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Cass County Supervisors to hold hearing on expenditure funding, re: COVID-19 response

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December 5th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

The Cass County Board of Supervisors will meet in-person and electronically via Zoom, beginning at 9-a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9th.  During their session, the Board will hold a Public Hearing concerning the status of expenditure funding the County received for COVID-19 response. According to Auditor Dale Sunderman, the County, working with the Cass County Food Policy Council, SWITA, County Food Pantries, and Public Health, increased its capacity with a food delivery system and food access in Cass County, through an $86,580 Community Development Bloc Grant (CDBG). As of Nov. 16th, $76,086.63 had been expended.

The Board will also hold a Public Hearing on County Ordinance 37: Adoption of Cass County Code – a re-compiling of county ordinances, in accordance with the Code of Iowa. They are also set to receive a report from the Cass County Committee on Aging, and will act on accepting the resignation of a member of the Cass County (elected officers) Compensation Board, followed by the appointment to the Compensation Board member for the remainder of a four-year term ending June 30, 2021.

In other business, the Cass County Supervisors will discuss and/or act on the establishment of Deputy Sheriff classification, and, a Natural Conservation and Wildlife Areas Property Tax Exemption, per Iowa Code. The in-person part of their meeting for a limited number of attendees (including Board members), will be held in the Supervisor’s Board room at the Cass County Courthouse.

Iowa COVID-19 update for Saturday, 12/5/2020: 62 more dead (9 in s.w. IA)

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December 5th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Iowa’s Coronavirus dashboard today (10-a.m. Saturday) shows deaths from COVID-19 are up again. The IDPH says 62 more deaths have been reported since 10-a.m. Friday, for a total of 2,665. One more death was reported in each of Cass, Adair, Mills and Union Counties, two more in Pottawattamie County, and three more in Shelby County.  (See data below). One Sioux City, Iowa church has been hit particularly hard. The Sioux City Journal reports that 18 members of Morningside Lutheran Church have died from COVID-19.

Long-Term Care (LTC) facilities report 1,114 deaths, while deaths attributed in-part to preexisting conditions number 1,363. There are 2,371 new Positive cases of COVID-19 statewide, for a total of 242,0621. Long-Term Care facility outbreaks are up slightly, to 137. There are 5,275 positive cases and 2,316 recoveries reported within those facilities.

Health department data shows 75 of Iowa’s 99 counties report a 14-day positivity rate at 15% or greater. That’s down from 78 the previous day. Kossuth County reports a 14-day positivity rate of 30.3%.

Hospitalizations statewide fell from 1,000 Friday to 960 today. Health officials say 204 COVID patients are in an ICU, 131 were admitted, and 117 patients are on a ventilator. Hospitals in southwest/western Iowa (RMCC Region 4) report: 56 hospitalized; 19 are in an ICU; 4 were admitted, and 7 COVID patients are on a ventilator.

Iowans who have recovered from the virus number 157,028, while 1,243,596 have been tested, to-date. The State’s positivity rate is down to 16.5%. Cass County’s positivity rate has declined to 15.7%.

In the KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases in each county, along with the 24-hour change in case numbers {+#}; the number of persons recovered, and the total number of [deaths] (if any), since the pandemic began,

  • Cass, 867 cases {+10}; 567 recovered; 26 deaths
  • Adair, 472 {+13}; 281; 10
  • Adams, 191 {+8}; 105; 2
  • Audubon, 312 {+2}; 228; 2
  • Guthrie, 802 {+14); 508; 15
  • Harrison County, 1,151 {+10}; 803; 32
  • Madison County, 759 {+26}; 469; 5
  • Mills County, 1,123 {+5}; 672; 10
  • Montgomery, 538 {+163}; 278; 11
  • Pottawattamie County, 6,967 {+82]; 4,195; 76
  • Shelby County, 816 {+9}; 538; 14
  • Union County,  870 {+19}; 372; 8

Berhow, Carter lead Northern Iowa past St. Ambrose 98-53

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December 5th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Trae Berhow scored 19 points as Northern Iowa easily beat St. Ambrose 98-53. Noah Carter added 17 points while Bowen Born chipped in 16 for Northern Iowa. James Betz had 14 points. Berhow shot 4 for 6 from beyond the arc and grabbed six rebounds. John Kerr had 10 rebounds for the Fighting Bees.

