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S.W. IA woman arrested on drug charges following accident investigation

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October 4th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

A woman from Sidney (Iowa) was arrested Saturday in Hamburg on drug and other charges, following an investigation into an accident that took place in the 2100 block of Main Street, in Sidney. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Department reports 42-year old Jennifer Susan Akers faces charges that include OWI, Drugged Driving, Possession of a Controlled Substance and cited for Speeding.

Jennifer Susan Akers

She was being held in the Fremont County Jail, on a $4,000 bond.

Authorities say Deputies were advised as they were heading to the scene, Saturday, that the vehicle had been pulled from the ditch by another vehicle and was heading south on US Highway 275. A deputy observed the vehicle north of Hamburg traveling at 76 MPH and stopped it in Hamburg.

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Body found after vehicle fire extinguished in northwest Iowa

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October 4th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

IRETON, Iowa (AP) — A body was found inside a burned vehicle in a northwest Iowa cornfield. The Sioux County Sheriff’s office said the burning vehicle was reported around 9 p.m. Friday in a cornfield about 1.5 miles north of the northwest Iowa town of Ireton. The 2007 Jeep Commander was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.

The sheriff’s office said the body was found inside the Jeep after the fire was extinguished. An autopsy will be performed on the body. Authorities didn’t immediately release the name of the victim.

 

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Patriots-Chiefs moved to Monday night

Sports

October 4th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

UNDATED (AP) — The NFL will have a rare Monday night double-header after moving this weekend’s marquee match-up back a day over coronavirus concerns. New England and Kansas City were scheduled to square off today (Sunday). But the game was postponed after Patriots quarterback Cam Newton and Chiefs practice squad quarterback Jordan Ta’amu were added to the COVID-19 reserve list this weekend.

Further testing showed none of their teammates were infected with the virus, so the game has been rescheduled for tomorrow at 6:05 p.m. CDT on CBS. The original Monday night game pitting Atlanta and Green Bay is being bumped back 45 minutes and will now kick off at 7:50 p.m. on ESPN.

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AP Top 25: Oklahoma, UCF out; BYU up; Iowa State back in

Sports

October 4th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(A-P) – Oklahoma dropped out of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time since September 2016 and Iowa State jumped back into the Top 25 after a day of upsets. There largely was stability at the top of the rankings after No. 1 Clemson, No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Georgia and No. 4 Florida all won big, though the Bulldogs and Gators switched spots. Clemson received 52 first-place votes and Alabama got eight from the panel of sports writers and broadcasters.

But overall, five teams dropped out of the rankings after eight ranked teams lost Saturday, six to unranked opponents. The Sooners were involved in one of those upsets, losing at Iowa State. Oklahoma’s first two-game losing streak in 21 years snapped its string of 64 straight poll appearances. UCF also fell out.

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Iowa absentee ballots go out Monday, early voting begins

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October 4th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(A-P) – Iowa election officials will begin mailing out absentee ballots Monday, and it’s the first day voters can go to their county auditor’s offices or a satellite locations to vote early in person. Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate says as of Friday that 632,549 voters have requested an absentee ballot. Democrats requested more than 335,000 ballots, Republicans requested nearly 187,000 and no-party voters asked for about 108,000 ballots.

County officials are saying the pace is far ahead of previous elections. In Polk County, for example, Auditor Jamie Fitzgerald said he received 111,462 ballot requests as of Oct. 1, compared with 45,191 requests at the same time in 2016. Election Day is Nov. 3.

 

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IA COVID-19 update for Oct. 4 2020

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October 4th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

The State of Iowa’s COVID-19 dashboard today (Sunday), indicates that from 10-a.m. Saturday through 10-a.m. Sunday, there were four more deaths attributed to the virus, for a total of 1,381, and 680 more Positive cases, for a total of 92,545. Deaths attributed to a pre-existing medical condition number 940. There have been 5,162 lab results returned since 10-a.m. Saturday, with 4,548 coming back Negative for the virus, and 576 positive. The total number of tests administered to-date, amount to 821,404, with 727,300 total Negative results. The 14-day rolling average remains 8.8%. Health officials say 71,580 Iowans have recovered from the effects of COVID-19.

Fourteen counties in Iowa report 14-day positivity rates above 15%, including Sioux, Lyon, Taylor, Page, Delaware, O’Brien, Fremont, Osceola, Chickasaw, Harrison, Crawford, Plymouth, Henry, and Woodbury counties.

In the KJAN listening area, Cass County has two new Positive cases of COVID-19, for a total of 194. Other new, Positive test results include: 31 cases in Pottawattamie County; nine additional cases in Harrison County; seven new cases in Mills County; four more cases in Guthrie, Madison & Shelby Counties; and one case each in Adams, Audubon and Montgomery Counties.

