BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa summer school program has been been moved from in-person to online after several students screened for coronavirus symptoms registered fevers this week. The Hawk Eye reports that North Hill Elementary School in Burlington suspended it’s in-person summer school program on Tuesday after eight students showed up with temperatures of 100.4 degrees or higher. About 60 students attended the program, which began Monday.

Principal Mark Taylor says students were screened for symptoms and temperatures upon arrival to the building before getting out of the car. Officials say the district is working closely with Des Moines County Public Health to determine if or when the summer program can resume in-person instruction.

The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) said today (Wednesday), eight more people died from COVID-19 since Tuesday’s report, for a total of 732, and there were 414 new, positive confirmed cases of the virus (total 32,343). Negative test results to date amount to 311,494. The IDPH says 25,860 Iowans have recovered from the virus, and 341,941 have been tested to date, in-all.  Completed Assessments number 854,638, to-date. (Data current as of 10-a.m. [24-hour cycle])

The latest statewide hospitalization data show: 165 are hospitalized with COVID-19 (unchanged from Tue.); 44 are in an ICU (also no change from Tue.); 23 were admitted to a hospital (4 less than yesterday), and 23 were on a ventilator (3 more than yesterday). In southwest/western Iowa (RMCC Region 4), five people remain in a hospital, 3 are in an ICU, no one was admitted over the past 24-hours, and no one was on a ventilator. Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks are up again, this time to 18. In those facilities, 399 residents/staff have tested positive for COVID-19, 287 have recovered, and there have been 387 deaths.

County-by-County COVID-19 cases, 24-hour change (if applicable) [   ], and the number of person who have recovered (   ).

• Cass: 24 (18)
• Adair: 17 [1 more than yesterday] (12)
• Adams: 8 (8)
• Audubon: 16 (15)
• Guthrie: 68 [+2] (58)
• Montgomery: 10 (8)
• Pottawattamie: 754 (645)
• Shelby: 117 [+3]    (103) [+3]

The Red Oak Police Department reports three arrests took place, Tuesday. At around 9:50-p.m., 57-year old Rogelio Hernandez, of Red Oak, was arrested for Driving While Suspended, with three withdrawals in effect. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $566 bond. About 15 minutes earlier, 46-year old Amy Jo Runyon, of Red Oak, was arrested for Theft in the 5th Degree. She was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $300 bond. And, at 4:25-p.m. Tuesday, Red Oak Police arrested 28-year old Nathan Allen Aldrich, of Red Oak, for Driving While Barred. Aldrich was issued a citation to appear and court, and released at the scene.

Unofficial results from the Shelby County Auditor’s Office show Rick Kiesel was the winner of a special election held Tuesday (July 7), to fill a vacancy on the Shelby City Council. Kiesel garnered 58 votes, and will serve the remainder of a term left open by the unexpected death of Donavan Dontje.

Kiesel will hold the seat through 2023. His challenger Patty Welsh, received 46 votes.