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The Iowa Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 dashboard, today (Friday) (as of 10-a.m.), shows two more cases of the virus have been confirmed in Cass County, for a total of 40. Statewide, there are an additional 696 positive cases of COVID-19, for a total of 44,474, and 11 more deaths, for a total of 865. IDPH data show 475,497 Iowans have been tested for the virus. Of those, 428,115 have tested Negative for the virus, while 32,495 have recovered.
There are currently 225 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, down from 237 the previous day. IDPH data shows 71 patients listed in intensive care, down five from Thursday. There are 29 patients on ventilators, down two from the previous day. There were 31 patients admitted in the last 24 hours, also down two from the previous day.
Hospitals in western/southwest Iowa report: 13 people are hospitalized with COVID-19; eight are in an ICU; two were recently admitted, and three people are on a ventilator.
There are coronavirus outbreaks in 22 of Iowa’s long-term care facilities. IDPH reports 747 positive cases and 296 recoveries within those facilities. There have been 468 deaths in Iowa’s long-term care facilities, three more than the last report.
IDPH Dashboard current County/Positive Case count/reported recoveries ( ), and the number of deaths to date (if any) { }:
Cedar Rapids Kennedy grabbed the 5A State Softball Title and Winterset won their third State Title in Class 4A on Thursday in Fort Dodge. Here is a look at the All-Tournament Team selections from those classes.
2020 Class 5A All-Tournament Team
Abby Spore, Cedar Rapids Kennedy
Haley Wills, Fort Dodge
Sam Scheck, Cedar Rapids Kennedy
Martyne Lowrey, Fort Dodge
Alex Honnold, West Des Moines Valley
Taylor Runchey, Ankeny Centennial
Ella Schulz, Ankeny Centennial
Olivia Harmon, Muscatine
Mya Dodge, Cedar Rapids Kennedy
Jalen Adams, Fort Dodge
Kaylin Kinney, Cedar Rapids Kennedy (Captain)
Class 4A All-Tournament Team
Natalie Drake, Winterset
Jena Young, Winterset
Kennedy Preston, Carlisle
Molly Cooney, Dallas Center-Grimes
Kamryn O’Brien, Dallas Center-Grimes
Sam Lee, North Scott
Rachel Anderson, North Scott
Meredith Hoffman, Carlisle
Bridget Stover, Winterset
Aubrey Furnal, Carlisle
Thea Banning, Winterset (Captain)
CLASS 3A
3rd Place Game: #5 Mount Vernon (21-5) vs. #2 Assumption, Davenport (20-6) 1:00 p.m.
Championship: #1 Albia (21-1) vs. #3 Williamsburg (25-4) 2:30 p.m.
CLASS 2A
3rd Place Game: #4 Northeast (20-3) vs. #2 Louisa-Muscatine (19-6) 3:30 p.m.
Championship: #1 North Linn (25-0) vs. #3 Ogden (21-3) 5:00 p.m.
CLASS 1A
3rd Place Game: #4 Lynville-Sully (19-3) vs. #7 Lisbon (21-4) 6:00 p.m.
Championship: #1 Collins-Maxwell (21-1) vs. #3 Clarksville (18-1) 7:30 p.m.
Friday, July 31
10:30—#2 Dallas Center-Grimes vs. #3 Gilbert
1:30—#8 Marion vs. #4 Norwalk
Friday, July 31
4:30—#2 Ankeny vs. #3 Dubuque, Hempstead
7:30—#1 Johnston vs. #4 Urbandale
The Adams County Sheriff’s Department reports five persons under the legal age received juvenile referrals for alcohol-related offenses, following a traffic stop last weekend. A vehicle driven by a 17-year old male was pulled over July 25th at Highway 148 and Lake Icaria Road. Authorities says during the investigation, the driver received a juvenile referral for OWI 1st Offense and minor in possession of tobacco, 3rd offense.
Two passengers -a 16-year old female and a 17-year old male, received referrals for minor in possession of alcohol. A 17-year old female received a referral for a minor in possession of alcohol and interference with official acts. And, a 17-year old male was cited for minor in possession of alcohol, along with providing false identification to law enforcement.
All five juveniles were released to their parents. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports also, 21-year old Elora Danon Strough, of Corning, was arrested on a parole violation warrant, and for providing false information to law enforcement. Strough is currently being held without bond, in the Pottawattamie County Jail.