Hospitalization data due to COVID-19 show: 392 are hospitalized as of 10-a.m. Sunday (compared to 402 Saturday); 104 patients are in an ICU (compared to 100 previously); 58 people have been admitted to a hospital, and 39 COVID patients are on a ventilator.

In western/southwest Iowa, 21 people are hospitalized with COVID-19, eight are in an ICU, three were admitted since Saturday, and no one is on a ventilator.

There are currently 52 long-term care facilities with coronavirus outbreaks, in Iowa. IDPH reports 1,133 positive cases and 682 recoveries within those facilities. There have been 709 deaths in Iowa’s long-term care facilities, five more than yesterday.

In the KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases in each county, the number of persons recovered, and the total number of [deaths] (if any), since the pandemic began:

  • Cass, 194 cases; 163 recovered; 2 deaths
  • Adair, 76; 50; 1
  • Adams, 40; 28; 0
  • Audubon, 104; 39; 1
  • Guthrie, 291; 179; 10
  • Harrison County, 319; 181; 5
  • Madison County, 265; 186; 2
  • Mills County, 221; 143; 1
  • Montgomery, 109; 94; 5
  • Pottawattamie County, 2,345; 1,806; 41
  • Shelby County, 284; 254; 1
  • Union County,  152; 102; 3

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2 Shenandoah women arrested Saturday on assault charges

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October 4th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputies, Saturday, arrested two people on assault charges. 25-year old Jaymie Ilene Rowe and 38-year old Barbara Lea Johnson, both of Shenandoah, were arrested for an assault that occurred near the intersection of 200th Street and Fernwood Avenue. The women were transported to the Montgomery County Jail and charged with Serious Assault. Their bonds were set at $1,000 each.

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Saturday’s Volleyball Scores (from 10/3/20)

Sports

October 4th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Tri-Center Tournament

Championship: Red Oak 2, Lawton-Bronson 0 (21-14, 21-13)
Red Oak 2, IKM-Manning 0 (21-8, 21-12)
Red Oak 2, Tri-Center 0 (21-16, 21-15)
Red Oak 2, Westwood 0 (21-16, 21-17)
Lawton-Bronson 2, Atlantic 0 (21-7, 21-17)
Lawton-Bronson 2, Tri-Center 1 (21-13, 11-21, 15-12)
Tri-Center 2, Atlantic 0 (21-8, 21-19)

River Valley Tournament

Alta-Aurelia 2, Boyer Valley 0 (21-11, 21-19)
Alta-Aurelia 2, Woodbury Central 1
Alta-Aurelia 2, River Valley 0
Remsen St. Marys 2, Alta-Aurelia 0

Greene County Tournament

Carroll 2, Lewis Central 0 (25-14, 25-21)
Carroll 2, Pella Christian 0 (25-18, 25-19)
Carroll 2, South Hardin 1 (25-19, 24-26, 15-13)
Lewis Central 2, Pella Christian 0 (25-12, 25-20)
Lewis Central 2, South Hardin 0 (26-24, 26-24)
Stanton 2, Boone 0 (25-12, 25-14)
Stanton 2, Greene County 0 (25-15, 25-16)
Stanton 2, Grinnell 0 (25-20, 25-21)

Other Scores
Valley 2, Council Bluffs Lincoln 0 (25-9, 25-15)

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Ernst and Greenfield clash in second debate

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October 4th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Republican Senator Joni Ernst and Democratic challenger Theresa Greenfield sparred Saturday in a televised debate in W-H-O T-V studios, each accusing the other of being dishonest. The debate was taped 24 hours after President Trump entered the hospital and it began with an announcement that both candidates had recently tested negative for Covid. The first words from Greenfield were: “Thank goodness.”

“It is a solemn time right now with our president in the hospital, with a number of senators, with Americans sick with this virus,” she said. Ernst says congress must provide another round of loans to small businesses and economic assistance to the child care industry as well as more money for testing. “We’ve been successful with the packages that we’ve moved before and we continue to work on the next relief package,” Ernst said.

Greenfield twice criticized Ernst for saying in September that she’s skeptical of Covid tests because she’d heard conversations about health care providers being reimbursed at a higher rate for Covid patient care. “She did push a conspiracy theory that suggested our doctors and our nurses are liars and cheats and that’s just appropriate and wrong,” Greenfield said. “Senator Ernst, if you don’t believe in our doctors and nurses, why should they believe in you?”

