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Atlantic boys swimming competes at Rusty Garst Invitational

Sports

January 15th, 2023 by admin

2023 Rusty Garst Invitational at Fort Dodge
01/14/2023

Team Scores

  1. Sioux City 296
  2. Decorah 225
  3. Carroll 177
  4. Newton 155
  5. Fort Dodge 115
  6. Waterloo 104
  7. Atlantic 85
  8. Spencer 55

Atlantic took 6th in the 200 Yard Medley Relay with a time of 1:52.96 (Alex Lihs, Abe Schechinger, Kyler Rieken, Keaten Rieken.) Alex Lihs was 6th in the 100-yard backstroke at 1:03.49 and Keaton Rieken was 8th in the 100-yard freestyle at 53.61.

The Trojans also went 6th in the 400 yard freestyle relay and were 7th in the 200-yard freestyle relay.

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Montgomery County ARPA Committee to meet Monday afternoon

News

January 15th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Montgomery County Auditor’s Office reports the County’s ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) Committee, will meet 1-p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, in the EMA Building Meeting Room.

The Committee will: review ARPA funding; proposed projects and expenses; a possible additional project; fund balance to date; and other items to discuss, including the possible scheduling of another ARPA meeting, if necessary.

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Atlantic City Council Special Meeting – Closed Session set for 1/16/23

News

January 15th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Atlantic’s City Administrator John Lund reports a Special meeting of the City Council will take place in a closed session 4-p.m. Monday, Jan. 16th, in the Council’s Chambers  at City Hall. The purpose of the meeting “Is to discuss issues of concern to the Police Department.”

The Code Section reads the Council may enter into a Closed Session, “To avoid disclosure of Specific Law Enforcement Matter, Such as allowable tolerances or criteria for [the] selection, prosecution, or settlement of cases, which, if disclosed, would facilitate disregard to requirements imposed by law, as allowed under 21.5(1)(h).”

No other information was provided.

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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley: Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023

Weather

January 15th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 45. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight: A chance of rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 3am. Cloudy, with a temperature rising to around 49 by 3am. Breezy, with a south southeast wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
M.L.King Day: A chance of rain and thunderstorms before 9am, then a chance of rain between 9am and noon. Increasing clouds, with a temperature falling to around 39 by 5pm. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 13 to 17 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Northwest wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 41. The Low was 24. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 15 and the Low was -8. The Record High on this date was 61 in 1990. The Record Low was -23 in 1905.

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MERLIN HENRY RASMUSSEN, 79, of Red Oak (Svcs. 1/18/23)

Obituaries

January 14th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

MERLIN HENRY RASMUSSEN, 79, of Red Oak, died January 11, 2023, at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak. A funeral service for MERLIN RASMUSSEN will be held 2-p.m. Wednesday, January 18, 2023, at the Griswold Central Church of Christ.  Rieken Duhn Funeral Home in Atlantic is assisting the family.

Visitation with the family will take place one hour prior to the funeral service.

Interment will be held at a later date in Pilot Grove Cemetery.

MERLIN RASMUSSEN is survived by:

His wife – Vivian Rasmussen, of Red Oak.

His daughters – Lorrie (Mike) Moore, Tammy (Joe) Post, all of Casper, WY, and Dawn (Dan) Miller, of Loveland, CO.

His son – Tracey Rasmussen, of Casper, WY.

His brother – Ronald (Linda) Rasmussen, of Elliott.

His sisters – Diane Adams, of Shenandoah, and Denise Wilson, of Red Oak.

11 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren; other relatives, and friends.

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JEFF WARRIOR, 62, of Ottumwa (formerly of Bridgewater) – Celebration of Life 1/20/23

Obituaries

January 14th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

JEFF WARRIOR, 62, of Ottumwa (formerly of Bridgewater), died December 29, 2022, at the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Celebration of Life services for JEFF WARRIOR will be held 11-a.m. Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, at the Bridgewater United Methodist Church, with a luncheon to follow. Lamb Funeral Home in Fontanelle has the arrangements.

Memorials may be directed to the Jeff Warrior Memorial Fund to be established by the family at a later date.

