The Adams County Auditor’s Office has released information with regard to candidates who have filed nomination papers county office in advance of the June Primary. There are no contested races.

County Supervisor – District 2: Tony Hardisty (of Corning) – Republican; Democrat Incumbent – Merlin R. Dixon (of Corning).

County Supervisor – District 5: Republican Incumbent Bobbi J. Baker-Maynes (of Corning).

County Auditor – Republican Incumbent Becky Bissell (of Corning).

County Sheriff – Republican Incumbent Alan Johannes (of Corning).

The Cass County Auditor’s office has released the final list of candidates who have filed nomination papers for County Office in advance of the June 2nd Primary Election. There will be contested races for Cass County Board of Supervisors on the Republican ticket, in District’s 4 & 5. The winners move on to the General Election in November.

Board of Supervisors/District 1: Steve S. Green (of Atlantic), Republican – Incumbent.

Board of Supervisors/District 4:  Steve Baier, (of Griswold) Republican – Incumbent; Travis Erickson (from Cumberland) – Republican.

Board of Supervisors/District 5: Russell Joyce (of Atlantic) – Democrat; Republicans Bernard Pettinger (of Anita), and Linda Reineke (of Massena).

County Attorney (to fill a vacancy): Vanessa Strazdas (of Atlantic) Republican

County Auditor: Dale Sunderman (Atlantic) – Republican, Incumbent.

County Sheriff: Darby J. McLaren (Atlantic) – Republican, Incumbent

Candidates who have filed nomination papers for the November General Election in Cass County, include:

Soil & Water Conservation District: Curt Behrends (Wiota) – Republican; Chase Wheatley (Massena) – No Party, and Ray Wilson (No Party).

Hospital Board (Vote for 3): Leanne Pellett (Atlantic) – Republican; Linda L. Pelzer (Griswold) – Republican; & Ned Brown (Atlantic) – Republican.

Edna Township Trustee: Dan Schrier (Cumberland) – Republican; Keith Nelson (Massena) – Republican.

Union Township Trustee: Delmar South (Cumberland) – Republican.

(Updated) IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa residents filed more than 41,000 claims for unemployment benefits last week as the coronavirus outbreak forced many workers to lose jobs and stay home. The Department of Labor reported Thursday that nationwide, claims for jobless benefits surged to a record 3.3 million in the week that ended March 21.

The numbers show that in Iowa, initial claims zoomed past 41,000. That was up from 2,229 reported in the state the week before. Iowa Workforce Development Director Beth Townsend said earlier this week that the state was receiving a staggering number of claims.

Lab results stemming from an investigation into a January accident in Taylor County has resulted in charges for the driver. The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office late Wednesday night, said charges of operating while under the influence of a combination of alcohol and drugs were filed against 60-year-old Ricky Scott, of Lenox.  Scott was driving a 2002 Ford F-150 on J-20 southwest of Lenox January 16th,  when he swerved to miss a dog. His pickup left the road and flipped onto its side in a ditch.

Scott was transported by helicopter to a hospital in Des Moines after the crash. Authorities say a specimen taken from Scott following the accident was sent to the Iowa DCI Laboratory for analysis. The Iowa State Patrol assisted in the crash investigation.

(Radio Iowa) — Sioux City’s homeless shelter has closed one month earlier than normal. Warming Shelter director Lindsay Landrum says board members made the difficult decision to close the shelter doors Wednesday for the season. “The coronavirus is the main reason — just because we don’t have the capabilities to quarantine people within the shelter,” Landrum says. “Not if they get sick, but when they get sick. We just don’t have the capabilities to do that.”

Landrum says their were concerns about the health of those staying at the shelter, as well as her staff. Around 30 people were standing on the streets around the shelter after they were told the building was closing — including this man. “This morning they just closed it down because they said someone had a high fever…so the closed down the warming shelter for the rest of the season, so a lot of us don’t have anywhere to go,” he says.

Landrum says some of the people staying there have been ill, but anyone coming in to stay was screened. “And what that screening process was, was taking their temperature and asking them some questions. And we did have a couple of people with a high fever — and they came back with a strep throat diagnoses. So, it wasn’t the virus at all,” Landrum says.

Landrum says she’s working with the city to find some housing and hotel vouchers for the homeless population. The shelter will continue to take donations for next season and also for the renovation of the building to expand their services.

(Radio Iowa) — One man is dead, another injured after a shooting in Marshalltown. Police found two gunshot victims when they arrived on the scene in the 400 block of Union Street just before 9:30 last (Wednesday) night. One of the victims, a 22-year-old male died at the scene. The other, a 27-year-old male was taken to Unity Point Health-Marshalltown with gunshot wounds.

No arrests have been made, the DCI is among the departments assisting Marshalltown Police with the investigation. It is the second fatal shooting in Marshalltown is less than two weeks.