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Walnut City Council to meet Thursday evening

News

September 2nd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

The City Council in Walnut will meet in a regular monthly session 5-p.m., Thursday, at the Walnut Community Center (& online via GoToMeeting) (Or by dial-up at 1-312-757-3121, access code 293-270-613). On their agenda is a Public Hearing on a FY2020-21 Budget Amendment, followed by discussion on the amendment, and a vote on adoption of a Resolution amending the current budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021.

The Council will also hold discussion with regard to: The Walnut Community & Fitness Center; The Walnut Sesquicentennial Celebration; Property Maintenance (re: 402 Kennedy St.); Zoning matters (including the appointment of a Zoning Administrator), and other matters. They’re expected to act on the adoption of a Resolution to approve the Street Finance Report and discuss a Housing Rehabilitation Grant.

The Walnut City Council will review the City’s Infrastructure Needs Study and Strategic Plan, and hear an Animal Control Update.

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IA COVID-19 update for Sept. 2nd 2020

News

September 2nd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Public Health today (Wednesday, as of 10-a.m.) reports there have been four additional deaths attributed to COVID-19 statewide since 10-a.m. Tuesday, for a total of 1,125, and 740 additional, positive cases of COVID-19, for a total of 66,137. Persons with preexisting medical conditions made up for 791 of the deaths. Officials say 604 deaths have taken place at a long-term care facility since the beginning of the outbreak. There have been a total of 48,015 persons who have recovered from the virus and 3,489 additional negative test results Tuesday, for a total of 575,143 since testing began. A total of 642,772 individuals have been tested for COVID-19. The combined 14-day positivity rate (including Antigen tests), 10.3%.

Here in the KJAN listening area, the IDPH adjusted some COVID-19 figures reported on Tuesday: Adair County has 49 positive cases instead of 50; Audubon County has 39 cases instead of 40; Montgomery County is up three cases, from 79 to 82; Pottawattamie County saw 16 more positive cases, for a total of 1,664; Harrison County had two more positive cases for a total of 150, and Shelby County COVID-19 positive cases increased by three, to 218.

There are 310 Iowans hospitalized with coronavirus. IDPH reported 87 patients are in intensive care. There are 39 patients on ventilators in the state (compared to 43 Tues.), 62 patients were admitted to the hospital in since 10-a.m., Tuesday (compared to 40 in Tuesday’s report). In western/southwest Iowa: 7 patients remain hospitalized with COVID-19; 4 remain in an ICU and one person was admitted to an area hospital. Two patients remain on ventilators.

Long-Term Care outbreaks are down from 33 to 31. IDPH reported 849 positive cases and 408 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}.

  • Cass County: 112 cases; (102); 2 deaths
  • Adair County: 49 cases; (24); 1 death
  • Adams County: 22 cases; (17)
  • Audubon County: 39 cases; (27); 1 death
  • Guthrie County: 173 cases; (131); 5 deaths
  • Montgomery County: 82 cases; (63); 5 deaths
  • Pottawattamie County: 1,664 cases; (1,384); 34 deaths
  • Shelby County: 218 cases; (205); 1 death.
  • Madison County, 167; (115); 2 deaths
  • Harrison County, 150 cases; (128); 2 deaths

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Drought impact causing crops to shut down growth early

Ag/Outdoor

September 2nd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Planting was ahead of schedule and that along with the drought could push the harvest time up this year. Iowa State University Extension agronomist Joel DeJong says there are several area soybean fields that have begun turning color and showing signs of drying. “Significantly earlier than we would normally expect, but we did plant our soybean crop earlier this year too — and I think that is part of the reason,” DeJong says.  He says the soybeans need more rain to fill out the beans in the pods. He says there are many fields where the beans are shutting down their growth prematurely and he believes that will impact the soybean size pretty dramatically.

DeJong says not all the crops are hurting. He says there will be huge ranges where beans on sandy ground shut down weeks ago without rain and their pods didn’t fill, while there are others that hung on and they are filling the pods a lot better.  DeJong sees a lot of the same thing in cornfields. “Parts of those fields you’ve seen the ears drop – and that’s pretty much an indicator they’ve quit growing,” DeJong says. He says the early shutdown will also impact the final product in corn. He says the kernel size is likely to be a little smaller. DeJong says it could end up with the soybean and corn harvest happening in about the same time.

DeJong says he never had a good rain at his home in Le Mars this growing season. The Iowa State University crops specialist says the only saving grace to this year’s yield is that we began the season with adequate amounts of subsoil moisture.

