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(Radio Iowa) – More than 200 researchers and faculty from 37 colleges and universities in the state have co-signed a statement, suggesting this year’s pandemic, drought and derecho illustrate the importance of having science guide public policy. University of Iowa professor Eric Tate is a lead author on this year’s Iowa Climate Statement. He says the most vulnerable people tend to suffer disproportionately during disasters, so emergency planners should pay attention to how those groups fare during this year’s pandemic. “These are lessons that I think can be directly applied to climate change hazards,” he says.
Tate and the other scientists argue it’s critical for communities to draw up plans in advance to protect lives and property during natural disasters in a changing climate. “Resilient communities and households have a greater ability to withstand disruption and absorb impacts from climate hazards as well as adapt to change,” Tate says. The scientists warn political polarization that has de-legitimized science has made the pandemic worse and it’s important for leaders to promote expert guidance when lives and property are in peril.
(Reporting by Iowa Public Radio’s Amy Mayer)
The Atlantic City Council, Wednesday, learned a promotional marketing video was being created, aimed at drawing young professionals and other employees to Atlantic. Atlantic Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Bailey Smith, CADCO Executive Director Jennifer McEntaffer, and SWIPCO Community Development Director Alexsis Fleener, got together with Atlantic Development, a local investment group, to discuss and find ways to address the issues of population decline, housing and properties for sale, etc. Smith says one of the groups’ ideas was to market Atlantic on a much wider basis than before.
McEntaffer said the video will also focus on the community being family friendly.
The footage will be edited together to create a roughly two-minute video, which when finished will be placed on the City’s YouTube Channel that will be set-up. Social media will also help blast the message out. Atlantic will be one of the first towns to be on the Iowa Economic Development Authority’s (IEDA) website, as part of a national media campaign to draw more people to the State.
Atlantic’s video will be different than others to be featured.
(Updated 10-a.m., 10/8) – The State of Iowa’s Coronavirus dashboard today shows Cass County has seven more positive cases of the virus, for a total since the pandemic began, of 205 cases. The number of cases in Pottawattamie jumped 76 to 2,471, and there was one additional death attributed to the virus in Pott. County, for a total of 42 since the outbreak began. Harrison County had 25 more cases of COVID-19, for a total of 365. (See more detailed info. below)
Statewide, there are 95,857 positive cases of COVID-19, with 1,515 new cases reported since 10-a.m. Wednesday, a NEW RECORD in Iowa. There have also been five more deaths statewide, for a total of 1,419. The IDPH says of the reported deaths, 964 were related to a pre-existing medical condition. There have been a total of 841,909 Iowans tested for COVID-19 to-date, with 744,430 total Negative results. There were 6,825 results received since Wednesday, with 6,104 of those Negative, and 706 Positive. The 14-day rolling average is 8.8%. Iowans who have recovered from the virus number 74,170.
There are currently 15 Iowa counties reporting a positivity rate greater than 15% over the last 14 days. Public schools in Lyon, Sioux, Taylor, Page, Carroll, Delaware, Fremont, Guthrie, Adams, O’Brien, Harrison, Plymouth, Osceola, Emmet and Ida counties can apply with the education department for a waiver to provide 100% virtual learning. Lyon, Sioux, Taylor and Page counties report a positivity rate greater than 20%.
Hospitalizations continue to rise, from 444 yesterday to 449 this morning. That’s also a NEW RECORD. The IDPH says: eight more patients were in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), for a total of 112; 63 people with COVID symptoms were admitted to a hospital (down from 97 yesterday); and 39 patients are on a ventilator (down from 42 previously). Western/Southwest Iowa hospitals report 23 people hospitalized (unchanged from previous report), six are in an ICU, two were admitted and no one was on a ventilator.
There are currently 53 Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks in Iowa, 1,094 positive cases of COVID among patients and staff at those facilities, and there have been 724 deaths since the outbreak began. The IDPH reports 606 recoveries 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,
Police in Red Oak arrested a man Wednesday evening on theft charge. 20-year old Nicholas Alan Foster, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 6:30-p.m. in the 300 block of E. Joy Street, for Theft in the 5th Degree (a simple misdemeanor). He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $300 bond.