Online condolences may be left to the family at www.lambfuneralhomes.com.

JEFF WARRIOR is survived by:

His wife – Teresa Warrior.

His sons – Ryan (Lisa) Warrio; Jeffrey Warrior, Jr.; Trey (Brittany) Bankson,

His daughter – Terri Lynn (Sam) Bankson.

His brothers – Mike (Leann) Warrior, and Doug (Debbie) Warrior.

other relatives and friends.

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HELEN MARCINE DEA, 99, of Shelby (Mass of Christian Burial 1/19/23)

Obituaries

January 14th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

HELEN MARCINE DEA, 99, of Shelby, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, in Council Bluffs. A Mass of Christian Burial for HELEN DEA will be held 10:30-a.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Neola. Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home has the arrangements.

Friends may call at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Neola, on Wed., Jan. 18, 2023, from 4-until 6-p.m., with a Wake Service  at 6-p.m. and a Rosary at 6:30-p.m.

Burial is in the St. Patrick’s Catholic Cemetery, in Neola.

HELEN MARCINE DEA is survived by her 12 children:

Sons – Robert (Tami Shellberg) Dea, John “Mike” (Sally) Dea, James (JoAnne) Dea, and Philip (Marie) Dea, all of Minden; Richard (Delorse) Dea, of Ellington, MO; Daniel Dea, of Walnut, and William “Bill” Dea, of Oakland.

Daughters – Marcine (Don) Blake of Stanton; Patricia (Tom) Honeywell, and Laurie Dea, all of Shelby; Rebecca Dyer of Carlisle, and Cecelia Dea, of Des Moines.

Her brother – Dean Krutzfeldt of Council Bluffs.

36 Grandchildren; ;53 Great-grandchildren; 20 Great-great-grandchildren; Other Relatives & Friends.

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RICHARD H. NEIGHBORS, 95, of Anita (Svcs. at a later date)

Obituaries

January 14th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

RICHARD H. NEIGHBORS, 95, of Anita, died Friday, January 13, 2023. Services for RICHARD NEIGHBORS will be held at a later date. Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Anita is in charge of the arrangements.

Memorials may be directed to the Neighbors Family and may be mailed to the Schmidt Family Funeral Home P.O. Box 523, Atlantic, IA 50022.

RICHARD H. NEIGHBORS is survived by:

His sons – Rick Neighbors, of Atlantic, and Randy (Dusty) Neighbors, of Austin, TX.

His daughter – Sandy Bartelson (Jack Cox), of Anita.

5 grandchildren, as well as several great-grandchildren.

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City of Stanton employee escapes injury when boom truck accident causes a total of $23,500 damage

News

January 14th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Stanton, Iowa) – A City of Stanton boom truck and a light fixture was damaged Friday morning, when the legally parked truck began rolling backwards after a worker adjusted the boom’s height. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says the accident occurred near 301 Broad Avenue at around 8:10 a.m. Authorities say Stanton city maintenance personnel were removing Christmas lights from fixtures along Broad Avenue when the City’s unoccupied 1995 Dodge Ram 3500 bucket truck began traveling backwards.

The bucket and boom struck the light pole fixture – shearing it off. The truck continued over the curb and into the grass. The bucket and boom then struck the right side of a car wash building’s roof, causing a mechanical failure in the rotator portion of the bucket truck. The boom and bucket swung from the roof to the north and struck brickwork on the building’s southeast side. The occupant of the bucket, Bret W. Sheppard, was not injured.

Damage is estimated at $3,500 to the city’s light fixture, and $20,000 to the city’s boom truck. The car wash building owned by Eric Anderson sustained approximately $2,500 damage. No one was injured.

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2 arrested in Montgomery County Friday night

News

January 14th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Two people were arrested Friday night on active Mills County warrants for Failure to appear in court. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports 26-year-old Summer Brooke French, of Red Oak, and 35-year-old Jessie Bruce Fitzwater, of Villisca, were arrested. French was charged with FTA on an original charge of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, while Fitzwater is charged with FTA on an original Possession of a Controlled Substance/3rd offense, charge.

Both were being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail.

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