COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — June 7, 2023 – East- and westbound West Broadway will be closed Saturday morning, June 10, through early Monday morning, June 12, at Interstate 29 for bridge demolition work. This is the final bridge demolition for the I-29/I-480/West Broadway interchange project. The closure will begin at 5:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 10, and will remain in place until 5:00 a.m. Monday, June 12, weather permitting. Contractors will be working throughout the duration of the closure; however the noisiest demolition operations will only occur between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.

CRESTON, Iowa – June 7, 2023 – If you are driving on Interstate 80 in Dallas County in the coming weeks you may notice some nighttime construction work taking place on the roadway between U.S. 169 and West Des Moines.

Nighttime ramp closures will occur from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday nights to Friday mornings beginning on Sunday, June 11 to Thursday, June 29, weather permitting. For construction crews working on hot-mix asphalt milling and resurfacing work to get work done they will need to close the I-80 ramps at Dallas County Road R-22 (exit 117), Dallas County Road R-16 (exit 113) and at U.S. 169 (exit 110). Marked detour routes will be in place to assist motorists as the ramp closures occur. Only one ramp location will be worked on at a time.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – One person was injured during an accident on W. 7th Street in Atlantic early this (Wednesday) morning. According to the Atlantic Police Department, the crash happened at around 3:43-a.m., in the 1000 block of S.W. 7th Street (US Hwy 6). Authorities say a vehicle driven by Myson Kovac, of Atlantic, was traveling southbound on SW 7th, when it entered the west ditch and continued until the vehicle jumped a gravel driveway, and came to rest after striking multiple combine corn/bean head carts owned by Lindeman Tractor. (UPDATE): Damage to the ag equipment was estimated at $12,500.

Kovac was transported to Cass Health in Atlantic, for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. Police say the vehicle is suspected to have been stolen. It sustained damage amounting to an estimated $6,000. The accident remains under investigation.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Board of Supervisors’ will hold a special meeting Thursday at 1-p.m., to set the date for a public hearing on a recommended zoning change. According to Auditor Kathy Somers, the Board will acknowledge receipt of the Zoning Commission’s recommendation to change a zoning classification from General Agricultural District to Business District, for Schmidt & Sons Properties, LLC, as allowed under the Cass County Zoning Ordinance.

The Board will then set the date of a Public Hearing on the Commission’s recommendation, as June 13, 2023 at 9-a.m. The Hearing will be held during the Supervisor’s regular meeting in their Board Room at the Cass County Courthouse.

Thursday’s special meeting is available via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2899195216?pwd=R0hSa2FOOTh0NUdra1ZSdVhVWHpMUT09. Meeting ID: 289 919 5216
Passcode: 012064
Call In:
312-626-6799, press *9 to indicate you wish to speak.

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Lottery is asking everyone to double check old tickets as a Mega Millions ticket with a one million dollar prize sold in Ames is still unclaimed. