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BEIJING (AP) — The departing U.S. ambassador in Beijing is defending a tough approach to China that has riled relations between the world’s two largest economies. Terry Branstad says the Trump administration has made progress on trade and that he hopes it will extend to other areas including China’s treatment of diplomats and journalists. Branstad downplays the strained relationship, noting it has weathered ups and downs in the past. He concedes, though, that there is concern that pressure on China could lead to a downward spiral of growing restrictions.
U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad speaks during an interview at the U.S. embassy in Beijing on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. The departing U.S. ambassador on Tuesday defended a tough approach to China that has riled relations between the world’s two largest economies, saying the Trump administration has made progress on trade and that he hopes it will extend to other areas. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
The longtime former Iowa governor is returning to Iowa this weekend after three years and three months as ambassador. No successor has been named.
(Radio Iowa) – Iowa farmers had nearly seven days suitable for fieldwork last week and made the most of it. The U-S-D-A reports says 12 percent of the corn has been harvested — up from four percent — and almost three weeks ahead of last year and nine days ahead of average. The soybean harvest was at 30 percent complete — up from seven percent last week. The bean harvest is 19 days ahead of last year and 12 days ahead of average.
It is the largest percentage of soybeans and corn harvested by September 27th since 2012 when 48 percent of the corn and 41 percent of soybeans been harvested. Farmers in the northwest and west-central Iowa continue to lead the way with almost half of their soybean acreage harvested.
(Radio Iowa) Republican Senator Joni Ernst and Democratic challenger Theresa Greenfield engaged in a combative debate last (Monday) night on Iowa P-B-S. The candidates disagreed on taxes, immigration, infrastructure, the minimum wage and when the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court should be filled. Ernst, who described herself as “proudly pro-life,” downplayed the idea confirming President Trump’s nominee will get the ultimate result abortion opponents have long sought.
“I think the likelihood of Roe v Wade being overturned is very minimal,” Ernst said. Greenfield called the decision “settled law.” “I will always defend a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions with the guidance of her doctor,” Greenfield said. Tens of millions of dollars is being spent by outside groups on this Senate race and each candidate accused the other of being beholden to special interest money.
“Senator Ernst has taken $2 million in corporate PAC donations and folks, there’s too much money in our politics. I put a plan together. She doesn’t have one.” Ernst responded: In one hand, she’s saying: ‘Oh, we’re not going to have dark money in this campaign.’ She’s got the other hand behind her saying: ‘Please hand me some dark money.'” Neither candidate ruled out the idea of raising new fees to supplement the per-gallon gas tax, but their views of the federal minimum wage diverged. Ernst said it may be time to “index” the minimum wage, so it automatically goes up based on inflation.
“There are a lot of solutions out there,” Ernst said, “but overall I do believe that this should be a state-based issue as well.” Greenfield expressed support for doubling the federal minimum wage. “No one can feed a family on $7.25 an hour,” Greenfield said. “…I believe we need to move it up to $15 over time.” Due to the pandemic, the debate was held in an empty auditorium and the candidates were separated by plexiglass.
Ernst mentioned she wears a face mask, but she said requiring face coverings in public doesn’t appear to be enforceable. Greenfield cited the recent increase in Covid cases and pointed to the White House Coronavirus Task Force recommendation that Iowa have a statewide mask mandate.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
BALTIMORE (AP) — Patrick Mahomes put on a scintillating show while outperforming Lamar Jackson, and the Kansas City Chiefs deftly played the role of defending Super Bowl champions in a 34-20 thumping of the Baltimore Ravens. Just about everything Mahomes did worked against an overmatched Baltimore defense that had allowed only two touchdowns in its first two games. Mahomes threw four touchdown passes to help the Chiefs emphatically ended the Ravens’ 14-game regular season winning streak while extending their own run to 12 games, including playoffs. Jackson is 21-4 as the Ravens’ starting quarterback, with three of those losses to Mahomes and the Chiefs.
UNDATED (AP) — It took one week for the Big 12 to bring just a little more strangeness to the year 2020. Five-time defending conference champion Oklahoma opened league play with a shocking home loss to Kansas State, perhaps opening the door for another program to finally to step in and claim the title. Iowa State can put Oklahoma’s season on the ropes Saturday when the Cyclones host the Sooners. Iowa State beat the Sooners in 2017 and lost to them by a point in 2019.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals spent the 60-game season in 2020 saying farewell to longtime outfielder Alex Gordon, one of the linchpins of their back-to-back World Series runs, and welcome to the young core they hope will take them back there. Brady Singer nearly threw a no-hitter in his abbreviated rookie year. Fellow right-hander Kris Bubic made 10 starts and began to figure things out by the end of September. And their young bullpen, which was an abject failure last season, took massive strides from summer camp to the final out of the season Sunday with an eye toward the future.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins were determined to defend their division title and start this unusual postseason at home, even if the audience at Target Field this week will be confined to family members and cardboard cutouts. The ease and predictability of playing in their own ballpark during this virus-altered year clearly made a difference to the Twins. They had a 24-7 record at home, the best such mark in baseball. Minnesota hosts Houston in a best-of-three American League wild card series that starts on Tuesday. The Astros were 9-23 on the road, the third-worst record in the major leagues.
