Author: Theresa Rose

Iowa Secretary of State’s Office and Henry County Auditor, Shelly Barber encourage all Henry County Voters to vote Absentee from the safety of your home in this June 2 Primary Election.  You will be receiving absentee ballot requests in your mailboxes starting April 29^th, fill it out and put back in the mail as it has postage paid return.  The Henry County Auditor’s Office will be mailing your ballots out to you within 24 hours of receiving your request.  Vote your ballot, sign the back of the postage paid return envelope and drop back in the mail as soon as possible to insure the arrival back to the Auditor’s Office by June 2^nd.

If you do not receive an Absentee Ballot Request in the mail or do not wish to vote by mail or at the polls there will be early voting.  All Early Voting this election starts May 4^th thru June 1^st at 900 W Washington St, Mt Pleasant at the West End of the Henry County Emergency Management Building, from 8 am-4:30 pm due to the Courthouse being closed to the public.

Election Day June 2, 2020 all the regular polling locations will be open from           7 am – 9 pm.  All voters will be asked to put on masks and rubber gloves which will be provided upon entering the early voting location and the polling locations as well as maintaining the 6 ft. social distancing for everyone’s safety.  Thank you for help and understanding.

Warren St. between Jackson & Jefferson Streets will remain closed through the weekend. Crews will finish backfilling a trench Monday April 27^th. Kinney & Sons will start removing the concrete surface of Warren St. from South Van Buren to White Street Monday April 27^th. To access Park Place Long Term Care Center you will need to use the park road from Saunders Park that is just south of the Family Aquatic Center. Once you get to the top of the hill there is a temporary gravel approach between the park road and the Park Place parking lot. This access will be used for entering and exiting the Park Place during the re-construction of Warren Street from  Van Buren to White Street. You will not be able to access HCHC Physical Therapy from this route. You will need to use the Main Entrance to the hospital for Physical Therapy.

DES MOINES – Friday, the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) was notified of 521 additional positive cases for a total of 4,445 positive cases. There have been an additional 2,190 negative tests for a total of 27,528 negative tests to date, which includes testing reported by the State Hygienic Lab and other labs.

According to IDPH, an additional 11 deaths were also reported, 278 are currently hospitalized, and 1,604 Iowans have recovered.

According to IDPH the additional 11 deaths were reported in the following counties:

• Bremer County, 1 elderly adults (81+)
• Black Hawk County, 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years), 2 older adults (61-80 years)
• Linn County,  2 older adults (61-80 years), 2 elderly adults (81+)
• Polk County, 2 elderly adults (81+)
• Scott County, 1 older adult (61-80 years)

The state of Iowa has released an updated dashboard on coronavirus.iowa.gov that will be updated daily to include comprehensive tracking of COVID-19 in Iowa. The new dashboard includes cases, deaths, and tests conducted in each county. The state is now providing demographic information that was not previously provided as well as Iowa’s epidemiological curve.

April 22 the Henry County Sheriff’s office received a report of an accident at the intersection of 260th Street and Oasis Avenue.  An investigation determined that Larry Saunders of Farmington was operating a dump truck owned by Cole Construction of Keosauqua.  After spreading a load of gravel Saunders forgot to lower the dump bed and continued driving.  The raised dump bed struck a Mediacom fiber optic cable.  The cable and pole supporting it were damaged.

Fort Madison, IA (April 24, 2020) – The Tri-State Rodeo is proud to announce the Entertainment Headliners for the 73^rd Annual Tri-State Rodeo.

The Tri-State Rodeo Committee continues preparations for the 2020 Tri-State Rodeo September 9, 10, 11 and 12. The entertainment lineup for the  73rd Annual Rodeo in Fort Madison includes country music up and comer HARDY on Thursday September 9. They are throwing it back to the 90’s on Friday with country legends Mark Chesnutt and David Lee Murphy both performing. On Saturday night country music star Trace Adkins will be on the main stage! Each night there will be entertainment in the After-Rodeo Party Pavilion as well. Wednesday and Thursday Joe Stamm Band performs and Stumptown will be here on Friday and Saturday nights. Music on the main stage starts immediately after the rodeo ends each night.

Tickets for the Tri-State Rodeo are on sale now and available at www.tristarerodeo.org. Tickets will be available at the Tri-State Rodeo Box Office once reopened.

About Tri-State Rodeo: In 1948 C.E. (Eddie) Richards brought the Rodeo to the Tri-State area and every year since Fort Madison is home to the best rodeo of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Great Lake Circuit. Every year thousands of people flock to Fort Madison area starting Labor Day weekend for a week of action-packed entertainment and events. Since 2000 the Tri-State Rodeo has been named as one of the nation’s top five large outdoor rodeos and continues to rank first among rodeos in the Great Lakes Circuit and in 2001 ranked 43rd among the nation’s more than 700 sanctioned PRCA events. No other rodeo east of Kansas City, Missouri ranked higher.

The Tri-State Rodeo continues to attract the nation’s top cowboys, with competition spread over four nights the first week in September and big-name musicians headlining the Thursday – Saturday night performances.

Find out more about the rodeo and the concert by visiting www.tristaterodeo.org or by following them on Facebook and Instagram both @fmtristaterodeo.

DES MOINES – Today, the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has been notified of 176 additional positive cases for a total of 3,924 positive cases. There have been an additional 842 negative tests for a total of 25,338 negative tests to date, which includes testing reported by the State Hygienic Lab and other labs.

Here are the updated case numbers for Henry and our surrounding counties…

Henry County-30

Louisa-251

Washington-124

Des Moines-13

Van Buren-8

Jefferson-7

Lee-3

According to IDPH, an additional 6 deaths were also reported, 282 are currently hospitalized, and 1,492 Iowans have recovered.

According to IDPH the additional 6 deaths were reported in the following counties:

• Bremer County, 1 elderly adult (81+)
• Muscatine County, 1 elderly adult (81+)
• Polk County, 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years), 3 elderly adults (81+)

The state of Iowa has released an updated dashboard on coronavirus.iowa.gov that will be updated daily to include comprehensive tracking of COVID-19 in Iowa. The new dashboard includes cases, deaths, and tests conducted in each county. The state is now providing demographic information that was not previously provided as well as Iowa’s epidemiological curve.