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(Radio Iowa) – Potential 2024 presidential candidates are starting to test their messages with Iowa audiences. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addressed a crowd of Iowa Republicans early Friday morning.
There’s no firm date yet for the 2024 Iowa Caucuses, but the Iowa G-O-P’s chairman says there’s no pushback from national Republican Party leaders about keeping the Iowa Caucuses as the lead-off event in the presidential nominating process. 
Pompeo emphasized his service in the Trump cabinet and sketched out his own electoral history for the crowd — as a Kansas congressman and even his race for a seat on the board of his homeowners’ association.
Pompeo served as C-I-A director, then as Secretary of State.
Pompeo criticized the Biden Administration for what he described as its willy nilly approach to security at the country’s southern border. And Pompeo said the Trump Administration’s “America First” foreign policy was a fundamentally different approach that worked with Mexico, North Korea and Iran. Pompeo’s speech to the Westside Conservative Club in Urbandale was his only public event during his two-day trip here. He hosted a private fundraiser for Congresswoman Ashley Hinson of Marion, later in the day, Friday.
(March 26, 2021) – Diamond Vogel and Keep Iowa Beautiful have announced the grant awards for the 2021 Paint Iowa Beautiful program. The program provides free paint to a wide variety of public service projects throughout Iowa. Here is a list of area winners of the 2021 Paint Awards (City/Organization/Project to be painted):
In the 18-year partnership with Keep Iowa Beautiful, Diamond Vogel has awarded over 11,860 gallons of paint for 1,132 community projects in Iowa.
Doug Vogel, Vice-President, Marketing, of the Iowa-based Diamond Vogel, says “Governor Reynolds will be signing a proclamation designating April as Keep Iowa Beautiful month and we are pleased to do our part by awarding paint to 132 community projects in Iowa. The partnership with Keep Iowa Beautiful allows Diamond Vogel to assist and work with many local volunteers that help build communities, making Iowa one of the best states in the nation to live.” Kevin Techau, Executive Director of Keep Iowa Beautiful, says “The Paint Iowa Beautiful program helps us increase our assistance to neighborhoods and communities in improving the attractiveness and beauty of where we live. These projects definitely improve the beauty of Iowa, its countryside and its communities.”
In addition to paint projects, join over 90 communities participating in Keep Iowa Beautiful’s Pick Up Iowa annual program by cleaning up litter and trash along Iowa’s roadsides, neighborhoods, streets, school grounds, parks and streams. Pick-Up Iowa is being held through June 30th, 2021 on any dates that work for your community. To participate you must register your group/organization at https://www.research.net/r/PickUpIowa_2021_SignUp Registered participant groups are eligible for a limited supply of free cleanup supplies such as bags, grabbers, safety vests and gloves donated by Keep Iowa Beautiful.
(Radio Iowa) – Speaker Pat Grassley says House Republicans are planning to set aside around 100 million dollars in next year’s state budget to expand broadband service in Iowa. “We’re going to have a General Fund appropriation that will make a significant investment in broadband,” Grassley says. In January, Governor Kim Reynolds asked legislators to approve 150-million dollars in incentives to companies that extend broadband in each of the next three years. Grassley says the lower, 100 million dollar figure fits within financial plans the House G-O-P is drafting. “We look at everything, whether it’s tax policy, these new appropriations, as a global picture,” Grassley says.
Reynolds has also been pressing to ensure the communications companies getting broadband grants provide the highest upload and download speeds. Grassley says the House plan would allow slower speeds, to allow companies like Mediacom that are employing a different technology to extend service in sparsely populated rural areas. “We agree. We want world class speed,” Grassley says. “However…(in) those areas where there’s one house every four miles, does it make sense for those local providers or the state to be investing the top dollar amount to just do that? How can we do it in a different way?”