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Patrick Maroon has joined elite company by winning the Stanley Cup in consecutive seasons with different teams. Maroon is the only member of the champion Tampa Bay Lightning to win it last year with the St. Louis Blues. He’s the eighth player to do it in NHL history and first since Claude Lemieux in the 1990s to get his name on the Cup in consecutive years. Corey Stillman went back to back in 2004 and 2006 after the lockout prevented the trophy from being awarded in 2005. Maroon is one of several additions to the Lightning that helped them finally win it all.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst says she has been “very consistent” in her views on Supreme Court nominees despite supporting a vote on President Donald Trump’s nominee while working with other Republicans to block a nomination by President Barack Obama. Ernst was asked about her seemingly contradictory stands during a televised debate with Democrat Theresa Greenfield that touched on topics ranging from the Supreme Court and Trump’s tax returns to health care and racial justice. Ernst says this nomination is different than in 2016 because Republicans control both the Senate and presidency. Greenfield argued the GOP-majority Senate shouldn’t act on Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett fewer than 40 days before the presidential election.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A judge is refusing to block a Republican-backed Iowa law that makes it harder for county officials to process absentee ballot applications and more likely that incomplete requests won’t be fulfilled. In an opinion released Monday, Judge Lars Anderson rejects arguments by a Latino civil rights organization and a Democratic Party group that the law is an undue burden on the fundamental right to vote. The ruling is another victory for Republicans who want to limit absentee voting, which begins next week in Iowa. Republicans have already invalidated tens of thousands of absentee ballot applications in three counties.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is reporting more than 600 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours and two additional deaths. The state Department of Public Health on Monday reported 611 confirmed cases in the 24 hours since Sunday morning, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 86,840. The two additional deaths brought the number of confirmed coronavirus deaths to 1,317 people. On Friday, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a new emergency proclamation that extends bar closures in Johnson and Story counties for at least another week. Those counties are home to the University of Iowa and Iowa State University and have seen a surge in confirmed coronavirus cases.
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Waterloo police say two people died of their injuries and another 10 were hurt when at least two people began shooting at each other inside a private club. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reported that police said Monday that the second person to die at a hospital this weekend was a woman from outside Waterloo. A 22-year-old Waterloo man also died at a hospital after being shot. No arrests have yet been made. Police said the shooting occurred about 3:15 a.m. Saturday. Authorities estimated that about 100 people were at the club when gunfire erupted inside following a confrontation.
Van Meter, IA – David Young, candidate for Iowa’s Third Congressional Seat, announced on Monday, the members of his Veterans Steering Committee. According to the campaign, “These women and men are taking leadership roles in reaching out to veterans in their counties and communities to share Young’s record on Veteran’s issues.”
Among the members of the steering committee is: Brian Rink (USMC), from Cass County; Adam Grundman (Navy, Army Reserves), from Adams County; John Porter, (USAF), from Adair County; U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, an Iraq war veteran from Montgomery County, and State Representative Stan Gustafson from Madison County, a Vietnam War veteran. Membership represents the Army, Navy, Marines Corps, Air Force, and Iowa Army National Guard. (see the complete list, below)
David Young was elected to serve the Third Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2014 and reelected in 2016. He served on the influential Committee of Appropriations. Prior to his service in Congress, Young served Iowans as U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley’s Chief of Staff from 2006-2013. A graduate of Johnston High School and Drake University, Young is a seventh generation Iowan and resides in Van Meter.
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Montgomery County Emergency Management Director Brian Hamman reports a ban on open burning went into effect 5-p.m. Monday (Sept. 28th). The BURN BAN means all open and controlled burning in Montgomery County is prohibited unless an official burn ban permit has been issued by the proper fire chief.
Hamman says the current drought conditions throughout the county in combination with unharvested crops present an increased risk for the potential of rapid fire spread. Controlled fires can quickly become uncontrollable and pose an immediate risk to the life and safety of our residents. Montgomery County is currently listed in Severe drought conditions (D2) in the northern part of the county and in Moderate Drought conditions(D1)throughout the rest.
More information on current drought conditions can be found at https://www.drought.gov/drought/states/iowa. Citizens are reminded to not throw out cigarettes from moving vehicles and to discontinue burning yard waste, piled tree debris, grass/agricultural ground and set-asides or other items during this ban.
Small recreational camp fires are permitted only if they are conducted in a fire place of brick, metal or heavy one-inch wire mesh. Any camp fire not in an outdoor fire place is prohibited.Violation of a burn ban can subject a person to citation or arrest for reckless use of fire or disobeying a burn ban.