 

LORAN SPORRER, 59, of Manning (Mass of Christian Burial 12/19/20)

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December 5th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

LORAN SPORRER, 59, of Manning, died Friday, Dec. 4th, at his home near Manning. A Mass of Christian Burial for LORAN SPORRER will be held 10:30-a.m. Saturday, Dec. 19th, at the Sacred Heart Church, in Manning. Ohde Funeral Home in Manning has the arrangements.

Visitation will be held from 9:30 AM until service time at church.

Atlantic-CAM wrestling wins Joe Fitch Invitational at Humboldt

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December 4th, 2020 by admin

The Atlantic-CAM wrestling team is off to a great start to the season. A night after taking down Underwood in a dual, the Trojans have won the Joe Fitch Invitational at Humboldt. Atlantic notched 236 points to edge out South O’Brien by 2 points.

Team Scores

1 Atlantic 236.0
2 Sheldon South O`Brien 234.0
3 Humboldt 227.0
4 Emmetsburg 200.0
5 Forest City 169.0
6 Kuemper-Catholic 130.0
7 Pocahontas Area 118.0
8 Aplington-ParkersburgGrundy Center 51.0

Trojans Individual Placing:
106- Clevi Johnson 2nd
113- Cruz Weaver 5th
120- Ethan Follmann 1st
126- Joe Weaver 1st
132- Easton O’Brien 5th
138- Jaxson Bell 4th
145- Brian South 7th
152- Tanner O’Brien 5th
160- Jarrett Armstrong 3rd
170- Kadin Stutzman 1st
182- Payton Fewson 3rd
195- Brenden Casey 5th
220- Devin McKay 3rd
285- Tristan Dorscher 5th

High School Basketball Scoreboard Friday 12/04/2020

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December 4th, 2020 by admin

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Glenwood 68, Atlantic 52
Denison-Schleswig 53, Kuemper Catholic 46
Harlan 71, Shenandoah 40
St. Albert 58, Clarinda 23

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 66, Riverside 27
Griswold 52, Heartland Christian 21
Logan-Magnolia 57, IKM-Manning 43
Treynor 63, Missouri Valley 11
Underwood 53, Tri-Center 26

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley 56, Ar-We-Va 35
Exira-EHK 54, Coon Rapids-Bayard 46
CAM 78, West Harrison 22
Paton-Churdan 59, Glidden-Ralston 48

Corner Conference

Fremont-Mills 60, Essex 46
Sidney 51, Stanton 31

Pride of Iowa Conference

Central Decatur 55, East Union 49
Lenox 48, Bedford 39
Mt. Ayr 55, Southwest Valley 35
Nodaway Valley 52, Grand View Christian 40
Van Meter 51, I-35 18
Wayne 57, Martensdale-St Marys 34

Other Scores

ACGC 70, Madrid 39
CB Abraham Lincoln 74, Sioux City North 31
Des Moines Christian 65, Earlham 35
Gilbert 72, Carroll 42
Panorama 56, Woodward-Granger 22
South Central Calhoun 63, East Sac County 51
West Central Valley 60, Ogden 33
West Monona 59, MVAOCOU 15

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Glenwood 56, Atlantic 41
Clarinda 66, St. Albert 45
Harlan 77, Shenandoah 37
Kuemper Catholic 56, Denison-Schleswig 54

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 69, Riverside 35 (AHSTW: Brayden Lund 23 pts)
Logan-Magnolia 53, IKM-Manning 37
Treynor 71, Missouri Valley 36

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley 53, Ar-We-Va 33
CAM 61, West Harrison 40
Coon Rapids-Bayard 43, Exira-EHK 41
Paton-Churdan78, Glidden-Ralston 50

