CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Two firefighters were seriously injured Sunday when a hose line failed while they were battling a blaze at a Cedar Rapids apartment complex. The Cedar Rapids Fire Department said one firefighter was struck in the head and knocked unconscious and another was struck in the chest and knocked down when the hose line failed around 1:30 a.m. Sunday.

Neither injury was believed to be life-threatening. Firefighters were called to the eight-unit apartment building around 1:15 a.m. Sunday after smoke alarms were activated inside the building. It took more than an hour to bring the blaze under control as firefighters dealt with frigid temperatures.

The CAM School Board and representatives with the CAM Education Association (CAMEA) will meet Monday evening to present their respective opening proposals for salary/contract negotiations. No decision will be made at this point in the discussions.

In other business, the CAM School Board will discuss:

• The FY 21/22 School Calendar.
• The FY 21/22 Budget
• and, a Facility Committee.

The Board will act on approving and/or revising 300 Series Board Policies, and receive and discuss reports from the Board.  The meeting begins at 6:30-p.m. in the CAM High School Superintendent’s Office.

The Audubon City Council will meet in a regular session 5:30-p.m. Monday, at City Hall. Among the items on their agenda is receiving Public Comments on a Maximum Tax Levy. Later on in their meeting, the Council will act on passing a Resolution for the Levy.

Other action under “New Business” on their agenda includes approval of Resolutions pertaining to:

• Setting the public hearing for the FY22 Budget
• Awarding of a mowing contract
• awarding a cemetery sexton contract
• Police information requests, fees & policy
• A TIF funds transfer
• and Real Estate purchase.

The Council will then enter into a closed session. When they emerge, they will act on a Resolution approving notices and order posting to bidders.

BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — Iowa authorities are investigating after a Bettendorf police officer shot and killed a man who was involved in a domestic dispute. Bettendorf Police said officers were called to a home around 12:15 a.m. Sunday because of a dispute between a man and a woman but the couple left the area before officers arrived. About an hour and a half later, the man and woman were found in a vehicle.

Police say the woman exited the vehicle and told officers the man had threatened to kill her with a handgun. Police said the man refused to comply with officers’ commands before an officer shot him during the confrontation.

The Iowa Department of Public Health, Sunday, reported 533 new cases of the COVID-19 virus since the previous 24-hour cycle, for a pandemic total of 324,405 positive cases. No additional deaths due to COVID-19 were reported in the latest cycle. The total number of deaths since the beginning of the pandemic remains at 5,108.

Long-Term Care facility (LTC) outbreaks were unchanged at 44. LTC patients testing positive amount to 1,400, with 913 having recovered from the virus. Deaths at LTC’s account for 2,093 of the total deaths statewide. LTC’s report 2,093 persons at those care center have recovered from the virus.

COVID-19 hospitalization data show 316 are hospitalized (compared to 336 previously), 68 patients are in an ICU, 69 were admitted, and 32 patients are on ventilators. In RMCC Region 4 (Hospitals in western/southwest Iowa),  17 are hospitalized with COVID symptoms, 10 are in an ICU, one person was admitted since Saturday, and three people are on a ventilator.

Iowa’s statewide positivity rate remains essentially steady. The 14-day positivity rate is unchanged at 8.9%. The 7-day average dropped from 6.8% to 6.1%.   A total of 293,598 Iowans have recovered from the virus.

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:

• Cass, 1,205 cases; {+2}; 46 deaths
• Adair, 721; {+1}; 25
• Adams, 313; {+2}; 3
• Audubon, 444 {+3}; 9
• Guthrie, 1,065 {+1}; 27
• Harrison County, 1,632; {+1}; 67
• Madison County, 1,337; {+4}; 13
• Mills County, 1,428; {+0}; 20
• Montgomery, 935; {+2}; 34
• Pottawattamie County, 9,460; {+6}; 134
• Shelby County, 1,110; {+0}; 32
• Union County,  1,157; {+1}; 30