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Woodbury County will not appeal judge’s ruling on absentee ballot request forms

News

September 2nd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The Woodbury County Board of Supervisors has voted not to appeal a judge’s ruling that nullified absentee ballot request forms mailed to county voters by County Auditor Pat Gill. The forms Gill sent included voter I-D numbers. A lawsuit filed by the Republican Party and President Trump’s campaign argued that violated a state order that all forms mailed by county auditors had to be blank and a judge agreed. Woodbury County Supervisor Justin Wright says Gill should have discussed the mailing with the supervisors before the forms were sent.

“I understand that’s the purview of Auditor Gill,” he said, “but on such a heated issue, we have now invited additional costs to the taxpayer here in Woodbury County.” Wright says he’ll oppose using taxpayer money to finance another mailing of absentee ballot request forms to Woodbury County voters. Marty Pottebaum was the only Woodbury County Supervisor who voted to appeal the judge’s ruling. He also defended Gill’s action.

“With nine elected official in this county, the board of supervisors doesn’t really have control over the other four, nor do I want control of them, by the way,” Pottebaum said. “For them to have to to come to us before they do something — I don’t want the sheriff saying, ‘Well, want to have a meeting before I send a SWAT team somewhere because I might get sued.’ I don’t want that. I want them to do their jobs as they’re elected to do.” Gill, the county auditor, did not speak during the supervisor’s meeting.

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Midwest Sports Headlines: 9/2/20

Sports

September 2nd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

CINCINNATI (AP) — Brad Miller homered twice and drove in a career-high seven runs, and the Cardinals pounded Sonny Gray and the Cincinnati Reds 16-2. Miller sparked St. Louis’ six-run first inning against Gray with a two-run double that glanced off the glove of diving first baseman Joey Votto and bounced down the line. He hit a two-run shot in the second, an RBI single in the fifth and another two-run homer in the eighth, clanging a drive off the foul pole in right. Kolten Wong went 4 for 4 and scored four times as the Cardinals set season highs for runs and hits with 23.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Reports began to filter out late Monday that Chiefs general manager Brett Veach and coach Andy Reid had agreed to six-year contract extensions that would tie them to Kansas City through the 2025 season. In typical fashion, Reid downplayed the talks Tuesday — he alluded to the fact that nothing had been signed, even if an agreement had been reached. But he did acknowledge the importance of continuity on the roster, among his coaching staff and within the front office as the Chiefs seek to turn their Super Bowl title last year into the makings of a dynasty.

UNDATED (AP) — The Big Ten Conference, already in court and under pressure from players and parents over its decision to cancel fall football, is now hearing from President Donald Trump. Trump tweeted he has spoken with Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren about reinstating the fall season. The Big Ten had no immediate comment. The league announced Aug. 11 it would move its football season to the spring semester because of health risks associated with the pandemic. Trump has framed the debate over player and fan safety as a political one.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Zach Plesac returned to the Indians with six solid innings after being punished for breaking coronavirus protocols, and Cleveland beat the Kansas City Royals 10-1. The right-handed Plesac allowed a run and four hits, striking out six and walking none. The 25-year-old has a 1.33 ERA in three starts this season. Plesac hadn’t pitched since Aug. 8 after being caught breaking curfew with rotation-mate Mike Clevinger. Plesac and Clevinger were placed on the restricted list and later demoted to the alternate site as punishment. Clevinger returned and made one start last week before being traded to San Diego on Monday, opening a spot for Plesac.

UNDATED (AP) — Iowa State enters this season coming off its second-best three-year stretch in program history. It has its sights set on making the Big 12 championship game for the first time. The Cyclones bring back nine starters on offense and seven on defense from a team that finished 7-6. Brock Purdy is poised to go down as the best quarterback to play at Iowa State. They also bring back high-profile players in running back Breece Hall, tight end Charlie Kolar, defensive end JaQuan Bailey and defensive back Greg Eisworth. The Cyclones open Sept. 12 against Louisiana-Lafayette.

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Iowa early News Headlines: Wed., Sept. 2nd 2020

News

September 2nd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa continued to see significant transmission of the coronavirus with the state reporting more than 600 new cases and a federal report pegging Iowa with the nation’s highest rate of virus spread in the country. As of Tuesday morning, state health data shows 684 new confirmed virus cases in the past day with the total case count now at 65,397. Nine more people died for a total of 1,121 deaths. The state health department reported 40 people admitted to hospitals in the last 24 hours. Since late June hospital admissions have been climbing as have the number of those remaining hospitalized and those in intensive care.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved help for residents of 10 more counties that were damaged by an August windstorm. Gov. Kim Reynolds said in a news release Tuesday that FEMA now says individuals and business owners in Benton, Boone, Cedar, Jasper, Marshall, Polk, Poweshiek, Scott, Story and Tama counties can seek help through the Individual Assistance Program. The program makes money available for costs including housing, personal property replacement and medical expenses. Linn County, which was hardest hit by the Aug. 10 derecho, qualified for the Individual Assistance Program earlier.

JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in central Iowa have identified a 3-year-old boy who was fatally hit by a car in a Johnston apartment complex parking lot. Police in the Des Moines suburb say Clayton Lloyd was killed in the Sunday afternoon accident. Police say officers and medics were called around 1:15 p.m. Sunday to the parking lot of the Cadence Apartments for reports of a child hit. Police say a car driven by a 23-year-old Johnston resident hit the child. No other details of the crash have been released, and no imminent charges were announced.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new survey of business leaders released Tuesday shows economic improvement in nine Midwest and Plains states. That includes improvements in employment and economic outlook amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak and the devastation from a rare wind storm earlier in the month. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says the survey’s employment index moved above growth neutral 50 for the first time since January, coming in at 54.8 for August, compared with 48.5 in July. The overall index for the region improved to 60 in August from July’s 57.4. Any score above 50 suggests growth. The monthly survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

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High School Volleyball Scoreboard Tuesday 09/01/2020

Sports

September 1st, 2020 by admin

(3-0) Stanton 25-25-25, Clarinda 21-11-18
(3-2) Ar-We-Va 25-18-25-20-15, Audubon 21-25-18-25-10
(3-1) CAM 25-25-14-25, East Union 15-16-25-17
(3-0) Gilbert 25-25-25, Carroll 20-14-17
(3-0) Panorama 25-25-26, Ogden 6-18-24
(3-2) Earlham 21-25-16-28-15, West Central Valley 25-21-25-26-9
(3-1) East Mills 23-25-25-25, Lenox 25-15-7-21
(3-0) Southwest Valley 25-25-25, Central Decatur 7-11-23
(3-0) Westwood 25-25-25, West Monona 15-20-19
(3-1) Harlan 23-25-25-25, Denison-Schleswig 25-15-18-21
(2-0) Nodaway Valley 25-25, Griswold 17-12
(2-0) Nodaway Valley 25-25, AHSTW 14-20
(2-1) Griswold 20-25-15, AHSTW 25-16-9
(3-2) Sidney 25-21-22-25-18, Johnson-Brock 18-25-25-21-16
(3-0) East Sac County 25-25-25, IKM-Manning 13-18-9

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Harlan sweeps the podium at Shenandoah Early Bird XC Meet

Sports

September 1st, 2020 by admin

The Harlan Cyclones swept the podium individually and team wise at the Shenandoah Early Bird Cross Country Meet on Tuesday. Kaia Becker won the girls race and Trey Gross won the boys race to pace the Cyclones.

Girls Team Results

  1. Harlan 18
  2. Shenandoah 61
  3. Clarinda 70
  4. Red Oak 76
  5. Treynor 100

Girls Individual Top Ten

  1. Kaia Bieker, Harlan 20:43.69
  2. Abi Albertson, Harlan
  3. Brecken VanBaale, Harlan
  4. Mayson Hartley, Clarinda
  5. Liv Freund, Harlan
  6. Alexa McCunn, Red Oak
  7. Ellie Gross, Harlan
  8. Kennedy Kjergaard, Harlan
  9. Olivia Anderson, Harlan
  10. Brenna Godfread, Shenandoah

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Boys Team Results

  1. Harlan 36
  2. Clarinda 60
  3. Red Oak 72
  4. Shenandoah 84
  5. Treynor 89
  6. East Mills 125
  7. Essex 164

Boys Indvidual Top Ten

  1. Trey Gross, Harlan 16:49.00
  2. Cole Dooley, Treynor
  3. Baylor Bergren, Red Oak
  4. Jon McCall, Clarinda
  5. Mitchell Rueschenberg, Harlan
  6. Kaden Johnson, Red Oak
  7. Ian Shelton, Harlan
  8. Michael Meyer, Clarinda
  9. Reed Boardman, Harlan
  10. Mason Yochum, Treynor

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Becker takes 2nd at DC-G Invite, Trojan Boys 6th and Girls 8th

Sports

September 1st, 2020 by admin

Dallas Center-Grimes Invitational 09/01/2020

Girls Team Results

  1 Dallas Center Grimes     48
  2 Norwalk                  86
  3 Indianola                87
  4 Carlisle                122
  5 Johnston                140
  6 Des Moines Christian    168
  7 Van Meter               170
  8 Atlantic                173
  9 Creston                 200
 10 Winterset               292
 11 Kuemper Catholic        297 

