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Police in Creston report the arrest Saturday evening of 41-year old Marshall Joseph Weidman, from Creston. Weidman was taken into custody for OWI/1st offense. He was later released from the Union County Jail on a Promise to Appear in court.
Voters in Montgomery County have only two polling sites for Tuesday’s Primary Election. The County traditionally has seven sites. Those voters that usually vote at the Elliott Community Building, Red Oak First Christian Church and the Red Oak Fire Station will be voting at the Red Oak Gold Fair Building. Any voters that vote at the Grant Fire Station and the Villisca Community Room will now be voting at the Stanton Fire Station. Burke said the inconvenience is expected to be minor and emphasized this is a temporary move just for this Primary Election due to COVID-19.
Auditor Stephanie Burke says other precautions in addition to social distancing will be implemented for the safety of the poll workers. For more information about the 2020 Primary Election, call 623-5127, follow Montgomery County Auditor & Elections Facebook page or visit www.montgomerycountyiowa.com.
Voters in Cass County will not have the normal number of precincts to cast their ballot for the June 2nd Primary. The 13 precincts have instead been combined into just five. Those combined precincts and voting locations are (twp=Township):
Voters in Adair County will head to the polls Tuesday (June 2), to elect a Supervisor for: District 1Northwest; District 3 Southwest and District 5 Greenfield; in addition to a County Auditor; County Sheriff, and County Attorney (To Fill Vacancy).
Listed below are the candidates whose names will appear on the ballots. (I=Incumbent)
Polling sites:
| District 1NW (Supervisor #1) | Adair City Hall | 320 Audubon St., Adair, Iowa |
| District 2NE (Supervisor #2) | Stuart Recreational Center | 323 SW 2nd St., Stuart, Iowa |
| District 3SW (Supervisor #3) | Fontanelle Community Building | 219 Washington St., Fontanelle, Iowa |
| District 4SE (Supervisor #4) | Orient United Methodist Church | 124 S Maple St., Orient, Iowa |
| District 5GF (Supervisor #5) | Adair Co. Health & Fitness Center | 202 N Townline Rd., Greenfield, Iowa |
| Voters who reside in: | Vote Here |
| Adair, Summit, Casey, Walnut, Jefferson W. of State Hwy. 25, Eureka,Prussia, & Summerset N. of State Hwy. 92 except Sec. 15, 16, 17, 18 S. of 240th St. | Adair City Hall |
| Stuart, Lincoln, Jefferson E. of State Hwy. 25, Grove, Harrison, Lee N. of State Hwy. 92, & Grand River N. of State Hwy. 92 | Stuart Recreational Center |
| Jackson, Bridgewater, Washington, Fontanelle, Summerset S. of State Hwy. 92 & Sec. 15, 16, 17, & 18 Summerset S. of 240th St., & Richland | Fontanelle Community Building |
| Lee S. of State Hwy. 92, Grand River S. of State Hwy. 92, Orient City, Orient Twp., Union, Greenfield Twp. S. of State Hwy. 92, & S.E. Greenfield City | Orient United Methodist Church |
| S.W. & N. Greenfield City & Greenfield Twp. N. of State Hwy. 92 | Adair Co. Health & Fitness Center |
***If in doubt where to vote, call the Auditor’s Office at 641-743-2546***
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — State health officials say (as of early this morning) four more people with COVID-19 died Sunday, bringing the total number of deaths to 537 since the start of the coronavirus outbreak. The Iowa Department of Public Health said 19,622 Iowans had tested positive for COVID-19, an increase of 286 since Sunday. More than half of the state’s confirmed cases were concentrated in seven counties: Polk, Woodbury, Black Hawk, Linn, Marshall, Dallas and Buena Vista.
The IDPH says also: 138, 587 Iowans have tested negative for COVID-19, to-date (248 more than Sunday), and 11,173 have recovered, which is also an increase over Sunday’s reported numbers. Across the State: 339 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID-19 (2 less than Sunday); 125 are in an ICU (up 9 from Sunday); 24 were admitted to hospitals over the past 24-hours (1 more than Sunday); and 73 were on ventilators (up 3 from Sunday).
The Region 4 Regional Medical Coordinator Center – covering hospitals in western/southwest Iowa – (RMCC) reports 16 Iowans are hospitalized, 8 are in an ICU, 1 was admitted over the past 24-hours, and 3 are on ventilators. Those numbers have changed little since Sunday, and there was little change in the number of area counties with positive COVID-19 cases reported and those who have recovered. (See https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/pages/case-counts for a breakdown of cases & the number recovered) The number of Long Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks is unchanged, at 39. Three more people associated with those facilities have died, for a total of 253.
For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms that clear up in two to three weeks. For some infected people, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, the virus can cause severe illness and death.
A reminder: The Produce in the Park online store is now open! Market Manager Brigham Hoegh says “Customers who place orders through the store by Tuesday night will get to pick up their orders drive-through style on Thursday (June 4), from 3:40-to 6-p.m. Hoegh says “This is a great opportunity to keep physical distance and still support local food.”