(Radio Iowa) – The new report from the U-S Drought Monitor shows more counties now showing dry conditions. The Iowa D-N-R’s Tim Hall says the negative outweighs the positive in the report. “We had a little bit of improvement in one part of the state — but mostly we had degradation or increasing drought in other parts of the state,” Hall says. He says the driest area continues to be in western Iowa. “It’s centered around Carroll, Greene, Guthrie and Audubon County and then in the partial counties around there,” Hall says. “Kind of that part of the state, there’s a little bit of D-two drought in Plymouth County up in northwest Iowa. So, those two areas together are the worst parts.”
Hall says the dry conditions have started to spread to the east. “Now there’s exceptional dryness as far east as Linn County, and then also along the river,” according to Hall. “So we’ve got about half the state, a little over half the state is shown in some form of dryness and drought.” Hall says the impact of the dry areas can also be seen in satellite images of the crops. “There’s a tool out there called VegDRI — which also comes from the drought monitor folks — and they’re actually looking at visual indications of stress in vegetation. And that VegDRI map lines up pretty closely with where we’ve seen the precipitation deficits,” Hall says.
He says the good news for the western areas that are dry is the impact right now isn’t hitting water supplies.”I think because of the exceptionally wet couple of years we had coming into this year we’re still doing okay on the groundwater side. Right now it’s primarily an agricultural surface water phenomenon,” he says. Hall says the precipitation deficit is a concern because we are soon going to be heading out of the wettest months of the year, and could be behind in groundwater going into the winter.
Police in Council Bluffs were called to Lake Manawa late Thursday night, after receiving a report of a suicidal female threatening to drive her car into the lake, located on the south side of the city. Officers found the woman sitting in her car, with the vehicle facing the boat ramp. The woman drove the vehicle into the lake before the officers could stop her. Authorities say Officer Porter jumped onto the hood of the car and pulled the female her out through the window of the vehicle, as it began to sink under the water.
Officer Porter and Officer Youso were then able to swim her to the dock and get her safely out of the water. The female was transported to a local hospital for mental health treatment.
Three people, two from Minnesota and one from Pottawattamie County, were injured during a collision that happened at around 10:47-p.m. Thursday, in Monona County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2006 Chevy passenger car driven by 20-year old Timothy Wayne Tracy, of Council Bluffs, was traveling north on I-29 near mile marker 108, when Tracy lost control of the vehicle.
The car struck a 2017 Ford truck on the driver’s side. The truck was being driven by 57-year old Michael Robert Gavigan, of Golden Valley, MN. Following the collision, both vehicles entered the median and came partially to rest in the left lane of southbound I-29.
Both drivers, and 22-year old Fernando Rafael Romero, of Brooklyn Park, MN., were transported by Burgess/Onawa Rescue to Burgess Hospital in Onawa. All three vehicle occupants were wearing their seat belts.
The ISP was assisted at the scene by the Monona County Sheriff’s Office, Blencoe Police and Burgess Rescue.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says he will make policy changes after an investigation report detailed racial bias against Black players in his program and bullying behavior by some of his assistants. University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld says the critical report by an outside law firm shows the “climate and culture must and will change within our football program.” Ferentz apologized to former Black players at a news conference and promised to build on changes made in recent weeks to improve their experience. But he said he would retain all of his current assistants, including his son, offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz.
DETROIT (AP) — Trevor Rosenthal pitched a scoreless ninth for his first save since 2017 and the Kansas City Royals beat Detroit 5-3, overcoming Miguel Cabrera’s first multihomer game since 2016. Once a standout closer for St. Louis, Rosenthal has struggled with his health and his effectiveness in recent years, finishing 2019 with a 13.50 ERA in 22 appearances with the Nationals and Tigers. When he retired JaCoby Jones on a grounder to end the game, he gave his glove a little celebratory tap. The Royals have scored 25 of their 31 runs this year in the first five innings, but this time their offense came through late, with a run in the seventh and two in the eighth.
UNDATED (AP) — The Southeastern Conference will play only league games in 2020 to deal with potential COVID-19 disruptions. The decision pushes major college football closer to a siloed regular season in which none of the power conferences cross paths. The SEC’s university presidents agreed upon a 10-game schedule that eliminated all nonconference opponents and is scheduled to begin Sept. 26. The SEC championship game, originally scheduled for Dec. 5, will be pushed back to Dec. 19. The Big Ten and Pac-12 will also play only conference games. The ACC announced plans for an 11-game schedule with one nonconference game.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Jamiro Monteiro and Sergio Santos scored two minutes apart midway through the first half, Santos added a second goal just before halftime and the Philadelphia Union reached the semifinals of the MLS is Back tournament with a 3-1 win over Sporting Kansas City. Philadelphia’s perfect run in the tournament continued thanks to its first-half scoring blitz. The Union had two wins and a draw in the group stage then beat New England in the round of 16. Philadelphia will face either New York City FC or Portland in the semifinals.
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