(Radio Iowa) -An online sports gambling company and two casinos have been fined by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission for violations. Racing and Gaming Commission administrator, Brian Ohorilko, says DraftKings was fined for a late download of new self-ban list information. He says an audit by the commission determined the list was not uploaded within the required seven days — and he says they did note that no one on the ban list signed up or played. He says this was the first violation for the company. “DraftKings agreed to a stipulated agreement in the amount of five to 20-thousand dollars. The Commission reviewed the facts and set the penalty at five-thousand dollars,” according to Ohorilko.

The Rhythm City Casino in Davenport was fined for a violation involving surveillance cameras. “There was an instance in November of 2018 — the facility started experiencing some surveillance system issues — there was a complete loss of coverage on January first of 2019. It did include critical areas of the facility,” Ohorilko says. He says the problem happened again. “There was a second situation in February where there was the intermittent loss of critical areas for approximately four-and-a- hours. In that particular situation, the commission and D-C-I were not notified,” he says.

Ohorilko says it was determined that some updates that were needed by the casino’s vendor did not happen and that contributed to the problem. Rhythm City was fined 75-hundred dollars. Ohorilko says the Diamond Jo Casino in Worth County had a similar issue. “There was an instance in November in 2019 where a series of camera outages occurred as a result of some upgrades that were being performed on the system. The facility was not aware those outages occurred and as such — it never really was reported,” Ohorilko explains. He says an investigation was conducted on the problems.

“It was determined that much like the Rhythm City situation — there was a series of updates that did not occur and that contributed to a loss of surveillance coverage in areas that normally would require dedicated surveillance coverage,” he says. Ohorilko says the owners of the casino has agreed to an upgrade of the overall system. “Approximate cost of the upgrade will be about 750-thousand dollars, and so that was one factor that went into the decision — specifically the fine. Diamond Jo Worth had agreed to a fine of up to 10-thousand dollars and they were fined 75-hundred dollars,” Ohorilko says.

The Racing and Gaming Commission took action on the fines at their recent meeting.

(Radio Iowa) – State officials have drafted a plan for distributing Covid-19 shots when a vaccine becomes available. Each state was to draw up a plan and submit it to the Centers for Disease Control. Iowa’s was released late Friday and says Iowa will follow federal guidelines unless needs in Iowa are substantially different. The state’s report does refer to long-term care facilities as a priority for the first wave of vaccinations, along with E-M-Ts, nurses, doctors and others who work in health care.

The Iowa Department of Public Health suggests it will likely require more than one dose, so officials are advising health care providers to be ready to notify patients they must schedule follow-up shots.

At least three area school district Boards of Education are set to meet during separate, regular meetings, Monday evening. First up, at 5:30-p.m., is the Griswold School Board. During their meeting in the Conference Room, Old Business includes: The Second Readings of 400-series Board Policies, and a COVID-19 update. New Business for the Griswold Board includes (but is not limited to:

• The possible approval of video streaming compensation.
• A request for Allowable Growth & Supplemental Aid for 2019-20, re: Special Education Deficit.
• Information with regard to the 2020-21 Certified Enrollment.
• Consider Activation Status of Early Retirement Policy
• Discussion on Camera/Security upgrades
• Consideration of Allocating funds for a Rolling Flag purchase.

The Exira-Elk  Horn-Kimballton School Board meeting takes place 6-p.m. Monday, in the Conference Room at the Elk Horn Building. On their agenda, under “Recognition and Communication,” is:  1) the Iowa High School Athletic Association, and 2) the Matt Schmitz Family.  New Business includes: Certified County numbers; Administration Set Up for the rest of 20-21 and 21-22; the Certified Annual Report (CAR); Mask Options; Approval of a “Chain of Command” document; and Personnel matters, to include the resignations of: Susan Greving, Stephanie Kraus and Megan Petersen – Para educators, and Route Bus Driver Dave Anderson. New Hires will include: Tonia Lozano – Bus Driver, and Sam Muhr – Para educator.

And, the Audubon School Board will meet 7-p.m. Monday, in the High School Board Room. Action items on their agenda include (but are not limited to): Applications to the School Budget Review Committee (SBRC) for a Special Education Deficit (SPED), and Hazardous Material Mitigation. The Board will also act on approving: Virtual Snow Days; a change in the District Attorney; Mid-Year graduates; SAVE Bond refinancing (To include approval of a Bond Counsel agreement with Ahlers Cooney, approval of the Bond Sale amount, and a Resolution fixing the date for a hearing on the proposed issuance of approximately $4.2-million in School Infrastructure Sales, Services, Use Tax Revenue and Refunding Bonds).

The Board will also act on approving a Resolution setting the date for  Public Hearing and Special Board meeting, to review and approve the plans, specifications and form of contract for, and estimate the total cost of, the Middle School/High School HVAC Systems, Electrical Systems, and other architectural improvements throughout the facility, and authorize the fixing of a date, time and location for receiving and publicly opening bids for the project.  In other news, the Audubon School Board is expected to receive the district’s final enrollment numbers, and audit update, and regular reports from the Administration.

(Updated) DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two sisters died and three other people were injured Sunday when two vehicles collided in Des Moines. The crash happened around 5 a.m. Sunday after a northbound Toyota car crossed into the southbound lanes and collided with a Jeep SUV, Des Moines Police spokesman Paul Parizek said. About one inch of snow fell in the area overnight, and Parizek said the weather appears to have contributed to the crash. In addition to the two women who died in the crash, three other people were taken to hospitals for treatment. One is in critical condition, and the other two people have minor injuries.

The women killed were identified as 22-year-old Jazmin Alondra Avila-Arreola, and her sister, 18-year-old Daizy Sofia Arreola, both of Des Moines.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa reported nearly 1,000 more coronavirus cases Sunday, and the state’s rate of positive cases remains high. The state reported 915 new cases of COVID-19 and 2 new deaths as of Sunday mid-morning, to give Iowa 107,062 cases and 1,528 deaths since the pandemic began, according to Iowa’s online virus tracker. There were 19 new Positive cases in Cass County since Saturday (updated through 4:15-p.m. Sunday), for a total of 301. And, there was one more death being reported in Harrison County, where the total is 8 since the start of the pandemic. Other new, Positive COVID-19 cases in our area, include: 40 in Pottawattamie County; 14 in Harrison County; 11 in Mills County; five each in Guthrie and Shelby Counties; 4 more cases in Adams County; three in Adair and Union Counties, two in Madison County, and one in Audubon County.

The IDPH says there are: 34 people are in hospital across western/southwest Iowa, compared to 28 yesterday; eight people are being treated for COVID-19 in an ICU, compared to nine previously; five people have been admitted to a hospital (Compared to three Saturday), and one person remains on a ventilator.

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, 301 cases {+19}; 222 recovered; 2 deaths
• Adair, 123 {+3}; 64; 1
• Adams, 67 {+4}; 35; 0
• Audubon, 128 {+1}; 59; 1
• Guthrie, 363 {+5); 223; 14
• Harrison County, 561 {+14}; 192; 8
• Madison County, 337 {+2}; 206; 2
• Mills County, 334 {+11}; 173; 1
• Montgomery, 152 {+2}; 125; 5
• Pottawattamie County, 2,940 {+40}; 2,144; 44
• Shelby County, 340 {+5}; 298; 1
• Union County,  208 {+3}; 175; 3