Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:35 a.m. CDT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s workplace safety agency says an inspection didn’t uncover any violations at Tyson Foods’ largest pork processing plant, which employed several people who died after contracting the coronavirus. The Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Administration closed its investigation into the Tyson plant in Waterloo earlier this month without sanctioning the meat company.County officials and workers have alleged that in March and early April, Tyson workers did not have adequate personal protective equipment to stop the spread of the virus and were not social distancing. The company says it has taken numerous safety steps since then. Black Hawk County has said more than 1,000 of the Waterloo plant’s 2,800 workers had tested positive for the virus or antibodies by early May.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Within weeks of Gov. Kim Reynolds agreeing to allow bars and restaurants to open to customers, Iowa’s two major college towns are seeing spikes in coronavirus cases among young adults. The trend is raising concerns among local health officials and prompting some businesses to again close their doors. Business owners in Iowa have welcomed the governor’s move to end most restrictions that had been imposed over the spring to slow the spread of the coronavirus, but some in Ames and Iowa City now are unsure what to do as cases rise. The cities are home to Iowa State University and the University of Iowa, the state’s largest colleges.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two organizations filed a lawsuit that seeks to stop a 24-hour waiting period for abortions that was approved by Iowa lawmakers in the closing hours of the legislative session. Planned Parenthood of the Heartland and a doctor represented by Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa filed the suit Tuesday in state court. The suit seeks to block the measure and to impose a temporary injunction to stop it from taking effect July 1. The groups filing the suit expect the bill to be signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds, who is an outspoken opponent of abortion rights. The waiting period was approved on the last day of a shortened legislative session.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has recalled bagged salad distributed to a dozen Midwestern states by Hy-Vee, Aldi and Jewel-Osco grocery stores after 122 people in seven states were sickened. Nineteen have been hospitalized. The salad mix is contaminated with cyclospora, a parasite that can cause severe diarrhea. The salad mix is packaged as Hy-Vee Brand Garden Salads, Jewel-Osco Signature Farms Brand Garden Salads ALDI Little Salad Bar Brand Garden Salads. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the most people sickened are in Iowa with 54 and Illinois with 30. Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin also have reported illnesses.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — (In an update to our earlier reports) The Food and Drug Administration has recalled bagged salad distributed to a dozen Midwestern states by Hy-Vee, Aldi and Jewel-Osco grocery stores after 122 people in seven states were sickened. Nineteen have been hospitalized. The salad mix is contaminated with cyclospora, a parasite that can cause severe diarrhea.

The salad mix is packaged as Hy-Vee Brand Garden Salads, Jewel-Osco Signature Farms Brand Garden Salads ALDI Little Salad Bar Brand Garden Salads.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the most people sickened are in Iowa with 54 and Illinois with 30. Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin also have reported illnesses.

The Atlantic School District’s Board of Education will hold a special, electronic meeting 6-p.m. Wednesday, via YouTube. On their agenda, is discussion with regard to: A Return to Learn plan; IASB Legislative Priorities for the 2021 Legislative Session, and the August 2020 Board retreat.

Action items include a review and payment of FY 2020 bills, a proposal request for the Atlantic Athletic Facilities Project, and contract recommendations for: Ashley Coffman, Middle School Special Education Teacher, and a transfer for Marnie Leiferman to Title 1 Teacher.

Any member of public can view the meeting live on YouTube at the following link:  https://youtu.be/HIfWA8cHPos

Six new, positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Pottawattamie County. PCPH officials say one individual is from Crescent, one is from Avoca, and four are from Council Bluffs. One person is 18-to 40 years of age, two are 41-to 60, and three are 61-to 80 years old. They were tested between June 18th and 22nd. The new cases brings to 630 the number of confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis in the county. When epi-linked cases are factored-in, the total is 689.**

PCPH says 188 of the positive cases occurred through community spread. Officials say 213 persons are self-isolating, six are hospitalized and 445 have recovered.

The latest demographics on case positives show the following have tested positive for COVID-19:

• 341 men
• 348 women
• 52 are persons 17 and under
• 302 are age 18-40
• 217 range in age from 41-60
• 103 are age 61-80
• 15 are 81 or older.

