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DES MOINES – The Iowa Finance Authority and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources has announced that 25 municipalities with current State Revolving Fund loans for water quality projects (Including Lewis and Stanton), will save a total of more than $12 million in interest over the remaining life of their loans as a result of their interest rate being reduced from 3% to 1.75%. The City of Lewis can expect to save $13,387, according to the IFA, while Stanton can expect a savings of $31,668.
The State Revolving Fund is one of Iowa’s primary sources for financing projects designed to improve Iowa’s water quality. Two funds, one for drinking water and one for wastewater and pollution control, have provided low-cost financing to projects in nearly 700 Iowa communities in addition to farmers, watershed groups and others for water quality projects. The program is jointly administered by the Iowa Finance Authority and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
Besides offering communities low interest rates to finance water infrastructure projects, the State Revolving Fund offers other benefits, such as lower up-front costs and no reserve requirement. For more information on the State Revolving Loan program, visit IowaSRF.com.
Iowa’s Coronavirus dashboard as of 10-a.m. Sunday, indicated there are 13 additional deaths that have been attributed to COVID-19 since Saturday’s report, for a total of 1,985. The number of deaths attributed to a pre-existing conditions statewide are 1,258, while deaths at Long-Term Care facilities amount to 934, two more than yesterday. The IDPH reports one more death in each of Adair (5 total) and Montgomery Counties (9 total).
Officials say since 10-a.m. Saturday, there have been 4,432 new confirmed, Positive cases of the virus, for a total since the pandemic began, of 184,685. Cass County has seven new, Positive cases of COVID, for a total of 647. Double-digit Positive case increases were reported in eight area counties, with Pottawattamie County showing 154 new cases (see the list below).
Over the past week in Iowa, one out of every 95 people in the state was diagnosed with COVID-19, and the rate of new cases in the state remained the third-highest in the nation,
There are 100 Long-Term Care facility (LTC) outbreaks. Those care facilities report 2,918 positive cases and 1,368 recovered. Hospitalization rates continue to climb, from 1,261 yesterday to 1,279 today. The IDPH says 247 COVID patients are in the ICU, 208 patients have been admitted to a hospital since 10-a.m. Saturday, and there are 115 on a ventilator (compared to 107 yesterday). In western/southwestern Iowa: there are 65 COVID patients in the hospital (3 more than yesterday); 17 are in an ICU, four people were admitted, and there are seven people a ventilator.
The state’s data shows that 1,100,076 Iowans have been tested for coronavirus. Test results received yesterday amounted to 10,735, with 7,950 coming back Negative and 2,719 Positive. The total number of Negative results since the beginning of the pandemic is 913,585. The state receives test results from prior days and adds them to the overall total. Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate continues to increase, from 23.1% yesterday to 23.19% today. The Individual Positivity rate is 16.8%. The IDPH says 107,880 Iowans have recovered from the virus.
In the KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases in each county, along with the 24-hour change in case numbers {+#}; the number of persons recovered, and the total number of [deaths] (if any), since the pandemic began,
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a 27-year-old woman was shot and killed Saturday in Waterloo. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office deputies who heard gunshots in the area found the woman with one gunshot wound inside a residence shortly after midnight. The woman was taken to a local hospital where she died from her injuries.
Her name was not released pending notification of family members. Police arrested a 36-year-old Waterloo woman on a pending charge of first-degree murder.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The mother of a missing 10-year-old Iowa girl joined other supporters in a march Saturday to raise community awareness of her disappearance. Breasia Terrell of Davenport was reported missing July 10 after going to spend the previous night at an apartment with her half-brother and his father, 47-year-old Henry Dinkins.
The Quad-City Times reports that girl’s mother, Aishia Lankford, held a poster filled with photos of herself and her daughter during the march. Police have not made any arrests related to Terrell’s disappearance.
DES MOINES, IA – A man from Polk County was sentenced last Tuesday (Nov. 10th) in Des Moines, to serve 240 months (20-years) in prison, for receipt of child pornography. 33-year old Robert Joe Hennings, of Des Moines, was also ordered to forfeit the electronic media used in the offense, pay $15,000 in restitution to victims, and pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund. Hennings was also ordered to register as a sex offender after his release.
According to the record made at sentencing, Hennings collected in excess of 550,000 images of child pornography over a three-year period, including material involving sexual assaults on prepubescent minors, including an infant. The sentence was, in part, a reflection of the danger Hennings posed to children, based on the Court’s finding that he engaged in chats with others where he expressed his desire to have sex with boys younger than five years old and said he wanted to purchase a young prostitute under five years of age.
The case was a joint federal-state effort involving both the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Child Exploitation Task Force and the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa as part of the U.S. Department of Justice’s “Project Safe Childhood” initiative, which was
started in 2006 as a nation-wide effort to combine law enforcement investigations and prosecutions, community action, and public awareness in order to reduce the incidence of sexual exploitation of children.
