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City of Atlantic Beautification Committee & City Council meetings are set for Wednesday, June 12th

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June 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The City of Atlantic’s Beautification Committee and City Council will hold separate meetings, Wednesday. The Beautification Committee meeting gets underway at 10:30-a.m. in the City Council’s Chambers at City Hall. Here’s their agenda:

  • Call To Order
  • Approval of the Agenda
  • Discussion, Review, and Recommendation Regarding Proposals from the RAGBRAI® Welcome Committee
  • Discussion, Review, and Recommendation Regarding Proposals from the RAGBRAI Entertainment Committee
  • Review of Robinson Landscaping Plan for Downtown
  • Review and Recommendation on Designs and Prices from JJ Design for Wraps to Enhance Existing Entrance Signs
  • Update, Review and Recommendation on Flagpoles and other Enhancements for the Primary Entrance Sign on the Corner of Highway 6 and Highway 71
  • Update, Review, and Recommendation on the FY 2024 and FY 2025 Beautification Budget
  • Other Business
  • Adjournment

A City Council Work Session will take place at 4-p.m., Wednesday. During the meeting, the Council will receive consultation and engage in discussion with Buddy Johnson, a County manager from Georgia, on Strategic Planning.

Brecht and Tello Earn ABCA/Rawlings All-Midwest Region Honors

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June 11th, 2024 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Junior Brody Brecht and redshirt junior Raider Tello earned American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings All-Midwest Region honors, it was announced Tuesday by the organization.

Brecht earned first team recognition, moving him into consideration for ABCA/Rawlings All-America honors that will be announced Friday. Tello was a second-team all-region selection.

It is the fourth straight year the Hawkeyes have had multiple all-region honorees and the sixth time under head coach Rick Heller that Iowa has had two or more players recognized.

Brecht earned first-team All-Region honors after going 4-3 with a 3.33 ERA in 15 starts. The right-hander posted five quality starts and fanned 128 batters over 78.1 innings. The Ankeny, Iowa native ranked fourth in the nation in strikeouts per nine innings (14.71) and seventh in total strikeouts.

Tello earned second-team honors after hitting .357 with 60 RBIs, 51 runs scored and tallying 30 extra base hits (19 doubles, seven home runs and four triples) during the regular season. The El Monte, California, native led the team in hits, runs, doubles, triples, and RBIs.

NASCAR driver Christopher Bell previews the Iowa Corn 350

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June 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

After winning back-to-back years at the Iowa Speedway in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Christopher Bell hopes to win the first Cup Series race at the track in Sunday night’s Iowa Corn 350. Bell won at the Iowa Speedway in 2018 and 2019.

Bell was happy when the Iowa Speedway was added to the Cup schedule.

Bell says a quick sell out of Saturday and Sunday is proof Iowa Speedway was ready for a Cup race.

Bell has two wins this season and is currently ninth in Cup Series points.

Former Iowa star Micah Hyde contemplates his future

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June 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Former Iowa star Micah Hyde is taking his time to decide if he will return to the Buffalo Bills for his 12th NFL season or call it a career. The 33-year-old safety has spent the past seven seasons with the Bills and struggled last season with neck stingers.

Hyde says he will re-sign with Buffalo or retire. He will return to the field only if he is all in.

Hyde says he does not want to start training camp and find out he does not want to be there.

Hyde spent his first four seasons in the NFL in Green Bay.

Cass County Engineer’s report to the Board of Supervisors

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June 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken, Tuesday (June 11th), reported to the County Board of Supervisors, the Secondary Roads Department has been busy the past couple of weeks.

A contractor was working on the bridge seven-miles north of Cumberland on N-28.

On Wednesday, work will begin on lining two 42-inch culverts under the pavement on G-43, with a fiberglass liner. The work may continue into the day on Thursday.