**An epi-link (or epidemiologically linked) individual can be epi-linked if their physician or PCPH assumes they have the virus based on close contact with a confirmed case and the demonstration of COVID-19 symptoms. Epi-linked cases are not confirmed by laboratory testing.

The Cass County Board of Supervisors  met at 9-a.m. Tuesday. During their in-person and electronic session, the Board discussed the position on the Cass County veteran affairs commission which ends June 30th. Following discussion, the Board voted unanimously to re-appoint Terry Duggan of Griswold to the Cass County Commission of Veteran Affairs for 3-year term beginning July 1, 2020.

The board also discussed the issue of ‘abandoned’ vehicles parked along Highway 92, just north of Massena.  Cass County Auditor/Board Secretary Dale Sunderman says Supervisor Frank Waters reported that it appears five of the vehicles are parked in State right of way, and three, one with license plate, are parked on private property.  Since the DOT is working on the issue and has notified the persons believed to own the vehicles that are in the State right of way, the board decided it would postpone going forward until the vehicles’ owners respond to the DOT’s request.

Officials with the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau said Tuesday, 36-year old Trent Matthew Suhr, of Walnut, was arrested on two, Class-D Felony charges stemming from an investigation that began in March, 2020. Stuhr faces one count of Insurance Fraud – Presenting False Information, and one count of Perjury.

According to criminal complaints filed by the Insurance Fraud Bureau, Suhr made false statements in connection with a workers compensation insurance claim and during sworn testimony. On June 23, 2020, Suhr was arrested by the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office after an arrest warrant was issued by the Pottawattamie County District Court.

Suhr was booked into the Pottawattamie County Jail and later released on bond. His trial will be set at a future date.

No additional information will be provided at this time. Iowans with information about insurance fraud are encouraged to contact the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau at 515-242-5304.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Within weeks of Gov. Kim Reynolds agreeing to allow bars and restaurants to open to customers, Iowa’s two major college towns are seeing spikes in coronavirus cases among young adults. The trend is raising concerns among local health officials and prompting some businesses to again close their doors.

Business owners in Iowa have welcomed the governor’s move to end most restrictions that had been imposed over the spring to slow the spread of the coronavirus, but some in Ames and Iowa City now are unsure what to do as cases rise. The cities are home to Iowa State University and the University of Iowa, the state’s largest colleges.

(Radio Iowa) — The Iowa Department of Public Health has landed a five-year, four-point-four million dollar grant from the C-D-C to boost colorectal cancer screenings. Jeanna Jones, the agency’s screening promotions coordinator, says too few Iowans are being screened for colon cancer, which is often preventable by getting screened.

“Our screening rates are in the low 70s, so maybe around 71 or 72%,” Jones says. “We actually had the goal of getting Iowa’s screening rates up to about 80% by the year 2018 and we weren’t able to meet that goal.” With the grant, the state health department aims to increase colorectal cancer screenings at ten of Iowa’s federally qualified health centers to 60% by 2025. Those ten centers — in rural and urban areas of the state — all have screening rates below 60%.

“Federally qualified health centers tend to have lower colorectal cancer screening rates just because the population is more uninsured, underinsured,” Jones says. “We’re just trying to work with those health centers so that we can help provide any barrier assistance, transportation, help to the patients to get them screened.” She says seven out of 10 people diagnosed with colorectal cancer had no signs or symptoms, but if detected early, it can be 90% treatable.

“People don’t realize that colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in Iowa, however it’s one of the few cancers that you can actually prevent by getting screened,” Jones says. “A lot of people just think that they have to do a colonoscopy in order to get screened but we really try to promote that there are multiple screening options.”

The ten centers are: All Care Health Center in Council Bluffs; Community Health Care, based in Davenport; Community Health Center of Fort Dodge; Community Health Centers of Southern Iowa; Community Health Centers of Southeastern Iowa; Crescent Community Health Center; Eastern Iowa Health Center; Primary Health Care in Ames; Promise Community Health Center in Sioux Center; and River Hills Community Health Center, based in Ottumwa.

(On the web at https://idph.iowa.gov/igs/public)