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30 acre solar field projected to supply 30% of energy for Grinnell College campus

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June 14th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Construction will begin later this month on a seven-million dollar solar installation that will provide power for Grinnell College. Rob Hach is C-E-O of Storm Lake-based Trusted Energy, the firm that’s installing more than 10-thousand solar panels in a 30-acre field.

“The project is located to the northeast of the Grinnell campus,” he says. “It is being connected to the Grinnell campus with a 3500 foot transmission line underground.” Estimates indicate the solar field will provide about 30 percent of the electricity for the campus and reduce the carbon footprint of Grinnell College by about 20 percent. “This is definitely something the students want from Grinnell…to be a carbon neutral college,” Hach says. The solar panels will stand about nine feet above the ground.

The 30-acre field will be seeded with native grasses and Hach says the plan is to have sheep graze among the solar installation. “Once in a while we’ll put some goats out there in order to get the weeds out of the pasture ground, so a solar field, previously a corn field, will be a grazing field,” Hach says. “…It’s a nice rolling hill. The solar field will follow the terrain. It’ll be very complimentary to the landscape.” Sensors in each panel will help guide it to positions that best capture the sun’s rays.

“In the morning they’ll be pitched to the east and then midday they’ll look flat,” Hach says, “and then at the end of the day they’ll be facing the west.” Hach expects construction to be completed by the end of the year. In 2019, Grinnell College signed an agreement to buy power generated by the solar field. Hach’s company estimates the college will save about three million dollars in energy costs over the 20 year contract.

Work release escape of Erica Shales

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June 13th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Des Moines – The Iowa Department of Corrections, Sunday, reported 29-year-old Erica Shales, who was convicted of Assault with Weapon–Peace Officer and other charges in Boone County, failed to report to work from the Des Moines work release facility as required, Saturday.

Shales is a white female, height 5′ 7″, and weighs 167 pounds. She was admitted to the work release facility on 5-10-2021.

Erica Lynn Shales

Persons with information on Shales’s whereabouts should contact local police.

Iowa COVID-19 update for 3/13/21: 2 additional deaths; 45 additional cases

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June 13th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Public Health in their latest COVID-19 update, Sunday (today) reports 46 additional, positive cases of COVID-19 from over the previous 24-hours, for a pandemic total of 403,125. The Coronavirus dashboard also shows two additional deaths, for a total of 6,099. Deaths at Iowa’s Long-Term Care facilities since the start of the pandemic, amount to 2,369.

There remain four LTC outbreaks in Iowa, with 31 positive cases among patients and staff, and four persons who have recovered. Iowa’s 14-day and seven-day positivity rates remain 1.9%.

The number of Iowans hospitalized by COVID are up slight from on 81 Saturday to 82 on Sunday. Officials report 18 patients are in an ICU; 13 COVID patients were admitted to a hospital, and eight patients are on a ventilator. In RMCC Region 4 (hospitals in western & southwest Iowa), there are two people hospitalized with COVID-19, one person was in an ICU, no one was admitted over the previous 24-hours, and no one was on a ventilator.

In the immediate KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases by County (since the beginning of the pandemic) and the total number of deaths (Since the beginning of the pandemic) in each county to date:
Cass, 1,476 cases; 54 deaths
Adair, 993; 32
Adams, 354; 4
Audubon, 547; 10
Guthrie, 1,315; 32
Harrison County, 1,934; 73
Madison County, 1,789 19
Mills County, 1,801; 24
Montgomery, 1,116; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,3423;173
Shelby County, 1,377; 37
Union County, 1,381; 35

CAM School Board meeting set for Monday evening

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June 13th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The CAM School Board will meet in a regular session beginning at 6:30-p.m. on Monday, June 14th. The meeting takes place in the CAM High School Superintendent’s Office. Discussion and/or action items on their agenda include:

  • Award Audit RFP (Request For Proposal)
  • Consider agreement with Casey Computing for the 2021-22 school year
  • Sharing Art Agreement
  • Staff Handbook
  • Facility Update.

The CAM School Board will also act on any Open Enrollments, Resignations, Contracts and/or Letters of Assignment.

Red Oak man arrested on an Adams County warrant

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June 13th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak, Saturday afternoon, arrested 40-year-old Daniel Lee Mattox, from Red Oak. Mattox was taken into custody at around 2:45-p.m., on an Adams County warrant for Contempt of Court/Failure to Appear. He was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and transferred to the Adams County Jail, where Mattox was being held without bond.

