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The Creston Police Department reports three people were arrested on separate charges, Tuesday. Authorities say 39-year-old Amanda M. Nelson, of Creston, was arrested at her residence on a charge of Theft in the 3rd Degree. She was taken into custody at around 9:15-a.m. and transported to the Adams County Jail, where her bond was set at $2,000. About an hour later, 35-year-old Michael Lakers, of Creston, was arrested at his residence for Criminal Mischief in the 5th degree. He was cited and released at the scene, on a Summons to Appear.
At the same time and place, 29-year-old Ryan M Johnson, of Creston, was arrested for Simple Assault. He was also cited and released at the scene, on a Summons to Appear.
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The Iowa Department of Public Health on Tuesday had not reported any new positive COVID-19 tests or additional deaths over the previous 24 hours (10-a.m. Monday to 10-a.m. Tue). It is unclear if the results were a reporting or website issue, but the IDPH labs were and the State’s five COVID-19 test sites were closed Monday for Memorial Day. Today (Wednesday), the State reports 204 additional positive cases of the virus, for a pandemic total of 402,025, and two additional deaths, for a total of 6,057. Deaths at Iowa’s Long-Term Care facilities amount to 2,367. There are also 361,203 total recoveries from the virus. Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate remains 2.3%. The 7-day positivity rate fell below 2%, at 1.9% as of Wednesday.
State health officials say 95 people are hospitalized with COVID-19; 21 patients are in an ICU; 10 patients with COVID or its symptoms were admitted to a hospital, and 10 patients are on ventilators. In RMCC Region 4 (hospitals in western & southwest Iowa), there are: two patients hospitalized with COVID or symptoms of the virus; one person with COVID in an ICU; There were no new admissions or persons on a ventilator to report in Region 4.
There are once again three long-term care facilities reporting active COVID-19 outbreaks, instead of just two reported on Tuesday. There are a total of 20 positive cases among residents and staff at those LTC’s, and one person who has recovered. The facilities include:
Health department data shows over 1.36-milion people have completed a vaccine series in Iowa, and there have been nearly 2.8-million total doses administered.
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, 1,472 cases; 54 deaths
Adair, 992; 32
Adams, 354; 4
Audubon, 536; 10
Guthrie, 1,314; 32
Harrison County, 1,932; 73
Madison County, 1,783; 19
Mills County, 1,796; 23
Montgomery, 1,111; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,298;171
Shelby County, 1,373; 37
Union County, 1,375; 34
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(Radio Iowa) – Forecasters say Iowa’s rollercoaster weather will see temperatures rocket back into the 80s and 90s this week after frosty lows dropped into the 30s just last week. The return to summery heat means more worries about drought as the recent rains weren’t enough to reverse months of dry weather. Adam Hartman, a meteorologist with the Climate Prediction Center, says the ground remains very arid, despite several downpours. “When you have heavy rainfall in a very short period of time, it doesn’t allow the soils enough time to absorb that moisture,” Hartman says, “Instead you actually get more runoff than absorption.”
The drought started last summer and the latest U-S Drought Monitor map shows most of Iowa remains in the categories of abnormally dry, moderate drought or extreme drought. Meteorologist Dennis Todey, director of the U-S-D-A’s Midwest Climate Hub in Ames, says even with the May rains, there just isn’t enough moisture in the soil for plants to thrive. “We are at greater risk of having problems with crops and other plants as the season goes along,” Todey says, “because there’s not as much moisture available for the crops to be able to grow.”
It’s hard to say how long the drought will continue, as summer often brings localized thunderstorms which can be difficult to forecast. Todey says long-term drought could create problems for water quality in Iowa. The amount of water flowing in the Raccoon River, the main source of drinking water for Iowa’s largest city, dropped down about 90-percent from normal during May.
(reporting by Katie Peikes, Iowa Public Radio)
(Radio Iowa) – Economic recovery from the pandemic further accelerated in Iowa during May, but the numbers fell slightly for the Midwest region, according to a survey of business leaders and supply managers in the nine states. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says the April numbers showed record growth and while Iowa continued to display its momentum to dig out, the region’s progress slipped a bit. “While the trend is strong, we’re still not back to pre-COVID levels, but boy, we’re moving in that direction,” Goss says. “The overall readings are very strong, held back by supply bottlenecks. Nine out of ten supply managers reported supply bottlenecks, four out of ten reported significant supply bottlenecks.”
Almost one-third of supply managers identified soaring input prices as the greatest economic challenge of the year for their firms. Even with a surging manufacturing sector, Goss says Midwest manufacturers added jobs at only a modest pace. “We had shortages of qualified workers,” Goss says. “We’re still about 4.2% below pre-COVID levels. The U.S. number’s about 5.4% below pre-COVID levels.”
As pandemic restrictions begin falling, Iowans are starting to make travel plans, though many of them may be stunned by the airfares they’re seeing as high demand is quickly driving up prices. “Vacation travel is going to be very, very strong this year,” Goss says. “Transportation prices, that would be airline prices, are moving upwards. We’re seeing some very high increases in prices for vacation traveling. Business travel is not as strong. That’s going to remain weak throughout 2021.”
The survey points to very strong growth for the next three to six months and Goss projects the Midwest region’s economy will be back to pre-COVID levels in the first quarter of 2022.
Today: Areas of fog this morning, otherwise partly cloudy. High 81. S @ 5-10.
Tonight: Fair to P/Cldy. Low 56. Winds light & variable.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 83. SW @ 5-10.
Friday: P/Cloudy. High around 86.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High 88.
Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 79. Our Low this morning, 50. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 92 and the Low was 68. The Record High on this date was 100 in 1934. The Record Low was 36 in 1907.
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