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(Updated 10-a.m.) The Iowa Department of Public Health today (Thursday) reports 461 Iowans have tested positive for COVID-19 since Wednesday, for a total of 27,062 (9.8% of all persons tested). Of the total number of cases, 6,898 patients had a pre-existing condition. Authorities said also, four more people have died from the virus, for a total of 694. Officials say 487 of those who have died also had a pre-existing medical condition.
The number of Iowans who have tested negative is 247,994. The number who have recovered is 16,926. A total of 275,442 tests have been completed. COVID-19 outbreaks at Long-Term Care facilities (LTC’s) continues to decline, and as of today, is down to 28. Health officials say 830 staff/residents of those facilities have tested positive for the virus, 521 have recovered and there is no change in the number of LTC deaths (356).
In southwest/western Iowa RMCC Region 4, six patients are hospitalized (1 less than Wed., two are in an ICU, there were no new admissions, and one person remains on a ventilator. Statewide the numbers continue to decline, with 137 hospitalized, 42 in an ICU, and 26 on ventilators. Thirteen people were admitted to a hospital over the past 24-hours, as compared to 22 yesterday (Wednesday).
Overall, the number of Iowans tested is on the rise, the number of COVID-19 positive cases remains nearly steady, the number of those who have recovered is on the decline, and the number of deaths are also down.
In the immediate KJAN listening area, the positive COVID-19 cases and (/) the number of persons who have recovered, are as follows: *(reflects a change since Wed.)
Today: Partly cloudy. High 85. SE @ 10.
Tonight: P/Cldy w/isolated showers & thunderstorms. Low 65. SE @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy w/isolated shwrs & tstrms. High 89. S @ 10-20.
Saturday: P/Cldy to cloudy w/showers & thunderstorms likely in the morning. High 85.
Sunday: P/Cldy to cldy w/scattered showers & tstrms. High near 90.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 84. Our Low this morning, 51. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 82 and Low, 62. The Record High on this date was 106 in 1937, and the Record Low was 40 in 2004.
HAROLD ROCHHOLZ, 84, of Casey, died Tuesday, June 23rd, at Atlantic Specialty Care. Private, family graveside services for HAROLD ROCHHOLZ will be held in the Dalmanutha Cemetery, north of Casey. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
Memorials may be directed to the family.
HAROLD ROCHHOLZ is survived by:
His wife – Joyce Rochholz, of Casey.
His daughters – Kathy (Rick) Parrott, of State Center, and Kristy (Wade) Stubbs, of Des Moines.
His son – Jeff (Mary) Rochholz, of Panora.
His sisters – Bertha Jordan, of Burgaw, NC., & Betty Castle, of Colorado Springs, CO.
9 grandchildren & 7 great-grandchildren.
A man and a woman from Red Oak were arrested Wednesday night for violating a protection order. Red Oak Police say 47-year old Dennis Joseph Doyen was arrested for Violating the Protective Order, and 67-year old Nancy Lee Hoffman was arrested for Aiding and Abetting the Violation of a Protective Order. The pair was taken into custody into custody at around 8:30-p.m., and transported to the Montgomery County Jail where they were being held on $300 bond, each.
The Atlantic Fire Department provided mutual aid to the Guthrie Center Fire Department late Wednesday night in battling a large structure fire in downtown Guthrie Center. According to reports, smoke was reported to be coming from an apartment at 309 1/2 State Street, above the Strawberry Patch clothing store. The incident was called-in at around 10-p.m., Wednesday.
(Photo via the Adair & Guthrie County EMA Facebook page)
Panora Fire was requested for their ladder truck as flames began to appear through the roof of the building by around 10:55-p.m.. Stuart Fire’s ladder truck arrived on the scene at around 11:15-p.m. All agencies battled the blaze for about 4-hours.
No injuries were reported, as several occupants had exited the building prior to firefighters’ arrival. The cause of the blaze was had not yet been made official as of early today. There was said to be significant fire and water damage to the Strawberry Patch building, smoke damage to Dowd Drug Pharmacy, as well as smoke and water damage to the Cabbage Rose building.
Panora EMS, the Iowa State Patrol, Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office, and Adair and Guthrie County Emergency Management Agency also assisted at the scene. The staff at Casey’s in Guthrie Center provided water, Gatorade, pizza and donuts to all the responders.
