The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:05-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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The Iowa Department of Public Health today (10-a.m., Saturday) reports there have been 23 additional deaths attributed to COVID-19 statewide since 10-a.m. Friday, for a total of 1,160, and 1,024 additional, positive cases of COVID-19, for a total of 69,006. Persons with preexisting medical conditions made up for 810 of the deaths. Officials say 622 deaths have taken place at a long-term care facility since the beginning of the outbreak. There have been a total of 49,502 persons who have recovered from the virus and 5,952 additional negative test results received since Friday, for a total of 591,380 since testing began. A total of 661,821 individuals have been tested for COVID-19. The combined 14-day positivity rate is 11.1%.
Here in the KJAN listening area: Cass County picked two more positive COVID-19 cases, Friday, for a total of 118; There was one more case in Audubon County (40 total); 4 new cases in Guthrie County (Total 178); Montgomery County has 1 new cases (83 total); Harrison County has two more case (total 154), and there 13 more cases in Pottawattamie County (total 1,708).
There are 315 Iowans hospitalized with coronavirus. IDPH reported 94 patients are in intensive care. There were a total of 36 patients admitted to Iowa hospitals, and 38 patients who remained on a ventilator. In western/southwest Iowa: 9 patients are hospitalized with COVID-19; 7 are in an ICU, two people were admitted to an area hospital, and four patients are on ventilators.
Long-Term Care outbreaks remain at 29. IDPH reported 802 positive cases and 366 recoveries within those facilities.
Here are the latest positive case numbers for southwest/western Iowa (County; Positive Case #’s; number of persons who have (recovered); {deaths since the outbreak began}.
Red Oak Police, early this (Saturday) morning, arrested a man for Public Intoxication. Authorities say 36-year old Jeremy Ray Dilocker, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 2:20-a.m. in the 400 block of E. Reed Street. Dilocker was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 bond.
A collision in northeastern Carroll County, Friday afternoon, resulted in the death of one person and injuries to two others. The Iowa State Patrol says the crash happened at the intersection of 130th Street and Robin Avenue, between Lidderdale and Lanesboro, at around 12:50-p.m.
Authorities say a 1997 Chevy pickup driven by 20-year old Jacob Allen Hubbs, of Jefferson, was traveling north on Robin Avenue, and failed to stop at the stop sign with 130th Street. The pickup hit a 2007 Toyota Corolla, driven by 76-year old Kenneth Lee Johnston, of Lanesboro.
Afterward, the pickup came to rest in the middle of the intersection, and the car entered the north ditch. Hubbs, and his passenger, 43-year old Brian Glenn Hubbs, of Carroll, were transported by Carroll County EMS to St. Anthony Hospital in Carroll. Johnston died at the scene.
The accident remains under investigation.
Seven people were hurt during a collision in northwest Iowa’s Pocahontas County, Friday evening. The Iowa State Patrol reports the crash involving a 2013 Dodge Dart and a 2015 Ford F-250 pickup, happened at around 6:05-p.m. at the intersection of Highways 3 and 15, between Pocahontas and Gilmore City.
Authorities say the westbound pickup driven by 65-year old Thomas Hemmingsen, of Newell, struck the car in the westbound lane, as the Dodge, driven by 17-year old Adrian Kannard, of Rockwell City, was turning northbound onto Highway 15.
Two occupants of the vehicles suffered minor injuries, five suffered serious injuries and were flown by Life Flight to Iowa Methodist Medical Center/Blank Children’s Hospital, in Des Moines. Adrian Kannard was driven by Pocahontas Ambulance to the Spencer Hospital. Hemmingsen and 64-year old Michael McNace, of Lake View, were transported by Humboldt EMS to the hospital in Humboldt.
The others who were hurt and flown to the hospital, were identified as 15-year old Brittany Niehaus and 16-year old Ethan Hinners, both of Fonda, and 65-year old Patricia Bartholomew, of Boone. All of the crash victims were wearing their seat belts. Information on the seventh victim was not immediately available in the Patrol’s report.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Yu Darvish pitched seven dazzling innings in his seventh consecutive win, and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 in the opener of a big five-game series. Led by Darvish and Willson Contreras, Chicago won for the fourth time in five games and strengthened its grip on the top spot in the NL Central. St. Louis dropped into a virtual tie with Milwaukee for second, 4 1/2 games back of the Cubs. Contreras had three hits and four RBIs, including a leadoff drive in the sixth for his fifth homer. Darvish allowed one run and one hit, struck out 11 and walked none.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jose Abreu extended his hitting streak to 18 games with a two-run double, Eloy Jimenez had three hits and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 7-3. Abreu matched Baltimore’s Anthony Santander for the longest hitting streak in the majors this season. Codi Heuer relieved starter Dane Dunning in the fifth and go the win with 1 1/3 innings of relief. Alex Colome earned his eighth save in nine tries. The White Sox took a half-game lead on the Indians and Twins in the AL Central. The Indians lost to the Brewers and the Twins swept a doubleheader from the Tigers.
