Emergency responders in Cedar Rapids were called to the scene of a partial building collapse, Friday night. KCRG-TV reports the incident in downtown Cedar Rapids caused damage to a vehicle below. The incident was reported at around 10:45 p.m., and was initially thought to have been caused by a possible explosion. Brick and limestone from the Iowa Building at the corner of Third Street SE and Fourth Avenue SE were seen strewn on the ground surrounding the building, and a car parked on Fourth Avenue SE received significant damage from the fallen parts of the building. No injuries were reported.

Officials believe that the brick and attached decorative building features from the seventh floor and above became detached from the main structure. There appeared to be no explosion. The owner of the building will be required by the city to have the building assessed to determine if there is a risk of any additional collapse or damage.

Sidewalks and streets in the area will be disrupted until analysis of the building’s integrity is completed.

Members of the Audubon Community School District’s Board of Education are set to act on approving the District’s Return-To-Learn plan, Monday. The Board meeting takes place at 7-p.m. in the High School Boardroom. Other action items on their agenda include: Approving Rick Engel as the Board & District Council; Approve Courtney Walter & Paul Lynch as Equity Coordinators, and approve Cass Muzney as Asbestos Manager.

The Audubon School Board will also approve Eric Trager, Quentin Stanerson, Sam Graeve, and Jill Hermansen as the District’s Level 1 Investigators, as well as Matt Starmer for Level 2 Investigator. Other action items include: approving the transfer of $992 to the Nutrition account to pay delinquent accounts; Paying an Asbestos Abatement from General Fund, and applying to the School Board Review Committee (SBRC) for MSA. They will also act on any Personnel matters to come before the Board.

Updates on their agenda are with regard to Asbestos Abatement, and the Building Project, the latter of which will include the Design and Budget Review processes, along with approval of final plans, and information with regard to bidding dates.

The State’s Coronavirus dashboard, late this (Sunday) morning showed 389 more positive, confirmed cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths from the virus. The IDPH says: 449,608 Iowans have been tested for COVID-19; 42,016 tested Positive; 406, 032 tested Negative; 29,604 have recovered from the virus, and 826 have died. Hospitalization data show: 226 are hospitalized across the State from COVID-19, six more than reported Saturday; 77 patients are in an ICU, up 5 from yesterday; 34 were admitted to a hospital since Saturday, an increase of 4 from the last report, and 29 persons were on ventilators, up one from Saturday. Cass County reports one new positive case, for a total of 37, and one more recovered, for a total of 29.

Hospitals in western/southwest Iowa report: three more hospitalized, for a total of 11; five persons are in an ICU (up 1 from yesterday); two were admitted since Saturday, and one person remains on a ventilator.

Long-Term Care facility (LTC) data show no change in the number of outbreaks (22), 607 staff/patients have tested positive for COVID-19, 147 have recovered, and 447 have died (unchanged from Saturday).

Current County Positive case counts, and the number of reported recoveries ( )

• Cass: 37, (29)
• Adair: 20, (16)
• Adams: 12, (Recovery data not available)
• Audubon: 26, (no recovery data available)
• Guthrie: 118, (66)
• Montgomery: 36, (20)
• Pottawattamie: 1,032, (741)
• Shelby: 133, (126)

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports a man from Pottawattamie County was arrested on a drug charge at around 3:55-p.m. Saturday. 23-year old Daniel Steven Meehan, of Council Bluffs was arrested for Possession of Marijuana. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail, booked-in, and held on bond