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(Radio Iowa) Governor Kim Reynolds visited the NaturalShrimp facilities in Blairsburg and Webster City, Friday. The Dallas, Texas-based company this week began the process of stocking the shrimp at the two Hamilton County locations. “For them to come in bring the technology that really eliminates the wastewater that the previous facility was dealing with, it is exciting,” Reynolds says.
Gov. Reynolds tours shrimp farm
NaturalShrimp purchased the former Vero Blue Farms building in Webster City last January. Reynolds says one site services as the incubator for the shrimp and the other will grow them to a size where they can be sold to restaurants.
The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, today (as of 10-a.m, Saturday) reported 563 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs, for a total of 377,397, and 8 additional deaths, for a pandemic total of 5,716. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,231 of the total number of deaths across the state. Twenty-four hours earlier, the health department reported 376,834 total positive tests and 5,708 total deaths.
There remain two COVID-19 outbreak at a Long-Term Care facilities across the State. As previously mentioned, the outbreaks occurred at the Urbandale Care Center and Good Samaritan Society in Ottumwa. The state reports 12 positive cases among residents and staff within those facilities.
Health officials say 201 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID (down from 207 previously); 43 people are in an ICU (down three from Friday); 33 people were admitted to a hospital across the state (compared to 38 previously), and 12 patients are on a ventilator.
RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: There are 13 hospitalized with COVID; nine COVID patients are in an ICU; Two people were admitted w/symptoms of COVID, and there remain four people with COVID on a ventilator.
The 14-day positivity rate is unchanged at 4.3%, while the seven day rate went from 4.8% to 4.6%. Iowa reports 1,396,382 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered and 543,193 individuals have completed the vaccine series.
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 Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of Bailey McClarnon of Clarinda at approximately 8:30 p.m. on Friday for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and two counts of Child Endangerment. The arrest came following a traffic stop at the intersection of Highway 34 and O Avenue. McClarnon was later booked in to the Montgomery County Jail on $2,000 bond.
(Radio Iowa) – A Coralville man has been sentenced to more than six and a half years in prison for robbing an eastern Iowa bank. Sixty-year-old Aquinas Lenell Jackson, Senior pleaded guilty to robbing the U-S Bank in Coralville last March. Prosecutors say Jackson passed a threatening note to a bank teller, demanding money and saying he had a gun.
Jackson ran from the scene, but was captured by police. According to The Cedar Rapids Gazette, the police report indicated Jackson had 43-hundred dollars — and the note he passed to the bank teller — when he was arrested.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Court records show an Iowa gun store refused to sell a semi-automatic rifle to a heavily armed and agitated Colorado man who said he was surprised his friends didn’t suspect he was the Boulder mass shooter. Federal agents say Adam Vannoy made the remark Tuesday when he was trying to purchase an AR-style rifle from Sportsman’s Warehouse in Ankeny, Iowa.
The store denied the sale and notified federal authorities. Vannoy allegedly said he had 500 rounds of ammunition in his truck. He has been arrested on a federal weapons charge stemming from a March 14 traffic stop in Nebraska, when authorities say he had several firearms, an illegal silencer and marijuana.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – March 26, 2021 – Concrete pavement repairs on southbound Interstate 29 will require closing the ramp from eastbound I-480 (exit 53B) to southbound I-29 (West Broadway interchange) from 5:30 a.m. Monday, March 29, to 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 30, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s District 4 maintenance office.
During this closure, traffic will be detoured around the work zone by taking northbound I-29 and exiting at North 25th Street (exit 55) and then back on southbound I-29.
For more information about this part of the Council Bluffs Interstate System, go to http://councilbluffsinterstate.iowadot.gov/projects/west-broadway-interchange/.
The Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive with caution, obey the posted speed limit and other signs in the work area, and be aware that traffic fines for moving violations are at least double in work zones. As in all work zones, drivers should stay alert, allow ample space between vehicles, and wear seat belts.
FORT DODGE, IOWA – The Iowa Dept. of Corrections, Friday, said 39-year-old Matthew Ray Patten, who was convicted of Domestic Abuse Assault in Boone County, failed to report to work from the Fort Dodge Residential Center as required early Friday morning.
Patten
Patten is a white male, height 6’0″, and weighs 286 pounds. He was admitted to the work release facility on February 18, 2021. Persons with information on Patten’s whereabouts should contact local police.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa coronavirus data continued to suggest Friday that virus activity is increasing in the state with infections and deaths continuing to rise. Similar trends were noted Friday by the White House COVID-19 Response Team members who expressed concerns about rising cases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky says cases and hospital admissions are rising nationally and people should take this moment seriously and continue to wear a mask to avoid another surge.
Iowa reported 979 new cases on Friday and 19 additional deaths increasing the state death total to 5,708. The seven-day positivity rate increased to 4.8%.
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