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Police in Shenandoah have arrested a Clarinda man for allegedly taking a vehicle without the owner’s permission. 31-year old Nicholas Steinhoff was arrested Tuesday evening in Clarinda, after he allegedly drove a vehicle from Shenandoah to Clarinda. The incident began at around 6:30-p.m., when were dispatched to the 1000 block of 9th Avenue in Shenandoah, for a possible domestic situation, and a stolen vehicle.
After further investigation, Shenandoah officers contacted Page County deputies to check a residence at 2466 Highway 2, where the car might be located. Acting on that information, Deputies arrested Steinhoff at the same residence. He was being held in the Page County Jail on $2,000 bond.
There hasn’t been much of a change in the COVID-19 numbers we posted this morning, as part of the Iowa Department of Public Health’s (IDPH) COVID-19 dashboard report. The number of deaths from the virus over the past 24 hours total of 564, with four having taken place since Tuesday. A total of 164,135 Iowans have been tested for the virus, with 20,012 testing positive, 143, 692 testing negative, and 11, 892 persons recovered. The numbers show a slight decline or are nearly flat, depending on the statistics.
IDPH reports 314 are currently hospitalized with the virus, while 116 are listed in intensive care. There were 15 persons admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours and 76 patients on ventilators. IDPH also reports one more LTC outbreak, for a total of 42. There have been 1,595 positive cases, with 764 recovered and 283 deaths. Those numbers also continue to remain relatively flat, with increased testing.
The Region 4 Regional Medical Coordination Center (RMCC) data – covering hospitals in western/southwest Iowa – continues to show 10 Iowans are hospitalized, 8 are in an ICU, none were admitted over the past 24-hours, and 2 are on ventilators. Those numbers continue a downward trend. Here are the latest county-by-county numbers for Cass & surrounding Counties (with the number recovered in parenthesis) and a 24-hour change (as of the last check) marked by an *:
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Legislature has returned to finish work left when the coronavirus pandemic surfaced in Iowa in March and prompted state officials to close the state Capitol. Lawmakers began work Wednesday and are expected to meet for at least two weeks to complete work on a budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 and address policy measures on which House and Senate leaders reach agreement. Temperatures will be checked at the door and masks will be provided.
Meeting rules have been established to allow lawmakers to be at least 6 feet apart. Committee meetings and floor debates will be streamed on the internet.
(Radio Iowa) — Iowa faced a shortage of nurses prior to COVID-19 and now there’s fear of a deepening demand for those health care professionals as the pandemic may bring more rapid burnout. Kate Judge, executive director of the American Nurses Foundation, says a new national well-being initiative targets only nurses, of which there are about 60-thousand in Iowa. “Even before this pandemic, nurses were under extraordinary stress,” Judge says, “and now we have some tools that are specifically designed for nurses, by nurses, that can help them and they’re all free.” The initiative allows nurses to pick what types of service they may need when they need it, using the website Nursing World-dot-org.
“We have something that allows people to do some writing and journaling, if that’s for them,” Judge says. “We have peer-to-peer where people can call in and talk about all the issues that affect them. What we’re hearing from nurses is, it’s not just talking about what’s happening in their clinical environment. They’re talking about their work, their career, their family, life balance.” There’s one-on-one talk therapy available and even an app that enables nurses to track their moods. Judge says there are more than 48-thousand R-Ns and another 12-thousand L-P-Ns with active licenses in Iowa. She says it’s still unclear how coronavirus will impact their numbers.
“We’re concerned that the pandemic will decrease the number of nurses wanting to stay in nursing,” Judge says. “They’ve been in a position where their safety has been a concern, their families’ safety has been a concern. We’re also seeing some positive things where people are responding and saying, ‘I want to be on the front lines.'” Prior to the pandemic, a study found burnout among nurses was at an all-time high, with an estimated 63-percent of nurses exhibiting symptoms including job-induced stress, anxiety and depression.
The American Nurses Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the American Nurses Association, with the mission to “transform the nation’s health through the power of nursing.”
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The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports a female passenger in a vehicle that was involved in an accident late Tuesday morning, complained of pain, but was not transported to the hospital. Authorities say the 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix driven by 24-year old Aaron Michael Cox, of Corning, was traveling west on Cromwell Road at around 11:40-p.m., Tuesday, when the car went out of control due to its speed. An argument between Cox and his passenger, 23-year old Sara Louann Baker, of Creston, was also said to have contributed to Cox’ loss of control. Both subjects were wearing their seat belts.
