ANAMOSA– Officials with the Iowa Department of Corrections report a correctional officer was assaulted by an inmate at approximately 7:22 a.m., Saturday.
The officer was handing out medications to inmates on a cellblock at the prison when an inmate unexpectedly began assaulting the officer by placing her in a chokehold. She was able to use personal safety defensive techniques until additional staff in the area were able to respond and assist in taking control of the attacking inmate.
The officer was taken by department vehicle to the local hospital for medical review, and has since been released suffering bruising from the assault. The inmate was not seriously injured.
The incident remains under investigation.
(Des Moines) – Iowa’s COVID-19 positivity rates and hospitalizations continue to decline. The Iowa Department of Public Health as of 10-a.m. Saturday, 489 new positive COVID-19 cases for a total of 392,105, and three additional deaths for a total of 5,907 since the start of the pandemic. Deaths at long-term care facilities in Iowa account for 2,309 of the total number of deaths statewide.
Iowa’s positivity rates are continuing to decline slowly. The 7-day average declined from 4.0% Friday to 3.9% Saturday, and the 14-day average declined from 4.2% to 41%. Virus hospitalizations amount to 209, down from 217 a day earlier. There are 48 patients in ICU and 22 patients on ventilators.
In RMCC Regional 4 (hospitals in western/southwest Iowa): 26 COVID patients are hospitalized; 8 are in an ICU; 2 were admitted with symptoms of the virus, and there remain four persons on a ventilator.
Urbandale Health Care Center is the only long-term care facility in the state reporting a virus outbreak There are 18 positive cases and 11 recoveries among residents and staff within that facility.
In the KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases by County; The # of new cases since yesterday {+} if any; and the total number of deaths in each county to date:
Cass, 1,443 cases; {+7}; 54 deaths
Adair, 970; {+0}; 32
Adams, 342 {+0}; 4
Audubon, 514 {+1}; 9
Guthrie, 1,271 {+5}; 29
Harrison County, 1,905; {+1}; 73
Madison County, 1,701; {+2; 19
Mills County, 1,763; {+4}; 20
Montgomery, 1,097 {+2}; 37
Pottawattamie County, 11,954; {+30}; 164
Shelby County, 1,350 {+1}; 37
Union County, 1,316; {+1}; 32
Girls Team Scores
CAM grabbed wins from Mallory Behnken in the Discus, Molly Venteicher in the Shot Put, Jade Jackson in the High Jump, and Emma Follmann in the 100M.
Boys Team Scores
CAM picked up wins in the Shuttle Hurdle Relay, Lane Spieker in the 100M and Long Jump, and Sam Foreman in the 400M Hurdles.
Full results: 2021 Gregg Beam Co-Ed Invite
Team Scores
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Underwood
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163.00
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2
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Audubon
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109.00
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3
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AHSTW
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99.00
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4
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Treynor
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87.00
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5
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Riverside
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71.00
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6
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Logan-Magnolia
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64.00
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7
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Tri-Center
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61.00
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8
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Fremont-Mills
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53.00
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9
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CB Thomas Jefferson
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18.00
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Underwood got wins from Aliyah Humphrey in the 400M. Alizabeth Jacobsen in the High Jump, Jordyn Reimer in the Long Jump, Zoe Rus in the Shot Put, 4x100M, 4x200M, 4x400M, and Shuttle Hurdle Relay. Audubon grabbed wins with Hannah Thygesen in the 800M, Elizabeth Zaiger in the Discus, and the 4x800M Relay. AHSTW’s Holly Hoepner won the 100M Hurdles and 400M Hurdles.
Riverside got wins from Veronica Andrusyshyn in the 100M, Lydia Erickson in the 200M, and the Sprint Medley. Peyton Pogge of Tri-Center won the 1500M and 3000M.
Full results HERE.
GIRLS GOLF
Boyer Valley 203, Tri-Center 218. Medalist: Maci Miller, Boyer Valley (45)
Creston 191, Clarke 231. Medalist: Rylie Driskell, Creston (36).
IKM-Manning 214 AHSTW 231. Medalist: Kylie Powers, IKM-Manning (41)
Logan-Magnolia 232, Woodbine 270. Medalist: Shannon Hopkins, Woodbine (48)
Treynor 196, Riverside 231. Medalist: Brooklynn Currin, Treynor (45)
BOYS GOLF
Glenwood 175, Red Oak 231. Medalist: Braden Sneed, Glenwood (41)
Clarke 177, Creston 179.
IKM-Manning 166, AHSTW 200. Medalist: Tyler Brandt, IKM-Manning (37)
Logan-Magnolia 196, Woodbine 198. Medalist: Joe Hedger, Logan-Magnolia (46)
Treynor 165, Riverside 195. Medalist: Ethan Konz, Treynor (40)
Tri-Center 168, Boyer Valley 171. Medalist: Grant Way, Tri-Center (38)
GIRLS TENNIS
Bishop Heelan Catholic 6, CB Thomas Jefferson 3
CB Thomas Jefferson 6, Sioux City East 3
Lewis Central 7, Denison-Schleswig 2
St. Albert 6, Harlan 3
BOYS TENNIS
St. Albert 7, Harlan 2
GIRLS SOCCER
Lewis Central 7, CB Thomas Jefferson 1
Treynor 3, Atlantic 0
BOYS SOCCER
CB Abraham Lincoln 2, St. Albert 1
Harlan 5, Tri-Center 3
Perry 5, Kuemper Catholic 2
Riverside 2, Creston 1
(Updated with ISP corrected info).) A two vehicle accident in the Denison High School parking on Friday night ended with a fiery vehicle and two teens injured. The Iowa State Patrol reports the accident took place Friday night at 10:45 p.m. in the north parking lot of the school.
A 2014 Chevy Silverado driven by 17-year-old August J. Boettger of Arion and a 2004 Ford Ranger driven by 16-year-old Eduardo Gutierrez of Denison, collided head on while both traveling at a high rate of speed. Both vehicles came to rest a short distance away from the crash and the Silverado caught on fire.
Gutierrez was taken from the scene by EMS personnel to Crawford County Memorial Hospital and later flown to UNMC in Omaha by Lifenet. Boettger was safely removed from the Silverado and taken by personal vehicle to Crawford County Hospital to be checked out.
No status on the two individuals is known at this time and no further details of the crash have been provided.
ELAINE K. GETTLER, 97, of Stuart (Formerly of Adair) died Friday, April 23rd at the Stuart Community Care Center in Stuart. Funeral services for ELAINE K. GETTLER will be held 11-a.m. Tuesday, April 27th, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, in Casey. Hockenberry Funeral Home in Adair has the arrangements.
Visitation will be held at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Casey, from 9:30 until 11 a.m., Tuesday.
Burial is in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Adair, with a reception to follow at the Shafer Barn, just north of Adair.
ELAINE GETTLER is survived by:
Her daughter – Karen (Jim) Grant.
Her sons – Donald (Derinda) Gettler; Delmar (Marie) Gettler; Dean (Sharon) Gettler; Daryl (Sherry) Gettler, and David (Kristen) Gettler.
27 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren, and her daughters-in-law (Sherry Nichols & Mary Gettler).