Police in Creston, Monday, arrested a man wanted on a Union County warrant for Failure to serve his sentence on an original – Possession of Marijuana/1st offense – charge. 40-year old Justin Robertson, of Creston, was taken into custody at his residence and was being held in the Union County Jail until the remainder of his court-ordered time is served.
The Griswold School Board, Monday night, voted to require Remote Learners to return to on-site (in-person) learning on or before Feb. 15th, with some exceptions. Superintendent Dave Henrichs tells KJAN News….
Dave Henrichs said the district has been fortunate to have had little impact from COVID-19. To-date, he said, there have been four elementary students, 11 middle school/high school students, and 11 staff, who have tested positive for COVID-19. ALL have recovered. In other business, the Board, following a public hearing (during which there were no comments), approved the 2021-22 School Calendar. Henrichs said it essentially mirrors the current calendar, with some exceptions.
The Griswold School Board also voted 7-0 NOT to terminate the contract of an employee, following a closed session.
(Hawkeyesports.com) IOWA CITY, Iowa – Led by a combined 16 fourth-quarter points from junior Monika Czinano and sophomore McKenna Warnock the University of Iowa women’s basketball team (9-3, 5-3) went on a 17-2 run to close the game and defeat Purdue (5-6, 2-5).
The teams traded 3-pointers to open the back-and-forth game which featured nine ties and five lead changes. The Hawkeyes never gave up despite Purdue taking their largest lead of the game with six minutes left.
Warnock had eight points and four rebounds heading into the fourth quarter, on her way to a 19 point and eight rebound night. From the corner with 2:37 left in the game, Warnock knocked down a 3-pointer to break the tie and give the Hawkeyes the lead.
Sophomore Gabbie Marshall had eight points for the Hawkeyes, along with three steals in a game where defense was a necessity.
Freshman Caitlin Clark scored a game-high 26 points, pulled in nine rebounds, and tallied three steals.
Defense and free throws emerged as two keys in the Hawkeye victory. The Hawkeyes recorded seven steals and six blocks, and outscored Purdue by 20 points at the free throw line.
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Iowa heads to College Park, Maryland, to take on the Maryland Terrapins inside Xfinity Center on Thursday, Jan. 21. Tip-off is set for 4 p.m. (CT) on BTN.
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(Radio Iowa) – The world’s third-richest man is now reportedly the biggest farmland owner in America and he’s also among the largest in Iowa. Billionaire Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, now holds claim on some 269-thousand acres of land across the country, including 242-thousand acres of farmland in 19 states. A story in The Land Report magazine says Gates owns more than 500 acres of farmland in Iowa, though most of his tracts are in Arkansas and Louisiana.
The most expensive purchase was reportedly of 14-thousand-500 acres in Washington state for almost 171-million dollars. Not a biggie for Gates though, as his net worth is pegged at 132-billion.
(Radio Iowa) – A deadly hit and run is under investigation in eastern Iowa. Davenport police say a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle shortly after 7 on Monday night. It appears the unidentified man was dragged for more than a half mile. His body was found by a passerby in the street and the vehicle was long gone.
It happened in the city’s Five Points area and based on the information from police, the vehicle would’ve passed Genesis Medical Center — where the man was later pronounced dead. Police are asking for witnesses to come forward.
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Iowa’s Coronavirus dashboard today (Tuesday, 10-a.m.), shows there are 954 new cases of COVID-19, for a total to-date of 306,233, and eight additional deaths, for a total of 4,332. The 14-day positivity rate is down from 12.9% Monday to 12% today. Hospitalizations are up from 483 yesterday to 490 today. There are 85 COVID patients in an ICU, 56 were admitted since 10-a.m. Monday, and 36 are on ventilators. In RMCC Region 4 (western/southwest Iowa hospitals), 37 are hospitalized with COVID symptoms, 12 are in an ICU, two people were admitted, and six are on a ventilator.
The IDPH says 1.426-million Iowans have been tested for the virus, and 268,882 have recovered. Officials say underlying causes account for 3,959 deaths, while COVID was a contributing factor in 373 deaths. Lont-Term Care (LTC) facility deaths amount of 1,777. Long-Term Care facility data show outbreaks are down from 76 Monday to 72, today. The number of patients and staff who have tested positive is down from 1,938 Monday to 1,825 today.
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:
(Radio Iowa) – An Iowa State University mathematician is developing a way to track the spread of COVID-19 that factors in people’s social interactions more realistically. I-S-U researcher Claus Kadelka says he noticed early in the pandemic that many models assume people engage in random social interactions. Kadelka says most people practice homophily, or the tendency to associate with people who share the same opinions or beliefs. Kadleka says, “You and I, we have our friends, we have our family, we have our co-workers that we’re much more likely to interact with than a random stranger in our community.”
Based on his model, he says it may make sense to vaccinate younger, lower-risk people first, because they have substantially more social contacts and tend to spread the virus far more than older high-risk people. According to his model, Kadelka says there will likely be clusters of people who won’t want to get the vaccine, meaning, government officials may need to aim to vaccinate more than 60- to 70-percent of the population. “It shows you that these numbers that are being floated around by a lot of researchers, essentially that just, base things on simple models, they’re probably an underestimate,” he says.
He says policymakers should focus on getting more data on people’s social interactions during the pandemic before making key decisions.
(By Natalie Krebs, Iowa Public Radio)
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