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A man being held at the State Penitentiary in Anamosa, was arrested Tuesday on a Page County warrant. The Page County Sheriff’s Office reports 28-year-old Richard Osmond McLachlan, Jr., was arrested on an
Richard O. McLachlan, Jr.
active Page County Warrant for Possession of a controlled substance and Possession of Contraband in a Correctional Institution. His cash-only bond was set at $6,000.
April 5, 2021 —Did you receive a text with a survey about your vaccine? The Better Business Bureau says it’s one of those scams that just keep reappearing… each time with a new twist. This time, the phony survey claims to be from pharmaceutical company Pfizer, with questions about their COVID-19 vaccine.
How the Scam Works:
You receive an email or text message that claims to be from Pfizer, one of the pharmaceutical companies producing an approved COVID-19 vaccine. In some versions, the message claims that you will receive money for completing a quick survey. Other versions offer a “free” product.
It sounds easy, but don’t click the link! These survey scams have a variety of tricks. The link may lead to a real survey, which upon completion, prompts you to sign up for a “free trial offer.” Victims reported to BBB Scam Tracker that they entered their credit card information to pay what they thought was a shipping fee. Instead, the scammers billed them many times more and never sent the product. In other versions, the form is actually a phishing scam that requests banking and credit card information.
Just because scammers are currently impersonating Pfizer doesn’t mean the other COVID-19 vaccine producers are off the hook. Watch out for variations claiming to be from Johnson & Johnson and Moderna, too.
How to Spot a Survey Scam:
In general, it’s best not to click on links that come in unsolicited emails. Here are some more ways to spot a malicious email just in case your spam filter doesn’t catch it.
The email claims to have information about you, but you never signed up for it. Scams often pretend to be personalized for you, but they are actually blast emails. Don’t fall for this! If you never signed up for emails from a company, you shouldn’t be receiving them.
Pushes you to act immediately: Scammers typically try to push you into action before you have had time to think. Always be wary of emails urging you to act immediately or face a consequence.
Watch for typos, strange phrasing and bad grammar. Scammers can easily copy a brand’s name, but awkward wording and poor grammar are typically a giveaway that the message is a scam. For example, one version of the survey scam impersonating Pfizer uses the wrong company logo.
Hover over URLs to reveal their true destination. Typically, the hyperlinked text will say one thing, but the link will point somewhere else. Make sure the links actually lead to the business’s official website, not a variation of the domain name.
For More Information
Read more about coronavirus scams on the Federal Trade Commission’s website and on BBB.org/coronavirus. Learn more about the disease at the CDC’s FAQ page. The BBB has identified many ways in which scammers are cashing in on the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about clinical trial scams, contract tracing cons, counterfeit face masks, and government agency impostors. If you’ve spotted a scam (whether or not you’ve lost money), report it to BBB.org/ScamTracker. Your report can help others avoid falling victim to scams. Find more information about scams and how to avoid them at BBB.org/AvoidScams.
(Radio Iowa) – House Republicans are proposing to more than double the amount of state money for so-called challenge grants to build or renovate space for child care centers. The grants have been available to businesses, non-profits and organizations that are retrofitting or building new child care facilities.
That’s Representative Phil Thompson of Jefferson, who says House Republicans propose three million dollars worth of these grants for the next state budgeting year. Representative Tracey Ehlert, a Democrat, is an early childhood instructor who has operated a child care center in Cedar Rapids. Ehlert says it’s exciting to have state grants for child care infrastructure.
Increasing the number of child care slots by expanding the physical space is a goal Ehlert supports, but she says state policymakers must do more to address the worker shortage.
The three million dollars for Child Care Challenge grants proposed by House Republicans would be distributed, as it is now, by the Iowa Economic Development Authority. Last month, the agency distributed 13 million dollars in FEDERAL pandemic relief money to 64 current or under construction child care centers in the state.
The Adair County Board of Supervisors, Wednesday, continued down the road to establish a Solar Panel Ordinance, by tweaking wording in a DRAFT of the same ordinance they have been working on for a couple of weeks. County Attorney Melissa Larson read a motion by Supervisor Matt Wedemeyer, for the Ordinance that pertains to the occupied residence setback from a Solar Farm.
The motion passed 5-0. Larson said the amended section applies to only to commercial solar farm operation.
A second motion by Supervisor Jodie Hoadley for a 400 acre cap on the amount of property a commercial solar farm owner (Such as MidAmerican) can take over in Adair County, passed by a vote of 3-to 2, with Supervisors Shelley and Twombly voting against. John Twombly said the distance as currently proposed is sufficient.
The Ordinance will be edited and posted for publication when it’s ready, prior to a Public Hearing. It’ll be at least two more weeks before a hearing could be held. In other news, the Adair County Supervisors approved a recommendation by County Engineer Nick Kauffman, for the hiring of Bobby Jeane, and the approved a “No Spray” agreement for the City of Fontanelle’s well site. Supervisor Shelley explained the agreement stipulates no chemicals are to be applied near wells six and seven, with the exception of de-icing chemicals, which would not be used on a gravel road anyway.
