(Radio Iowa) – A new Des Moines Register “Iowa Poll” shows the presidential race in Iowa is a dead heat. Forty-seven persident of the likely Iowa voters surveyed said they will vote to reelect President Trump and 47 percent said they will vote for Democratic challenger Joe Biden. Just three percent said they were undecided and the rest said they’d vote for a third party candidate.

The poll shows Trump has a 21 point advantage among male voters in Iowa, while Biden has a 20 point advantage among women. The survey was conducted last week, before the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

The previous Iowa Poll was conducted in June. It also found the race between Trump and Biden for Iowa’s six electoral college votes was neck-and-neck.

The Cass County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees is set to meet on Wednesday, September 23rd at 7:30 a.m. in Conference Room 1 at CCMH.

During the meeting the Board is set to hear routine reports from a number of department leaders. They also are set to act on Approval of Resolutions to approve plans, contract, and bond for a bid package and award that contract for continued work at the facility. They are also set to appoint an Infection Preventionist and an Antibiotic Stewardship Chairperson.

CEO Brett Altman will give an update and the Board will go into closed session at the end of the meeting to conduct a CEO Performance Review.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Des Moines School board has set a date for returning to school but put off establishing a coronavirus infection rate that would force the district to revert to online-only instruction. Des Moines schools has been the state’s only school system that has refused Gov. Kim Reynolds’ order that they hold at least half their classes in-person unless they have received a waiver because of high infection rates. The board voted to gradually start a hybrid plan of in-person and online courses, starting with pre-kindergarten on Oct. 12 . However, the board will hear from public health experts on metrics that would trigger a return to online-only classes. The board will meet Sept. 28 to set such metrics.

Paul L. Pearson Jr.

The Council Bluffs Police Department reports a Bellevue man attempted to harm himself during an arrest early Tuesday morning.

At 1:38 a.m. Officers made contact with 31-year-old Paul L. Pearson Jr. of Bellevue, NE at the Bucky’s Gas Station on S. 24th Street in Council Bluffs. Officers verified that Pearson had warrants out of Bellevue and took him into custody and placed him in the back of a cruiser. Officers noticed he was moving around a lot in the backseat and when they checked on him, he had gotten the handcuffs to the front of his body and wrapped a seatbelt around his neck. Officers were able to cut the seatbelt off of Pearson and get him out of the cruiser.

Council Bluffs Fire then responded and Pearson was placed in an ambulance and taken to a local hospital for further evaluation. After being seen by medical staff, he was released and taken to the Pottawattamie County Jail and booked in on Interference with Official Acts and Fugitive from Justice charges.