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CCHS phone problems continue

News

August 9th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Cass County Health System said Sunday that they “Are still experiencing phone issues at the main Atlantic campus.  Appears Verizon customers are still having trouble connecting.”  CCHS Communications Specialist Kat Niemann says they “are continuing to work with local utilities get this resolved as soon as possible.”

Nieman reminds persons who have business with CCHS to please call 712-778-5140 or the Griswold Rural Health Clinic and you will be routed to the appropriate department.

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2 men charged after trying to crash into police building

News

August 9th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — Two Iowa men are facing several charges after authorities say they tried to crash a vehicle into the Muscatine police headquarters. Muscatine Police said the two Muscatine men were arrested early Sunday after their vehicle became stuck on a brick planter outside the Muscatine Public Safety Building. The crash happened shortly before 5 a.m. Sunday. No one was injured.

Police said 24-year-old Gilberto Daniel Castillo III and 21-year-old Marc Anthony Castillo were both arrested on suspicion of terrorism second-degree criminal mischief. The 24-year-old was also charged with drunken driving, and the 21-year-old was charged with public intoxication.

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Cass County Democrats’ School Supply/Food Drive continues through Aug. 14th

News

August 9th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Here’s a reminder: The Cass County Democratic Party’s annual School Supply Drive is underway through August 14th. A Food drive is being coupled with the school supply drive that began on July 13th. Food pantries and the schools will do the actual distribution of the donated items. Suggested items for the school drive include everything from pencils to spiral notebooks to book bags and also should include non-traditional items such as facial tissues, hand sanitizer, plastic zip-top storage bags, and copy paper. Non-perishable items such as canned and boxed food items are needed; cleaning supplies, personal hygiene items, zip-top storage bags or other food storage containers are also welcome.

There will be drop-off sites around the County (See the list below).

Drop-off sites include:

Anita: City Clerk’s Office; Library; Main Street Market; Rusty Razor; Rolling Hills Bank.
Atlantic: Fareway (school supplies only); private home at 10 E. 13th St.; YMCA; Rolling Hills Bank
Cumberland: City Hall; Houghton State Bank
Griswold: Rolling Hills Bank; City Hall; Telephone Company, Houghton State Bank
Lewis: Library
Lyman: Lyman Cafe
Marne: Library outside Post Office
Massena: Library; FNB Bank; Economy Food Mart

Donated items will be given to students & families in Cass County who are in need. This is a non-partisan event.

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2020 Tournament of Champions Results – Final Round (COMPLETE)

Sports

August 9th, 2020 by Jim Field

Sunday, August 9, 2020 @ Atlantic Golf & Country Club

Championship Division (FINAL)

