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Iowa early News Headlines: Sunday, 8/2/2020

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August 2nd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 5:15 a.m. CDT

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sioux City police officers could be wearing body cameras by the end of the year. Police Chief Rex Mueller says the city council will be asked Monday to approve spending $260,000 for 120 body cameras. Mayor Bob Scott said he would be shocked if the proposal doesn’t pass unanimously. Mueller said after training, officers could be wearing the cameras late this year. Purchasing cameras is voluntary for Iowa law enforcement agencies, Sioux City has been considering them for several years but Mueller said the financing was never available because of other city priorities.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — One influential pork company has received the vast majority of payments from an Iowa program designed to support farmers who euthanized their hogs after the coronavirus devastated their industry. Newly released data shows that Christensen Farms has received $1.86 million from the Iowa Disposal Assistance Program. That’s 72% of the $2.6 million the program has paid to date. Christensen Farms is one of the nation’s largest family-owned pork producers, The Sleepy Eye, Minnesota-based company has received reimbursement payments for disposing of 46,599 euthanized hogs. The 15 other companies and farmers who have received payments reported euthanizing about 18,000 hogs combined.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A 37-year-old Waterloo man was sentenced to 15 years in prison on gun charges after he shot a man in 2019. Alberto Quinto-Pascual shot Alejandro Franco at a Waterloo apartment and Franco later died from his injuries. Quinto-Pascual was not charged with murder but was sentenced Friday in federal court on gun charges, in a move the increased his sentence. Quinto-Pascual is a citizen of Mexico, and will likely be deported following his prison time. Prosecutors said the two men met at a bar and then went to a house, where Quinto-Pascual shot Franco. Quinto-Pascual told police Franco shot himself.

UNDATED (AP) — Officials from states across the country who are hoping to expand broadband internet to underserved areas with federal money appropriated to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic are scrambling to finish the projects by the end of the year. To comply with the current CARES Act rules, states must have the broadband projects, which can typically take months if not years of planning and construction, up and running by Dec. 30. In Vermont, the Legislature cut back on what lawmakers would have liked to allocate from $100 million to less than $20 million because they didn’t believe they could have spent the larger amount on time, despite the need.

ERNEST CARLEY, 95, of Carson (Svcs. 8/7/20)

Obituaries

August 2nd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

ERNEST CARLEY, 95, of Carson, died Friday, July 31st, at home. Funeral services for ERNEST CARLEY will be 10-a.m. Friday, August 7th, at the Carson United Methodist Church, in Carson.  Loess Hills Funeral Home in Carson has the arrangements.

Visitation will be held at the funeral home, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6th, with Masonic Rites services to begin at 6:45 p.m.
Burial will be in the Carson Cemetery. 

A memorial fund has been established.  

Sioux City chief expects body cams to be approved

News

August 1st, 2020 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sioux City police officers could be wearing body cameras by the end of the year. Police Chief Rex Mueller says the city council will be asked Monday to approve spending $260,000 for 120 body cameras. Mayor Bob Scott said he would be shocked if the proposal doesn’t pass unanimously. Mueller said after training, officers could be wearing the cameras late this year.

Purchasing cameras is voluntary for Iowa law enforcement agencies, Sioux City has been considering them for several years but Mueller said the financing was never available because of other city priorities.

Injury accident early Saturday, NE of Corning

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August 1st, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Corning Fire and Rescue responded to an accident with injuries, early this (Saturday) morning, northeast of Corning. Officials reports crews were dispatched at around 12:48-a.m. to 2107 Corning Carl Road for a vehicle accident. Firefighters had to use the jaws of life to extricate one victim. One person was injured in the accident with unknown injuries.

Corning Ambulance and Adams County Sheriffs Department were also on scene.

AP source: Cardinals-Brewers game Saturday to be postponed; St. Louis has 1 player, 3 staffers test positive

Sports

August 1st, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Updated 11-a.m.) A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press that the St. Louis Cardinals-Milwaukee Brewers game Saturday has been postponed. One more player and three staff members for the Cardinals have tested positive for the coronavirus. Two Cardinals players were flagged for positive tests on Friday, leading to the postponement of the series opener in Milwaukee. The teams had hoped to resume play Saturday and make up Friday’s game as part of a doubleheader Sunday.

IA COVID-19 update (8/1/20): 463 new coronavirus cases, 7 additional deaths, 1 in Cass County

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August 1st, 2020 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Public Health reported 463 new coronavirus cases and 7 additional deaths today (Saturday). As of 10 a.m., IDPH reported 44,937 total positive cases in the state, 32,802 recoveries and 872 deaths. As of 10 a.m. Friday, IDPH had reported 44,474 positive cases and 865 deaths. Cass County reports two more positive COVID-19 cases for a total of 42, and the first death in the County.

A total of 480,425 Iowans have been tested for COVID-19. IDPH reported 4,804 Iowans tested the previous day, with a positivity rate of 8.2% . Health officials report 242 Iowans are currently hospitalized, up from 228 the previous day. There are 77 patients listed in intensive care, up from 71 the previous day. There are currently 35 patients on ventilators, up from 29 the previous day. There were 36 patients admitted in the last 24 hours, up from 31 the previous day.

Hospitals in western/southwest Iowa report: 14 people are hospitalized with COVID-19; eight are in an ICU; one person was recently admitted, and three people are on a ventilator. The IDPH Dashboard current County/Positive Case count/reported recoveries (   ), and the number of deaths to date (if any)  {    }:

  • Cass: 42 [2 more than yesterday] (34) {1 death}
  • Adair: 20 (16)
  • Adams: 15 (10)
  • Audubon: 28 [1 more than yesterday] (15) {1}
  • Guthrie: 125 [1 more than Friday] (79) {5}
  • Montgomery: 42 (29) {3}
  • Pottawattamie: 1,171 (776) {21}
  • Shelby: 156 [2 more than Friday] (131) {1 death}

There are currently COVID-19 outbreaks in 22 of Iowa’s long-term care facilities. IDPH reported 748 positive cases and 318 recoveries. There have been 470 deaths in Iowa’s long-term care facilities.

The Iowa Department of Public Health displays the latest coronavirus information in real time on this website

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State Baseball Championship Schedule Saturday 08/01/2020

Sports

August 1st, 2020 by admin

Saturday, August 1

Class 1A, 10:30 a.m.

#5 Don Bosco, Gilbertville (19-1) vs. #6 Newman Catholic, Mason City (19-5)

Class 2A, 1:30 p.m.

#1 Van Meter (22-2-1) vs. #6 Des Moines Christian (17-6)

Class 3A, 4:30 p.m.

#4 Norwalk (19-5) vs. #3 Gilbert (22-3)

Class 4A, 7:30 p.m.

#1 Johnston (23-3) vs. #2 Ankeny (21-8)

Stolen pickup located near Sidney early Saturday

News

August 1st, 2020 by admin

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office located a stolen vehicle near Sidney early Saturday morning and made an arrest. Deputies were advised at 12:58 a.m. of a report of a truck stolen out of Council Bluffs that was possibly in the Sidney area. Deputies located the vehicle on Highway 2 near 350th Avenue, east of Sidney.

After stopping the vehicle, the driver 57-year-old Ralph Peterson of Council Bluffs was arrested for Theft 1st Degree and Theft 5th Degree. He was taken into custody without incident and held in the Fremont County Jail on $10,000 bond.