The Creston Police Department reports seven arrests took place over the weekend. Early Sunday morning, 27-year old Brandon Scott Lawrence, of Creston, was arrested at the intersection of Monroe/Maple St on a Union County Warrant for failure to appear original charge Theft 5th Degree. Lawrence was also charged with Possession of controlled substance 2nd offense and Possession of Paraphernalia. He is being held in the Union County Jail on $2.000 cash or surety bond. Sunday afternoon, 34-year old Skyler Lee Mcintosh, of Creston, was arrested at the intersection of Hwy 34/Osage during a traffic stop and charged with Possession of Paraphernalia, Possession of Controlled Substance 1st offense, and driving while barred. McIntosh was being held in the Union County Jail on $1,300 cash or surety bond.

Sunday morning, 35-year old Nicole Adrienne Sider, and 45-year old Harold Michael Roberts, both of Creston, were arrested on separate Domestic Abuse Assault charges. Sider was later released on $1,000 bond. Roberts was released on a $300 bond. 41-year old Justin Lawrence Moorhead, of Des Moines, was arrested Sunday afternoon for Public Intoxication. He was later released on a $300 bond.

And there were two arrests on Friday: 45-year old John Anthony Neely, of Creston, was arrested on a Union County warrant. He was taken into custody at the Union County Clerk of Court’s Office, and held in the Union County Jail on a $5,000 cash only bond. Friday night, 26-year old Andrew Thomas Palmer, of Creston, was arrested for OWI/1st offense. He was later released on a $1,000 bond.

A woman who swerved to miss a squirrel crashed her SUV into a parked pickup truck in Red Oak, Sunday afternoon. According to Red Oak Police, 73-year old Donna Margaret Lewis, of Red Oak, was driving a 2012 Jeep Compass northbound in the 1400 block of N. 6th Street at around 3:55-p.m., when she swerved and lost control of her SUV. The vehicle struck a parked 2015 Chevy Colorado pickup, registered to Norman Edward Thompson.

Lewis was transported by Red Oak EMS to the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital. She was cited for Failure to Maintain Control. Damage from the collision amounted to $6,000 each.

The State of Iowa’s Coronavirus dashboard, Monday, indicated (as of 10-a.m.), there were 432 new cases of COVID-19 since 10-a.m. Sunday, for a total of 100,052. There is one more positive case of the virus in Cass and Adair County, for a total of 235 & 99 respectively; 14 more cases in Harrison County; eight more in Guthrie County, and six more in Madison County. There are also five more positive cases of COVID-19 in Pottawattamie County, two more in Union County and one additional case in Montgomery County.

There have been four more deaths statewide since 10-a.m. Sunday, for a total of 1,464. The IDPH says of the reported deaths, 985 were related to a pre-existing medical condition. There have been a total of 864,455 Iowans tested for COVID-19 to-date, with 762,797 total Negative results. There have been 4,199 results received since 10-a.m. Sunday, with 3,619 of those Negative, and 571 Positive. Officials say 11.6% of persons tested had a positive test result.  Iowans who have recovered from the virus number 76,500.

Hospitalizations are up from Sunday’s 438, to 449 today. The IDPH says: 109 patients with COVID-19 are in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) (compared to 100 Sunday); 53 people with COVID symptoms were admitted to a hospital (compared to 63 Sunday); and 39 patients are on a ventilator (1 less than Sunday). Western/Southwest Iowa hospitals report 24 people hospitalized (2 less than Sunday), eight are in an ICU (1 more than yesterday), one person was admitted, and no one was on a ventilator.

There remains 54 Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks in Iowa. There are 1,169 positive cases of COVID among patients and staff at those facilities, and there have been 739 deaths since the outbreak began. The IDPH reports 629 persons recovered from the virus at LTC’s.

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, 235 cases {+1}; 192 recovered; 2 deaths
• Adair, 99{+1}; 56; 1
• Adams, 55; 30; 0
• Audubon, 116; 44; 1
• Guthrie, 337 {+8); 200; 13
• Harrison County, 454 {+14}; 192; 5
• Madison County, 310 {+6}; 200; 2
• Mills County, 292; 148; 1
• Montgomery, 134 {+1}; 102; 5
• Pottawattamie County, 2,654 {+5}; 1,975; 43
• Shelby County, 310; 277; 1
• Union County,  189 {+2}; 120; 3