  • Matt Weresh (Past Champion)  68 – 68 – 72 = 208 (+1) ***3rd T of C title***
  • Zach Christianson (AG & CC)  69 – 72 – 69 = 210 (+3)
  • Andrew Martin (Past Champion)  67 – 73 – 72 = 212 (+5)
  • Jared Koch (Majestic Hills)  73 – 70 – 72 = 215 (+8)
  • Jeff Gude (AG & CC)  71 – 73 – 72 = 216 (+9)
  • Danny Pattee (Avoca GC)  73 – 72 – 71 = 216 (+9)
  • Bill Matzdorff (Briarwood GC)  75 – 74 – 68 = 217 (+10)
  • Ryan Clark (Briarwood GC)  69 – 76 – 72 = 217 (+10)
  • Darby McLaren (AG & CC)  68 – 74 – 75 = 217 (+10)
  • Alex Bireline (Past Champion)  74 – 71 – 74 = 219 (+12)
  • Joe Schafer (Mt Ayr CC)  72 – 73 – 74 = 219 (+12)
  • Carter Trewet (Otter Creek GC)  72 – 76 – 72 = 220 (+13)
  • Alec Barber (AH Blank GC)  69 – 73 – 78 = 220 (+13)
  • Barry Smith (Pine Knolls GC)  74 – 72 – 75 = 221 (+14)
  • Jake Olsen (AG & CC)  73 – 76 – 73 = 222 (+15)
  • Matt Gross (Nishna Hills)  77 – 70 – 75 = 222 (+15)
  • Matt Haley (Indianola CC)  72 – 73 – 77 = 222 (+15)
  • Aaron King (Sac CC)  67 – 74 – 81 = 222 (+15)
  • Sam Pieczynski (Waveland CC)  74 – 71 – 78 = 223 (+16)
  • Evan Schuler (Past Champion)  75 – 78 – 74 = 227 (+20)
  • John Hanks (Lake City CC)  75 – 73 – 79 = 227 (+20)
  • Nathan Zimmerman (Past Champion)  73 – 81 – 76 = 230 (+23)
  • Chad Buresh (Woodward GC)  70 – 83 – 78 = 231 (+24)
  • Matt Gearhart (AG & CC)  75 – 79 – 78 = 232 (+25)
  • Ryan Grove (Happy Hollow GC)  78 – 77 – 79 = 234 (+27)
  • Rob Langfelt (Crestwood Hills)  84 – 75 – 75 = 234 (+27)
  • Tyler Kopp (Crestwood Hills)  77 – 77 – 84 = 238 (+31)
  • Mike Bauer (Audubon CC)  81 – 80 – 79 = 240 (+33)
  • Brett Geer (Clarinda CC)  75 – 79 – 87 = 241 (+34)
  • Nathan Koch (Majestic Hills GC)  79 – 82 – 81 = 242 (+35)
  • Derek Jacobsen (Past Champion)  82 – 80 – 81 = 243 (+36)
  • Rudy Evertsen (Leon CC)  82 – 77 – 84 = 243 (+36)
  • Derek Kimzey (Osceola Municipal GC)  77 – 81 – 85 = 243 (+36)
  • Jason McCaslin (Willow Creek GC)  83 – 81 – 89 = 253 (+46)
  • Jeff Bladt (Rosman-Glendale GC)  84 – 89 – 85 = 258 (+51)
  • Nick Edwards (Happy Hollow)  88 – 85 – 90 = 263 (+56)
  • Brad Hartkopf (Past Champion)  71 – 78 – WD
  • Garret Caltrider (5×80 CC)  83 – 82 – WD

Senior Division (FINAL)

  • Ron Peterson (Past Champion)  76 – 69 – 70 = 215 (+8). ***6th T of C title***
  • Darron Baker (Past Champion)  75 – 74 – 73 = 222 (+15)
  • Del Miller (Past Champion)  76 – 74 – 72 = 222 (+15)
  • Rick Carter (Past Champion)  72 – 74 – 81 = 227 (+20)
  • Mike Martin (Nishna Hills)  72 – 78 – 79 = 229 (+22)
  • Jeff Morenz (AG & CC)  77 – 76 – 77 = 230 (+23)
  • Kim Peters (Crestwood Hills)  78 – 73 – 79 = 230 (+23)
  • Jim Wood (Red Oak CC)  74 – 82 – 75 = 231 (+24)
  • Blair Hoegh (Ankeny G & CC)  80 – 76 – 76 = 232 (+25)
  • Bob Franke (Briarwood GC)  82 – 74 – 77 = 233 (+26)
  • Steve Chapman (Treynor CC)  77 – 80 – 77 = 234 (+27)
  • Eric Brown (Mt Ayr CC)  75 – 79 – 80 = 234 (+27)
  • Tim Agan (Willow Creek GC)  76 – 76 – 83= 235 (+28)
  • Dan Belvin (Sloan GC)  80 – 79 – 77 = 236 (+29)
  • Mick Allen (AG & CC)  77 – 76 – 83 =236 (+29)
  • Jeff Heckroth (Woodward GC)  78 – 81 – 78 = 237 (+30)
  • John O’Hair (Indianola CC)  79 – 82 – 80 = 241 (+34)
  • David Ginther (Nishna Hills)  79 – 84 – 81 = 244 (+37)
  • Jodi Bermel (Woodward GC)  81 – 86 – 79 = 246 (+39)
  • Ron Eads (Waveland CC)  85 – 84 – 79 = 248 (+41)
  • Chris Larsen (AG & CC)  82 – 88 – 81 = 251 (+44)
  • Chuck Ciecalone (Osceola Municipal GC)  81 – 87 – 86 = 254 (+47)
  • Daryl Armstrong (Crestwood Hills)  79 – 81 – WD

