Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy. High 57. NE @ 5-10.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 38. NE @ 5.
Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy w/rain & thundershowers, especially in the afternoon. High 53. SE @ 10-20.
Thursday: P/Cldy to Cldy. High 46.
Friday: P/Cldy to Cldy. High 37.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 63. Our Low was 33. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 66 and the Low was 33. The Record High on this date was 73 in 1999. The Record Low was 8 in 1973.
(Des Moines, Iowa) – The 14-day COVID-19 test positivity rate in Iowa is rising once again, along with the number of persons hospitalized with the virus. According to the Iowa Department of Public Health, the state’s 14-day test positivity rate climbed from 8.4% to 8.7% since Friday. There were 7,912 positive tests in the last seven days, up from 7,501 as of the last report on Friday.
Hospitalizations, which had been declining for several weeks, are on the rise again. There are 481 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Iowa, up from 464 on Friday. Of those hospitalized with COVID-19, 71.3% are unvaccinated, while 83.5% of those listed in intensive care with COVID-19 are unvaccinated. The number of Iowa’s long-term care facilities reporting an outbreak increased from 27 to 28 since Friday.
There have been 3,838,670 vaccine doses administered in Iowa, with 68.2% of those 18 and older fully vaccinated and 70.8% of those 12 and older with at least one dose.
(Radio Iowa) – The U-S-D-A is scheduled to release an updated estimate of the 2021 corn crop. Iowa State University economist Chad Hart says the mid-October prediction was a 15 billion bushel corn harvest — the largest ever. “So we are talking about a massive crop,” Hart says. “Basically the same story on the soybean side as we’re looking out there, a very large soybean crop as well.”
Iowa is the nation’s top corn producing state. Justin Glisan, the state climatologist, says it’s been a rollercoaster year for weather, as Iowa has been in a structural drought since the spring of 2020. “But those timely rainfalls during the drought, during the growing season, really held the crop on,” Glisan says. “…The yields look great.”
Hart says farmers had the option of choosing seed varieties that can withstand dry weather. “The idea is what we have done over the last 40, 50, 60 years with these hybrids is we’ve developed hybrids that are more tolerant of a wider range of weather conditions,” Hart says, “and those changes are definitely paying off as we look out there.”
Hart and Glisan made their comments during a weekend appearance on Iowa P-B-S. The latest U-S-D-A crop and weather report for IOWA shows the state’s corn harvest was 84 percent complete by Sunday. Ninety-five percent of Iowa’s soybean crop was harvested by the end of the weekend. Most of the soybeans fields still to be harvested are in southwest and south central Iowa.
(Glenwood, Iowa) – A man and a woman from Pottawattamie County face drug charges in Mills County, following an extended investigation into the sale and distribution of illegal narcotics in Mills County. The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports during the investigation, undercover deputies conducted a controlled purchase of more than one-half pound of methamphetamine from 66-year-old Jackie Lee Ward, Jr., and 59-year-old Vicky Kay Delezene. Both suspects are from Council Bluffs.
After the meth was delivered, Ward and Delezene were taken into custody without incident and were transported to the Mills County Sheriff’s Office, where they were charged with Delivery of Meth and Failure to Affix a Drug Tax Stamp. Their bonds were set at $30,000 each.
Ward & Delezene (Mills CO. S/O photo)
A vehicle used in the commission of the delivery, along with related U-S currency, were seized during the investigation.
(Thurman, Iowa) – The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office reports a woman from Page County was arrested Monday, following a call about a disturbance in Thurman. Upon further investigation, Deputies discovered that 31-year-old Ashley McClarnon, of Clarinda, had allegedly entered a residence in Thurman, uninvited, causing a disturbance, while several small children were present. McClarnon then broke a window in the residence, causing damage.
Ashley McClarnon (Fremont CO S/O photo)
McClarnon was placed under arrest for:
1 count Criminal Mischief 5th Degree (Simple Misdemeanor)
3 counts of Child Endangerment, (Aggravated Misdemeanor)
She was being held without bond pending an initial appearance with the Fremont County Magistrate.
The Audubon School District is inviting the public to come out Tuesday afternoon to send the Wheeler football team off to the UNI-Dome in style.
The team is set to leave the school grounds at 2:50 p.m. and travel down Stadium Drive and then north on East Division Street and Leroy Street, and finally down Broadway leaving town.
Come support the Wheelers as they head out for the state semifinals.
IRVING, Texas – A pair of Cyclone football players were honored by the Big Conference today for their performances against Texas. Defensive end Will McDonald IV was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week and placekicker Andrew Mevis received Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week accolades, announced today by the league office.
