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OSKALOOSA, Iowa – June 8, 2021 – The Iowa Transportation Commission today approved more than $7 million in funding for 78 new public transit vehicles that will replace vehicles past their useful life. Funds are granted through the Federal Transit Administration’s Grants for Bus and Bus Facilities Formula Program as well as the Federal Highway Administration’s Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program.
Vehicle replacement projects were approved for 21 different public transit systems, including Council Bluffs, which is receiving $951,374. Creston and Carroll are also receiving funds (in amounts of $337,272 and $257,361, respectively) for bus replacements, The complete list of funded vehicles can be found at https://iowadot.gov/transit/Funding-programs-and-applications/funding-programs.
Public transit is vital to enhancing the mobility of Iowans, getting them where they need to go. Iowa has public transit service in all 99 counties.
The Iowa Department of Public Health (Tuesday, June 8th) reports the number of additional, positive COVID-19 cases was up modestly over the past 24-hours. The Coronavirus dashboard shows there are 64 additional cases, for a total of 402,606, and one additional death, for a pandemic total of 6,073. Deaths at Iowa’s Long-Term Care facilities are at 2,368.
There remain four LTC outbreaks in Iowa, with 26 positive cases among patients and staff, and one person recovered.
Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate is holding steady at 2.0%, while the 7-day positivity rate is once again up slightly from 1.9% Monday to 2.0%, Tuesday. There was no change in the hospitalization data: State health officials say 84 people are hospitalized with COVID-19; 16 patients are in an ICU; 14 COVID patients were admitted to a hospital, and eight patients are on a ventilator. In RMCC Region 4 (hospitals in western & southwest Iowa), there remain two people hospitalized with COVID-19, and one person in an ICU. There was no one admitted over the previous 24-hours, at no one was on a ventilator.
In the immediate KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases by County (since the beginning of the pandemic) and the total number of deaths (Since the beginning of the pandemic) in each county to date:
Cass, 1,477 cases; 54 deaths
Adair, 993; 32
Adams, 356; 4
Audubon, 541; 10
Guthrie, 1,312; 32
Harrison County, 1,935; 73
Madison County, 1,787; 19
Mills County, 1,799; 24
Montgomery, 1,116; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,327;173
Shelby County, 1,372; 37
Union County, 1,381; 35
(Atlantic) – A northwest Iowa man who announced in mid-February his bid for the U-S Senate, was in the Cass County area Monday afternoon. Iowa Republican Senator Jim Carlin, from Sioux City, plans to run for Chuck Grassley’s seat, regardless of the senior senator’s decision on running. The 87-year old Grassley is serving his seventh term in office. He has not yet announced if he will seek re-election. A recent Iowa Poll by the Des Moines Register and Mediacom, shows that most Iowans don’t want Senator Chuck Grassley to seek another term.
Carlin told KJAN News, he commends some of the work Grassley has done in office, especially on the last Supreme Court nomination that Carlin stood behind, but he still has concerns about the direction the country is going.
He says the country is “Not going in the right direction,” with regard to our freedoms. Carlin is a trial lawyer and Veteran of the Army, serving from 1983-85. He served in a Field Artillery Unit in Ft. Lewis, Washington, and set up a solo law office in Sioux City in 1992, specializing in medical malpractice and injury litigation. Carlin has served in the Iowa Senate since 2017. Carlin says he stands behind former President Trump’s assertion election fraud was the reason for Joe Biden’s win in November, 2020.
**FILE** Shown in this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, file photo is State Rep. Jim Carlin, R-Sioux City, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Carlin says “”When there’s evidence of fraud, the people of this country rely on [their leaders] to pursue the truth and define where the problems are, where the leaks are, and to hold people accountable.”
As for his accomplishments in the Iowa Legislature, Carlin says who served one-year in the house and won a Special Election in the Senate, says they were able to get some “Good things done” in the just ended legislative session.
Carlin says if Senator Grassley does not decide to retire, HE won’t drop out of the race.
A Creston man reported to police, Monday, that sometime during the early morning hours on Monday, someone vandalized his vehicle with spray paint, while it was parked at his residence in the 700 block of N. Mulberry Street, in Creston. The damage was estimated at $500.
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Members of the Atlantic School Board will meet in a regular session that begins 6-p.m. Wednesday (June 9), in the High School Media Center. On their agenda is action on:
The Atlantic School Board is also set to receive a special presentation from High School Principal Heather McKay, Alyssa Dovenspike and Sarah Rose, with regard to [student] College and Career Readiness. They will also receive an Athletic Facilities Project update.
Racing and Gaming administrator, Brian Ohorillko says it’s a two-million-dollar project. “Lakeside will be converting their gift shop to a coffee shop. They are going to be doing some remodeling of their restaurant and bar area, and just modernizing other areas of the facility,” he says.
Ohorilko says the work is expected to take six months. “It’s always encouraging to see reinvestment back into our Iowa properties. A two-million-dollar investment is good and really helps make these facilities fresh, and destination type facilities,” Ohorilko says.
He says the casino operators indicated they would like to do more remodeling once this project is completed.
(Radio Iowa) – Students from three Iowa high schools are among 100 teams nationwide competing in this month’s American Rocketry Challenge. It’s the Aerospace Industry Association’s flagship program, designed to encourage students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Jayce Abens is one of six members on the team from Webster City High School which will compete in the finals in Dayton, Ohio. “We compete to fly to a specific altitude and flight time, which they give us at the beginning of the season,” Abens says. “This year, we’re flying to 800 feet and 40 to 43 seconds.”
Photo via Rocketcontest.org
Each rocket is carrying fragile cargo. “We carry one egg as a payload,” he says. “It can’t be broken at all, otherwise, you’re disqualified.” After many months of test launches, the practice paid off as the team’s qualifying numbers were exceptional. “This year, we qualified with a score of 15 off of three qualifying flights,” Abens says. “We get a point per foot off of our altitude and four points per second out of the time range. We were right on time and just a few feet off for each flight.”
The finals are ordinarily held in Washington D-C but due to the pandemic, they’re being held in ten different cities this year between June 11th and 20th. Teams from Maharishi High School in Fairfield and Cedar Falls High School will compete in the challenge in Brighton, Wisconsin. Webster City and Maharishi were both in the 2019 national finals as well, while the team from Maharishi is all-girls. In addition to competing for the title of national champion, teams are also competing for $100,000 in prizes.
A woman was arrested and a man is wanted, in connection with a Montgomery County drug investigation. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Monday, said 38-year-old Marcellia Marie Wilson, of Red Oak, was arrested late Friday morning for delivery of methamphetamine, following the execution of a search warrant at 205 South 2nd Street in Red Oak. Wilson was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $10,000 bond.
Marcellia Marie Wilson
The sheriff’s office is also asking for public assistance in locating another suspect, 33-year-old Michael Dean Wilson, who is wanted on drug charges and parole violations. He is described as a white male approximately 6 feet tall, 240 pounds. Michael Wilson could be driving a bronze or tan 2000 Chevy Blazer with either no plates, or Iowa license plate #GLT401. He could also be operating a gray 2004 Yamaha 1100 V Star motorcycle. The suspect is believed to be in Montgomery, Mills or Page counties.
Anyone with information on Michael Wilson’s whereabouts should contact their local law enforcement, or the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office at 712-623-5107.