Super Senior Division (FINAL)

  • Rick Thompson (Past Champion)  66 – 70 – 72 = 208 (+1)  ***2nd T of C title***
  • Arnie Leistad (Past Champion)  72 – 75 – 71 = 218 (+11)
  • Vince Castillo (Waveland GC)  77 – 70 – 74 = 221 (+14)
  • John Willmore (Past Champion)  75 – 72 – 76 = 223 (+16)
  • Ken Portsche (Past Champion)  77 – 76 – 71 = 224 (+17)
  • Scott Wilmott (Sloan GC)  77 – 76 – 72 = 225 (+18)
  • John Webb (Jester Park GC)  77 – 75 – 73 = 225 (+18)
  • Jim Mullenix (Past Champion)  72 – 75 – 80 = 227 (+20)
  • Jeff Sperry (Quail Run GC)  74 – 75 – 81 = 230 (+23)
  • Kenny Hinson (Nishna Hills)  80 – 75 – 76 = 231 (+24)
  • Barry McGinn (Quail Run GC)  80 – 77 – 77 = 234 (+27)
  • Dick Scybert (Past Champion)  80 – 80 – 80 = 240 (+33)
  • Tim Dooley (Eagle Grove GC)  87 – 80 – 83 = 250 (+43)
  • Dale Wulf (Majestic Hills GC)  86 – 85 – 80 = 251 (+44)
  • Jim Redemske (Clarmond CC)  80 – 91 – 84 = 255 (+48)
  • David Higgins (Bedford CC)  83 – 88 – 88 = 259 (+52)
  • Dave Hannasch (Nishna Hills)  87 – 89 – 88 = 264 (+57)
  • Bob Casagrande (Lenox Municipal GC)  87 – 94 – 94 = 275 (+68)
  • John Hartkopf (AG & CC)  85 – 80 – WD

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House fire reported south of Anita

News

August 9th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

UPDATE 9:18-a.m.:  THIS IS A CONTROLLED BURN.

Anita and Wiota Fire Departments were called to the scene of a reported house fire, Sunday morning. The call about the fire at a residence near 750th and Jackson Road, south of Anita, came in from a motorist at around 9:06-a.m.

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Tournament of Champions Final Round Delayed

Sports

August 9th, 2020 by Jim Field

The start of the final round of the Tournament of Champions is delayed by rain.  Tournament officials report that tee times will be moved back at least one hour Sunday morning.  The first tee times are now at 9:30 am.

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Iowa COVID-19 update: Cass County positive cases stand at 73

News

August 9th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(10-a.m. update) The IDPH Coronavirus dashboard today (Sunday) show 12 new, confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Cass County since Friday, for a total of 73. Adair County has one more case, for a total of 29. There are 20 more cases in Pottawattamie County, for a total of 1,317. In Shelby County, there are three more cases of the virus, for a total of 183. There were no new reports of deaths in our immediate listening area.

Statewide, though, five more people have died from COVID-19, for a total of 930. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 498 of the 930.  Of the 521,380 tests that have been taken, 48,732 tested positive (an increase of 620 from Saturday), 37,086 have recovered, and 4,350 tested negative since Saturday, for a total of 469,717 since the virus outbreak began. Iowa’s reported positivity rate is 9.3% compared to 7.7% Saturday.

