Two people who were riding a motorcycle died Saturday, when the 2017 Harley Davidson motorcycle they were on struck a car. The accident happened at around 1:30-p.m. on Highway 14, north of G-44, in Marion County. The State Patrol say a 2015 Chevrolet driven by 40-year-old Jonathan Slover, of Burlington, and a 2008 Chevy driven by 27-year-old Alli Souhrada, of Allison, were both northbound on the highway.

When Slover stopped and waited to turn west into a driveway, Souhrada failed to see he had slowed down, and struck Slover’s car in the rear. The motorcycle, occupied by 74-year-old Lloyd Hedrick and 60-year-old Lisa L. Wilmes, both of Indianola, was traveling southbound on the highway. Hedrick rapidly slowed down, but was unable to avoid hitting the car driven by Souhrada. They died from their injuries at the Knoxville Hospital.

A passenger in one of the vehicles, 37-year-old Aaron Ferch, of Kirkwood, IL., was injured, and transported by ambulance to the Pella Regional Hospital. The crash remains under investigation.

In a separate incident, Police in Des Moines are investigating a crash that left one person seriously injured. KCCI reports the crash happened at about 10 p.m. Saturday near Hubbell and Ankeny avenues. Authorities say a vehicle collided with the motorcycle. The individual operating the motorcycle is in serious condition while the passenger is in good condition. The circumstances of the crash are under investigation.

And, a collision in Clinton,  Saturday afternoon, resulted in injured to three people. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2007 Harley Davidson motorcycle  operated by 53-year-old Timothy Arlo Daniels, of Clinton, was westbound on 25th Avenue at around 2:35-p.m., when he failed to yield the right-of-way to a 2008 Jeep Liberty, driven by 37-year-old Racheal Michell Bergeron, of Clinton, who was traveling south on N. 2nd Street.

The SUV hit the motorcycle before continuing southbound and striking an unoccupied 1999 Dodge Durango. 52-year-old Joseph Wayne Kilburg, of Clinton, was working underneath the Durango when the accident occurred. All three individuals were transported the hospital, with Daniels and Kilburg flown to the University of Iowa Hospital by MedForce Air. Clinton Fire transported Bergeron to MercyOne, in Clinton. The crash remains under investigation.

The driver of a semi tractor-trailer was not injured Saturday, when the rig he was driving left Interstate 80 near Anita, and ended-up in a field. According to dispatch reports, the incident happened a little after 2-p.m., when the semi left I-80 eastbound between mile markers 70 and 71.

The vehicle went into the ditch and up an embankment and through a fence before rolling onto its side and coming to rest about 50-feet into a field. The driver was reportedly walking around the truck taking pictures when law enforcement arrived on the scene. He refused medical attention.

Anita Rescue and Cass EMS were dispatched to the scene, but then told to disregard.

A Des Moines woman was seriously injured during a collision early Saturday morning in a construction zone on Interstate 35 in Story County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a semi driven by 51-year-old Richard Roy Tomkinson, of Altoon, and a Chevy pickup driven by 46-year-old Katherine Kae Sibert, of Des Moines, were both southbound in the construction zone on a bridge near mile marker 111, when the vehicles collided.

After the impact, the pickup went over a concrete barrier and came to rest on its top. The semi went off the road to the right and came to rest blocking the southbound on-ramp to I-35. Sibert – who was wearing a seat belt – was transported by LifeFlight to Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. The accident happened at around 5:10-a.m.

Ames EMS and Story County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted at the scene.

MINBURN—The drinking water advisory that was issued for Minburn following a water main break on Monday has now been lifted.

After repairs were completed, and all routine flushing and disinfection, two samples were taken and no bacteria was found in the samples, allowing for the advisory to be lifted.

(Radio Iowa) – Revenue for Casey’s General Stores in its just-concluded fiscal year reached eight-point-seven BILLION dollars. Casey’s C-E-O Darren Rebelez says in the midst of the most challenging business environment of our lifetime, that’s an astounding figure. “Casey’s ’21 Fiscal Year yielded the strongest results in our 53 year history,” Rebelez says.

Rebelez says Casey’s adjusted what it stocked inside its stores more than a year ago, selling less grab-and-go food while selling more P-P-E and groceries. He says there was also higher demand for beer and alcohol as restaurants and bars closed and people began consuming more alcohol at home. In February, March and April of this year, Rebelez says in-store sales were up 13 percent.

“We’re now seeing recovery in our prepared food and fountain business as the world moves toward normal traffic patterns,” Rebelez says. “Guest traffic is rising and we’re seeing a resurgence in pizza slices, dispensed beverages and bakery as our guests return to their normal daily routines.”  Retail gas sales dropped throughout the country during the pandemic and the decline is shown on Casey’s ledger, too. “We finished the year down 8.1% in same-store gallons sold,” he says, “with an all time high fuel margin of 34.9 cents per gallon.”

That record fuel margin pushed Casey’s profits from fuel sales up nearly 24 percent. Casey’s share price ended the fiscal year 18 percent higher than the previous year. Casey’s employs 40-thousand people and operates more than 21-hundred convenience stores in 16 states.

The Iowa Department of Public Health in their latest COVID-19 update, Saturday (today) reports 157 additional, positive cases of COVID-19 from over the previous 24-hours, for a pandemic total of 403,079. The Coronavirus dashboard also shows two additional deaths, for a total of 6,097. Deaths at Iowa’s Long-Term Care facilities since the start of the pandemic, amount to 2,370.

There remain four LTC outbreaks in Iowa, with 31 positive cases among patients and staff, and four persons who have recovered. Iowa’s 14-day and seven-day positivity rates are both up slightly, to 1.9%.

The number of Iowans hospitalized by COVID are up from 73 on Friday, to 81 Saturday. Officials report 19 patients are in an ICU; 19 COVID patients were admitted to a hospital, and sven patients are on a ventilator. In RMCC Region 4 (hospitals in western & southwest Iowa), there are three people hospitalized with COVID-19, one person was in an ICU, one personwas admitted over the previous 24-hours, and no one was 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; 54 deaths
Adair, 993; 32
Adams, 355; 4
Audubon, 546; 10
Guthrie, 1,312; 32
Harrison County, 1,935; 73
Madison County, 1,786 19
Mills County, 1,801; 24
Montgomery, 1,118; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,343;173
Shelby County, 1,374; 37
Union County, 1,381; 35