The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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Authorities in Dallas County, Tuesday, released more information with regard to a fatal vehicle vs. child accident in the parking lot of the Woodward-Granger High School. The child was identified as 7-year-old Charlie Brewer, a second-grade elementary school student from Bouton.
The accident happened at around 3:45-p.m., Monday. The driver of the vehicle was identified as 47-year-old Robert Nevitt, of Perry. In a news release, the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office said their preliminary investigation suggests that there was no intention by Nevitt to strike the child, and that while the investigation is ongoing, there have been no charges filed at this time.
Grief resources are available for students and school staff members.
Iowa’s Coronavirus dashboard today (Wednesday), showed 40 additional deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 since Tuesday’s 10-a.m. report, for a total of 2,064. The number of deaths attributed to a pre-existing conditions statewide are 1,284, while deaths at Long-Term Care facilities amount to 961, 16 more than yesterday. There is one more death to report in Cass County, for a total of 17; One more death in each of Harrison, Mills and Montgomery Counties, while Pottawattamie County has two more deaths reported.
Officials say there have been 3,896 new confirmed, Positive cases of the virus reported since 10-a.m. Tuesday, for a total since the pandemic began, of 194,479. Cass County has seven new, Positive cases of COVID, for a total of 669. Double-digit Positive case increases were reported in Guthrie, Harrison, Madison, Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie, Shelby and Union Counties. (See the list below)
There are 94 Long-Term Care facility (LTC) outbreaks, two less than yesterday. Those care facilities report 2,785 positive cases and 1,397 recovered. Cass County’s three LTC facilities have a total of 146 confirmed positive cases (Atlantic Specialty Care, 78; Griswold Rehab & HCC, 54, Heritage House, 14), and 69 recoveries. Harrison County has two LTC facility outbreaks, for a total of 206 confirmed positive cases (Longview Home, Inc., 130; Dunlap Specialty Care, 76), and 170 recovered .
Hospitalization rates continue to climb, from 1,510 on Tuesday to a record 1,527 today. The IDPH says 283 COVID patients are in the ICU (5 less than before), 234 patients were admitted to a hospital (compared to 215 yesterday), and there are four more people on a ventilator, for a total of 134. In western/southwestern Iowa: there are 64 COVID patients in the hospital (4 less than yesterday); 20 are in an ICU (3 less than before), six people were admitted to a hospital, and there are seven people a ventilator.
The state’s data shows that 1,123,456 Iowans have been tested for coronavirus. Test results received yesterday amounted to 8,110, with 5,931 coming back Negative and 2,133 Positive. The total number of Negative results since the beginning of the pandemic is 927,153. The state receives test results from prior days and adds them to the overall total. Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate is 22.5%, and the Individual Positivity rate is 17.3%. The IDPH says 111,284 Iowans have recovered from the virus.
There are 93 Iowa counties with a 14-day positivity rate at 15% or higher. Public schools in those counties can apply for a waiver to provide 100% online instruction. Seventy-four counties report a rate greater than 20%. Four counties report a rate greater than 30%. Page and Calhoun counties report a positivity rate above 40%.
In the KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases in each county, along with the 24-hour change in case numbers {+#}; the number of persons recovered, and the total number of [deaths] (if any), since the pandemic began,
DeJOY FINKEN, 94, of Harlan, died Monday, Nov. 16th, at the Elmcrest Retirement Community. A private, family funeral will be held for DeJOY FINKEN 11-a.m. Thursday, Nov. 19th, at the Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan. A live broadcast of the funeral service will be available to view on a link on funeral home web page.
Burial is in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery at Earling.
The family suggests memorials be made to Elm Crest Retirement Community.
DeJOY FINKEN is survived by:
Her daughters – Judy Buckley; Shirley Leonard; Kay (Dave) Kurcz; Diane (James) Dunham; Ruth (Larry ) Asbury; Debra (Richard) Hudkins; and Audrey (Steve) Henscheid.
Her sons – Duane (Marti) Finken; Keith (Judy) Finken.