CHICAGO (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals catcher Matt Wieters has been activated from the 10-day injured list after being sidelined by a broken left big toe. Catcher Andrew Knizner was optioned to the team’s alternate training site to make room for Wieters, who is 0 for 12 in six games in his second season with St. Louis.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Terence “Bud” Crawford is looking for a fight. The undefeated WBO welterweight champion has never fought less than twice in a calendar year as a professional. He faces the possibility of being idle all of 2020. The 32-year-old said he’s using the time off to rest his body and spend time with his family. He also continues to train. Crawford hasn’t had a fight since he stopped Egidijus Kavaliauskas in the ninth round at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 14. Top Rank CEO Bob Arum is trying to line up a fight against Kell Brook before the year is over.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:45 a.m. CDT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Polk County sheriff’s office released dashcam footage and other information Friday about the fatal shooting of a Wisconsin man by one of its deputies in 2018. It wasn’t immediately clear from the video released Friday if 25-year-old Isaiah Hayes was shot in the back, as his family contends. The sheriff’s office disclosed details in an online video that includes dashboard camera footage of deputies chasing the Ashland, Wisconsin, man through central Iowa. They also released previously undisclosed documents and radio communications. The sheriff’s office says Deputy Ryan Phillips saw Hayes run from a stolen car near Altoona, Iowa. Phillips reported that Hayes had a weapon and that Phillips fired when Hayes refused orders to drop it.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Polk County judge says he will decide next week whether to allow the Des Moines school district to temporarily move completely to online classes rather than comply with a state order intended to ensure children return to at least partial in-person classes. The judge says he hopes to reach a decision on the temporary injunction by Tuesday, when school is supposed to resume for the 33,000 students in the Des Moines district. The district has filed a lawsuit, saying Iowa law gives local school board control over how children are educated and that it’s not safe to hold in-person classes at a time when hundreds of confirmed coronavirus cases are reported every day in Iowa. A similar case is also proceeding in Johnson County.
MANCHESTER, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa hog farmer has been sentenced to life in prison in the death of his wife, who was impaled in the back with a corn rake. Iowa District Court Judge Thomas Bitter issued the required sentence of life without parole Friday for 44-year-old Todd M. Mullis. He was convicted in September 2019 in the death of his wife, 39-year-old Amy Mullis, on the couple’s farm near Earlville. Mullis has maintained his innocence. Prosecutors say Mullis was furious that his wife was having an affair and feared he’d lose their farm if she divorced him. The sentencing hearing was postponed four times because of restrictions related to the coronavirus.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police have made a second arrest in the murder of a man who was shot to death in a neighborhood near Drake University. Police said Friday they charged 27-year-old Michael Jermaine Jacobs of Des Moines with first-degree murder in the death of 36-year-old Sean Newman of Des Moines. Whitney Ann Davis, 33, of Des Moines was charged a day earlier with first-degree murder in the case. Police said in a news release Friday that the evidence indicates that Jacobs was the person who shot and killed Newman on Wednesday.Detectives are continuing the investigation, but no additional arrests are expected.
The Atlantic Trojans took the opening kickoff and drove 85 yards in 10 plays to grab a lead against Kuemper Catholic and never trailed the rest of the way. Atlantic capped off that impressive opening drive with a 13-yard touchdown run by Bodie Johnson to open the scoring. The Trojans went on to lead 14-7 at half and win the game 21-10.
Both teams put together long methodical drives early in the game with only six total possessions in the first half. Kuemper Catholic nearly answered Atlantic’s opening drive, putting together a 13-play drive that ended on a slightly overthrown pass and a turnover on downs at the Atlantic 23. Atlantic then went 15 plays down the field to grab a 14-0 lead on a 20 yard touchdown toss from Garrett McLaren to Colin Mullenix. Kuemper successfully responded to that score with a 65-yard drive that ended with a two-yard touchdown run by Logan Sibenaller. That put the game to 14-7 at the break.