Any persons having knowledge of a child being sexually abused are encouraged to call the Iowa Sexual Abuse Hotline at 1-800-284-7821.
DAVENPORT, Iowa — The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa reports that on Thursday, November 12th, 41-year-old Walkesha Shavon Jamison, of Coralville, was sentenced in Davenport District Court, to fifteen months in prison for Concealment of Events Affecting Benefits.
Following her prison term, Jamison was ordered to serve three years of supervised release, pay $161,627.76 to the Commissioner of Social Security and $31,727.64 to the Iowa City Housing Authority in restitution, as well as pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
An investigation into her activities began in 2017 when the Social Security Administration (SSA) learned Jamison obtained employment in 2015, which she failed to report while she was receiving government benefits. The employment information, coupled with a psychiatric analysis, was inconsistent with Jamison’s reports of disability to SSA. An investigation concluded Jamison fraudulently obtained the diagnoses upon which her benefits were premised and SSA officially terminated the benefits in 2018.
Further, Jamison obtained benefits from the Iowa City Housing Authority, which were funded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Jamison obtained the benefits partially as a result of her fraudulent SSA disability claim and through other false statements. In total, the loss amount to these federal programs attributed to Jamison was $193,355.40.
The matter was investigated by the Social Security Administration. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.
Officials with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation are assisting in a death investigation, following an incident in Burlington, Wednesday. On Saturday (today) authorities said Burlington Police responded at around 11-p.m., to a report of shots fired in the 2200 block of S. 10th Street. Upon arrival, Officers located two people inside a residence – a man and a woman – who had been shot.
The 24-year old female died at the scene. The 26-year old male was transported to the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, for medical treatment. The names of those individuals were withheld, pending notification of family, and additional details are not being released by authorities at this time.
Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to call the Burlington Area Crime Stoppers at (319)-753-6835, or Burlington Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division, at (319)-753-8375.
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Iowa’s Coronavirus dashboard as of 10-a.m., Saturday, indicated 25 additional deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 since Friday’s report, for a total of 1,972. The number of deaths attributed to a pre-existing conditions statewide are 1,255, while deaths at Long-Term Care facilities amount to 932, five more than yesterday. The IDPH reports one more death in Cass County for a total of 14, and two more deaths in Pottawattamie County, for a total of 55.
Officials say since 10-a.m. Friday, there have been 4,830 new confirmed, Positive cases of the virus, for a total since the pandemic began, of 180,253. Cass County has 19 new, Positive cases of COVID, for a total of 640. Double-digit Positive case increases were reported in eight area counties (see the list below).
There are 100 Long-Term Care facility (LTC) outbreaks. Those care facilities report 2,916 positive cases and 1,356 recovered. In Cass County, three care facilities: Atlantic Specialty Care (78), The Heritage House (14), and the Griswold Rehabilitation and Health Care Center (54), have a combined total of 146 positive cases, with 51 recovered. Harrison County has two LTC facilities with a total of 206 cases and 150 recovered.
Hospitalization continues to be an issue among medical professionals. The IDPH reports 1,261 have been hospitalized, which is an increase from the 1,227 on Friday. Of those hospitalized, 928 had a primary COVID-19 diagnosis, while 333 were hospitalized for another reason but tested positive for COVID-19. IDPH says 246 are in the ICU, which is an increase from the 240 on Friday. There have been 217 patients admitted to the hospital in the last 24 hours, which is up from the 213 patients yesterday. Currently, there are 2,540 inpatient beds, 341 ICU beds and 840 ventilators available. There are 107 patients on a ventilator.
In western/southwestern Iowa: there are 62 COVID patients in the hospital (2 more than yesterday); 17 are in an ICU, nine people were admitted, and six people remain on a ventilator.
The state’s data shows that 1,089,765 Iowans have been tested for coronavirus. Within the last 24 hours, the state has received 11,959 lab test results with 3,412 of them being positive, and 8,500 negative (total Negative to-date: 907,731). The state receives test results from prior days and adds them to the overall total. Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate continues to increase at 22.9%, which is an increase from 22.5% on Friday. The IDPH says 107,540 Iowans have recovered from the virus.
Among Iowa’s 99 counties, 93 report a 14-day positivity rate higher than 15%, which is a decrease from the 95 counties on Friday. Public schools in those counties can apply for a waiver in order to give instruction 100% online. Meanwhile, 70 counties have a positivity rate higher than 20%, 10 report a rate 30% or higher. Page County has a positivity rate of 45.7%. Jones County has a positivity rate of 50,8%.
Officials say Page County continues to have the highest Positivity rate in southwest Iowa, at 45.7%, while Ringgold County has the lowest rate, at 8.1%.
In the KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases in each county, along with the 24-hour change in case numbers {+#}; the number of persons recovered, and the total number of [deaths] (if any), since the pandemic began,