The online store can be found at www.produceintheparkatlanticiowa.com or by visiting @ProduceInThePark on Facebook. This new purchasing option allows customers to spend time browsing items and pick up purchases without coming into contact with other customers. This feature is being implemented to help customers keep distance during COVID-19. Produce in the Park has historically served as a community-gathering place, providing live music, activities, yard games with Parks & Rec, and more. However, in order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 the Governor has prohibited Iowa farmers markets from allowing musical performances, children’s activities, contests and other entertainment, or organized activities. Common seating areas are also prohibited, and customers and vendors must follow public health guidelines regarding distancing and hygiene.
In addition to the online pre-ordering system, Produce in the Park is introducing a number of changes to keep customers and vendors safe, and to comply with the Governor’s requirements for farmers markets. Produce in the Park is requesting customers’ patience and support in keeping the market as safe as possible for all customers and vendors.
Customer Requests:
• If you are ill or have been in the past three days, PLEASE DO NOT attend the market.
• Masks are strongly encouraged.
• Only 1 person per household should attend the market.
• Please maintain a distance of six feet between yourself and all other people at the market.
• Please do your best to make arrangements for children under the age of 16.
• No pets (service animals exempt).
• You will not be able to handle products. Please maintain 6 foot distance from vendors & other customers, and
point to what item you would like. The vendor will select and bag for you.
New Market Set Up:
In order to keep customers and vendors safely distanced, Produce in the Park is rearranging vendors such that all
vendors will be set up along 6th Street between Poplar and Chestnut. Pre-order drive-through customers will enter the
market from Poplar Street, and walk-up customers are asked to park along the East side of the park on Chestnut street.
Produce in the Park Dates and Times:
• Produce in the Park is open Thursdays from 4:30-6:30 PM in the Atlantic City Park, 10 W 7th Street. From June 4
through September 24.
• Pre-market drive-up shopping is available for at-risk customers from 3:30 to 4:30 PM. During this hour,
customers at high risk of COVID-19, who are unable to shop online, can drive through the market and pay with
cash or check without leaving their vehicles. This service will be offered first come first served.
(Radio Iowa) — A moment of prayer and solidarity in downtown Des Moines on Sunday night diffused a tense situation. A few hundred protesters gathered outside the Des Moines Police station, kneeling in silence to honor George Floyd, the black man who died a week ago in Minneapolis police custody. Then they began chanting at police on the other side of barricades to do the same. W-H-O Television’s livestream showed a black officer and a white officer behind the barricades kneeling in prayer, drawing a positive roar from the crowd.
People in the crowd yelled that they’d leave if every officer on the scene knelt. For two minutes, police in riot gear joined the protesters, symbolically taking a knee, to cheers.
The crowd then left. Peaceful protests were staged over the weekend in places like Sioux City, Iowa City and Waterloo. Michael O’Connor, a Native American activist who joined a march in Sioux City, says this could be a historic turning point. “We need to organize and not just organize against, but organize with those community organization organizations and community responders,” O’Connor says. “A lot of questions really need to be asked and a lot of questions need to be answered.”
Jada Allen of West Des Moines joined a Saturday afternoon march. Allen says she’s tired of being viewed as a threat because she’s black. “I can’t go outside and live my life, that I have to be alert all the time,” she says. “And if I get pulled over I have to make sure that I’m saying: ‘Yes, ma’am’ and ‘Yes, sir’ and that I know that my life can be taken.” Waterloo police joined a march that ended at the Black Hawk County courthouse Friday night. Joel Fitzgerald, Senior — Waterloo’s new police chief — spoke with K-C-R-G T-V.
“Sometimes we have to do a temperature check in our agencies,” he told KCRG, “and make sure that we’re consistent with what the community would like to see out of their police department.” A rally for change is scheduled for tonight (Monday) on the Iowa Capitol grounds.
(Radio Iowa) – Thousands of Iowans must get their absentee ballot mailed today (Monday) — or vote in person tomorrow (Tuesday). Today (Monday) is the postmark deadline for the absentee ballots in tomorrow’s (Tuesday) Primary Election. Due to the pandemic, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate sent an absentee ballot request form to every voter — and early voting in the Democratic and Republican Party primaries will set a record.
“People have listened and they heard. They got the message: ‘Let’s vote safe. Let’s vote from home right now,'” Pate says. “For those who still want that choice of still coming into the polling locations, they’ll be there to accommodate them. I will say to them: ‘Let’s be patient, though, and remember: it may take a little more than five minutes to get your voting done.'”
More than 486-thousand absentee ballots were requested for tomorrow’s (Tuesday’s) primary. By Friday, 69 percent of those ballots had been received in a county auditor’s office. The Cass County Auditor’s Office said Saturday, that they had over 400 ballots that have still not been returned. They urged registered county voters to mail those ballots back today, to ensure they are received on time, and that your voice is heard!
Atlantic Fire Department personnel were called to the scene of a residential structure fire Sunday afternoon. The call about visible flames at 60091 Boston Road went out at around 5:40-p.m. Fire Chief Tom Cappel said the house was fully engulfed in flames by the time they arrived, minutes later.
The flames were easily visible from Chicago Road, which is about one-mile south of the burning residence. Smoke was visible for as much as three-miles away. Marne Fire was requested to bring their tanker truck to the scene.
Cappel says the cause of the blaze remains under investigation, with the State Fire Marshal’s Office assisting in the investigation.
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