The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports 26-year old Lucas Evan Neitzel, of Creston, was arrested Monday night, after he was seen being unable to stay in his lane and following a traffic stop on Highway 34 at the Adams-Union County line. Neitzel was charged with OWI/1st offense, and cited for Operating a Non-Registered Vehicle. He was issued a warning for having no proof of insurance. Bond was set at $1,000.
The Atlantic City Council, Wednesday, heard a presentation with regard to Child Care in the community and in Cass County. The meeting was held electronically, due to COVID restrictions. During the Council’s session, Cass-Atlantic-Development Corporation (CADCO) Executive Director Jennifer McEntaffer mentioned the City of Atlantic recently lost 100 child care spots. The lack of child care, she said, becomes an economic development issue with a parent or parents not being able to go to work.
Shirley Urich, Community Development Specialist with Child Care Resources and Referral of Southwest Iowa, said Atlantic recently lost one child care center and two in-home providers. In an effort to increase the number of qualified child care providers, CCR&R is hosting a series of “Child Care Ready ” programs, which helps child care centers and home care providers become staffed so they can serve more children.
Through the online recruitment events, they hopes to recruit, retain, train and support quality childcare and early education providers. McEntaffer said said CCR&R have partnered with the Iowa Women’s Foundation to provide a small $250 incentive grant to each participant who completes the series.
Funding will be primarily used to pay for costs associated with the start-up of becoming a childcare home provider opening a Child Development Home business.
Atlantic Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Bailey Smith said some of the costs those business incur include mandatory CPR lessons, fire extinguishers and more. Smith said they would like to have at least $1,000 available as an incentive per start-up.
While this approach she said is a “band-aid” on the issue of insufficient child care, right now they mainly want to cover kids who are without a child care provider. In the long term, more providers will be needed in order to draw businesses and employees to town. Councilperson Grace Garrett asked what if there was any oversight on how the money is used.
(She said the prospective child care provider would not receive grant funds until their application is approved by the DHS.)
CADCO will serve as the flow-through organization for the funds.
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Brown ground beef and set aside. Peel and slice potatoes and set aside.
In a mixing bowl, combine cream of mushroom soup, milk salt and pepper. Mix well. Set aside.
Spray a 9″ x 13″ baking dish with nonstick spray.
Layer potatoes, beef, soup and cheese in the pan. Then repeat. Top with remaining cheese.
Cover with foil and bake for one hour.
Remove foil and bake another 30 minutes until potatoes are tender.
Allow to sit for 10 minutes, then cut and serve.
MILO W. NIELSEN, 99, of Harlan, died Wed., Nov. 18th, at the Elm Crest Retirement Community. A Private, family graveside service for MILO NIELSEN will be held 2-p.m. Monday, Nov. 23rd, in the Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Milo Nielsen is survived by his nieces and nephews.
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Officials with the Creston Police Department report 24-year-old Tristan Lehman, of Creston, was arrested Wednesday night. Lehman was taken into custody following a traffic stop, and charged with OWI/1st offense. He was later released from the Union County Jail on a $1,000 bond.
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Iowa’s Coronavirus dashboard today (Thursday), shows 38 additional deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 since Wednesday’s 10-a.m. report, for a total of 2,102. The number of deaths attributed to a pre-existing conditions statewide are 1,289, while deaths at Long-Term Care facilities amount to 971, 10 more than yesterday. There is: one more death to report in Cass County, for a total of 18; One more death in Mills County, and two more deaths in Pottawattamie County.
Officials say there have been 4,195 new confirmed, Positive cases of the virus reported since yesterday, for a total since the pandemic began, of 198,674. Cass County has 11 new, Positive cases of COVID, for a total of 680. Double-digit Positive case increases were reported in Adair, Guthrie, Harrison, Madison, Mills, Montgomery, Shelby and Union Counties, and 144 more cases in Pottawattamie County. (See the list below)
There remain 94 Long-Term Care facility (LTC) outbreaks. Those care facilities report 2,830 positive cases and 1,438 recovered. Cass County’s three LTC facilities have a total of 147 confirmed positive cases and 72 recovered. Harrison County has two LTC facility outbreaks, for a total of 206 confirmed positive cases and 171 recovered .
The health department reports a drop in virus hospitalizations for the first time in November. There are currently 1,516 Iowans hospitalized with COVID-19, down from 1,527 the previous day. Iowa had set a record for hospitalizations each day in November. There were 233 patients admitted in the last 24 hours, down from 234 the previous day. There are 285 patients in intensive care, up from 283 a day earlier. The state reports 135 patients on ventilators, up from 134 the previous day. In western/southwestern Iowa: there are 66 COVID patients in the hospital; 22 are in an ICU, six people were admitted to a hospital, and there are seven people a ventilator.
The state’s data shows that 1,133,891 Iowans have been tested for coronavirus. Test results received yesterday amounted to 10,903, with 8,141 coming back Negative and 2,570 Positive. The total number of Negative results since the beginning of the pandemic is 933,203. Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate is 22.1%, and the Individual Positivity rate is 17.5%. With the exception of Audubon and Ringgold Counties, each of the counties in southwest Iowa have a 14-day positivity rate of 15% or more. Cass County’s rate is 15.5%. Page County has the highest rate at 35%, with Shelby and Montgomery each having a rate of 26.2%. Audubon County’s 14-day rate is 13%. Ringgold County is the lowest, at 10.2%.
The IDPH says 112,777 Iowans have recovered from the virus. 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,
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