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Connections Area Agency on Aging offering caregiver stress-busting program

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August 12th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Connections Area Agency on Aging is offering a “Stress-Busting Program for Family Caregivers.” The Program is designed to improve the quality of life of family caregivers and help caregivers manage their stress and cope better with their lives. It consists of nine weekly 90-minute sessions. The program is conducted in a small group setting with two trained group facilitators. Participants are provided with many resources including a handbook covering class material.

The Stress-Busting Program teaches you:

  • The impact of stress on your health and how it relates to caregiving.
  • How to deal with stress through relaxation techniques and problem solving.
  • How to care for yourself while providing better care for your loved one.

Caregivers who have completed the program report feeling significantly lower stress, depression, and anxiety and are able to enjoy a better quality of life. They have also experienced improvement in their ability to relax, manage stress and feel better about themselves. Choose between classes that meet starting, September 21, 2021 through November 16, 2021 either on Tuesday afternoons 1:30-3:00 p.m. or Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:00 p.m.

For more info: contact Jan Schnack, Family Caregiver Community Engagement Specialist at 800.432.9209 extension 8116 or JSchnack@connectionsaaa.org

Connections Area Agency on Aging Family Caregiver Program supports people who care for their parents, spouses, or others aged 60+ by providing information, resources, and support.

Juvenile injured in Page County collision, Wednesday

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August 12th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

A male juvenile passenger in a pickup truck involved in a collision Wednesday in Page County, was transported to the hospital after complaining of pain. The accident happened on a gravel road a little after Noon on Wednesday, about four-miles east of Shenandoah. The Page County Sheriff’s office reports an investigation determined 16-year-old Benjamin Roger Labrum, of Riverton, was driving a 1994 Ford Ranger pickup northbound in the 2000 block of on F Avenue, and was slowing to turn into the driveway located at 2037 F Avenue.

A 1991 Ford Crown Victoria driven by 15-year-old Blake Dellas Herold, of Shenandoah, was also traveling  northbound on F Avenue, behind Labrum’s pickup. Due to gravel dust kicked-up by Labrum’s pickup, Herold did not see for Ranger slowing for the turn. The car struck the rear driver’s side of pickup. Both vehicles came to rest in the roadway. Damage from the collision amounted to $5,000.

Herold was cited for Following to Closely. The juvenile passenger in Labrums vehicle was transported to Shenandoah Medical Center by Shenandoah Ambulance Service.

Lieutenant Governor says now’s the time to market Iowa to out-of-staters

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August 12th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg is hinting at a state marketing campaign targeting former Iowans and others considering moving into the state to fill job openings. “Keep your eyes peeled for some future efforts in this regard in terms of communicating with folks who might be interested in coming to our state,” Gregg says. Gregg says now is the time to sell Iowa’s cost of living and quality of life with residents of urban areas of the country. “I think with some of the safety concerns that we see in some our big cities, with the pandemic challenges, with the continued lock downs in some of those big cities, I think there’s a renewed interest in coming to Iowa and coming to rural Iowa where we value freedom,” Gregg says, “and where social distancing is sort of baked into the cake in our rural communities.”

Gregg toured the Winnebago Industries assembly plant in Forest City yesterday (Wednesday). The company has several job openings at the plant — on the production floor and in management and engineering staff. “They’re talking about hiring over 500 people over the course of the next year. What great opportunities for folks to have a great quality of life in rural Iowa, work for a great company, build a career and support a family, but there’s also challenges as well in having a workforce that’s trained to meet those needs,” Gregg says. “I know that they’re making some significant investments in a career center here, which means great opportunity for students.”

Winnebago sales have increased during the pandemic and the company’s expanding its workforce to meet that demand. The lieutenant governor made stops yesterday (Wednesday) in Whittemore, Estherville and Milford as well as Forest City, part of his 99 county tour of the state.

Biofuels backer says infrastructure bill is bad for Midwest economy, farmers

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August 12th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The trillion-dollar infrastructure bill that passed the U-S Senate this week contained nothing for biofuels but did include more than seven-billion dollars in funding for a charger network for electric vehicles, or E-Vs. Cassidy Walter, spokeswoman for the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, says the Senate missed a tremendous carbon reduction opportunity. Walter says, “If our country is trying to reduce carbon emissions by having a singular focus on EVs, we’re really setting aside the huge impact that biofuels are prepared to make.”

The biofuels industry is already making great leaps, Walter says, toward being more planet-friendly. “Today, they’re reducing carbon emissions by roughly 50% or more already and they’re on a path to be carbon negative in the next decade,” Walter says. “It’s a missed opportunity that’s actually worse for our environment, it’s no good for the Midwestern economy and it hurts farmers.” The bill has headed to the U-S House where Walter says her organization will be lobbying members of Iowa’s congressional delegation to include biofuels.  “There is a lot of room for biofuels to grow when it comes to infrastructure,” Walter says. “We have a long way to go in terms of increasing consumer access to higher biofuel blends like E-15, E-85 and B-20.”

Walter says it’s critical Congress embrace multiple solutions to the nation’s environmental challenges instead of following a one-size-fits-all approach as the Senate did.

Drought conditions increase across parts of Iowa

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August 12th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Cass and parts of surrounding counties are still experiencing drought conditions. The latest Drought Monitor released today (Thursday), indicates all of Cass, Adair, and Mills Counties are Abnormally Dry. Most of Audubon and Madison Counties are also Abnormally Dry, with a section of Guthrie and most of Dallas County in a Moderate Drought. Other counties in the area experiencing abnormally dry soil conditions include: the eastern half of Pott. County; the southeastern part of Shelby County; the northwestern half of Adams County; and about two-thirds of Fremont and Page Counties.

Extreme Drought continues to plague all or parts of 11 counties in northeastern Iowa, and parts of five northwest/central Iowa, closest to the Minnesota border.

The Drought Monitor map released 8/12/21

2 vehicle accident w. of Wiota

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August 12th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

One person was complaining of head pain and being shaken-up, following a two-vehicle accident this morning, about a mile west of Wiota. The Cass County Communications Center dispatched Anita Rescue and Cass EMS to the scene on Highway 83, where both vehicles ended up in a ditch. The collision occurred at around 8:50-a.m.

Additional details are currently not available.

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August 12th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

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August 12th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

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Red Oak woman arrested on OWI warrant & contraband charges

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August 12th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak report a woman arrested Wednesday evening on a Montgomery County warrant for OWI/2nd offense, also faces a Class-D felony charge: Possession of Contraband in a Correctional Facility. 58-year-old Melinda Jane Inman, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 7:50-p.m. Her bond was set at $5,000.

Covid hospitalizations in Iowa up 8-fold this summer

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August 12th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The weekly report from the Iowa Department of Public Health shows the number of Covid cases statewide has increased nearly 170 percent in the past WEEK. The number of Covid patients in Iowa hospitals has significantly increased this summer, from 46 on June 24th to 355 yesterday (Wednesday). Megan Schaeffer — an epidemiologist from the Polk County Health Department — is urging people to get vaccinated and wear masks in public indoor settings. She estimates as many as 600 people with active infections a day, on average, may be at the State Fair this year.

“If you consider each of those people will spread to two to four individuals, whether that’s their family, their household or even at the Fair, that’s a pretty big exponential spread,” she says. Polk County officials say 95 percent of admitted COVID-19 patients in the Des Moines metro area are unvaccinated.

(Reporting by Iowa Public Radio’s Natalie Krebs)