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JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — After two judges found the state has the authority to impose its rules on local school districts, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds urged Des Moines school officials to give up their effort to educate all students remotely and develop a plan for children to return to in-person classes. Reynolds on Thursday said the state’s largest district is alone in refusing to develop a plan for in-classroom instruction and noted that judges in Polk and Johnson counties this week affirmed the state has the authority to require local districts to hold in-person classes, even if there are increased health risks from the coronavirus.
The governor spoke on a day when Iowa saw 819 confirmed coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours and 20 additional deaths.
The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports 26-year old Jacob David Jones, of Creston, was arrested Wednesday night at the Adams County Jail, on two Union County warrants for Assault, and Assault Causing Serious Injury. Jones was being held for Union County at the Adams County Jail, on a $5,300 bond.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA, September 12, 2020 – The Alzheimer’s Association is inviting Harlan and surrounding area residents to join the fight to end Alzheimer’s by participating in the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s® on Saturday, September 12th, beginning with a live stream at 10-a.m., a drive-by View-Only Promise Garden in the Harlan Pioneer Park, from 9-until 11-a.m., with the walk commencing anytime on and after Sept. 12th.
Details: The Harlan Walk to End Alzheimer’s continues, but instead of hosting large gatherings, the Alzheimer’s Association is encouraging participants to walk as individuals or in small groups on sidewalks, tracks and trails in their community and post their Walk pictures on social media with #Walk2EndAlz and tag @alziowa. Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research.
You may do your part by walking on any and every sidewalk, track and trail in the Harlan area and surrounding communities. It’s not too late to register at: act.alz.org/HarlanWalk to get the most out of Walk day and support the fight to end Alzheimer’s. This year, more than ever, Walkers across Harlan and beyond need to come together to support all those affected by Alzheimer’s and other dementia. With the dollars raised, the Alzheimer’s Association can continue to provide care and support to families during these difficult times while also advancing critical research toward methods of treatment and prevention.
The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Since 1989, the Alzheimer’s Association mobilized millions of Americans in the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk®; now the Alzheimer’s Association is continuing to lead the way with Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Together, we can end Alzheimer’s. Visit alz.org/walk to register and learn more.
(Radio Iowa) – The number of ongoing unemployment claims have dropped for the eighth straight week. Iowa Workforce Development reports ongoing claims dropped by four-thousand-233 in the last week. Continuing claims are now just under 72-thousand — which is well below the 189-thousand peak 19 weeks ago in May.
The drop came despite an increase of nearly 57-hundred first-time unemployment claims last week.
(Radio Iowa) – Some Iowa schools have only been back in session a few days and there are already multiple reports of vehicles passing stopped school buses. Iowa State Patrol Trooper John Farley says it’s a recurring problem as motorists break the law by passing a stopped bus with its lights flashing and stop arm extended. Farley says, “I’ve taken two complaints in the last two days and investigated those incidents where somebody has passed a school bus.”
Farley says he’s repeatedly amazed by people who break this law. “The school bus is probably the most recognizable piece of equipment on our roadways,” Farley says. “It’s big. It’s yellow. It’s got lights all over it. We expect a school bus to stop either to let our youngsters off or have them board the buses in the morning. And we know that they’re always going to one place, they’re always going to school.”
Many Iowa schools have modernized the technology on their bus fleets, which is a big help for law enforcement. “School buses are equipped with video cameras not only inside but outside the buses,” Farley says. “When somebody does pass that school bus and the stop arm is out, the red lights are on, it’s clearly visible and we have that video, visual evidence when somebody passes a school bus.”
In recent years, Iowa legislators raised the penalties for breaking Kayden’s Law, named for a youngster who was killed by a motorist who passed a stopped school bus in Northwood. Violators can be fined between $250 and $675, plus, lose their drivers license for 30 days or get 30 days in jail.
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Authorities in Union County report a Creston man was arrested Wednesday evening, for Violation of Parole. Creston Police say 31-year old Terry Ray Hankins-Lund, Jr., was arrested a little before 5-p.m., and transported to the Union County Jail, where he was being held without bond.
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The Red Oak Police Dept. reports Officers this (Thursday) morning arrested 50-year old James Keith Saufley, Jr., of Villisca. Saufley was taken into custody at around 3:15-a.m. on a valid Page County warrant for Driving While Suspended. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 bond.
The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) today (Thursday) says over the past 24-hours (10-a.m. Wed. thru 10-a.m. today), 20 more deaths were attributed to COVID-19, and 819 new positive cases of the virus. IDPH reports 71,956 total positive cases, 51,640 recoveries and 1,205 deaths since the pandemic began, including one more in Pottawattamie County. Pre-existing conditions accounted for 839 of the reported deaths.
There was one new, positive COVID-19 case reported each in Adair and Audubon Counties, two more in Guthrie County; 5 more cases in Pottawattamie and Shelby Counties, and one more in Madison County.
There have been 683,209 Iowans tested for COVID-19. IDPH reported 4,928 lab test results received in the previous day, with 438 positive results and 4,473 negative results, for a positivity rate of 9.7% over the last 14 days. The total number of negative test results to date is 609,737.
IDPH data show statewide, hospitalizations are down, with 302 in a hospital since Wednesday (Compared to 322 previously). There are two more patients in an ICU (85 total). Officials say 48 people were admitted to a hospital, up from 32 Wednesday, and 34 patients on a ventilator (down from 37 previously). The numbers in western/southwest Iowa are increasing: 13 patients are hospitalized with COVID-19 since Wednesday, when there were 11; 8 people are in an ICU (7 yesterday); two people were admitted to an area hospital (none the previous day), and three patients remain on ventilators.
There are now 30 long-term care facilities reporting a coronavirus outbreak in Iowa, up from 28 the previous day. More than half of Iowa’s COVID-19 deaths have been within long-term care facilities, at 644. IDPH reports 784 current positive cases and 368 recoveries within those facilities.
Here are the latest positive case numbers for southwest/western Iowa (County; Positive Case #’s; number of persons who have (recovered); {deaths since the outbreak began}.