The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2020 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:
Class 4A
Record Pts Prv
1. Southeast Polk (11) 4-0 143 1
2. Urbandale (3) 5-0 129 2
3. Ankeny (1) 4-1 118 4
4. West Des Moines Dowling 3-1 99 3
5. Pleasant Valley 5-0 93 5
6. Waukee 3-2 69 8
7. Dubuque Hempstead 4-1 59 9
8. Iowa City West 2-0 40 7
9. Dubuque Senior 3-2 21 NR
10. Johnston 3-2 15 6
Others receiving votes: Council Bluffs Lincoln 9. Cedar Rapids Washington 6. Sioux City East 6. Fort Dodge 5. Bettendorf 5. West Des Moines Valley 4. Cedar Falls 2. Cedar Rapids Prairie 1. Indianola 1.
Class 3A
Record Pts Prv
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (6) 5-0 123 1
2. Dallas Center-Grimes (4) 4-0 118 T3
3. Council Bluffs Lewis Central (2) 5-0 112 2
4. Harlan 5-0 103 T3
5. Washington (2) 5-0 97 5
6. Davenport Assumption 5-0 78 6
7. Webster City 5-0 53 7
8. Decorah 5-0 46 8
9. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 4-1 26 9
10. Manchester West Delaware 5-1 18 10
Others receiving votes: Epworth Western Dubuque 16. Nevada 12. Creston-Orient-Macksburg 10. Grinnell 7.Eldridge North Scott 5. Fort Madison 1.
Class 2A
Record Pts Prv
1. Williamsburg (4) 5-0 131 2
2. Inwood West Lyon (3) 5-0 128 1
3. Monroe PCM (5) 5-0 126 3
4. Central Lyon-GLR (3) 5-0 119 4
5. Mount Vernon 5-0 84 6
6. Monticello 4-0 62 7
7. Waukon 3-1 47 8
8. Camanche 4-1 45 9
9. Estherville-Lincoln Central 4-1 21 10
10. Sioux Center 4-1 20 5
Others receiving votes: Atlantic 16. Spirit Lake 11. State Center West Marshall 8. Solon 6. Maquoketa 1.
Class 1A
Record Pts Prv
1. O-A BCIG (13) 5-0 142 1
2. Van Meter (1) 5-0 130 3
3. Underwood 5-0 114 4
4. Sigourney-Keota (1) 5-0 93 5
5. Jewell South Hamilton 5-0 72 7
6. Emmetsburg 5-0 68 6
7. Pleasantville 5-0 64 8
8. Southeast Valley 5-0 50 NR
9. South Central Calhoun 4-1 39 2
10. Hawarden West Sioux 4-1 34 10
Others receiving votes: Mount Ayr 9. Waterloo Columbus 4. Durant 3. Dyersville Beckman 1. Truro Interstate 35 1. Mediapolis 1.
Class A
Record Pts Prv
1. Grundy Center (8) 5-0 140 1
2. St. Ansgar (3) 5-0 133 2
3. Iowa City Regina (3) 4-1 109 3
4. Calmar South Winneshiek (1) 5-0 107 4
5. Edgewood-Colesburg 5-0 92 5
6. Britt West Hancock 4-1 74 7
7. Logan-Magnolia 4-1 53 T9
8. Fairbank Wapsie Valley 4-1 38 6
9. Monona MFL-Mar-Mac 4-1 35 T9
10. Lisbon 3-2 12 8
Others receiving votes: Oakland Riverside 9. Belle Plaine 7. Fort Dodge St. Edmond 4. Moville Woodbury Central 4. Riverside Highland 3. Council Bluffs St. Albert 3. Bellevue 1. West Fork, Sheffield 1.
Class 8-Man
Record Pts Prv
1. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (9) 3-0 131 2
(tie) Audubon (5) 5-0 131 1
3. Remsen Saint Mary’s 5-0 111 3
4. Anita CAM 5-0 98 4
5. Montezuma (1) 5-0 74 T5
6. Newell-Fonda 5-0 67 7
7. Fremont Mills, Tabor 3-0 66 T5
8. Easton Valley 5-0 61 8
9. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 5-0 32 9
(tie) Coon Rapids-Bayard 5-0 32 10
Others receiving votes: Janesville 14. East Mills 4. North English English Valleys 3. Martensdale-St. Marys 1.
IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa Athletics Department conducted 745 COVID-19 tests for the week of Sept. 21-27, 2020. Five positive tests and 740 negative tests have been received. As part of the return to campus protocol, testing began May 29, 2020, and includes student-athletes, coaches and staff. A total of 233 positive tests, 4,965 negative tests and one inconclusive test have been received.
Following the positive test result, protocol established by UI Athletics and medical staff, including contact tracing procedures, is being followed to ensure the safety of all UI Athletics student-athletes and staff. This mandatory protocol also includes isolation for the individuals who test positive, and quarantine for those individuals who might have been exposed to someone with the virus.