Grassley says the House plan would allow slower speeds, so companies like Mediacom that are employing what’s called fixed wireless technology to extend internet service in sparsely populated rural areas could qualify for the state incentives. “Just between our farm and where my grandfather grew up is a fixed wireless tower where they’re providing service to dozens of homes with one place where fiber has been run,” Grassley says, “so there’s a way we think we can do this to get world class speed as well as a quick rollout and reach some of those areas that are hard to reach.”
Grassley made his comments this (Friday) morning during taping of “Iowa Press” which airs tonight on Iowa P-B-S.
The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, today (as of 10-a.m, Friday) shows 979 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs, for a total of 376,834, and 19 additional deaths, for a pandemic total of 5,708. In southwest Iowa, there were two additional deaths reported in Pottawattamie County, for a total of 152. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,230 of the total number of deaths across the state.
There are currently two COVID-19 outbreak at a Long-Term Care facilities. Those facilities include the Urbandale Health Care Center and Good Samaritan Society in Ottumwa. The state reports 12 positive cases among residents and staff within those facilities.
Health officials say 207 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID (unchanged from Thursday); 46 people are in an ICU (no change from Thu.); 38 people were admitted to a hospital across the state (compared to 46 previously), and 13 patients are on a ventilator, three less than previously reported.
RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: There are 12 hospitalized with COVID; eight COVID patients are in an ICU; No one was admitted w/symptoms of COVID, and there remain five people with COVID on a ventilator.
The 14-day positivity rate increased from 4.2% Thursday to 4.3% Friday, and the seven day rate went from 4.7% to 4.8%. Iowa reports 1,354,035 vaccine doses administered in the state, with 524,948 individuals completing the vaccination 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:
(Radio Iowa) – An employee of the Starmont Community School District in northeast Iowa is charged with assaulting a student. The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office says they were called to investigate a report by school officials of an alleged assault by a teacher against a student on March 16th. The criminal complaint filed in Fayette County District Court says 49-year old Anita Smith of Edgewood allegedly grabbed a 16-year-old student’s arm during class and bit it. The bite left a red mark, some bruising and teeth marks. Smith told investigators that she was role-playing when the incident occurred. Smith had been placed on administrative leave during the investigation. She will appear in court on the assault charge at a later date.
Two arrests took place in Mills County, Thursday. According to the Mills County Sheriff’s Office, 22-year-old Tristan Michael Herrera, of Hastings, was arrested at around 3:55-p.m., for Driving While Barred. And, 20-year-old Monica Nicole Price, of Glenwood, was arrested at around 10-p.m., on a warrant for Contempt. She was taken into custody at the Mills County Sheriff’s Office, where she was being held without bond. Bond for Herrera was set at $2,000.
And, one person was injured during a single-vehicle accident Wednesday morning, in Mills County. Authorities say 44-year-old Lee Hauschild, of Tabor, was traveling west on Lambert Avenue in a 2006 Jeep, when at around 5:20-a.m., he saw a brown animal entering the roadway. When Hauschild took evasive action to avoid hitting the animal, his Jeep went out of control and began to enter the south ditch, striking a guardrail and coming to rest fully submerged in the creek. Hauschild suffered minor injuries, but he managed to make it out the SUV on his own.
AMES, Iowa – March 26, 2021 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is requesting public input for the proposed replacement of the U.S. 59 bridge over the East Nishnabotna River, one mile north of Iowa 48, on the Page and Fremont County line. The project includes replacing the existing 372’ x 28’ continuous I-beam bridge with a 541’ x 44’ pretensioned prestressed concrete beam bridge. New bridge approaches and guardrails will be constructed as part of this project. Construction of the project is anticipated to begin in 2023.
File photo: Pretensioned/prestressed concrete beam bridge
The DOT notes the proposed detour route has been updated: Through traffic on U.S. 59 would be detoured during construction using Iowa 48 to Page County Road M-41 (D Avenue), north to Page County Road J-14, and west to U.S. 59. There will be temporary traffic signals installed at the bridge over the Nishnabotna River on Page County Road M-41. It is anticipated that the detour would be in place for approximately 120 days.
