ADEL, Iowa – The Iowa Department of Public Safety, Saturday (today) says a Dallas County teen was reported missing Friday to the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities say 15-year-old Mackenzie Lyons was last seen at a residence southeast of Adel around 1:50 p.m. on October 30th, when she got into a black/dark blue mid-2000 four-door Honda Accord. Mackenzie is on prescription meds that are not currently in her possession.

If you have any information that can help authorities locate Mackenzie, please call the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office at 515.993.4567 or email Sheriff Chad Leonard at dispatch@dallascountyiowa.gov. Photos of Mackenzie and the vehicle are shown here:

Mackenzie Lyons

Iowa has had an increase of 2,823 positive COVID-19 test results from 10-a.m. Friday through 10-a.m. today (Saturday), and 10 additional deaths, for a total of 1,715. Pre-existing conditions account for 1,121 of the deaths, with 840 of the deaths taking place at a Long-Term Care facility. Among those who died was one person in each of Harrison and Union Counties. The IDPH says a total of 127,357 Iowans have tested positive since the beginning of the pandemic.

Positive (Confirmed) cases of COVID-19 have jumped again in six area counties: In Cass County, there are 33 new cases, for a total of 468, with 305 having recovered thus far; There are 94 more cases in Pottawattamie County; 24 additional cases are reported in Harrison County and 22 in Mills County; Adair County has 16 new cases; Shelby County has 15 more cases, and Audubon County 14 additional positive test results. Montgomery County and Union Counties have 13 new cases, each. Other area counties have 10 or less new cases. (see the list below).

The Individual Positivity rate in Iowa is 13.1% (compared to 12.9% previously), and the 14-day rolling average is 13.4%, compared to 12.5% on Friday. O’Brien County leads the State in the percentage of Positive cases, at 24.5. Harrison County places 5th on the list at 22%, and Cass County is number eight, with 20.8%.

Hospitalizations are up again across the State, from 606 Friday to 630 today – another record. ICU patients are up slightly to 153, admissions are up modestly to 99, and there remain 55 Iowans on a ventilator. Western/southwest Iowa hospitals report 45 hospitalized, 11 in an ICU, five admissions and two on a ventilator.

Long-Term Care facility (LTC) outbreaks are up to 81 (compared to 76 on Friday), there are 2,314 patients/staff at those facilities who have tested positive for the virus, and 940 patients/staff have recovered from the effects of the virus.

There have been 971,807 tests completed to-date, with 841,992 coming back Negative. The IDPH says 93,188 people have recovered from the virus.

In the KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases in each county (as of 9-a.m., 10/31), 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,

• Cass, 468 cases {+33}; 305 recovered; 3 deaths
• Adair, 215 {+16}; 77; 1
• Adams, 84; 49; 1
• Audubon, 187 {+14}; 103; 1
• Guthrie, 425 {+2); 282; 15
• Harrison County, 727 {+24}; 338; 17
• Madison County, 383 {+7}; 271; 3
• Mills County, 451 {+22}; 221; 3
• Montgomery, 206 {+13}; 155; 7
• Pottawattamie County, 3,499 {+94]; 2,541; 45
• Shelby County, 423 {+15}; 354; 2
• Union County,  281 {+13}; 232; 5

A search warrant executed at around 8-a.m. Friday at a residence southwest of Villisca, resulted in the arrest of a man and a woman on drug charges.

Pickins

Haynes

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says 46-year old Michael Leo Pickens, of Villisca, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, and 39-year old Haley Ann Haynes, of Villisca, was arrested for possession of Meth/2nd offense. Both were transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on bond.

Deputies were assisted during their search of the home by the Montgomery County K9 Unit and Mills County Sheriff’s Deputies.

(Radio Iowa) – The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is now rescheduling non-emergency surgeries and procedures as needed. The move started Friday, and was made as the state continues to see record-breaking numbers of COVID-19-related hospitalizations. U-I-H-C C-E-O Suresh Gunasekaran says they’ve seen a significant increase in transfers from hospitals in the eastern region of the state in the past few days.

“The key issue is that the transfers that we’re getting are not just COVID patients, they’re also really complex, sick patients,” Gunasekaran says, “and so that’s a bit of what we’ve also been working through as well.”

Gunasekaran says the hospital has not yet rescheduled any procedures. He says the 800-bed hospital has the capacity to take the transfers now, but he says he’s concerned about what will happen if COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to increase.

“If the next four weeks are like the last four weeks in terms of the level of increase we see day over day in terms of the infection rate and hospitalizations, I think we really do risk overwhelming the health care system,” he says.

In the past week, COVID-19 hospitalizations have surged past 600 statewide, setting new records on nearly a daily basis.

(By Natalie Krebs, Iowa Public Radio)

A passenger in a vehicle that struck a deer was struck by a car Friday night, in eastern Iowa’s Jackson County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 23-year old Matthew A. Bowling, of Maquoketa, died at a local hospital, after he was struck by a 2016 Chrysler 300 a little before 7-p.m.

The accident happened after a 2016 VW Jetta driven by 19-year old Paige Cupps, of Dubuque struck a deer on southbound Highway 62, at 256th Avenue. The vehicle came to rest in the northbound lane. Bowling was out inspecting the damage when he was hit by the Chrysler, which was unable to stop in-time.

The man was thrown into the ditch. The VW came to rest on the west shoulder of the road, while the other vehicle stopped on the east shoulder. The accident remains under investigation.