When Cox slammed on the brakes, the car skidded into the south ditch. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $4,500. No citations were issued.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police say a 15-year-old girl has been arrested in a man’s death that was initially reported to police as a suicide. Police said in a news release Wednesday that the teen was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in the the death of 37-year-old Zachary Brooks of Des Moines. Brooks was found dead in an apartment Monday evening after someone called authorities to report a suicide there. The officers who arrived found Brooks’ body, but said his death didn’t appear to be a suicide.
Police later declared Brooks’ death as the city’s 12th homicide of the year. Police have given no details of how Brooks died or what led to the teen’s arrest.
The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports a 17-year old male was arrested at around 10:45-p.m. Tuesday, following a reported, possible disturbance on the lawn of a residence in the 18,800 block of Evergreeen, in Council Bluffs. The unidentified juvenile faces a charge of Assault with the intent to inflict serious injury on a 39-year old male. No serious injuries were reported, though.
The City Council in Walnut will hold an electronic meeting 5-p.m. Thursday, with some members present at the Walnut Community Center. On their agenda, is discussion with regard to the closure of City properties: Concession Stands, and Community Center/Fitness Center. The Council is expected to act on:
Other discussion items will include:
Persons interesting in viewing/attending the meeting at 5-p.m. on Thursday, may do so via go-to-meeting.com, may use this link: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/600257781
You can also dial in using your phone: United States: +1 (646) 749-3112 Access Code: 600-257-781
AMES, Iowa – Former Iowa State head football coach Johnny Majors, the man responsible for turning around ISU football and leading it to its first-ever bowl game, has died. He was 85 years old.
“Johnny Majors is one of college football’s all-time greatest coaches,” Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell said. “Johnny came back every year and it was a pleasure for our players to get to know him and understand his legacy at Iowa State. He was one of the most important figures in Iowa State football history.”
At the age of 33, Majors was hired to take over the Iowa State football program prior to the 1968 season. Majors faced a giant rebuilding project, as the Cyclones were a combined 4-15-1 the two seasons prior to his arrival.
In his third season (1970), the Cyclones made progress, recording a 5-6 mark, setting up a breakout season in 1971.
Majors improved the Cyclone recruiting efforts yearly in his tenure in Ames, and behind four All-Americans and many future NFL players, the Cyclones had the talent to compete in the rugged Big Eight Conference heading into the 1971 campaign.
Iowa State raced out to a 5-1 mark and ended the season at 8-3, securing a bid to the Sun Bowl, the school’s first-ever postseason appearance.
Led by All-American George Amundson, who rushed for a then-school-record 1,260 yards, the Cyclones scored 40 or more points five times during the year, including a 54-0 thrashing of Oklahoma State, the largest winning margin vs. a conference opponent in school history at the time.
In Majors’ final season in 1972, the Cyclones made it to their second-straight bowl game by participating in the Liberty Bowl, finishing the season with a 5-6-1 mark. One of the highlights of the season was a 23-23 tie vs. No. 3 Nebraska in Clyde Williams Field, ending the Cornhuskers’ 24-game winning streak vs. league opponents.
Majors announced his resignation following the Liberty Bowl contest vs. Georgia Tech to take over the head coaching duties at Pittsburgh.
Majors ended his five-year coaching tenure at Iowa State with a 24-30-1 record. He coached 12 Cyclones who earned first-team all-Big Eight honors, including Amundson, who was the Big Eight Player-of-the-Year in 1972 and the school’s highest NFL draft pick (No. 14 in 1973).
Some of Majors’ top Cyclone gridders included the following future NFL players: Amundson, Matt Blair, Otto Stowe, Merv Krakau, Keith Krepfle and Ike Harris.
Majors continued his coaching excellence at Pittsburgh (1973-76, 1993-96), winning the 1976 national title with a perfect 12-0 record. He later coached at his alma mater Tennessee for 16 seasons (1977-92).
In all, Majors was a head coach for 29 seasons, compiling an overall mark of 185-137-10. He led his teams to 16 bowl berths and captured three SEC titles at Tennessee. Twice he was honored as the national coach of the year: Walter Camp (1973) and AFCA/Sporting News (1976).
An All-American at Tennessee in 1956, Majors was a two-time SEC MVP. He was the runner-up to Paul Hornung in the 1956 Heisman Trophy balloting.
Majors was inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1987 and was enshrined into the Iowa State Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999.
Majors never wavered on his admiration of Iowa State throughout the years. The coaching legend annually made a return trip to Ames to reunite with his former players and staffers.
“When we left our driveway on Ontario, before going to Pittsburgh in a station wagon and a U-Haul trailer behind us, I will never forget Mary Lynn (Majors’ wife) saying, ‘John, I don’t know what the rest of your career will be like, but nothing can ever top the last five years at Iowa State,’ and to this year it is true,” Majors recollected during one of his many visits to Ames.