The IDPH says 221 people are hospitalized with the virus, 57 are in an ICU, 32 people were admitted to a hospital since 10-a.m. Saturday, and 20 were on a ventilator. Polk County reports the most cases in the state, with 10,268 cases.

Southwest/Western Iowa hospitals are reporting a total of 14 patients, 4 are in an ICU, 0 were admitted since 10-a.m. Saturday, and there was no one on a ventilator.  Long-Term Care facility outbreaks remain at 26. At those facilities, 822 patients/staff tested positive for COVID-19, and 430 have recovered from the virus.

The IDPH Dashboard current County/Positive Case count/reported recoveries (   ), and the number of deaths to date (if any)  {    }:

  • Cass: 73 (41)  {1}
  • Adair: 29  (18)
  • Adams: 16 (10)
  • Audubon: 28 (16) {1}
  • Guthrie: 132 (97) {5}
  • Montgomery: 59 (35) {4}
  • Pottawattamie: 1,317 (943) {26}
  • Shelby: 183 (155) {1}

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Traffic stop leads to pursuit in Montgomery County, & the arrest of a Waterloo man

News

August 9th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

A traffic stop late Saturday night at the intersection of Boxelder and Highway 34 in Montgomery County, resulted in a pursuit and the eventual arrest of a man from eastern Iowa. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports when a Deputy tried to stop a vehicle at around 11:30-p.m., the vehicle took off eastbound toward Red Oak, at speeds of over 100 mile per hour. The driver of the vehicle – who was later identified as Roosevelt Washington, of Waterloo – led law enforcement on a chase through Red Oak on Highway 34, then north on Highway 48.

Washington was taken into custody on Highway 71 in Cass County, just south of Highway 92, after a successful PIT maneuver. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $2,000 bond. He faces charges that include: Eluding; Interference with Official Acts, and Reckless Driving. While in custody, it was confirmed Washington has two out-of-State warrants for two-counts of Driving While license revoked, and Leaving the scene of a property damage accident out of Adams County, Illinois, and Knox County, IL. Driving While license suspended or revoked – Failure to Appear.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office was assisted in the pursuit and arrest by: The Montgomery County Communications Center; Red Oak Police; Iowa DNR; the Iowa State Patrol; Cass County Sheriff’s Office, and Griswold Fire and Rescue.

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Heat Advisory in effect for parts of s.w. Iowa today (8/9/20)

Weather

August 9th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Mills-Fremont-Page Counties: .HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 8 PM.

Heat index values of 104 to 107 can be expected. Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses to occur.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances.

Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when possible.

To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.

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Sports Headlines: 8/9/20

Sports

August 9th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jorge Soler homered in back-to-back innings while Nicky Lopez and Salvador Perez also went deep in helping the Royals beat the Twins 9-6. Three of the Royals’ homers came during a go-ahead, six-run, fourth inning that helped Kansas City clinch the win in the three-game series. Tyler Zuber earned the victory in relief, while Trevor Rosenthal got the final four outs for his second straight save. Lewis Thorpe took the loss for Minnesota.

BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Kevin Harvick raced to his fifth NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season by outlasting Brad Keselowski in overtime in the opener of a weekend doubleheader at Michigan International Speedway. Harvick won for the fourth time at MIS — and three of those victories have been in the last three years. Martin Truex Jr. was third, followed by Ryan Blaney and Kyle Busch.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers will spend the rest of the NBA season and playoffs without All-Star guard Ben Simmons, who will undergo surgery on his left knee. There was no immediate timeframe for his return, and it’s likely that no firm timetable on his recovery will be set until after the surgery. Simmons left Wednesday’s game against Washington midway through the third quarter because of the injury.

UNDATED (AP) — The Mid-American Conference has become the first league competing at college football’s highest level to cancel its fall season because of COVID-19 concerns. The MAC announced on Saturday that all fall sports have been canceled, although it is exploring the idea of making them up in the spring. The MAC’s 12 schools are facing a significant financial burden by trying to maintain costly coronavirus protocols.

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