Kuemper opened the second half driving all the way to the Atlantic 10 before a turnover on downs. After an Atlantic punt on their first possession the Knights got close enough for Simon Wagner to punch through a 40-yard field goal to make the score 14-10. Atlantic threw an interception on their next possession but then the defense came up big forcing a Knight punt from near their own goal line. Cael Pulido then came rushing off the edge and blocked the punt, which the Knights picked up and only brought out to the 10 yard line. Atlantic capitalized on the short field three plays later with a Corey Parrott 5 yard touchdown run to provide the final 21-10 margin.
Atlantic improves to 1-1 on the season and will open up District play next week at Greene County. Kuemper Catholic falls to 0-2 on the year and will host West Central Valley next week.
Listen to postgame interviews with Bodie Johnson and Coach McDermott below.
Watch the full video replay of the game HERE.
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Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 20, Des Moines, North 14
Webster City 55, Carroll 0
Dallas Center-Grimes 35, North Polk 14
Gilbert 34, ADM 33 OT
Harlan 21, Pella 18
Webster City 55, Carroll 0
Spencer 35, Denison-Schleswig 7
Harlan 21, Pella 18
Lewis Central 49, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 28
Glenwood 37, Treynor 0
Winterset 41, Creston O-M 14
Atlantic 21, Kuemper Catholic 10 – ON KJAN AND KJANTV
Des Moines Christian 36, Chariton 0
Panorama 41, Clarinda 31
Shenandoah 28, Sidney 20
South Central Calhoun 34, Greene County 7
Southwest Valley 46, Red Oak 7
ACGC 43, Central Decatur 7
Interstate-35 37, Clarke 0
Mount Ayr 41, Nodaway Valley 13
North Mahaska 48, Colfax-Mingo 12
PCM, Monroe 42, Pella Christian 7
Pleasantville 56, Lynnville-Sully 29
ACGC 43, Central Decatur 7
Atlantic 21, Kuemper Catholic 10
Van Meter 40, Earlham 0
Panorama 41, Clarinda 31
West Central Valley 26, Eagle Grove 24
Woodward-Granger 42, Ogden 14
AHSTW 39, Missouri Valley 6
MMCRU 20, MVAOCOU 16
OABCIG 27, Spirit Lake 21
Sioux Central 16, East Sac County 6
Glenwood 37, Treynor 0
Underwood 41, Tri-Center 8
Cardinal 35, Wayne 8
Mount Ayr 41, Nodaway Valley 13
South Hamilton 45, Madrid 6
Woodward-Granger 42, Ogden 14
AHSTW 39, Missouri Valley 6
Logan-Magnolia 28, St. Albert 7
Riverside 36, West Monona – Whiting 2
Shenandoah 28, Sidney 20
Southwest Valley 46, Red Oak 7
Underwood 41, Tri-Center 8
Southeast Valley 32, IKM-Manning 22
Logan-Magnolia 28, St. Albert 7
Ridge View 27, Cherokee, Washington 7
Riverside 36, West Monona – Whiting 2
Westwood 41, Akron-Westfield 20
Unity Christian 27, Woodbury Central 13
CAM 48, Bedford 8 –ON CAM COUGAR CHANNEL
East Mills 36, Stanton/Essex 12
Fremont-Mills 74, Griswold 16
Lenox 80, East Union 6
Audubon 49, Ar-We-Va 6
Woodbine 50, Boyer Valley 28
Coon Rapids-Bayard 66, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 19– ON SPARTAN MEDIA
West Harrison/Whiting 56, Glidden-Ralston 44
(Radio Iowa) – The decision to go without fans at Iowa State football games is going to lead to some tough budget decisions for the athletic department. Cyclone Athletic Director Jamie Pollard sent a letter to fans today (Friday) saying he is adjusting the projected budget deficit from 17-and-a-half million dollars to 30 million. Pollard says the original estimate was based on having fans for football.
Pollard says the department will have to look at several options to make up the deficit — including more salary cuts and layoffs in the department; possibly eliminating sports; and the closing of C-Y Stephens Auditorium. Pollard says the athletic department subsidizes C-Y Stephens by one million dollars annually and the revenues generated by events there are not enough to cover its operating expenses — or pay for the facility’s deferred maintenance.
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