(Radio Iowa) – Authorities have pulled a body from a northeast Iowa river. Officials say the man’s body was discovered Monday floating in the Cedar River above the downtown dam in Waverly. Police and firefighters recovered the body around 8:30 AM. A family member has positively identified the victim, but authorities aren’t releasing his name until all notifications have been been completed.
The body has been transported to the Iowa State Medical Examiner’s Office for further investigation.
It’s no surprise the Month of August was exceptionally dry here in southwest Iowa. The data for Atlantic shows we received 3.01 inches less rain than average. The clouds managed to squeeze out a total of just .87″ for the month. We were also a little warmer. The Average High for August is typically 83. Last month, our Average was 87, with the hottest days coming the last week of the month. The Average Low was 58, which is 14 degrees cooler than normal.
During the month of September, Atlantic normally sees about 3.81 inches of rain. The average High is 76 and the average Low is 51.
The Iowa Department of Public Health (as of 10-a.m.) today (Tuesday) reports there have been nine additional deaths attributed to COVID-19 statewide since 10-a.m. Monday, for a total of 1,121, and 684 additional, positive cases of COVID-19, for a total of 65,397. Persons with preexisting medical conditions made up for 785 of the deaths, while 581 of the total number of deaths took place at a long-term care facility, since the beginning of the outbreak. There have been a total of 47,371 persons who have recovered from the virus and 3,169 additional negative test results, for a total of 558,635 since testing began. A total of 637,102 individuals have been tested for COVID-19. The combined 14-day positivity rate (including Antigen tests), 11.1%.
There are currently 12 Iowa counties reporting a positivity rate greater than 15% over the last 14 days, unchanged from the previous day. Public schools in Johnson, Story, Plymouth, Sioux, Howard, Fremont, Lee, Carroll, Marion, Wayne, Bremer and Crawford counties can apply for a waiver to change to distance learning.
Here in the KJAN listening area, the IDPH adjusted some COVID-19 figures reported on Monday: Adair County has 50 positive cases instead of 51; Audubon County has 40 cases instead of 41; Montgomery County is up three cases, from 76 to 79; Madison County has 165 cases (compared to 164 Monday); Pottawattamie County saw four more positive cases, for a total of 1,635; Harrison County went up one, to 148 positive cases, and had one additional death, for a total of two.
There are 311 Iowans hospitalized with coronavirus. IDPH reported 88 patients are in intensive care (Compared to 86 yesterday). There are 43 patients on ventilators in the state, 40 patients were admitted to the hospital in since 10-a.m., Monday. In western/southwest Iowa: 7 patients remain hospitalized with COVID-19; 4 remain in an ICU and were no new admissions to area hospitals, and two patients are on ventilators.
Long-Term Care facilities must go 28 days without an active case to be dropped from the state’s outbreak list. IDPH reported 855 positive cases and 412 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}.
(Update 8:20-a.m.) Firefighters from Atlantic were dispatched to a semi tractor-trailer fire early this morning. The page about an UPS trailer on fire went out at 5:27-a.m. The driver had pulled off Interstate 80 westbound at Exit 57 when he noticed the fire, which fire officials say was apparently caused by overheated wheel bearings on the trailer. Crews arrived on the scene at around 5:40-a.m., and quickly knocked down the fire on the wheels and tires. There was no damage to the trailer or its contents, and no one was injured.
Firefighters departed the scene a little after 6-a.m.
(Radio Iowa) – With millions of acres of Iowa cropland flattened by last month’s derecho, a webinar is planned for tomorrow (Wednesday) targeting Iowa farmers who need to address the challenges of managing those destroyed crops. While officials initially estimated 14-million acres were impacted, field agronomist Meaghan Anderson, at the Iowa State University Extension, says at least three-and-a-half million acres of corn are shot. “There are a lot of acres that we would consider to be not salvageable at this point,” Anderson says, “and a number of them have already been tilled under or the residue has been managed in one way or another because they’ve been deemed to be not mechanically harvestable.”
