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The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday (Today), said 31-year old Christopher Lee McDaniel, of Council Bluffs, was served with a warrant, Monday. McDaniel, who is being held in the Pott. County Jail, was presented with a warrant for Violation of a No Contact Order/Contempt of Court. His bond on other charges was set a $3,000. And, 28-year old Zane Michael Hytrek was arrested at around 1-a.m. Tuesday (12/8), following a traffic stop near Minden. HyTrek was taken into custody for Driving While Barred/Habitual Offender.
An Atlantic man currently out on bond in connection with an incident that occurred Nov. 4th in Adair County, was arrested Monday night in Pottawattamie County. The Pott. County Sheriff’s Office reports 53-year old Rex Dean McDermott was arrested at around 8:36-p.m., for Public Intoxication, bond for which was set at $300. Jail officials say he was also being held under a request from the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office, where he faces charges that include Driving While Barred (1 count), and Driving While Revoked (4 counts).
McDermott had previously been arrested on Adair County Class-D felony warrants for Willful Injury causing bodily injury, and Going Armed with Intent. His jury trial on those charges was set at March 9th.
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ATLANTIC, Iowa – Dec 8, 2020 – The Iowa DOT’s District 4 Transportation Office in Atlantic reports debris removal from a previous traffic incident will cause Iowa 2 to be closed in both directions today (Tuesday), east of Sidney between Fremont County roads L-68 (330th Avenue) and M-16 (370th Street). The road will be closed from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. During the closure, traffic will be directed around the work zone using U.S. 275, U.S. 34, and U.S. 59.
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.
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The Atlantic School Board, at Wednesday’s meeting, will, as planned, re-examine district guidelines for the use of Face Masks/shields.Their meeting begins at 6-p.m. in the High School Media Center, and will be recorded for public viewing once the meeting concludes.
As we have mentioned previously, the School board on October 23rd approved the current policy requiring a face cover in those circumstance when it is impossible to social distance. During their meeting late last month, the board decided to extend the deadline until this Thursday, December 10th. According to Wednesday’s agenda, Superintendent Steve Barber will recommend continuing the mask mandate in locations where a positive case can quarantine many students and staff.
In other business, the Atlantic School Board will act on: Fall 2021 Extracurricular Contracts (See the list of coaches recommended, below); A Technology Purchase of a three-year license for the District’s Sonicwall (Firewall), in the amount of $14,984; They’ll also act on approving a high school parking lot engineering contract with Snyder and Associates Engineers, $89,750 (total project cost estimated at $800,000-$850,000). Consent Agenda items include approving contract recommendations for Matt Smith, Interim Head Boys Soccer Coach, and Mark Vavricek, Substitute Special Education Car Driver.
Following regular business, the Board will enter into a closed session for the Superintendent’s Annual Evaluation.
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Here are Atlantic Activities Director Andy Mitchell’s recommendation for the fall of 2021 extra-curricular coaching contracts:
A change to how the state of Iowa reports coronavirus-related deaths increased Iowa’s COVID-19 death toll to 2,898, today (Tuesday). Until Monday, the Iowa Department of Public Health only reported COVID-19 deaths if the person who died had a positive PCR test result. That method left out deaths in which a person had tested positive using an antigen test and cases in which COVID-19 was listed as the cause of death on a death record without a positive test result. The Iowa Department of Public Health said the federal system for cause-of-death did not include COVID-19 as a cause of death when the pandemic first began. Moving forward, the state of Iowa will report all COVID-19 deaths in which a health care provider reports the cause of death or underlying cause of death as coronavirus.
With that information, here is the latest data from the State: Deaths (as mentioned) total 2,898, an increase of 181 from Monday; 2,650 deaths are from underlying causes; 248 are contributing factor deaths. Positive cases increased 1,393, to 246,237. Long-Term Care facility outbreaks have increased from 137 Monday to 141 today. LTC deaths amount to 1,127.
Hospitalizations stand at 900, with 191 COVID patients in an ICU, 111 admitted since 10-a.m. Monday, and 111 patients are on a ventilator. Hospitals in western/southwest Iowa report 57 COVID patients, 20 of whom are in an ICU, eight were recently admitted, and 10 are on a ventilator. Hospitalization analysis shows 645 patients were hospitalized with a primary COVID-19 diagnosis, while 255 were hospitalized for another reason but tested positive for the virus. State data shows 63% of those hospitalized are 60 or older, with 34% of the total hospitalized over the age of 79.
