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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley: Friday, Dec. 15, 2023

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December 15th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

Today: Mostly cloudy w/a 20% chance of rain early this morning; A 70% chance of rain later this afternoon.  High near 45. South wind 5 to 10 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Rain. Low around 36. Light and variable wind becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday: Rain, mainly before noon. Steady temperature around 37. Northwest wind 10-20 mph, New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 44. Breezy.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 19. Blustery.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 36. Breezy.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 20.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. Breezy.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 55. The Low was 16. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 27 and the Low was 19. The Record High on December 15th in Atlantic, was 72 in 2021. The Record Low was -19 in 1901. Sunrise is at 7:39. Sunset at 4:51.

Oregon man injured in a high-speed crash in Ames

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December 15th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Ames, Iowa)  – An SUV that was traveling at a high-rate of speed and passing other vehicles on the left shoulder of I-35 northbound in Ames, Thursday, crossed both lanes of traffic before flipping multiple times and coming to rest in the east ditch. The Iowa State Patrol reports the driver of the 2018 Ford Explorer, 29-year-old Zackery Coltin Harker, of North Bend, Oregon, was injured. The accident happened near mile marker 118, at around 4:20-p.m.

Harker – who was wearing a seat belt – was transported by the Iowa State Patrol to the Story County Medical Center. The crash remains under investigation.

Mississippi man charged with vandalizing Satanic Temple display in Capitol

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December 15th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A man from Mississippi who’s a former Navy pilot has been charged with vandalizing the Satanic Temple of Iowa’s holiday display in the Iowa Capitol. The Iowa Department of Public Safety says 35-year-old Michael Cassidy of Lauderdale, Mississippi was arrested, charged with criminal mischief in the fourth degree and released. The Satanic Temple of Iowa announced early Thursday that the statue in its Iowa Capitol display had been damaged beyond repair. According to a conservative website called The Sentinel, Cassidy beheaded the statue.

Cassidy is quoted on the site saying he did so to awaken Christians to the anti-Christian values that are being mainstreamed. The founder of Turning Point U-S-A, a conservative youth organization, has pledged 10-thousand dollars to support a legal defense fund for Cassidy.

The Satanic Temple of Iowa had planned to take down its display today (Friday), but will leave what’s left in the Iowa Capitol for a few more days.

Governors of four states, including Iowa, review progress after 2019 Missouri River flood

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December 15th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The governors of Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas are assessing flood prevention efforts in the Missouri River corridor — and finding progress. Governor Kim Reynolds says levee maintenance and making structures as flood resilient as possible are key. “Instead of waiting for that disaster to hit like in 2019, and then we have no money…and then we have a bunch of money come in and then we’re fixing the same highway structures, the same ag impact that we did prior to that.” Reynolds and the governors of the other three states met yesterday (Thursday) in Omaha. Reynolds says the design and structural performance of 900 miles of Missouri River levees are being evaluated.

“Then grants will be available to the different levee districts to get the levees where they need to be,” Reynolds says. Reynolds says nearly all the levee districts lack the resources to make significant improvements and government funding is necessary. Reynolds and the other Missouri River governors began meeting in the midst of the devastating floods of 2019 and Reynolds says their main frustration at the time was the pace of the response from federal agencies.

“We tend to study things to death instead of moving forward and getting things done,” Reynolds says, “and we’ve seen a lot of progress since that first meeting in 2019 and the way that we’re doing things.” In the spring of 2019, melting snow and rainfall combined to cause the Missouri River to jump its banks and quickly flood vast swaths of western Iowa.

Supreme Court hears public records dispute over emails to State Auditor

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December 15th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The head of a conservative law firm is asking the Iowa Supreme Court to find that State Auditor Rob Sand, a Democrat, has violated the state’s public records law. Alan Ostergren, chief counsel of the Kirkwood Institute, asked the auditor for emails related to Sand’s since discredited claim that the governor improperly used federal COVID-19 funds for a public service announcement. Ostergren appeared before the Iowa Supreme Court yesterday (Thursday).  “Who audits the auditor?” Ostergren asked. “Do we have in our law that the auditor is just above examination to make sure he is discharging his duties correctly?”

A district court judge dismissed the case last year, saying the emails could be kept confidential because they’re part of an audit or examination. Iowa Supreme Court Justice Dana Oxley says state law protects information received in an audit.  “For me, that’s really the issue, is how do we decide whether or not something is within an audit when we’ve got an affidavit from the auditor that says this information was received, they identify the dates, they identify specific audit reports and audits that are ongoing,” Oxley said.

Ostergren has been seeking an email chain that includes comments from State Auditor Sand, an Associated Press reporter and a blogger. Sand has said he denied the request because it would chip away at his ability to protect whistleblowers and save taxpayers money.

Thursday’s Area High School Boy’s Basketball Scores

Sports

December 14th, 2023 by admin

Hawkeye Ten Conference:
Glenwood 67, Creston 46
Riverside @ Red Oak

Western Iowa Conference:
Audubon 73, Boyer Valley 40 (NC)
Treynor 66 vs Denison-Schleswig 39

Rolling Valley Conference:
Ar-We-Va 62, Westwood 57

Corner Conference:
Missouri Valley 58, Griswold 42 (NC)

Raccoon River Conference:
Clarke 57, North Polk 52

Pride of Iowa Conference:
Mount Ayr 67, Southeast Warren 51
Southwest Valley 46, East Union 25
Central Decatur 70, Mormon Trail 56
Nodaway Valley @ Martensdale-St Marys

West Central Conference:
Interstate-35 @ #Chariton

Thursday’s Area High School Girl’s Basketball Scores

Sports

December 14th, 2023 by admin

Hawkeye Ten Conference:
Glenwood 64, Creston 34
Riverside @ Red Oak (NC)

Western Iowa Conference:
#14 Treynor 47, Omaha Duchesne 39

Rolling Valley Conference:
#6 Westwood 90, Ar-We-Va 20

Corner Conference:
Missouri Valley 47, Griswold 29 (NC)

Raccoon River Conference:
#4 North Polk 80, Indianola 33

Pride of Iowa Conference:
#3 Martensdale-St Marys 58, #5 Nodaway Valley 56
Mount Ayr 56, Southeast Warren 29 (NC)

West Central Conference:
#15 Chariton 51, Interstate-35  11

Atlantic Wrestlers Split in Double-Dual

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December 14th, 2023 by admin

On Thursday, the Atlantic wrestling team topped Kuemper Catholic and fell short to Lewis Central in a double-dual at Lewis Central High School.

The Trojans won ten of 14 matches to defeat Kuemper 52-24. Taye Jordan (106) and Collin Harris (113) won by forfeit. Braxton Hass (120) won by a major decision, and Donavan Hedrington (175) and Cohen Bruce (190) won by a decision. The Trojans recorded five falls: Aiden Smith (126), Jayden Harter (138), Kalvin Hayes (144), Drevan Smith (150), and Evan Sorensen (285).

Atlantic won six of the 14 matches against Lewis Central. Taye Jordan (106) won by a decision in overtime, Braxton Hass (120) won by decision, Aiden Smith (126) picked up a fall, and Drevan Smith (150) won by a major decision. Donavan Hedrington (175) won by fall, and Evan Sorensen (285) posted a pin in 31 seconds.

Lewis Central defeated Atlantic 39-29 and topped Kuemper 40-36.

Atlantic 52 Kuemper Catholic, 24

Thursday Night Girls Wrestling

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December 14th, 2023 by admin

Girls Wrestling

Southwest IA 42, East Mills 6
Southwest IA 54, Essex 0
Southwest IA 42, Tarkio, MO 36
East Mills 24, Essex 6
Torkio, MO 36, East Mills 12

Gilbert 52, Carroll 24
Gilbert 42, Denison-Schleswig 40

Thursday Night Boys Wrestling

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December 14th, 2023 by admin

Boys Wrestling

OABCIG 36, Kingsley-Pierson 24
Westwood 66, Kingsley-Pierson 15
Westwood 61, OABCIG 15
Westwood 42, West Monona 39
West Monona 42, OABCIG 34

Council Bluffs AL 90, Sioux City West 6
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 66, Sioux City West 6

Nodaway Valley 64, Mount Ayr 12
Nodaway Valley 57, East Union 24
Nodaway Valley 54, Wayne 28

Lewis Central 39, Atlantic 29
Lewis Central 40, Kuemper Catholic 36
Atlantic 52, Kuemper Catholic 24

Ballard 46, Ealham 27
Ballard 34, Winterset 32
Winterset 43, Earlham 27

Roland-Story 60, Nevada 24
Roland-Story 48, PCM 33