The Creston Police Department reports two arrests took place, Monday. 35-year old Nicholas Colburn, of Creston, was arrested at around 9:30-a.m. on a Union County Felony warrant for a Controlled Substance Violation. Colburn was being held in the Union County Jail while awaiting a bond hearing. And, at around 6:30-p.m., Monday, 42-year old Jessica Lens, of Creston, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, on a charge of OWI/1st offense. She was later released on a $1,000 bond.
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(Radio Iowa) – The corn and bean harvests are down to the final days. The U-S-D-A crop report shows just six percent of the corn crop remains in the fields. The most work remains in south-central Iowa — where they still have more than 15 percent to be picked. All the rest of the state has less than five percent of the corn remaining — and that puts the harvest nearly four weeks ahead of last year and more than two weeks ahead of the five-year average.
Just two percent of the soybeans are still waiting to be combined in scattered fields across the state. The soybean crop harvest ends up almost three weeks ahead of last year and 10 days ahead of average.
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The Cass County Board of Supervisors are set to meet 9-a.m. today in-person and electronically*. During their session, the Board will first recess to conduct a canvass of the November 3rd General Election results. Once they return to the regular session, the Board will discuss and possibly act on the closing of County a roadway (570th Street at the I-80 underpass). They will also review and update a policy on the reimbursement for the use of personal cell phones for county business.
Reports, if available, will be received from the County Attorney and Engineer.
*Electronic session link & information: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/138870131?pwd=dnRLK2ZjcWQ2SWpMQm0wK1c0b2pwUT09. Meeting ID: 138 870 131 Password: 012064 ]
The Cass County Conservation Board is holding a Preserving Pellett Memorial Woods Workday, this Saturday, November 14th. The free program will be held at the Pellett Memorial Woods outside of Atlantic from 1 until 4 pm (feel free to come and go as you wish). The Board is looking for those volunteers who wish to be a part of the preservation process and may contribute, by assisting with the removal of honeysuckle bushes.
If you want to help, please dress appropriately (wearing long pants, long sleeves and gloves), and bring loppers if you have them. Those in attendance will have the opportunity to improve one of Southwest Iowa’s best locations to observe spring woodland wildflowers.
Pellett Memorial Woods is located just outside of Atlantic, ½ mile north and ¾ mile east of the KJAN radio station. The event will be cancelled if there is inclement weather.
ATLANTIC, IA (November 10, 2020) – Harvest Market 2020 is now offering online pre-orders with drive-through pick up. Harvest Market is scheduled for Monday, November 23 from 1-7 PM at the Cass County Community Center. Cass County Wellness Coordinator Brigham Hoegh says due to high numbers of COVID-19 in the county, Harvest Market is offering a no-contact shopping option to keep vendors and customers safe and healthy this holiday season.
Information on Harvest Market and online pre-ordering can be found at the Produce in the Park website (www.produceintheparkatlanticiowa.com) or through Facebook @ProduceInThePark.
While some vendors are planning to offer in-person shopping, a number of vendors are only offering products via pre-ordering this year. Customers who shop online for Harvest Market can
“drive-through pick-up” their orders from behind the Community Center during the market (1-to 7PM, Mon. Nov. 23).
Hoegh says Pre-ordering has benefits beyond slowing the spread of COVID-19. When customers pre-order, vendors don’t risk making lots of pies, centerpieces, or candles that don’t get sold. That saves vendors time and money. Harvest Market is held the Monday before Thanksgiving, so customers can pick up local produce, baked goods, and meats to enjoy at their holiday meals. The market also offers holiday décor and gifts by local crafters and artisans.
Produce in the Park takes community health and wellness seriously and has been consulting with Cass County Public Health about how to hold the fall market safely. As such, customers
who choose to shop in person this year will be required to wear masks and maintain distance from others. The number of shoppers allowed in the Community Center at one time will be
limited, and it is recommended that only one person per household attend the event. Customers should not shop in person if they have been feeling ill within 48 hours, have been exposed to
someone with COVID-19 in the past 14 days, or have received a positive COVID-19 test or are awaiting test results. Customers planning to shop in person should be aware that the in-person shopping option has a chance of being cancelled due to COVID-19, but the pre-order drive through option will not be cancelled.
Harvest Market is sponsored by the City of Atlantic Community Promotion Commission and endorsed by the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce.
Iowa’s Coronavirus dashboard (as of 10-a.m. Tuesday), indicated 27 more deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 since Monday’s report, for a total of 1,872. The number of deaths attributed to a pre-existing conditions statewide are 1,214, while deaths at Long-Term Care facilities amount to 900, 10 more than reported Monday. Officials say there are 4,441 new confirmed cases of the virus, for a total since the pandemic began, of 161,257. Cass County has eight more Positive cases of COVID, for a total of 591. Double-digit Positive case increases were reported in Guthrie, Harrison, Madison, Mills, Pottawattamie, Shelby and Union Counties. There were also two more deaths in Pott. County, for a pandemic total of 51.
The number of Long-Term Care facility (LTC) outbreaks jumped from 92 on Monday to a record 102, today. Those care facilities report 2,993 positive cases and 1,296 recoveries. In Cass County, three facilities: Atlantic Specialty Care, The Heritage House, and the Griswold Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, have a combined total of 145 positive cases, with 37 recovered. Harrison County has 298 cases among three facilities, and 222 recovered. (For more data, go to https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/)
A record number of Iowans are hospitalized with COVID-19. Hospitalizations were up from 1,034 Monday to 1,135 today. Some hospitals now report being at or near capacity. COVID patients in an ICU amount to 196 (compared to 184 Monday). Persons admitted to a hospital since 10-a.m. Monday number 166 (compared to 152 previously), and there are 89 patients on a ventilator (82 were reported Monday). In western/southwestern Iowa: there are 62 COVID patients in the hospital (compared to 65 Monday); 18 are in an ICU (3 less than yesterday), four people were admitted (Compared to 6 Monday), and there are currently three people on a ventilator (1 less than yesterday).
The health department reports 1,049,807 Iowans have been tested for COVID-19. The state received 9,535 lab test results in the previous day, with 2,782 Positive results and 6,693 Negative results (total Negative to-date: 886,763). The IDPH says 102,914 Iowans have recovered from the virus. The State’s Individual Positivity rate is up to 15.4%, and the 14-day rolling average is up to 20.7%. Cass County’s rate is 18%. Page County’s rate is 33.6% (the highest in southwest Iowa). Taylor County has a positivity rate of 25.1%. Shelby County 24.1%
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,
(Radio Iowa) – An Iowan who was a leading defender of the state’s first-in-the-nation Caucuses has died. Steve Roberts, a Des Moines attorney, served as chairman of the Iowa Republican Party for four years in the late ’70s and early ’80s. He later served 20 years on the Republican National Committee, repelling attempts to dislodge Iowa’s Caucuses from their starting spot in presidential campaigns.
As news of his death, at the age of 80, spread on Twitter, Roberts was remembered as a kind and generous man, with a knack for telling some epic campaign stories.
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