Her sisters – Beth (Dwight) Maxfield; Jean (Gary) Steele; and Lorraine Ogden.
Her brother – Glen Ogden.
18 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren; 1 great-great grandchild
M. MARIE [Nelson] MYERS, 80, of Treynor (Formerly of Audubon), died Monday, Nov. 16th, at home. Funeral services for MARIE MYERS will be held 2-p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22nd, at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.
Visitation is open at the funeral home in Saturday, Nov. 21st, from 10-a.m. until 4-p.m. (The family may not be present during visitation)
Burial is in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon.
M. MARIE [Nelson] MYERS is survived by:
Her son – Jay (Sally) Myers, of Treynor.
Her daughter – Janelle Revier (and Bill Whempner), of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Her brothers – Darrell (Sue) Nelsen; Tom (Betsy) Nelsen; Don (Dorothy) Nelsen, and Frank (Marlene) Nelsen.
Her sisters – Vitta Rattenborg, and Phyllis Cort.
Six grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild, other relatives and friends.
Police in Red Oak report the arrest at around 7:20-p.m. Tuesday, of 42-year-old Brian Keith Shaver. The Red Oak man was taken into custody on a warrant for Contempt of Court – resisting a court order. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail, and held without bond.
(Radio Iowa) – State officials say coronavirus outbreaks at three of the state’s prisons appear to be subsiding. A week ago, more than 11-hundred inmates at state prisons in Anamosa, Clarinda and Rockwell City had tested positive for the virus. Two inmates — one from Clarinda, the other from Anamosa — died of complications related to Covid.
The Iowa Department of Corrections’ website currently shows just under 500 inmates at the three prisons still have the virus. At one point, 60 percent of the inmates in Anamosa tested positive for Covid.
(Radio Iowa) – Officials say Iowa may soon run out of convalescent plasma — an experimental treatment for Covid — and they’re urging Iowans who’ve recovered from the virus to donate. Christine Hayes is chief operating officer of LifeServe Blood Center in Des Moines. “In the past two weeks, more than 900 units of convalescent plasma have been transfused to patients here locally in Iowa,” she says. “The downside of that is that amount is more than the first four months of the pandemic, so the need for convalescent plasma is certainly outpacing the demand.”
Christine Hayes
Hayes says every blood donor at her agency is screened to see if they have Covid antibodies, indicating they had the virus and recovered — and could donate plasma as a treatment for those currently ill. “Right now, we’re seeing just about 25% of our convalescent plasma has been provided through that unique antibody testing program,” she says.
The rest comes from people who’ve recovered, know that their plasma could be used to treat others, and are making a donation. One donation can yield up to four “doses” of convalescent plasma. “Right now we are anticipating at the current rate of transfusions across the state of Iowa that our supply of convalescent plasma will be depleted by December 1,” she says. “Unfortunately, this is absolutely the same case in other states across the country, so our ability to receive more convalescent plasma from other blood centers across the country will be very challenging.”
There are blood centers that pay people to donate plasma, but current protocols only allow plasma donated by volunteers to be used for transfusions to Covid patients. According to the Mayo Clinic, convalescent plasma therapy may help people recover from COVID-19 by reducing the severity or shortening the duration of the disease.
(By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer) – Iowa forward Luka Garza could have heard his name called in Wednesday night’s NBA draft. Instead, he opted for the uncertainty of playing a final college basketball season amid a pandemic.
FILE – In this March 3, 2020, file photo, Iowa center Luka Garza shoots a free throw during an NCAA college basketball game against Purdue in Iowa City, Iowa. Seniors Garza of Iowa and Baylor’s Jared Butler headline The Associated Press 2020-21 preseason All-America team, announced Wednesday, Nov. 11. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Garza heads the list of notable seniors gearing up for the 2020-21 campaign. He was the Big Ten player of the year last season and finished runner-up to Dayton’s Obi Toppin in Associated Press player of the year voting. The 6-foot-11 forward averaged 23.9 points and 9.8 rebounds per game.