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.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:10 a.m. CST

(UPDATED) WOODWARD, Iowa (AP) — Officials say a child has died after being hit by a vehicle in a central Iowa school parking lot. The accident happened around 3:45 p.m. Monday in the parking lot of Woodward-Granger High School in Dallas County. The Iowa State Patrol says 7-year-old Charlie Brewer, of Bouton walked into the path of the vehicle driven by 47-year-old Robert Nevitt, of Perry, and was run over. Medics and Dallas County Sheriff’s deputies responded and found the child dead at the scene.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — As Iowa’s coronavirus outbreak worsens, state officials are collecting information on individual hospitals’ capacity, staffing and resources — but they won’t share it with the public. Cedar Rapids television station KCRG reports that the state gathers and maintains such information on a service called the Iowa Health Alert Network. But the Iowa Department of Public Health won’t allow local health departments to release that information to the public. Only statewide information on hospital capacity and resources is currently shared on the state’s COVID-19 public data portal. The Iowa Department of Public Health did not immediately answer questions Tuesday about why the data on individual hospitals in not publicly shared.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is urging residents to follow her new partial mask mandate, while claiming “there’s science on both sides” about whether face coverings reduce the spread of coronavirus. After months of opposition, Reynolds signed an order Monday that requires people to wear masks in indoor public places under some circumstances. She said that she changed course because the state has seen an exponential increase in the number of people hospitalized with the virus this month. She warned that without action, hospitals will be overwhelmed and people will be at risk of not being able to get medical care of any kind.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The longest-serving Republican senator and third in the line of presidential succession, Iowa’s Chuck Grassley, says he has tested positive for the coronavirus. The 87-year-old Grassley had said Tuesday morning that he was quarantining after being exposed to the virus and was waiting for the results of a test. On Tuesday evening, he tweeted that he had tested positive. Grassley says he looks forward to resuming his normal schedule soon. He hasn’t said how he was exposed, but was in the Senate and voting Monday. By missing votes Tuesday, Grassley broke a 27-year streak of not missing a single Senate vote.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The longest-serving Republican senator and third in the line of presidential succession, Iowa’s Chuck Grassley, says he has tested positive for the coronavirus. The 87-year-old Grassley had said Tuesday morning that he was quarantining after being exposed to the virus and was waiting for the results of a test. On Tuesday evening, he tweeted that he had tested positive.

In this Oct. 12, 2020 file photo, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, listens during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)

Grassley says he looks forward to resuming his normal schedule soon. He hasn’t said how he was exposed, but was in the Senate and voting Monday. By missing votes Tuesday, Grassley broke a 27-year streak of not missing a single Senate vote.

The Harlan Police Department reports four arrests over the past couple of weeks. Two arrests took place Nov. 14th: 26-year-old Sonny Duran Gulesian, of Miami, FL, was arrested following a traffic stop. Gulesian was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with operating while intoxicated, prohibited acts penalties, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and turning from improper lane;

And, 66-year old Robert Joseph Bogler, of Harlan was arrested following a traffic stop. Bogler was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with operating while intoxicated, tampering with an interlock device, open container, violations of a restricted license, and failure to maintain control.

On Nov. 9th, 36-year old Rebecca Ann Boruff, of Harlan, was arrested following a call for service. Boruff was transported to the Shelby County Jail where she was charged with public intoxication.

On Nov. 6th, 36-year old Rebecca Ann Boruff, of Harlan, was arrested following a call for service. Boruff was transported to the Shelby County Jail where she was charged with assault.

A construction worker who attempted to cross the single lane of travel on I-29 in Mills County, Tuesday (today), was struck by a semi. The Iowa State Patrol reports the accident happened at around 12:34-p.m. on I-29 northbound at mile marker 32. The worker, 70-year old Wayne Hansen, of Schaller, was hit by a 2014 Peterbilt semi driven by 60-year old William McBee, of Dunlap, TN.

The accident happened as Hansen was walking westbound. He was transported to the UNMC in Omaha by Glenwood Rescue. A report on his condition was not released.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowans who are looking for seasonal work and a little exercise might consider going brown for the season of red and green. U-P-S plans to hire about one-thousand workers in Iowa for the holidays, including some 150 positions in Des Moines and another 300 in Omaha-Council Bluffs. Steve Jones, talent acquisition director for U-P-S, says they’re hiring for three types of positions, both full- and part-time.

UPS photo

“We have package handlers or warehouse workers that handle the packages within our warehouses,” Jones says. “We have driver helpers, so if you’ve ever wanted to ride on one of our brown trucks, you can go help our drivers deliver packages into neighborhoods and businesses. And we have personal vehicle drivers. That’s where you drive your own car in a UPS brown uniform and deliver packages to our customers.” The pay starts at $14.50 an hour and if you like the job, there’s the opportunity to stay on once the holiday season is over.

“Thirty-seven percent of our seasonal workers last year came back as permanent employees,” Jones says. “Right now, about 123,000 of our current UPSers started as seasonal employees. That’s nearly one-third of our U.S. workforce.” The delivery giant’s peak season is already beginning and will run through mid-January, as returns are a big part of the business after Christmas. With the COVID-19 pandemic still underway, Jones stresses that the company follows all local, state and federal guidelines.

“We provide PPE to all of our employees,” Jones says. “We have upped the cleaning of all of our facilities and now we also have contactless delivery. We don’t have our customers sign our diad anymore, the computer our drivers carry, and the package is set down instead of handed to them.” Positions are available in many communities across Iowa at UPSjobs.com.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is urging residents to follow her new partial mask mandate, while claiming “there’s science on both sides” about whether face coverings reduce the spread of coronavirus. After months of opposition, Reynolds signed an order Monday that requires people to wear masks in indoor public places under some circumstances.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds gives a primetime televised address announcing new efforts to combat COVID-19 in the state, on Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, at Iowa PBS, in Johnston, Iowa. (Kelsey Kremer/The Des Moines Register via AP)

She said that she changed course because the state has seen an exponential increase in the number of people hospitalized with the virus this month. She warned that without action, hospitals will be overwhelmed and people will be at risk of not being able to get medical care of any kind.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — As Iowa’s coronavirus outbreak worsens, state officials are collecting information on individual hospitals’ capacity, staffing and resources — but they won’t share it with the public. Cedar Rapids television station KCRG reports that the state gathers and maintains such information on a service called the Iowa Health Alert Network.

But the Iowa Department of Public Health won’t allow local health departments to release that information to the public. Only statewide information on hospital capacity and resources is currently shared on the state’s COVID-19 public data portal. The Iowa Department of Public Health did not immediately answer questions Tuesday about why the data on individual hospitals in not publicly shared.