State data shows 1,255,014 Iowans have been tested for coronavirus. Iowa reports a 14-day positivity rate of 16% and a 7-day rate of 12.1%. Iowa reports 67 of the state’s 99 counties have a 14-day positivity rate at 15% or greater. That’s down from 74 the previous day. There are 18 counties with a rate at 20% or higher, down from 25 a day earlier. There are no longer any counties with a rate greater than 30%. Cass County’s positivity rate has fallen to 13.9%.
In the KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases; and the total number of deaths in each county (Configured by the new reporting formula):
A collision Monday night in northwest Iowa between a van and a semi, has claimed one life and resulted in injuries to another person. The Iowa State Patrol says the crash in Cherokee County happened at around 8:42-p.m. on Highway 59. A 2006 Dodge Caravan driven by 50-year old Bradley Donald Herwig, of Cherokee, was traveling south on Highway 59 while a 2009 Kenworth tractor-trailer driven by 28-year old Oscar De Los Reyes Barrera, of Palmdale, CA, was traveling north.
The van and the semi collided head-on on the northbound lane, resulting in fatal injuries to Herwig, who was not wearing a seat belt. Barerra was injured and transported by Cherokee Ambulance to the local hospital. The accident remains under investigation.
(Radio Iowa) – The leader of one of Iowa’s largest agricultural groups says some people wrongly blame farmers for the recent report that finds 750 segments of Iowa’s lakes, rivers and streams are impaired by pollution. Mike Paustian, of Walcott, president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association, says it’s everyone’s responsibility to protect the environment.
“People who live in the urban areas want to point at the farmers and say they need to change what they’re doing,” Paustian says, “and the farmers want point at people in the cities and say, ‘No, you need to change what you’re doing,’ but the reality is, we all need to work together and we all need to do our part to try and solve this problem.” The report released last week by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources shows 61-percent of the state’s rivers and streams and 67-percent of lakes and reservoirs are impaired.
Paustian says most of pork producers are proactive in protecting the state’s waters and they have flow meters on their manure application equipment. “They know exactly how many gallons per acre they’re putting on. It’s really gotten fine-tuned,” Paustian says. “As we look to implement additional practices in the field, above and beyond what we’re already doing, we’ll just continue to get better.” Following the release of the D-N-R report, environmental activists started calling for a moratorium on all large agricultural operations. Paustian says that’s unfair.
“It’s a little bit of a disingenuous argument to try to make it about size,” Paustian says. “We have producers of all sizes in Iowa and it really doesn’t matter what size you are, you can still do a good job with your nutrient management or a bad job. It’s up to the individual. Size doesn’t really have much to do with it.” Paustian says many producers are growing cover crops where they’re able to apply manure and keep the beneficial impacts in the soil.
(Radio Iowa) – State officials have changed the method for publicly reporting the number of Covid-related deaths in Iowa, using the same system as the National Center for Health Statistics. The change initially added at least 177 deaths to the state count overnight. Iowa Department of Human Services director Kelly Garcia says the state is now using a special code number on death certificates indicating Covid was the underlying cause or a contributing factor to the death of an Iowan. “It is a more fulsome picture of exactly what happened surrounding that death,” she said, “rather than a case investigation which has bits and pieces and is accurate, to the best of our knowledge, but this is really relying on the full medical record.”
Until yesterday (Monday), state officials not only required Covid to be cited on a death certificate, but required proof the person had tested positive for the virus using a test that detects the genetic material of Covid. Garcia says there are new types of tests available now, plus the state relies on the judgment of doctors in reporting all other causes of death — using the coding system that now includes a code NUMBER for Covid. “This information will be helpful for national comparison and I believe it will also be helpful when we compare causes of death over the course of the entire 2020 calendar year…In years to come — one year out, five years out, 10 years out — this change will allow us to see an apples to apples comparison,” Garcia said.
She added, “…Nothing is changing around the way a clinician would do their work, rather we are changing the way we record that information at the state level.” The state website tracking coronavirus data will be updated every morning with an updated count on Covid-related deaths, according to Garcia. “This is a change that Iowans can rely on,” Garcia says. “Academics, those who do research in other capacities, from other states, at a national level can also rely on it and that is incredibly important.”
Also last (Monday) night, the Iowa Department of Human Services announced the Covid-related death of a resident at one of the six facilities the agency oversees. A department spokesman said the location or day of the death will not be released to protect the identity of the client who died.
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