Girls Individual Top Ten

    1 Ainsley Erzen, Jr          18:44    Carlisle             
    2 Megan Sterbenz, Sr         19:06    Dallas Center Grimes 
    3 Joey Werling, Jr           19:12    Indianola            
    4 Emily Naughton, So         19:38    Indianola            
    5 Breelie Mauro, So          19:48    Norwalk              
    6 Miranda Muhlstein, Sr      19:56    Dallas Center Grimes 
    7 Clare Kelly, So            19:59    Van Meter            
    8 Braelyn Baker, Sr          20:04    Creston              
    9 Mary Kelly, So             20:05    Van Meter            
   10 Kami Smith, So             20:10    Dallas Center Grimes

Full Girls Results HERE

Boys Team Results

  1 Norwalk                  39    5    7    8    9   10   26   32    16:59    0:10
  2 Dallas Center Grimes     54    1    3   11   17   22   29   30    16:57    1:59
  3 Carlisle                123   14   18   20   35   36   37   38    17:43    0:54
  4 Des Moines Christian    124    4   13   19   40   48   60   67    17:44    1:52
  5 Indianola               140    6   12   33   39   50   52   55    17:49    1:49
  6 Atlantic                141    2   23   27   31   58   62   65    17:47    2:50
  7 Johnston                187   24   34   42   43   44   46   47    18:18    0:46
  8 Winterset               206   25   28   49   51   53   56   59    18:25    1:01
  9 Kuemper Catholic        239   16   45   54   61   63   64   66    18:51    2:08
 10 East                    286   15   41   73   78   79   80   82    20:35    5:51
 11 Creston                 325   21   72   75   76   81              20:57    6:05
 12 Van Meter               335   57   68   69   70   71   74   77 

Boys Individual Top Ten

    1 Aidan Ramsey, Jr           15:49    Dallas Center Grimes 
    2 Craig Alan Becker, Sr      16:17    Atlantic             
    3 Jacob Ewers, Jr            16:28    Dallas Center Grimes 
    4 Carson Houg, Jr            16:48    Des Moines Christian 
    5 Derek Webster, Sr          16:51    Norwalk              
    6 Logan Hoger, Jr            16:59    Indianola            
    7 Donovan Card, So           17:01    Norwalk              
    8 Patrick Foster, Sr         17:01    Norwalk              
    9 Brody Lucas, Jr            17:01    Norwalk              
   10 Jack Brown, So             17:01    Norwalk              
   11 Tate McDermott, Fr         17:02    Dallas Center Grimes 

Full Boys Results HERE

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Logan-Magnolia Cross Country Meet 09/01/2020

Sports

September 1st, 2020 by admin

Boys Individual Top Ten

1 McGee, Brett 12 Tri-Center 15:52.07 1
2 Dreyer, Quentin 12 Ikm-Manning 16:15.80 2
3 Porter, Gable 10 Underwood 16:28.02 3
4 Flores, Leo 10 Denison-Schleswig 16:45.12 4
5 Heffernan, Patrick 10 Boyer Valley 16:52.20 5
6 Gilpin, Cody 11 Missouri Valley 16:59.43 6
7 Piskorski, Hadyn 11 Saint Albert 17:10.03 7
8 Winkel, Noah 12 Bishop Heela 17:34.51 8
9 Keller, Connor 12 Ikm-Manning 17:36.10 9
10 Patten, Bryce 11 Underwood 17:38.28 10

Boys Team Results

1 IKM-Manning 76
2 Missouri Valley 76
3 Tri-Center 87
4 Underwood 94
5 Bishop Heelan High School 118
6 Denison-Schleswig 137
7 Boyer Valley 149
8 Saint Albert 175
9 Logan-Magnolia 193
10 MVAOCOU 298
11 Whiting 309

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Girls Individual Top Ten

1 Sporrer, Courtney 11 Logan-Magnolia 18:41.11 1
2 Mahaney, Grace 12 Bishop Heela 19:14.20 2
3 Demke, Maddie 09 Bishop Heela 19:28.80 3
4 Paulson, Georgia 09 Underwood 19:31.94 4
5 Newberg, Jada 10 Bishop Heela 19:32.64 5
6 Slater, Grace 11 Audubon 19:33.61 6
7 Duncan, Reese 09 Saint Albert 19:38.77
8 Thygesen, Hannah 11 Audubon 19:46.71 7
9 Miller, Claire 10 Denison-Schleswig 20:14.15 8
10 Stanley, Brooklyn 09 Bishop Heela 20:15.09 9

Girls Team Results

1 Bishop Heelan 32
2 AHSTW 80
3 Logan-Magnolia 84
4 Audubon 123
5 Denison-Schleswig 129
6 Underwood 140
7 Tri-Center 143
8 Missouri Valley 207

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