SPM NEWS 2.22.21 - 5:04PM
South Dakota lawmakers are considering impeaching the state s attorney general as he faces misdemeanor charges for striking and killing a man with his car.
Jason Ravnsborg, the state s top law enforcement officer, has said he will not step down before he gets a hearing in front of a judge.
Prosecutors have charged the Republican attorney general with three misdemeanors but no felonies in the September death of 55-year-old Joseph Boever. Republican Rep. Tim Goodwin says Ravnsborg should resign and that lawmakers are considering impeachment if he doesn t.
Gov. Kristi Noem would get to appoint a replacement if Ravnsborg, a native of Cherokee, is convicted of impeachment or resigns.
Iowa Snowfall Totals Are Eye-Popping In Many Locations
The meteorologists warned us and they were right. This has been quite a snowstorm and, unfortunately, it s not over yet. As the white stuff continues to fall, the totals many cities have received is nothing short of incredible.
The snowstorm which began to bury parts of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa Monday morning advanced eastward and northward as the day went along.
KETV in Council Bluffs reported breathtaking snowfall totals in eastern Nebraska. These totals were from Monday alone, recorded at midnight:
Lincoln, Nebraska: 14.5 inches (KETV reports it s the 2nd-snowiest single day in Lincoln history); Siouxland News reports a total of 14.8
Cedar Rapids Long-Term Care Facility Begin COVID Vaccinations
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According to Siouxland News, more than 400 long-term care facilities across Iowa have began distributing the COVID-19 vaccine. Both residents and staff at facilities such as Living Center West in Cedar Rapids received their first doses of the vaccine. Even though only 3% of COVID cases in Iowa are associated with these centers, they account for half of the deaths, according to the Health Care Association.
Siouxland News reports that both the Pfizer and Moderna variants of the vaccine were found to be more than 90% effective in clinical trials . Let s hope that as more vaccinations continue to prove to be effective, we can leave this pandemic behind us in 2020 and get some sense of normalcy again in the new year.
Sioux City’s two hospitals received their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine today.
This is audio from a live stream from Siouxland News KMEG 14-FOX 44 television on Facebook this afternoon of two veteran front-line health care workers getting their shots at MercyOne.
Nurse, Mary Jones and the Medical Director for Emergency Medicine Siouxland Dr. Joe Liewer were the first two to get their shots. Both have worked for more than 25 years at the hospital.
Beth Hughes is President at MercyOne.
“This in an incredible day for us today for here at Siouxland Medical Center and for the community and healthcare providers.”