Jim Field visits with Sue Jordan about a Women’s Retreat occurring this Saturday at Bethany Farm Camp near Brayton.
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Jim Field visits with Sue Jordan about a Women’s Retreat occurring this Saturday at Bethany Farm Camp near Brayton.
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The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast with Jim Field.
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September Weather data compiled here at the KJAN Studios in Atlantic, show the month was nearly right on the mark for temperatures, but drier than normal. The average High last month was 79 degrees (78.5), while the average Low was 51 (50.7). Rainfall for the month amounted to .66,” whereas we would normally receive 3.81.” The hottest days of the month (over 90 degrees) were on the 3rd, 6th, 7th, and 27th. The coolest temperatures were all in the 40’s, with the lowest of 41 recorded on the 29th and 30th.
Looking ahead to this month (October), Atlantic typically receives 2.76 inches of rain. The High is usually around 64, and the Low is about 39.
KJAN is the OFFICIAL National Weather Service reporting site for Atlantic.
The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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Iowa health officials reported (as of 10-a.m. Thursday) 1,057 new, positive COVID-19 cases (Including 2 more in Cass County), for a statewide total of 89, 612, and 16 more deaths (including 2 more in Harrison County and 1 more in Guthrie County), for a total of 1,358. Deaths attributed to a pre-existing medical condition amount to 930. There have been 6,547 Lab results returned since 10-a.m. Wednesday, for a total of 801, 494. Of the latest results, 5,862 came back Negative for COVID-19 (for a total of 712,616), and 670 were positive, for a 14-day rolling average of 8.7%. In Cass County, the 14-day rolling average is 10.2%. The number of Iowans who have recovered from the virus is 69,550.
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 have increased once again. The data show: 407 hospitalized as of today (17 more than yesterday); 104 patients are in Intensive Care (compared to 100 Wednesday); 53 people were admitted to a hospital in Iowa, and 33 COVID patients are on a ventilator. In western/southwest Iowa, 24 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 (6 more than Wednesday), eight are in an ICU, 10 were admitted since yesterday (compared with two Wednesday), and no one is on a ventilator.
In the KJAN listening area, since 10-a.m. Wednesday, the IDPH reports new positive COVID-19 test results amounting to: 28 in Pottawattamie County; 21 in Harrison County; six each in Guthrie and Union Counties; five more positive cases in Mills County; four more in Adams and Shelby Counties, and two more each in Adair and Audubon Counties.
There are now 13 Iowa counties reporting a positivity rate greater than 15% over the last 14 days. Public schools in Lyon, Sioux, Osceola, Delaware, O’Brien, Page, Crawford, Plymouth, Palo Alto, Fremont, Dubuque, Harrison and Taylor counties are eligible to apply for a waiver with the state to provide 100% virtual learning. Sioux County had reported a rate greater than 30% last week, but now reports 27.1%. Lyon County, in the northwest corner of the state, reports a 31.2% positivity rate over the last 14 days.
There remain 52 long-term care facilities with coronavirus outbreaks in Iowa. IDPH reports 1,081 positive cases and 661 recoveries within those facilities. There have been 701 deaths in Iowa’s long-term care facilities, six more than yesterday.
In the KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases in each county, the number of persons recovered, and the total number of [deaths] (if any), since the pandemic began:
(Radio Iowa) – China is working to rebuild its grain stockpiles after the pandemic and Iowa farmers will be helping to fill the order. Dermot Hayes, an ag economics professor at Iowa State University says China’s demand for corn is surging well beyond the norm. “They had been running at a deficit for several years by consuming way more corn than they produced and they did that by getting into their stocks,” Hayes says. “Then COVID has convinced them to rebuild those stocks rather than to deplete them and so that has created a scarcity there and an opportunity for us.”
China is willing to buy huge quantities of American commodities, Hayes says, because Iowa corn is cheap compared to grain produced in China. “It’s good news for corn and soybean producers,” Hayes says. “Their domestic prices are about $8.50 and ours are probably closer to $3 in central Iowa, so there’s a big incentive for them to buy our corn rather than their own.” China has a storage quota of seven-point-two million tons of corn, but Hayes predicts they’ll go far beyond that figure. While last month’s derecho heavily damaged millions of acres of Iowa fields, it won’t prevent Iowa producers from making a big sale in China, since other nations are cutting back their purchases.