The August 10th storm, with peak straight-line winds of 140 miles an hour, hit at a point when most of Iowa’s corn crop was at maximum height and all of the roots were fully developed. Anderson says there’s no hope for the corn that was knocked down being able to right itself — and the majority of the ears are worthless. “The corn is very light so it’s very poor quality,” Anderson says. “It’s going to be very hard to dry down and that’s even if we could pick it up off the ground. Some of it is just so flat that there’s not a way that we could physically get it into a combine.”
The derecho left a significant amount of acreage where the corn can’t be harvested, which creates a challenge in fields across the state. “Most people are going to need to attempt to do some kind of residue management with it, at the very least to size the corn stalks,” Anderson says. “Instead of being six-plus-foot long corn stalks, we really need them to be smaller pieces of corn stalk, especially when we think about planting next spring.” Some farmers might be able to allow livestock to graze on the fallen corn, but there are practical difficulties with that option, too. She says some growers are struggling as they look to the 2021 growing season. “Nobody wants to talk about all the corn that’s on the ground,” Anderson says, “but talking about how we can best manage these fields looking toward next year and what we need to be thinking about for next year, those are all important discussion points that we’ll have on Wednesday.”
The webinar will run from 1 to 2 P-M. It’s free but registration is required at www.aep.iastate.edu/corn
(Radio Iowa) – Reports of child abuse in Iowa have dropped dramatically in recent months, but advocates for children says it’s no cause for celebration, as a drop in calls doesn’t mean a drop in incidents. Brooke Hendrickx, spokeswoman for the Quad Cities Child Abuse Council, says the pandemic and back-to-school policies are affecting children at risk of abuse and neglect. “Calls with reports of child abuse were down over 50% across the state,” Hendrickx says. “That was a little scary because we knew that child abuse hadn’t decreased by 50%. If anything, it had probably increased due to the increased risk in homes.”
Teachers, coaches, clergy, and others who are required to report child abuse and neglect lost access to children in mid-March when schools and child care centers closed to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Still, Hendrickx says they’re finding ways to adapt to the changes brought on by the pandemic. “With that adaptation comes certain measure that can be put in place to check in on kids,” Hendrickx says. “You’re seeing that with a lot of the schools’ ‘Return to Learn’ plans. Even families who chose the 100% remote learning, there’s weekly video check-ins with those kids.”
Hendrickx says only the “Child Protection Center” in Muscatine remains open to conduct medical examinations and forensic interviews for children affected by abuse or neglect. Without access to grandparents and other adults, she says many parents call the Quad Cities Child Abuse Council to ask about changes in their kids’ behavior. “That increased stress and that increased isolation all increase the risk of child abuse,” Hendrickx says. “We just need to continue to look out for one another, to check in on our neighbors and our friends.”
The local Child Abuse Council created Facebook groups for parents to connect with each other, while Hendrickx says client groups meet virtually to give moms and dads a chance to talk to someone besides their kids. Learn more at ChildAbuseQC.org or by calling the national hotline, 800-4-A-CHILD.
(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Workforce Development says the unemployment tax rates paid by businesses will remain unchanged in 2021. Businesses pay unemployment taxes into a trust fund so unemployment benefits can be paid out — and there was some question whether the increase in unemployment brought on by the pandemic would cost them more. I-W-D says the governor has put 490 million dollars of federal coronavirus relief money into the pool — and that will allow the rate to stay the same in 2021.
I-W-D is required to set the new unemployment tax rate each year based on the trust fund balance at the end of the fiscal year June 30th.
NANCY FARLEY, 71, of Anita died Monday, August 31st at her daughter’s home in Anita. A private family funeral service for NANCY FARLEY will be held at a later date at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Anita. Roland Funeral Service in Atlantic has the arrangements.
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A visitation with the immediate family present to greet extended family and friends will be held on Sunday, September 6th from 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm at the funeral home.
Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery in Anita.
Memorials may be directed to the family.
The funeral and graveside service will be recorded and available by Wednesday, September 9 at noon at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.
Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.
NANCY FARLEY is survived by:
Children: Joe (Jennifer) Farley, Sarah (Brandon) Paulsen and Samuel Farley.