Both players earned their respective awards for the second time this season.
McDonald IV posted another dominating effort in Iowa State’s 30-7 victory over Texas on Saturday, registering career highs in tackles (six) and sacks (2.5). He also had a forced fumble and a pass breakup.
A native of Pewaukee, Wis., McDonald IV was a key player in ISU’s second-half surge on Saturday, as the Cyclones outscored (27-0) and outgained (296-81) the Longhorns after intermission.
It was the third time this season McDonald IV had two or more sacks in a game. He’s currently second in the Big 12 and fifth nationally in sacks at 10.0.
McDonald IV became ISU’s all-time career sack leader (27.5) in the victory and his 20.5 sacks since 2020 is the most in the nation. His 27.5 sacks is seventh all-time in Big 12 history.
Mevis was perfect again against Texas, making all three field goals and all three PATs. He drilled a 51-yarder in the fourth quarter, his second-longest kick of the season. It marks the first time since 2012 a Cyclone kicker has made two 50+ yard field goals in a season.
A native of Warsaw, Ind., Mevis has made 88.2 pct. of his field goals (15-of-17), on pace to be the second-best season clip in ISU history and is 9-of-11 on kicks from 40 yards or longer. His nine made field goals of 40+ yards are the most by a Cyclone in a season and ranks second nationally among FBS kickers.
Mevis is currently riding a streak of 11-straight field goals made, tying for the second-best string in school history and the fourth-best active streak nationally.
Atlantic’s Lexi Reynolds earned a spot in the 200 Yard Freestyle race at the upcoming State Swimming and Diving Championships. Reynolds finished 5th in the race at the Waukee Regional Meet on Saturday with a time of 2:00.48. That comes in as the 25th best time in the state, earning Reynolds a spot amongst the top 32 at the state meet this weekend.
Also on Saturday Reynolds placed 7th in the 500 Yard Freestyle with a time of 5:30.12. Atlantic’s Ava Bruckner went 13th in two regional races. She swam 27.25 in the 50 Yard Freestyle and went 59.52 in the 100 Yard Freestyle.
The State Swimming and Diving Meet will be held this upcoming Friday and Saturday at the Marshalltown YMCA/YWCA with the following schedule.
Friday, November 12
11:00 a.m. – State Diving Competition
5:00 p.m. – State Swimming Preliminary Meet
Saturday, November 13
12:00 p.m. – State Swimming Finals
Tickets for the meet can be purchased through varsity bound and are $10 plus fees for each session of the meet.
Regional Meet Results
Ankeny Results
Clinton Results
Dubuque Results
Fort Dodge Results
Johnston Results
Waukee Results
SUSAN HOLM, 59 of Kimballton died Saturday, November 6, 2021 at Atlantic Specialty Care. An open visitation for SUSAN HOLM, with the family present, will be held from 5-until 7-p.m. Monday, November 15, 2021 at the Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Atlantic.
Condolences can be sent at: schmidtfamilyfh.com
SUSAN HOLM is survived by:
Husband: Marc Holm of Kimballton
Father: Richard Straw of Nebraska City, NE
Son: Rudy Lewis of Panama
Sisters: Denise Arnold of Council Bluffs and Vicki Straw of Texas
6 Grandchildren
and other extended family members and friends.
(Radio Iowa) – Iowa health care providers are now vaccinating children between the ages of five and 11 for COVID-19. UnityPoint Health started to give the Pfizer vaccine to that age group today (Monday). Eric Haugen is a pediatrician with Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines. Haugen says, “This is something that will make it easier and safer for children to go to school, to be part of events that they like to participate in.”
He says with the holiday season coming up, kids who are vaccinated will be less likely to spread coronavirus to family members with whom they gather. Doctors say getting the vaccine to this age group will make schools safer, while some parents will feel more confident about letting their kids go to sleepovers and sporting events again. Sara Schutte, a pediatrician with MercyOne in Ankeny, says young kids are often anxious to get shots — so it takes a bit more coaxing and more nurses on the ground to help them through it. “But kids do very well, in general,” Schutte says. “They’re more anxious about getting vaccines of any kind and then by the time we get it done, they actually are not quite as bad as they thought.”
Meanwhile, Haugen says he’s heard from a lot from parents, many are excited about the vaccine, some are hesitant. He points to a study that enrolled thousands of 5 to 11-year-olds to make sure the vaccine is safe and effective. The study found -no- serious side effects. Nationwide, more than 83-hundred children have been hospitalized because of COVID.
(reporting by Katie Peikes, Iowa Public Radio)
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