Officials with Guthrie County/ISU Extension and Outreach report the US Sunbeams 4-H Club was the winner of a “Random Acts of Kindness” drawing. The club won $257.50 from one of the members aunt’s workplace. The club in-turn used the money to “Pay It Forward” with the 15 Summer Activity Bags.
Meredith Arganbright presenting 15 Summer Activity Bags to Rhonda Huggins of New Opportunities Family Development Center in Guthrie Center. (Photo & information submitted)
The Iowa Department of Public Health today (Tuesday), reports 208 additional, positive cases of COVID-19 over the previous 24-hours, for a pandemic total of 403, 380. There were no additional deaths to report. The number of deaths statewide during the pandemic, is 6,102. Deaths at Iowa’s Long-Term Care facilities since the start of the pandemic, amount to 2,369.
There currently three Long-Term Care (LTC) outbreaks in Iowa, one less than the past several days, with 25 positive cases among patients and staff. Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate is creeping upward, to 2.0% as of Tuesday. The seven-day positivity rate increased from 2.2% Monday to 2.3%, Tuesday.
The number of Iowans hospitalized by COVID is also on the rise, at 86. Officials report 23 patients are in an ICU; 21 COVID patients were admitted to a hospital, and 10 patients are on a ventilator. In RMCC Region 4 (hospitals in western & southwest Iowa), there are two people hospitalized with COVID-19, two people are in an ICU. No one was admitted over the previous 24-hours, and once again there were no COVID patients on a ventilator.
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, 1,476 cases; 55 deaths
Adair, 993; 32
Adams, 354; 4
Audubon, 548; 10
Guthrie, 1,314; 32
Harrison County, 1,935; 73
Madison County, 1,788 19
Mills County, 1,802; 24
Montgomery, 1,116; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,348;173
Shelby County, 1,376; 37
Union County, 1,381; 35
Jim Field visits with Christina Roelofs of Shelby County Conservation and Iowa DNR about a fish sampling event.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — Eastern Iowa Democrat Representative Ras Smith, Tuesday (today), officially announced his bid to become Governor. He becomes the first person to announce they will challenge Governor Kim Reynolds in advance of the the 2022 mid-term elections. Smith currently represents Iowa House District 62 at the statehouse, which covers the northern part of Waterloo. He’s held that position since 2017 and has run unopposed since the 2016 elections.
Iowa Dem. Rep. Ras Smith, from Waterloo,
State Rep. Smith is expected to make a formal announcement Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
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The Creston Police Department reports two separate arrests took place, Monday. At around 10:30 am, 34-year-old Jeffrey Drake, of Afton, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center on a Union County Warrant for Failure to Appear on the original charge of Driving While Barred. Drake was being held in the Adams County Jail while awaiting bond hearing. And, at around 12:39-p.m., Monday, 41-year-old Sheri Watters, of Creston, was arrested on a Union County Warrant for Failure to Appear on the original charge of Assault Causing Bodily Injury. She was being held in the Adams County Jail on a $1,000 bond.
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Cass County: Corn $6.72 Beans $14.85
Adair County: Corn $6.69 Beans $14.88
Adams County: Corn $6.69 Beans $14.84
Audubon County: Corn $6.71 Beans $14.87
East Pottawattamie County: Corn $6.75 Beans $14.85
Guthrie County: Corn $6.74 Beans $14.89
Montgomery County: Corn $6.74 Beans $14.87
Shelby County: Corn $6.75 Beans $14.85
Oats $3.00 (always the same in all counties)
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