The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, as of 10-a.m., Wednesday, indicated that for the third day in a row, there were no additional deaths from COVID-19 to report. The pandemic total remains 5,857. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,296 of the total number of deaths across the state. That is unchanged from Monday’s report.
There were 733 additional positive test results for COVID-19 returned from the labs, for a total of 387,202. There remain three Long-Term Care facility outbreaks, with 31 positive cases among residents and staff within those facilities.
Health officials say COVID-related hospitalizations stand at 218, and there are 57 COVID patients in an ICU. The IDPH says 46 people were admitted to a hospital across the state, compared to 31, Tuesday, and 14 patients remain on a ventilator, compared to 20 in the previous report.
RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: There are 21hospitalized with COVID; 13 COVID patients are in an ICU; two people were admitted with symptoms of COVID, and there remain two COVID patients on a ventilator.
The 14-day positivity rate is 4.7%. The seven-day rate is also 4.7%.
In the KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases by County; The # of new cases since yesterday {+} – if any; and the total number of deaths in each county to date:
The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports 26-year old Nikki Lee Phipps, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at around 7:50-p.m. Tuesday in Council Bluffs, on a simple misdemeanor warrant for Contempt of Court on an original, Disorderly Conduct charge. 29-year-old Jacob Kyle Eric Caudill was arrested at the Pottawattamie County Jail, on a warrant for allowing animal(s) to run at large, and Failure to properly license an animal. He was turned over to staff at the Pott. County Jail.
Monday night, 44-year old Matthew Joseph Gardner, and 22-year old Grace Anne Hall. Both face charges that include: Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Possession of a Controlled Substance/Methamphetamine – 1st offense. Hall was additionally charged with Willful failure to stop for law enforcement. The pair were arrested following an call about trespassing at Loves Travel Stop, in Shelby. Dispatched advised law enforcement that Gardner had been banned and barred from the business. When a deputy arrived, employees pointed to the vehicle Gardner was in, which was driving out of the parking lot at a high rate of speed.
After observing traffic violations, the deputy conducted a traffic stop on the car on Interstate 80. The vehicle did not stop for some time, according to the report, but eventually pulled over. Gardner was a passenger in the vehicle driven by Hall. The vehicle, and a dog inside it, were released to a friend of the owners. Both parties were also cited. And, Monday afternoon, a Pott. County Jail inmate, 41-year-old Bernie Dwayne Hathaway, Jr., of Council Bluffs, was presented with a warrant for Assault with Intent to Commit Sex Abuse. He was then returned to the custody of correction staff.
(Radio Iowa) – Welcome home ceremonies continue today (Wednesday) for Iowa National Guard soldiers. Ninety soldiers from the 113th Calvary Troop C based from the Le Mars return from a ten-month deployment. National Guard spokesperson Major Katheryn Headley talks about that mission.
The soldiers will arrive by plane at the Sioux City Gateway Airport at approximately 12:20 p-m. with a small welcome home ceremony scheduled to start at 12:30 p-m. The buses carrying the 
National Guard soldiers are expected to leave the Sioux City airport by 1:00 p-m. heading north to Le Mars. Headley says due to the concern of the COVID-19 virus the homecoming ceremony at the Sioux City Armory is not open to the public.
She says the ceremony will be open to the media. Major Headley says there are ways the public can show support on the return route
Soldiers will be released to their families once the official welcome home ceremony is over.
(Radio Iowa) – A University of Iowa study finds health care workers are more likely to catch COVID-19 if the exposure occurred in their home rather than their workplace. The study used data from more than 17-hundred health care workers at the U-I Hospitals. Brooks Jackson, dean of the U-I College of Medicine, says workers tend to let down their guard when they leave work. “The workplace was the lowest,” Jackson says, “and that’s not surprising, given that we have hand sanitizer, and we’ve got masks.”
The data showed 26-percent of exposures at home turned into infections, compared to just 10-percent of exposures in the workplace. The study found 17-percent of exposures overall turned into COVID-19 infections. Jackson says it’s clear that -most- workplaces will be safer. “I think when you look at an eight-hour day in the workplace during this time period,” he says, “probably 95-percent of the time, people have been wearing masks.”
The U-I health care workers used in the study all self-reported exposures between September and November of last year.
(reporting by Natalie Krebs, Iowa Public Radio)
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Emergency crews have recovered a vehicle submerged in Carter Lake. Inside, authorities found the body of a woman. She was identified by police as 22-year-old Nyahon Thuok. According to Omaha television station KETV, Omaha Police Lt. Allen Straub said his officers were patrolling the area when they learned there was a car submerged in the water. Straub said they noticed the car’s headlights and taillights were on. Officers called the Omaha Fire Department, who pulled the car out of the water. That’s when crews learned there was a woman inside the vehicle.
No other details are currently available.
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