Iowan stabbed in China speaks from hospital room

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June 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Chinese officials say they’ve arrested a 55-year-old man suspected of stabbing four Cornell College instructors. Cornell College, based in Mount Vernon, has had a longstanding relationship with a university in northeast China and the four educators were attacked in a public park. One of the survivors, David Zabner, spoke with Iowa Public Radio from his hospital room in China. He said the group was leaving the park when he heard a sound. “I turned around to find a man brandishing a knife at me. I didn’t immediately realize that was what was happening. I thought my coworkers had been pushed and he, for some reason, was trying to push me,” Zabner said. “And then I looked down at my shoulder and realized: ‘No, I’m bleeding. I’ve been stabbed.'”

Pictures and video of the aftermath quickly began circulating on Chinese social media sites, but most have been taken down by the Chinese government. In one picture, Zabner can be seen wincing in pain as paramedics attend to another instructor bleeding from his back.  “I can see why kind of the visceral proof of what happened is important,” Zabner said, “but it’s also really upsetting.”

Zabner was stabbed in the arm, six inches below his shoulder. He and his three colleagues are still receiving treatment. Zabner says he appreciates the thoughts and prayers from people back home and the help from the U.S. Consulate and Iowa’s congressional delegation. He says he’s looking forward to returning to Iowa as soon as he can.

Homebuilder scouts Iowa communities for places to build ‘workforce housing’

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June 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A central Iowa real estate developer and property manager is launching what’s being called Hometown Tours of a half-dozen Iowa communities where businesses are hungry for help and housing is scarce. Karie Kading Ramsey, C-E-O of Kading Properties of Urbandale, says they’ll start by visiting the Wayne County town of Corydon on Thursday. “In Corydon, for example, we have lots and lots of Missouri license plates coming over the border to work,” Ramsey says, “and our goal is to get some of those Missouri license plates to convert to Iowa license plates, so we can keep them right there working in the community, sending their kids to school in the community.”

Kading has already built houses in more than two-dozen Iowa towns over the past five decades. By eliminating the need for long commutes, Ramsey says Kading helps employers retain skilled labor and boosts local economies, while saving families time and money on travel and fuel. “We’re also providing a lot of housing, slab on grade, zero entry, so we get a lot of elderly people moving in,” Ramsey says. “They’re not quite ready for the nursing home or assisted living, and want a little ease with the snow and mowing, so they’ll move in and that will also recycle the housing.”

The so-called workforce housing may be individual houses, town homes, bi-attached houses or whatever works best in the community, she says. Who lives in them? “It’s your average person in your community that’s working around 50 hours a week, generally,” Ramsey says. “A lot of service folks do it, plumbing, electrical, teachers, people that are earning a really good solid wage and contributing a lot to the community, but we’re also trying to keep their rent affordable, knowing that they’ve got a lot of other expenses.”

While the south-central Iowa town of Corydon is the first town on the tour, the other five communities will be announced next week. Each stop will include tours and meetings with economic development teams, city council members, school district representatives, and local employers.

14th Annual KJAN Merlyn Christensen Memorial Golf Tournament (Pictures)

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June 11th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Montgomery County Supervisors approve canvass & abstract of election results

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June 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, today (Tuesday) approved a canvass of the June 4, 2024 Primary Election results, and certification of those results. County Auditor Jill Ozuna read a summary of the results.

Montgomery County BOS mtg, 6/11/24

Board Member Donna Robinson read the following portion of the resolution certifying the results as presented.

Montgomery County Auditor Jill Ozuna said a standard, Post-Election audit of a precinct in the County will take place Wednesday, June 12th.

CAM School Board acts on resignations & contracts; Discusses District Facilities process/survey

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June 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Anita, Iowa) – The CAM School Board, Monday evening, acted on approving personnel matters, including resignations and contracts. Superintendent Paul Croghan…

The School Board also discussed district facilities and a survey that’s available for district patrons to fill-out.

The survey is available for you to respond to until June 18th.

Paul Croghan says as of Monday, June 10th, the District had received 400 responses to the survey.

A link to the survey can be found on social media, asking what patrons think about of a one or two campus district viability, if there is any other information they need, and how they would like to receive that information. You can always call the district office for more information, as well. In other business, Mr. Croghan said it’s a busy time of year, Summer-wise.