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Atlantic Schools Booster Club launches 2023 Membership Campaign

News, Sports

July 21st, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Atlantic Booster Club President Brian Wagner has announced brand new packages for member to the organization.

The 2023-2024 school year begins August 23rd for the Atlantic Community School District, and the Booster Club’s campaign kicked-off with six-levels of support available for you to choose from. Starting contributions are $140 for an annual pass to all activities, and finish with $2,000 Diamond Supporter packages that offer recognition on a multitude of programs, signs and digital ads at school events.

To support the program, community members, businesses and organizations can find a flyer in the New Telegraph’s weekly mailer that goes out to every household in the county. You can also call a Booster Club Member, message them on Facebook (Atlantic Iowa Booster Club), or e-mail boosterclubhelp@gmail.com.

The Club meets every third Monday at the Atlantic High School. Their meetings are open to the public, where involvement is welcomed with enthusiasm. Wagner says “We believe that giving these kids the support and encouragement to be involved, will come back full-circle and ten-fold, as they grow-up and become community leaders themselves.”

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Davenport Woman Sentenced to Six Months in Prison Related to Perjury

News

July 21st, 2023 by Ric Hanson

DAVENPORT, IA – A Davenport woman was sentenced Thursday to six months in federal prison for providing false statements during federal grand jury testimony. According to court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, 30-year LaRhonda Dawnielle Jenkins, was present at a shooting at the Dam View Inn in Davenport on March 9, 2021, where an individual was shot multiple times. When Jenkins was called to testify at federal grand jury proceedings, Jenkins lied about her knowledge of the identified shooter.

After completing her term of imprisonment, Jenkins will be required to serve three years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.

United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. This case was investigated by the Davenport Police Department.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. In May 2021, the Department of Justice launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.

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Heartbeat Today 7-21-2023

Heartbeat Today, Podcasts

July 21st, 2023 by Jim Field

Jim Field visits with Wendy Richter, Director of the Family Crisis Support Network, about the Family Fun Day at the Cass County Fair on Saturday, July 29 from 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm.  The Cass County Child Abuse Prevention Council and the Healthy6 Cass County Coalition are teaming up with local supporters to provide this family-friendly event.

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Nishna Jr. Tournament

Sports

July 21st, 2023 by Asa Lucas

On Wednesday, July 19, six junior golfers participated in the Nishna Hills Junior Club Tournament.  Golfers played 9 holes from the forward tees.  Results were as follows:
Champion – Gage Gross – 36
2nd place – Oliver Drogo – 50
3rd place – Abel Brockman – 54
4th place – Conner Sandbothe – 61
5th place – Grady Gross – 61
6th place – Levi Sandbothe – 83

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Red Oak man issued a written warning following a semi-vs-car accident Thursday evening

News

July 21st, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Police in Red Oak say no injuries were reported following a collision between a 2006 Freightliner semi pulling a hopper-style trailer, and a 1992 Ford Tempo. Authorities report the car, driven by 92-year-old Wallace Keith Jones, of Red Oak, was traveling west on W. Market Street at around 5:45-p.m. He stopped at the intersection with S. Broadway Street, and then pulled away from the stop sign, before his car was hit on the front by the right front passenger side of the semi. Jones told police he didn’t see the semi before pulling out into the intersection.

Jones, and the driver of the semi, 48-year-old David Lee Rydberg, of Essex, were checked-out by medics, but refused transport to the hospital. The car was a total loss. Damage to the semi was estimated at $2,000. Red Oak Police issued Wallace Jones a written warning for Failure to Yield to a Passing Vehicle.

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2 arrested Thursday night, in Creston

News

July 21st, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Creston, Iowa) – Officials with the Creston Police Department say there were two arrests Thursday night. At around 9:50-p.m., 34-year-old Kayla Sue Hoffman, of Creston, was arrested for Theft in the 3rd Degree. Hoffman was taken to Union County Jail and later posted a $2,000 cash or approved surety bond.

And, at around 10-p.m., Thursday, 22-year-old Jerimiah Lee Whitney, of Creston, was arrested for assault, at a residence on W. Summit Ave. He was taken to Union County Jail and later posted a $300 cash or surety bond.

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Softball State Scores 07/20/2023

Sports

July 21st, 2023 by admin

Class 4A
4A Championship Game: Winterset 5, North Scott 3
4A Third Place Game: Norwalk 5,  Fort Dodge 0

Class 5A
5A Championship Game:  Ankeny Centennial 11, Pleasant Valley 0
5A Third Place Game: Muscatine 5,  Southeast Polk 0

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Baseball State Scores 07/20/2023

Sports

July 21st, 2023 by admin

Class 2A
Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 11,  West Lyon, Inwood 2
Underwood 3, Cascade 1

Class 4A 
Johnston 9, Dowling Catholic, W.D.M 4
Ames 4,  Cedar Falls 3

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State Baseball Schedule 07/21/2023

Sports

July 21st, 2023 by admin

Friday, July 21

Class 1A Championship

12:00 p.m.–St. Mary’s, Remsen vs. Lisbon

Class 2A Championship

2:30 p.m. – Underwood vs. Beckman Catholic, Dyersville

Friday, July 21

Class 3A Championship

5:00 p.m. –Western Dubuque vs. North Polk

Class 4A Championship

7:30 p.m. – Johnston vs. Ames

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Iowa doctor says Alzheimer’s test is a big development

News

July 21st, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A significant, new advance in the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is being unveiled at a medical conference in Amsterdam, and a central Iowa physician who’s there calls it a very exciting development.

Dr. Yogesh Shah, a geriatrician at Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines, says a simple, finger prick blood test, much like what diabetics do daily, shows promise in the ability to detect Alzheimer’s. “It will have to go through the regular checks, regular confirmations and approvals,” Dr. Shah says, “but the way I feel, the field is moving very fast, that this will happen soon and will be available for patients all over, including in Iowa.”

In a Radio Iowa interview from the Netherlands, Shah says this streamlined finger-prick test may help detect Alzheimer’s at home or in the doctor’s office, and indications are the blood test is more than 80% accurate. How soon will it be available?   “I would say and hope that it’s not years,” Shah says. “What I would also can say it’s not going to be available next week. I feel in months, so hopefully, in early to middle next year.”

Once it’s available, Shah says only people with a family history of dementia, or those who are showing symptoms, should need to take the test. If the test is positive, preventative measures could start much more quickly. Still, the drugs that are approved for helping to slow the progress of Alzheimer’s are expensive.
“It can cost up to $26,000 per year, so it’s a significant cost, and side effects, so we have to be careful,” Shah says. “It’s not for everybody. It’s only for patients with very early stage of Alzheimer’s.” A statement released by the Iowa chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association says this new blood test, once verified and approved, “would offer a quick, noninvasive and cost-effective option.”

It’s estimated there are 66,000 Iowans living with Alzheimer’s or another dementia, and another 98,000 Iowans are their caregivers. A report out this week says the average Alzheimer’s prevalence rate in Iowans age 65 and older is 11%, while the rate is even higher in northwest Iowa.

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