5 Grandchildren
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Maikel Franco and Bubba Starling had RBI singles in the eighth inning as the Kansas City Royals rallied to beat the Cleveland Indians 2-1 in the first game of a three-game series. It was the Royals’ first win this season when trailing after seven innings. Scott Barlow picked up the win in relief for Kansas City.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Paul DeJong hit his first career grand slam, helping Dakota Hudson to his first win of the season as the St. Louis Cardinals held off the Cincinnati Reds 7-5. Hudson finished with a season-high seven strikeouts and no walks. The Cardinals won their second straight after dropping four in a row. The Reds have lost three of four after winning three straight.
UNDATED (AP) — The Broncos, Raiders and Chargers all got faster in the offseason to try to rein in the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs. But the Chiefs didn’t stand still. They added plenty of speed on defense to go with all that blazing bustle on offense. The Chiefs begin defense of their Super Bowl title with a season opener against the Houston Texans. Kansas City has ruled its division with four consecutive AFC West titles. The Chiefs have gone 9-1 against each of their division foes over the last five years.
UNDATED (AP) — A new court filing shows that Big Ten presidents voted 11-3 to postpone the football season until spring. The court filing is the Big Ten’s response to a lawsuit brought by a group of Nebraska football players who want the fall season reinstated. The Big Ten announced Aug. 11 it would move its football season from fall to spring because of health risks associated with the coronavirus pandemic. The filing did not identify how each school specifically voted, but a person familiar with the outcome told The Associated Press Iowa, Nebraska and Ohio State voted against postponing the fall football season.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — The NCAA has granted immediate eligibility to Iowa State guard Tyler Harris, who transferred from Memphis after last season. Harris averaged 9.9 points per game and made 138 3-pointers in two seasons with the Tigers. He has started 15 of 67 career games. Harris has scored 10 or more points 35 times, posting a career-high 25 in a win against Charleston as a freshman. He is a career 33% shooter on 3-pointers and 84% on free throws. Iowa State also added transfers Jalen Coleman-Lands from DePaul and Blake Hinson from Mississippi.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored a playoff career-high 40 points, Goran Dragic added 27 and the Miami Heat clamped down defensively in the final three quarters to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 115-104 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series. Bam Adebayo had 12 points, 17 rebounds and six assists for the fifth-seeded Heat, who are 3-1 overall against the top-seeded Bucks this season. Khris Middleton scored 28 points for Milwaukee, which also dropped Game 1 of its first-round series against Orlando.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:45 a.m. CDT
UNDATED (AP) — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has agreed to release reports and video of crimes and other incidents it investigates when there is an open records request. The court settlement in the lawsuit filed by the Iowa Freedom of Information Council was released Monday. The sheriff’s office had refused to release officer video and reports of the July 2018 fatal shooting by a deputy of Isaiah Hayes, of Wisconsin. The sheriff’s office promises to release the Hayes case information and similar information in other cases moving forward.
UNDATED (AP) — Rapper Kanye West will remain on the Iowa ballot as a candidate for president after a state panel rejected two challenges to his candidacy. The Iowa Candidate Nomination Objection Panel on Monday unanimously rejected one challenge related to signatures on West’s nomination papers and another that noted West was running as a “no-party” candidate but is registered in his home state of Wyoming as a Republican. The panel is comprised of Republican Secretary of State Paul Pate and Democratic Attorney General Tom Miller and Democratic Iowa Auditor Rob Sand. Besides West, eight others will appear on the ballot.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa continues to record a high number of new positive coronavirus cases as the state continues to struggle with spreading virus in several counties, including those with university campuses. Data from the Iowa Department of Public Health showed 611 new positive cases and two additional deaths, raising the total to 1,112 deaths. With many K-12 schools back in class, some districts also are struggling with high levels of county virus activity. Twelve counties have a positivity rate of 15% or higher. That’s the threshold Gov. Kim Reynolds has set for schools to request to go to online teaching.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Democrats filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn court rulings last week that invalidated thousands of absentee ballot requests. The Democratic Party, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee filed the lawsuit Monday after judges in Linn and Woodbury counties sided with President Donald Trump’s campaign and other Republican groups. They argued that elections officials in both counties erred when they sent absentee ballot request forms out with personal information filled in. The rulings mean about 57,000 ballots requests returned in Linn County and 14,000 in Woodbury County are not valid, and voters will have to resubmit requests on standard, blank forms as directed by Republican Secretary of State Paul Pate.
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