Corner Conference

Fremont-Mills 81, Essex 30
Sidney 63, Stanton 58

Pride of Iowa Conference

Central Decatur 79, East Union 52
Grand View Christian 82, Nodaway Valley 64
Lenox 43, Bedford 39
Martensdale-St. Marys 100, Wayne 17
Mount Ayr 64, Southwest Valley 44

Other Scores

ACGC 69, Madrid 53
Carroll 85, Gilbert 47
CB Abraham Lincoln 74 Sioux City North 28
Sioux City West 72, CB Thomas Jefferson 42
Des Moines Christian 66, Earlham 41

Off night sends Atlantic to loss against Glenwood in home opener

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December 4th, 2020 by admin

The Atlantic Boys Basketball team struggled in a number of phases on Friday night and dropped their home opener to Glenwood 56-41.

Atlantic started the game hot with an early 9-1 lead and Glenwood racking up some fouls on key players. Atlantic led 13-7 at the end of the first but that lead evaporated in the second. Glenwood got the first six points of the quarter to tie the game and then the Rams got couple of big threes from Jayme Fritts to put them out front. It was Glenwood 25-24 at halftime and then Ryan Blum erupted in the third. Blum scored 12 of his 30 points in the third quarter and Glenwood took a 7 point lead by the end of the third and held Atlantic mostly at bay the rest of the way.

Blum led all scorers with his 30 point night. The Rams start the season with a win and will host Denison-Schleswig on Tuesday.

Atlantic only had three players get in the scorebook. Dayton Templeton had 18 and Skyler Handlos had 17. Ethan Williams was the only other scoring contributor with 6. The Trojans also had a tough night rebounding; giving Glenwood a large number of multiple shot possessions. Atlantic falls to 1-1 on the season and will travel to Clarinda on Tuesday night.

Atlantic girls hang tough early but top-ranked Glenwood pulls away

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December 4th, 2020 by admin

The Atlantic Trojans girls basketball team held close to Class 4A #1 Glenwood early, but the Rams pulled away as the game progressed for a 68-52 win. It was a 15-14 lead for the Rams after the first quarter but they stretched the lead to 8 by halftime. That lead swelled to 16 by the end of the third as the Rams started strong in the third quarter.

Glenwood got 17 points from Madison Camden and 16 from Jenna Hopp in their season opening win. The Rams looked much like a top-ranked team with good contributions from nearly everyone on the bench. The Rams will only get stronger with the return of senior Elle Scarborough who was out for the opener. Next up for the Rams is a home game against Denison-Schleswig on Tuesday.

Atlantic was led by 15 points from Haley Rasmussen and 11 from Lauren Nicholas. Atlantic will try to regroup from a tough opening week schedule with a trip to face the Griswold Tigers on Saturday and then a road trip to Clarinda on Tuesday.

 

Iowa man pleads guilty to threatening U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler

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December 4th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A 56-year-old Iowa man has admitted that he threatened the life of U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler, a Democrat from New York. Kenneth Dean Brown, of Waterloo, pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to transmitting a threatening communication. He admitted that in December 2019, he called Nadler’s office in Washington D.C. and threatened to find someone to assassinate Nadler.

Brown remains in custody of the U.S. Marshal Service until his sentencing, which has not been scheduled. He faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

 

GEORGE MERTZ, 105, of Walnut (Private Svcs. 12/09/2020)

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December 4th, 2020 by admin

GEORGE MERTZ, 105, of Walnut died Friday, December 4th at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Private family funeral services for GEORGE MERTZ will be held on Wednesday, December 9th at 10:00am at First Presbyterian Church in Walnut. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Avoca has the arrangements.

Public visitation will be held on Tuesday, December 8th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Avoca.

Burial will be in the Layton Township Cemetery in Walnut.

GEORGE MERTZ is survived by:

Sons: Kenny (Joan) Mertz of Avoca. Dennis Mertz of Council Bluffs. Randy (Rhonda) Mertz of Arlington, NE. Greg (Michelle) Mertz of Walnut.

Sisters: Alice Richter of Walnut. Hazel Knouse of Walnut.

12 Grandchildren

18 Great-Grandchildren