(Radio Iowa) – Due to recent good weather, harvest activity in Iowa is progressing at a pace that’s a few weeks ahead of normal. Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says despite all the obstacles of the pandemic, this has turned out to be a good growing season for most Iowa farmers. “We’re ahead of schedule on harvest and, you know, we’re hearing some OK yields, all things considered,” Naig says. “Certainly western Iowa got started first and now you are seeing it really work across into eastern Iowa.”
Naig says the exception to the positive harvest news would be areas impacted by the August 10th’ derecho that flattened many fields in the central third of the state. “It’s bad,” Naig says. “There’s millions of acres that were significantly damaged and folks are having to go out and it’s hard work to get that crop picked up. A lot of those acres were declared a total loss and they’ve settled with crop insurance. A challenging year no doubt, one that a lot of us want to put in the rear view mirror from the harvest standpoint.”
Naig says a USDA risk management agency administrator will be in Iowa today (Thursday) to take an up-close look at the derecho-damaged areas. The U-S-D-A’s weekly crop report issued Monday showed one quarter of Iowa’s corn crop had been harvested. That’s more than three weeks ahead of last year and 12 days ahead of the five-year average. The report found 55 percent of soybeans have been harvested — only the second time in the last 15 years that at least half of the Iowa soybean crop was harvested by the first Monday of October.
(Radio Iowa) – Democratic Congresswoman Cindy Axne says she was shocked by President Trump’s announcement that all pandemic relief negotiations were suspended until after the election. Axne says she was on a conference call with House Democrats, being briefed about the latest round of negotiations, when the president sent his tweet.
“Deciding that it was more important for him to push something off until after the Election instead of helping the American people put food on the table, make sure that our health care providers had the PPE that they needed and get our economy back up and running,” Axne says.
Trump has since backtracked, indicating that before November 3rd he’d sign bills providing relief to businesses and sending another 12-hundred dollar stimulus check to most Americans. Republican David Young is the former third district congressman who is running against Axne this year and he blames Democrats in the House for the impasse. But Young says in addition to Trump’s latest list, the package should include money for the child care industry as well as liability protections to shield small businesses from Covid-related lawsuits.
“There’s a package that lingering and almost dead probably in Washington, D.C. because of dysfunction that could be used right now,” he says, “…to help Iowans get out of this suffering.” Young and Axne made their comments during a debate late Wednesday afternoon on W-H-O Television.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — New Iowa starting quarterback Spencer Petras grew up in the San Francisco Bay area and loves the Grateful Dead. When he’s not trying to recruit teammates to be a Deadhead like him, he’s preparing to take over for three-year starter Nate Stanley. With no spring practice because of the pandemic, Petras and his receivers went to local high school fields to work on passing drills and build chemistry. Petras has seen only mop-up duty the past two seasons, but the receiving corps returns 95 percent of its production from 2019. The Hawkeyes open Oct. 24 at Purdue.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs, Seattle Seahawks, Green Bay Packers and Buffalo Bills are the top four teams in the latest AP Pro32 poll. That’s the same as last week. All four teams are 4-0. The Baltimore Ravens slipped a spot to round out the top five. Next are the Pittsburgh Steelers at No. 6 and the Tennessee Titans at No. 7. Those teams had been scheduled to play each other last week but the game was postponed because of the Titans’ COVID-19 outbreak.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are in a precarious spot after learning that a player from the Patriots, whom they played on Monday night, tested positive for COVID-19. Perhaps the biggest concern lies with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who spent about 30 seconds face-to-face after the game speaking with New England defensive back Stephon Gilmore, the player that reportedly tested positive Wednesday. The Raiders, their opponent this Sunday, also had to place a player on the COVID-19 list for players that test positive or who have been in close contact with someone else that tested positive.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays are up 2-1 in their AL Division Series after blasting three more home runs in an 8-4 trouncing of the New York Yankees. Kevin Kiermaier provided the big blow with a three-run homer off losing pitcher Masahiro Tanaka to break a 1-1 tie. Randy Arozarena (ah-roh-zah-RAY’-nah) added a solo shot to chase Tanaka an inning later, and Michael Perez smacked a two-run shot against Chad Green in the sixth.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton is the first player in major league history to homer in each of his team’s first five games of a postseason. Stanton did it with his fourth home run of the Yankees’ ALDS against the Rays, a two-run blast in the eighth. He has 10 RBIs in the series.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Oakland Athletics forced a Game 4 in their AL Division Series by downing the Houston Astros, 9-7. Chad Pinder supplied the Athletics’ fifth and final home run of the day, a three-run blast in the seventh. Tommy La Stella, Mark Canha (KAN’-ah), Matt Olson and Marcus Semien also homered for the A’s, who went ahead on Sean Murphy’s sacrifice fly in the eighth.