2 on a motorcycle killed in a crash near Knoxville, Saturday; 2 other motorcycle injury accidents occurred

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June 13th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Two people who were riding a motorcycle died Saturday, when the 2017 Harley Davidson motorcycle they were on struck a car. The accident happened at around 1:30-p.m. on Highway 14, north of G-44, in Marion County. The State Patrol say a 2015 Chevrolet driven by 40-year-old Jonathan Slover, of Burlington, and a 2008 Chevy driven by 27-year-old Alli Souhrada, of Allison, were both northbound on the highway.

When Slover stopped and waited to turn west into a driveway, Souhrada failed to see he had slowed down, and struck Slover’s car in the rear. The motorcycle, occupied by 74-year-old Lloyd Hedrick and 60-year-old Lisa L. Wilmes, both of Indianola, was traveling southbound on the highway. Hedrick rapidly slowed down, but was unable to avoid hitting the car driven by Souhrada. They died from their injuries at the Knoxville Hospital.

A passenger in one of the vehicles, 37-year-old Aaron Ferch, of Kirkwood, IL., was injured, and transported by ambulance to the Pella Regional Hospital. The crash remains under investigation.

In a separate incident, Police in Des Moines are investigating a crash that left one person seriously injured. KCCI reports the crash happened at about 10 p.m. Saturday near Hubbell and Ankeny avenues. Authorities say a vehicle collided with the motorcycle. The individual operating the motorcycle is in serious condition while the passenger is in good condition. The circumstances of the crash are under investigation.

And, a collision in Clinton,  Saturday afternoon, resulted in injured to three people. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2007 Harley Davidson motorcycle  operated by 53-year-old Timothy Arlo Daniels, of Clinton, was westbound on 25th Avenue at around 2:35-p.m., when he failed to yield the right-of-way to a 2008 Jeep Liberty, driven by 37-year-old Racheal Michell Bergeron, of Clinton, who was traveling south on N. 2nd Street.

The SUV hit the motorcycle before continuing southbound and striking an unoccupied 1999 Dodge Durango. 52-year-old Joseph Wayne Kilburg, of Clinton, was working underneath the Durango when the accident occurred. All three individuals were transported the hospital, with Daniels and Kilburg flown to the University of Iowa Hospital by MedForce Air. Clinton Fire transported Bergeron to MercyOne, in Clinton. The crash remains under investigation.

Semi rolls over off I-80 near Anita – no injuries reported

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June 12th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The driver of a semi tractor-trailer was not injured Saturday, when the rig he was driving left Interstate 80 near Anita, and ended-up in a field. According to dispatch reports, the incident happened a little after 2-p.m., when the semi left I-80 eastbound between mile markers 70 and 71.

The vehicle went into the ditch and up an embankment and through a fence before rolling onto its side and coming to rest about 50-feet into a field. The driver was reportedly walking around the truck taking pictures when law enforcement arrived on the scene. He refused medical attention.

Anita Rescue and Cass EMS were dispatched to the scene, but then told to disregard.

Des Moines woman injured in Story County crash

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June 12th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

A Des Moines woman was seriously injured during a collision early Saturday morning in a construction zone on Interstate 35 in Story County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a semi driven by 51-year-old Richard Roy Tomkinson, of Altoon, and a Chevy pickup driven by 46-year-old Katherine Kae Sibert, of Des Moines, were both southbound in the construction zone on a bridge near mile marker 111, when the vehicles collided.

After the impact, the pickup went over a concrete barrier and came to rest on its top. The semi went off the road to the right and came to rest blocking the southbound on-ramp to I-35. Sibert – who was wearing a seat belt – was transported by LifeFlight to Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. The accident happened at around 5:10-a.m.

Ames EMS and Story County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted at the scene.

Fourth Annual Youth Fishing Derby Results

Ag/Outdoor, News, Sports

June 12th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Cass County Conservation Board held a youth fishing derby at Cold Springs Park on Saturday, June 12, 2021. Prizes were awarded for the most overall weight:

  • 1st – Tobin Juhl
  • 2nd – Morrison Sandbothe
  • 3rd – Traven Thomas

Derby 21 winners, left to right:
Tobin Juhl; Morrison Sandbothe; Dayton Thomas; Traven Thomas; Christian Bullington.

Awards also given for:

  • Heaviest single fish: Dayton Thomas
  • Longest single fish: Morrison Sandbothe
  • Shortest single fish: Christian Bullington.

The Cass County Conservation Board thanks all those that donated items for the event: Weirich Welding for the trophies, Cappel’s Ace Hardware, Scheels, and Bass Pro Shops, for prizes.

Drinking water advisory lifted for Minburn

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June 12th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

MINBURN—The drinking water advisory that was issued for Minburn following a water main break on Monday has now been lifted.

After repairs were completed, and all routine flushing and disinfection, two samples were taken and no bacteria was found in the samples, allowing for the advisory to be lifted.