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Here’s the latest information from the State of Iowa’s Coronavirus website (The COVID-19 Dashboard):
The IDPH says there was one more, positive COVID-19 case in Cass County, for a total of 103, and 9 more people have recovered for the virus, for a total of 88. There were two more cases reported in Audubon County, for a total of 32, and two more recovered; Montgomery County has two more cases, for a total of 68; Guthrie and Shelby Counties each have one new, positive COVID-19 cases, for a total of 156 in Guthrie and 205 in Shelby. (See more area data below)
The Iowa Department of Public Health on Saturday reported 843 new positive coronavirus cases and 13 additional deaths. As of 10 a.m. Saturday, IDPH reported 55,496 positive cases, 43,353 recoveries and 1,030 deaths since the pandemic began. At 10 a.m. Friday, IDPH had reported 54,653 positive cases and 1,017 deaths.
IDPH data shows 591,013 Iowans have been tested for COVID-19. There were 5,204 lab results received in the previous day, with 553 positive cases. Additional positive cases from previous days add to the overall total. One of 5 Iowans have been tested for the virus and 1 of 57 have tested positive. IDPH reports Plymouth, Henry, Carroll and Des Moines counties have a greater than 15% positivity rate over the last 14 days, triggering consideration for public schools to switch to 100% online learning.
IDPH data shows 268 Iowans currently hospitalized with coronavirus, down from 293 the previous day. There are 79 patients in intensive care, down from 81 the previous day. There are 34 patients on ventilators in the state, up from 32 the previous day. There were 33 patients admitted in the last 24 hours, down from 43 the previous day.
In western/southwest Iowa: 11 people were hospitalized; Six are in an ICU. There were no admissions and no one was listed as being on a ventilator.
There are now 35 long-term care facilities reporting COVID-19 outbreaks in Iowa, up from 34 the previous day. IDPH reported 1,049 positive cases and 623 recoveries within those facilities. There have been 551 deaths in Iowa’s long-term care facilities since the pandemic began.
Here are the latest positive case numbers for southwest/western Iowa from 10-a.m. Friday to 10-a.m. Saturday (County; Positive Case #’s; number of persons who have (recovered); {deaths since the outbreak began}. Counties with changes have highlighted numbers over the previous 24-hours:
Elsewhere in the area:
UNDATED (AP) — Iowa will drop four sports programs as part of the athletic department’s response to a projected loss of $100 million in revenue because of the pandemic. Men’s gymnastics, men’s tennis, and men’s and women’s swimming and diving will be discontinued after the 2020-21 academic year. The Big Ten’s decision to postpone football and other fall sports until the spring will create an overall budget deficit between $60-$75 million this year. Iowa is the second school in a Power Five conference to drop sports. Stanford announced last month that it would eliminate 11 sports.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pinch-hitter Matt Davidson delivered a go-ahead grand slam in the sixth inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 on Friday night. Davidson drove a 2-0 pitch from Tyler Webb to left field and into the Cincinnati bullpen. It was his third home run of the season, his second career grand slam and his first pinch-hit homer. Cincinnati is 2-2 after a three-game pause because of a positive COVID-19 test. St. Louis has lost four of six. The teams combined for only five hits. Michael Lorenzen earned the victory in relief. He went 1 2/3 innings. Raisel Iglasias pitched a perfect ninth for his third save.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jorge Soler hit a three-run homer in the first inning, Danny Duffy held the Twins in check over five, and the Kansas City Royals pounded the Twins 7-2 on Friday night to open the third straight weekend series between AL Central rivals. Hunter Dozier added a two-run shot and finished with three RBIs, and Whit Merrifield also drove in a run, as the Royals won for the sixth time in their last seven games at Kauffman Stadium. Jake Odorizzi took the loss after he was knocked from the game in the third inning by a line drive. X-rays on his abdomen taken at the ballpark were negative. The Royals placed catcher Salvador Perez on the injured list with lingering vision problems and recalled Randy Rosario to add a left-handed arm in the bullpen ahead of their three-game series against the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. Perez woke up with vision problems Sunday and called Royals trainer Nick Kenney. He wound up at a specialist on Monday and was good enough to return to the lineup, but he’s been out with continued blurriness the rest of the week.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Wide receiver Tyreek Hill has only a minor hamstring strain and the Kansas City Chiefs intend to be cautious with their dynamic playmaker. Hill missed practice Friday after pulling up while running a route the previous day. That wasn’t the only good news on the injury front for the Super Bowl champs. Wide receiver Sammy Watkins was back for the first time in nearly a week along with Pro Bowl defensive tackle Chris Jones. Both of them had groin strains.
UNDATED (AP) — Parents of Big Ten football players held a protest near the conference’s Chicago-area headquarters. They are upset with the league’s decision to call off the fall season. Groups of player parents from several Big Ten schools have complained that Commissioner Kevin Warren was not forthcoming in explaining the process that led to the decision. Warren has said the decision will not be revisited. An attorney in Nebraska is threatening a lawsuit unless Warren turns over material illustrating how the decision was made.
NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Phil Mickelson is going from playoff elimination on the PGA Tour to rookie on the PGA Tour Champions. Mickelson missed the cut in The Northern Trust. That all but assures he will not advance to the next FedEx Cup playoff event outside Chicago for the BMW Championship. Instead, Mickelson says he’ll head to Missouri and make his debut in the 50-and-over PGA Tour Champions circuit. Lefty turned 50 in June. The Charles Schwab Series at Ozarks National starts Monday. It’s a 54-hole event with no cut. Mickelson says he’ll also play the Safeway Open the week before the U.S. Open.
MILTON BARRY, 87, of Harlan, died Thursday, Aug. 20th, at the Manilla Manor. Funeral services for MILTON BARRY will be held 11-a.m. Monday, Aug. 24th, at the United Methodist Church, in Irwin. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Visitation at the funeral home, is from 5-until 7-p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23rd.
Burial is in the Harlan Cemetery.
MILTON BARRY is survived by:
His daughters – Cyndi (Tony) Groshong, of Cambridge, NE.; Shelly (Lamont) Christensen, of Irwin, & Stacy (Terry) Rosonke, of Norwalk, IA.
6 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
Southwest Valley 22, Nodaway Valley 15
Eldon Cardinal 63, Columbus Community, Columbus Junction 26
West Delaware, Manchester 66, Anamosa 0
DES MOINES – Today (Friday), Gov. Reynolds signed a new proclamation continuing the Public Health Disaster Emergency for another 30 days.
The proclamation extends public health mitigation measures currently in place for businesses and other establishments. This includes the requirements for bars and restaurants to ensure six feet of physical distance between each group or individual dining or drinking; to ensure all patrons have a seat at a table or bar; and to limit congregating together closer than six feet. Requirements for social distancing, hygiene, and other public health measures to reduce the risk of transmission also remain in place for gyms, casinos, salons, theaters, and other establishments.
As Gov. Reynolds announced yesterday (Thursday), the proclamation also authorizes school districts with buildings damaged by the derecho natural disaster to offer instruction by primarily remote learning with approval of the Department of Education. And those that are unable to conduct even primarily remote learning because of the derecho may apply for a waiver of instructional time from the Department.
In addition, the proclamation suspends certain fees for the replacement of official records by county recorders or the state registrar of vital statistics for records lost, destroyed, or damaged by the derecho natural disaster. The proclamation also extends many of the previously issued regulatory relief measures necessary to respond to this public health disaster, including those related to healthcare, professional licensure, educational workforce, and expiration of driver’s licenses.
The proclamation is now in effect until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, September 20, 2020.
The proclamation can be found online here
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Wide receiver Tyreek Hill has only a minor hamstring strain and the Kansas City Chiefs intend to be cautious with their dynamic playmaker. Hill missed practice Friday after pulling up while running a route the previous day. That wasn’t the only good news on the injury front for the Super Bowl champs. Wide receiver Sammy Watkins was back for the first time in nearly a week along with Pro Bowl defensive tackle Chris Jones. Both of them had groin strains.
(Radio Iowa) – Three weeks from kickoff and there is growing confidence at Iowa State that there will be a football season. The Cyclones are scheduled to open at home on September 12 against Louisiana. Senior tight end Chase Allen.
Allen admits there were times it did not look like there would be a season.
Senior safety Greg Eisworth (Eyes-worth) says the players are doing there part to help make sure there is a season.
(Radio Iowa) – Iowans who are trying to rebuild their homes and lives after last week’s derecho are finding it very difficult to find certain supplies, from fence boards and two-by-fours to refrigerators and toilets. Jay Iverson, executive officer of the Homebuilders Association of Iowa, says lumber prices were bounding -before- the powerful storm hit, in part, due to trade tariffs.
“It is difficult and those tariffs were only part of the problem,” Iverson says. “Supply and demand is a bigger part of the problem, especially with the states that were closed down with the virus, including construction. When those opened back up, it really started pulling a lot of those resources.” Prices on some lumber imported from Canada have risen 80-percent in recent months, while wood supplies are depleted in many home improvement stores stretching from Des Moines to Davenport — especially in Cedar Rapids.
“They’re six weeks out on vinyl siding, too,” Iverson says. “Part of that is virus-related and the plants being shut down for periods of time.” Hundreds, perhaps thousands of Iowa homeowners lost fences during the destructive winds, which gusted up to 140 miles an hour in eastern Iowa. Good luck trying to find those six-foot dog-ear-cut cedar boards to rebuild a fence, he says, as most stores are sold out, though supplies may be plentiful in areas that weren’t touched by the storm.
“That is going to be a problem unless they start moving that inventory around, because you’re right, there are stockpiles in other parts of the country,” Iverson says. “I know they’re shuttling a lot of that between those big box stores.” For Iowans who had severe storm damage to their homes who need to replace a kitchen for example, or those who were in the process of building a new house, timetables are all being pushed back — by COVID-19 and now by the derecho.
“Electrical equipment, appliances are in very short supply, a lot of the Mexican plants have been closed down because of the virus so appliances are very difficult to obtain,” Iverson says. “Some issues with other supply chains, like in China. China produces a lot of the plumbing products.” A report from the Iowa Association of Realtors finds home sales took a healthy jump in July, bounding more than 18-percent compared to a year ago.
Statewide, more than 52-hundred homes sold last month. The association says the median sale price was 185-thousand dollars. There’s plenty of business out there, Iverson says, and there’s no decline in the number of orders — it will just take time for supplies of raw materials to catch up and be able to meet demand.
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