 | Pleasant Valley | 23-2 | 7 |
8 | Iowa City West | 17-10 | 9 |
9 | Bettendorf | 17-3 | 8 |
10 | Dowling Catholic | 22-6 | 10 |
11 | Indianola | 21-7 | 11 |
12 | Waukee | 23-17 | 14 |
13 | Ankeny | 16-13 | 12 |
14 | Urbandale | 17-8 | 13 |
15 | Cedar Rapids Prairie | 16-10 | NR |
The Washington Post is reporting that President Trump told federal officials to deny Iowa’s request to stabilize the individual health insurance market. The Washington Post reports Trump became outraged after he read a Wall Street Journal account of what has become called the state’s “stop gap” plan. It’s an attempt to help up to 72-thousand Iowans buy individual insurance policies for 2018 through the Affordable Care Act exchange. Trump reportedly directed the federal agency in charge of reviewing the state’s request to “tell Iowa no.” Iowa officials say there’s been no denial delivered. The only notice they’ve gotten is that Iowa’s waiver request has been “deemed….complete.” That triggered a required public comment period that ends October 19th.
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More area and State news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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One person was killed when a motorcycle and John Deere tractor collided near Dyersville in northeast Iowa late Thursday morning. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened a mile south of Dyersville on Highway 136. The motorcycle, operated by 60-year old David Allen Jones, of Palatka, Florida, hit a tractor pulling a manure wagon as the tractor was turning into a farm lane.The tractor operator was identified as 82-year old Francis John Naber, of Dyersville.
Palatka died at the scene. The crash remains under investigation.
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