(Radio Iowa) – A Des Moines Black Lives Matter organizer has been charged with felony criminal mischief after Des Moines Police accused Matthew Bruce of vandalizing a police vehicle. Photos from the Des Moines Register show protesters spray painting a police car at a Saturday protest at a Hy-Vee store. Bruce turned himself in Wednesday morning and got out on bail. He spoke to activists and reporters outside the Polk County Jail.
“This treatment right here ain’t going to do nothing but hype me up, make me louder, and get all of us turned up,” Bruce said, to cheers. Bruce says Des Moines police should be investigating two men who drove their pickup trucks at him and other protesters Saturday. Police say they didn’t receive formal complaints about those incidents.
(Reporting by Iowa Public Radio’s Katarina Sostaric)
DENVER (AP) — All-Star outfielder Charlie Blackmon of the Colorado Rockies has become the first Major League Baseball player known to have tested positive for the coronavirus. A person familiar with Blackmon’s situation confirms the test result to The Associated Press. The Denver Post first reported Blackmon’s condition on Tuesday. Blackmon is a four-time All-Star. He turns 34 on July 1, the day players are set to begin reporting for the resumption of spring training.
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto says a few players have tested positive for COVID-19. Dipoto declined to specify the number of players or if they are part of Seattle’s 40-man roster. Dipoto says the players are asymptomatic, “they feel great, but are aware that they’re positive.”
UNDATED (AP) — Suspended West Virginia defensive coordinator Vic Koenning has apologized after a player alleged he made a series of insensitive remarks. Koenning was placed on administrative leave Tuesday after safety Kerry Martin posted the allegations on his Twitter account. On Wednesday, Koenning said he never intended his words or actions to be insensitive. Martin said the latest incident happened Monday, when Koenning shared a conversation he had with his son about protests over racial injustice. Martin, who is Black, also said Koenning has talked about politics, including that President Donald Trump should build a border wall to keep Hispanics out of the country.
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma State athletics has added a diversity council. The move comes soon after football coach Mike Gundy’s decision to wear a T-shirt promoting a right-wing news network upset All-America running back Chuba Hubbard and several teammates. Hubbard, who is Black, chose to remain after Gundy apologized.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers have signed all five of their picks from baseball’s condensed draft after completing deals with their third- and fifth-round selections. The teams announced that it had finalized contracts with right-hander Tekoah Roby and shortstop Thomas Saggese two weeks after the draft. The Rangers signed their other three draft picks last week. Roby was picked 86th overall after he was a prep star at Pine Forest High in Pensacola, Florida. Saggese was chosen in the fifth round from Carlsbad High School in California.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:45 a.m. CDT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Senate Democrats are calling for Gov. Kim Reynolds to quickly sign an executive order allowing felons to vote once they have completed their sentences. But voting right experts say the details of her directive are just as important as the timing of her action. In a letter sent Wednesday, the 18 Democratic senators asked Reynolds to sign an order without exceptions or limitations by Independence Day. That would end Iowa’s status as the only state that disenfranchises all felons. Experts on voting rights and racial disparities said the way she frames the order will significantly impact the number of felons who will register and vote.
FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — An inmate at an Iowa prison in Fort Dodge has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of another inmate at the prison last week. The Des Moines Register reports that 44-year-old Eric Hall was charged in the June 14 death of 59-year-old Thomas Andrew Daleske, who was found dead in his cell. Authorities charged Hall on Tuesday, saying he confessed to killing Daleske. The Iowa State Medical Examiner’s Office’s says Daleske died of strangulation with blunt force injuries to the head. Daleske had been imprisoned since 2000 on a 45-year sentence for child sexual abuse counts. Hall has been in prison since April 2019 for a string of burglaries.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police in Des Moines are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in a city park. Police say officers were called to Prospect Park around 8 p.m. Tuesday for reports of a shooting and found a man critically injured with a gunshot wound. The man was later identified as 31-year-old Paye Blawou of Des Moines. He was taken to an area hospital, where he later died of his injuries. Police have not released information on what may have led to the shooting, and no arrested had been reported by Wednesday morning. Police say Blawou’s death is the city’s 13th homicide of 2020.
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