Ernst said she was sorry if her words “may have offended” health care workers. “It was the culmination of a number of conversations we have had, whether we were getting false positives, false negatives. It’s a matter of reporting,” Ernst said. “…Certainly, we want to make sure that testing is accurate. We want to make sure it’s being reported accurately.” At the end of the debate, Ernst asked Greenfield — who works in real estate — to apologize for moving businesses out of a central Iowa strip mall to make way for an Aldi grocery store.

“You booted the mom-and-pop shops out of a development area to make way for a foreign corporation,” Ernst said. Greenfield says it was an economic development project. “We gave every single tenant more notice than was required and we helped many of them move on to a new location,” Greenfield says. Iowa’s senate race is among the most competitive in the country.

A recent Des Moines Register “Iowa Poll” found Greenfield with a narrow lead over Ernst. Last (Saturday) night’s debate was also broadcast on K-C-A-U in Sioux City and W-H-B-F in the Quad Cities.

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Sports Headlines: 10/4/2020

Sports

October 4th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

UNDATED (AP) — The NFL postponed this week’s game between New England and the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs after “positive COVID-19 tests on both teams.” Patriots starting quarterback Cam Newton and Chiefs practice squad quarterback Jordan Ta’amu were both added to the NFL’s COVID-19 reserve list released on Saturday afternoon. The NFL says the game originally scheduled for Sunday afternoon will be played Monday or Tuesday.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Shane Illingworth threw for 265 yards and three touchdowns, Chuba Hubbard ran for 145 yards and two more scores, and No. 17 Oklahoma State was able to rest its starters the final 20 minutes of its 47-7 blowout of Kansas on Saturday. Tylan Wallace had nine catches for 148 yards and two touchdowns, and Braylon Johnson had four catches for 74 yards and the other passing TD, as the Cowboys (3-0, 2-0 Big 12) built a 31-0 lead by halftime and never looked back. Kansas (0-3, 0-2) finished with just 193 yards of total offense.

UNDATED (AP) — Pete Rose and others around the baseball world are remembering Bob Gibson, the great St. Louis Cardinals pitcher who died Friday at age 84. Gibson posted more than 250 wins and 3,000 strikeouts, and was always at his best in October, when he was dominant in the World Series. Gibson was known for his fierce and fearsome presence on the mound, and had a reputation for knocking down hitters and plunking them with pitches. After his career, Gibson contended that “I didn’t do half the things they said I did.”

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Eric Gray and Ty Chandler combined to rush for 195 yards and scored touchdowns to lead No. 21 Tennessee to a 35-12 victory over Missouri. The victory was the Vols (2-0) eighth in a row, tying them with Notre Dame for the most among Power 5 teams. Connor Bazelak relieved Shawn Robinson at quarterback in the second quarter or Missouri (0-2), but the Tigers could still only muster one touchdown. Jarrett Guarantano played a mistake-free game for Tennessee, completing 14 of 23 passes for 190 yards and a touchdown. He also converted on three fourth-down runs in the first quarter and had two short rushing touchdown.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Deuce Vaughn had a rushing touchdown and another receiving, Will Howard threw for 173 yards and a score and Kansas State held off Texas Tech for a 31-21 win. Up 24-21 with two minutes left, Howard found Vaughn across the middle on third down for a 70-yard touchdown pass to seal the win. Henry Colombi threw for 244 yards and two touchdowns, Xavier White added 113 yards rushing and a score on 12 carries for Texas Tech, which lost its ninth game in 10 tries against the Wildcats. Both starting quarterbacks spent more time in the locker room than the field after suffering injuries in the first half.

MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Tony Schumacher powered to his first No. 1 qualifier since 2018, breaking the track speed Saturday in the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway. Schumacher, the eight-time Top Fuel season champion, returned to racing in July after not competing last year, had a 3.680-second run at 332.92 mph in the rain-delayed session for his 88th career No. 1 qualifier. The 50-year-old star has a record 84 Top Fuel event victories. Paul Lee topped Funny Car for his first No. 1, running a 3.913 at 326.95 in his Toyota Camry. Only one run of qualifying was completed in Top Fuel and Funny Car because of the rain. Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle were unable to make qualifying attempts.

HOUSTON (AP) — Alan Pulido had his first multi-goal game in MLS, Gianluca Busio had two assists, and Sporting Kansas City beat the Houston Dynamo 2-0. Pulido opened the scoring in the 34th minute and his sliding first-timer in the 73rd made it 2-0. Sporting (7-5-2) snapped a two-game skid. Sam Junqua, a 23-year-old defender, scored his first MLS goal for the Dynamo in the 84th minute. Houston (3-5-7) is winless, with three losses, in its last six games.

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