(Radio Iowa) 0 Establishments with liquor licenses have until Friday to complete and send the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division (ABD) a COVID-19 compliance checklist. A-B-D spokesman, Jake Holmes says the checklist follows complaints that some businesses were not following the rules. “The purpose is really for the licensee to certify that they’ve read and understand the terms of the governor’s proclamation,” Holmes says. Holmes says they had some 300 reports of businesses not complying through last week. He says the checklist asks them some questions.

“If they’ve arranged seating in a certain way to ensure that six feet of physical distance. That they understand that all patrons need to be seated and that they’ve implemented additional measures to ensure social distancing. It’s just a few yes or no questions,” Holmes says. “And then they have the ability to submit pictures to show us what they’ve done in their establishment.” He says the checklist gives them a record to go on if they do get a complaint.

“On our end it will help expedite the process to resolve a compliant if we should get one — by allowing us to cross-check the information that they have provided with the actual findings that we come across,” Holmes says. Holmes says they will go out to investigate if they don’t get the checklist back. And that could lead to further action.He says they will see if it is something that they can work with and try to get them into compliance –otherwise, he says it will be just like a normal inspection where they will open up a case depending on the facts.

Holmes says they haven’t taken any action at this point to revoke a license for non-compliance.

(Radio Iowa) – A new Des Moines Register “Iowa Poll” shows the presidential race in Iowa is a dead heat. Forty-seven persident of the likely Iowa voters surveyed said they will vote to reelect President Trump and 47 percent said they will vote for Democratic challenger Joe Biden. Just three percent said they were undecided and the rest said they’d vote for a third party candidate.

The poll shows Trump has a 21 point advantage among male voters in Iowa, while Biden has a 20 point advantage among women. The survey was conducted last week, before the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

The previous Iowa Poll was conducted in June. It also found the race between Trump and Biden for Iowa’s six electoral college votes was neck-and-neck.

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The Cass County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees is set to meet on Wednesday, September 23rd at 7:30 a.m. in Conference Room 1 at CCMH.

During the meeting the Board is set to hear routine reports from a number of department leaders. They also are set to act on Approval of Resolutions to approve plans, contract, and bond for a bid package and award that contract for continued work at the facility. They are also set to appoint an Infection Preventionist and an Antibiotic Stewardship Chairperson.

CEO Brett Altman will give an update and the Board will go into closed session at the end of the meeting to conduct a CEO Performance Review.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Des Moines School board has set a date for returning to school but put off establishing a coronavirus infection rate that would force the district to revert to online-only instruction. Des Moines schools has been the state’s only school system that has refused Gov. Kim Reynolds’ order that they hold at least half their classes in-person unless they have received a waiver because of high infection rates. The board voted to gradually start a hybrid plan of in-person and online courses, starting with pre-kindergarten on Oct. 12 . However, the board will hear from public health experts on metrics that would trigger a return to online-only classes. The board will meet Sept. 28 to set such metrics.

Paul L. Pearson Jr.

The Council Bluffs Police Department reports a Bellevue man attempted to harm himself during an arrest early Tuesday morning.

At 1:38 a.m. Officers made contact with 31-year-old Paul L. Pearson Jr. of Bellevue, NE at the Bucky’s Gas Station on S. 24th Street in Council Bluffs. Officers verified that Pearson had warrants out of Bellevue and took him into custody and placed him in the back of a cruiser. Officers noticed he was moving around a lot in the backseat and when they checked on him, he had gotten the handcuffs to the front of his body and wrapped a seatbelt around his neck. Officers were able to cut the seatbelt off of Pearson and get him out of the cruiser.

Council Bluffs Fire then responded and Pearson was placed in an ambulance and taken to a local hospital for further evaluation. After being seen by medical staff, he was released and taken to the Pottawattamie County Jail and booked in on Interference with Official Acts and Fugitive from Justice charges.

A vehicle pursuit through Pottawattamie and Shelby Counties ended with the suspects evading capture on Monday afternoon. The pursuit ended near 400th Street and Quince Road when the suspects were able to escape due to the terrain in which they fled their vehicle.

They are believed to still be in the area and nearby residents should be extra cautious. Shelby County Sheriff’s Officials warned residents to keep their houses and vehicles lock as the suspects will be looking for transportation out of the area. If you see a suspicious person do not approach them and call 911 immediately.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Police say a Sioux City man has been charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder in a stabbing earlier this month that left one man dead and injured a woman. The Sioux City Journal reports that 54-year-old Michael Landrum was charged Friday in Woodbury County for the Sept. 11 stabbings of 37-year-old Salahadin Adem and 43-year-old Natasha Drappeaux.

Police say Landrum had been at Drappeaux’s apartment for a party and later returned looking for his missing cellphone, accusing Adem and Drappeaux of taking it. Police say he left and returned a second time, stabbing Drappeaux several times with a knife when she answered the door. Police say when Adem came to her assistance, Landrum fatally stabbed him.

The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest on Saturday of 35-year-old William Ray Bonar, from Bayard. Bonar was taken into custody for Theft 2nd (Possession of Stolen Property), following the execution of a search warrant at 116 3rd Street in Bayard.

The warrant was for property stolen in Adair County and Bonar had some of the items for sale on a Facebook swap page. Among the items seized into evidence was: a tool box with tools (Valued at $500), a gas powered air compressor (valued at $1,200+), new vehicle rotors ($400), and a two-way radio ($300), or a total value of $2,400.

Bonar was interviewed and admitted to knowing the items were stolen. He was being held in the Guthrie County Jail on a $5,000 cash/surety bond, and on a warrant out of Nebraska for Failure to Appear for sentencing.

The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office reports also:

• Alicia Beardsley and Patrick Beardsley, of Guthrie Center, were arrested for Violation of a No Contact Order. Both were released by a magistrate Monday on their own recognizance.
• Kimberly Doherty of Casey, was arrested Monday for OWI/1st offense and was released that same day.
• Payton Hill of Stuart, was arrested Thursday for Violation of No Contact Order and released the following day.

A man from Polk County who is being held in the Union County Jail, was serviced Sunday with two warrants for Failure to Appear on Child Support Matters. 56-year old Christopher Lee Thurmand, of Des Moines, remains in the jail on a $2,000 bond.