The East Nishnabotna River is a recreational paddling route and will be closed temporarily during construction. Signs will be posted during construction that will direct users to a safe place to land a small boat or innertube. It will be maintained on the upstream side, and a safe place to launch downstream is to be maintained on the downstream side. Information will be posted during construction on the Iowa DNR’s interactive river mapping system.
For general information regarding the proposed improvements please view the information online at www.iowadot.gov/pim
(Radio Iowa) – Aside from the common sparrows, blue jays and cardinals, experts say there are 429 species of birds in Iowa. If you’d like to attract more of them to your back yard this spring, conservation biologist Ryan Brady suggests making your feeder more attractive to your feathered friends. Brady says the best bird seed you can put out is black sunflower seeds. “It’s fairly inexpensive, it works for a lot of different species and it has a high fat content,” Brady says, “so it’s good for the birds.”
Brady says you should also be sure to plant some cover for the birds that’s close to the feeder so they can hide from predators. “Shrubbery that’s going to have a lot of thick branches, provide some cover from the elements,” Brady says. “Evergreens or conifers are excellent, so maybe plant a spruce or a fir.” If it’s impractical to place a shrub near your bird feeder, consider creating other cover nearby, like a brush pile. “Maybe branches or other clippings that you have cut around your yard to spruce things up, instead of discarding them, make a pile of them off in the corner of your yard or property, maybe near the feeding station,” Brady says.
Iowans who have a traditional birdbath might consider adding a dripper, mister or bubbler to create motion in the water. Birds can see and hear that motion from a great distance and many curious species will fly in to investigate.
(Radio Iowa) – This is National Donate Life Month and Iowans are being reminded to check the organ donor box when they first get or renew their drivers licenses. Registered Nurse Deb Thielan, at Van Diest Medical Center in Webster City, says this month is designed to educate people about the importance of organ, eye and tissue donations. “There are 565 Iowans on the list needing organs at this time,” Thielan says. “Every 10 minutes, a new person is added to the national organ transplant waiting list.”
From that national waiting list, there are 20 deaths every day. Thielan also notes, some 74-hundred lives are saved across the country every year through what are called “living donations.” “It’s an alternative type of donation for individuals waiting for an organ transplant from a deceased donor,” Thielan says. “It takes place when a living person donates an organ or part of an organ for transplantation to another person. That’s something to think about. It usually involves a single kidney, part of a liver, a lobe of a lung.”
She encourages everyone to sign up to be donors. “Don’t rule yourself out based on your age or what your current medical conditions may be,” Thielan says. “At the time of death, a medical assessment is completed and they will review all of the past medical history, factors that led up to the death, and they are the ones who will determine eligibility.”
The Iowa Donor Network partners with more than 120 hospitals and hundreds of E-M-S, medical examiners, hospice, and long-term care facilities to maximize the number of lives saved through organ and tissue donation.
The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled against a 74-year-old Audubon man who was convicted of 3rd Degree Sexual Abuse of a female child. In their decision filed today (Friday), the High Court denied a judgement appeal and sentence for John Charles Donahue, who contended the district court erred by prohibiting his trial counsel from cross-examining the complaining witness about another allegation of abuse made by the witness. Donahue also claimed the district court submitted an erroneous jury instruction, and the verdict was not supported by sufficient evidence. When the court of appeals decision was affirmed, Donahue asked the State Supreme Court to review the case.
Donahue’s first trial ended with a hung jury and a mistrial. According to court records, Prosecutors in Iowa alleged Donahue committed third-degree sexual abuse against a person referred to in documents as “T.G.” The incidents took place from July 31, 2014 through August 26, 2016, in Audubon County. After reviewing the case, the SUPCO concluded the district court did not abuse its discretion when it prohibited Donahue from questioning the victim about an incident in Carroll, and that the district court was not in error, when it submitted certain instructions to a jury. The Justices said also, “Based upon our review of the record, we conclude there is sufficient evidence to support Donahue’s conviction of sexual abuse in the third degree. As a result, we see no basis to disturb [his] conviction.”
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