“We were going to have big carry-out stocks with or without the derecho, so where China’s going to get that corn is from product that we would’ve otherwise stored into next year,” Hayes says. “Hogs, corn and beans have been on a tear and it’s all China-related. So many other markets we’re having difficulty with because the world economy is slowing down. Countries are going to have to go into austerity because of the money they’re spending right now.”
The most recent data says China will now import 21-billion dollars in agricultural products from the U-S in the first year of the Phase One deal, an increase of almost three-billion from the first prediction in May.
(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Lottery is opening the doors back up today (Thursday) to allow you to cash winning tickets in person. Lottery spokesperson, Mary Neubauer says they’ve been working to make it safe. “We have additional protective glass or plexiglass up at the customer service counters in all of our offices. We have hand sanitizing stations just inside the front door to all of our offices and we hope everyone will use them,” Neubauer says. “We’ve installed floor decals to reminding everyone about keeping the six-foot distant to maintain social distancing.”
She says they are taking other precautions as well. “Our staffers will wear masks when interacting with the public and we strongly encourage visitors to our offices to also wear masks. We will wipe down and sanitize the areas after each prize claim appointment. And visitors can again use hand sanitizing stations as they leave our offices,” she says. Neubauer says this is phase three of the ticket claim adjustments. They started by requiring winners to mail-in tickets or leave them at a secure drop box outside the lottery offices. The second phase instituted a curbside process where Lottery employees would come to the parking lot to get tickets from customers.
“In the first couple of weeks after we implemented curbside prize claims — we just saw an influx of folks bringing us winning tickets — we processed hundreds of claims those first couple of weeks,” according to Neubauer. “It turns out a lot of folks had chosen to simply hold onto those tickets rather than mailing or shipping them to us or using a secure dropbox.” Neubauer says they are asking those in a group who have won a prize to send just one person to collect. She says moving the prize redemption’s back inside will have them ready for any winter weather. “I don’t want to think about it myself, but I know here in Iowa we’ve got a month left of warmish weather. We sometimes have had snow before Halloween, so I know we are moving in the right direction,” Neubauer says.
Iowa Lottery prizes up to 600 dollars in the lotto, InstaPlay and instant-scratch games may be redeemed at any lottery retailer location in the state if sufficient funds are available. Pull-tab prizes of up to 600 dollars must be redeemed at the same location where the ticket was purchased. Prizes of more than 250-thousand dollars must be claimed in person at the Iowa Lottery headquarters office in Clive.
Police in Red Oak, Wednesday night, arrested 28-year-old Nathan Allen Aldrich, of Red Oak, for Theft in the 5th Degree. He was taken into custody at around 11:10-p.m. in the 700 block of 8th Street, and transported to the Montgomery County Jail. Aldrichs’ bond was set at $300.
WILLIAM D. TRACY, 86 of Stuart (& formerly of Greenfield), died Wed., Sept. 30th, at Iowa Methodist Hospital, in Des Moines. A Funeral Mass for WILLIAM TRACY will be held 1-p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3rd, at the Historic Saints Center in Stuart. Johnson Family Funeral Home in Stuart has the arrangements.
The Funeral Mass will be live-streamed, and can be viewed afterward, on the funeral home’s Facebook page.
Visitation at the Historic All Saints Center in Stuart, at from 11:30-a.m. until 1:00-p.m., Saturday.; Online condolences may be left at www.johnsonfamilyfuneralhome.com.
Burial is in the St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery, in Casey.
Memorials may be directed to the William Tracy Charitable Fund, in care of the funeral home (P.O. Box 246, Stuart, Iowa, 50250).
KENT MORGAN, 63, of rural Harlan, died Tue., Sept. 29th, at Myrtue Medical Center, in Harlan. Funeral services for KENT MORGAN will be held 11-a.m. Saturday, Oct. 3rd, at the First Baptist Church, in Harlan. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Visitation at the funeral home is on Friday, Oct. 2nd, from 5-until 8-p.m.
Burial is in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in Lincoln Township, rural Harlan.
KENT MORGAN is survived by:
His wife – Deb Morgan, of Harlan.
His son – Jason Morgan, of Des Moines.
His daughters – Amber (Matt) Schmitz, of Harlan, & Holly (Tyler) Buckingham, of Adel.
His sisters – Karen Fordyce, of Omaha, & Kathy Lee, of Austin, TX.
6 grandchildren, his in-laws, other relatives, and friends.
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