HOUSTON (AP) — Rookie Ian Anderson combined with four relievers on a three-hitter as the Atlanta Braves blanked the Miami Marlins, 2-0. Anderson struck out eight over 5 2/3 innings before the Atlanta bullpen tossed no-hit ball the rest of the way. Dansby Swanson and Travis d’Arnaud (dahr-NOH’) both homered for the second straight day to help the Braves take a 2-0 lead in the NL Division Series.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers can finish up a three-game sweep on Thursday following a 6-5 win over the San Diego Padres. Corey Seager delivered three hits for Los Angeles, including a two-run double in the third inning to put the Dodgers ahead to stay. Cody Bellinger added a solo shot and winning pitcher Clayton Kershaw sailed until Manny Machado and Eric Hosmer hit back-to-back homers in the sixth.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Saturday’s game between Missouri and No. 17 LSU has been moved to Missouri’s home stadium and will be played in the morning because of Hurricane Delta. The Southeastern Conference announced the move on Wednesday. SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said in a statement that moving the game was in the best interest of safety for Louisiana. The game will be played at 11 a.m. Central time in Columbia, Missouri, after being previously scheduled for Saturday night in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The conference is monitoring the hurricane’s path and communicating with schools about its potential impact on other sports.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Winston Reid scored his first MLS goal in the 67th minute and Sporting Kansas City beat the Chicago Fire 1-0. Sporting Kansas City has won two straight matches. The Fire have lost two in a row. Goalkeepers Bobby Shuttleworth of Chicago and Tim Melia of Sporting KC each finished with two saves.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:35 a.m. CDT
JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — Amid surging virus case numbers in Iowa, Gov. Kim Reynolds is evoking President Donald Trump in saying, “We can’t let COVID-19 dominate our lives.” Reynolds acknowledged Wednesday that Iowa is seeing surging numbers of coronavirus cases and record hospitalizations. But she insists the health care system can handle the increase and no further action is needed to reduce infections. Reynolds argued that she must balance safety precautions against moves to open businesses, schools and return to normal life. There were 444 people being treated for the coronavirus in hospitals as of Wednesday morning. In the past 24 hours, the state had 919 new confirmed positive cases and 15 more deaths.
VAN METER, Iowa (AP) — A central Iowa coach and teacher has been charged after police say he assaulted one of a group of students trying to toilet-paper his house. Police say Joel Bartz stopped a truck carrying a group of teens near his home around 10 p.m. on Sept. 17. A criminal complaint says that when one of the students got out of the truck and approached the teacher, Bartz grabbed the student and pulled him down while punching him in the back and head. Bartz is charged with assault and criminal mischief. He is Van Meter School District middle school science teacher and coach on the high school football and basketball teams. The district says he has been placed on leave.
UNDATED (AP) — Microsoft has announced plans to build two more data centers in the Des Moines area. The Des Moines Register reports that the tech giant confirmed that its land purchases last month are for the development of more space for servers that bolster its cloud computing operations. West Des Moines Community and Economic Development Director Clyde Evans said he expects developers to break ground on the new projects next September and open the first buildings in the fall of 2022. Evans said the projects typically cost between $1-2 billion, occupy about 1.2 million-1.8 million square feet and employ 50-75 workers.
WYOMING, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor has determined that a deputy was justified in shooting and wounding a man who fired into a home in eastern Iowa and waived a firearm at law enforcement. The Jones County Attorney’s Office said in a news release Wednesday that the determination was reached after an investigator interviewed witnesses about the Sept. 21 shooting of 51-year-old James Orval Bartram and reviewed body camera and dashcam video.
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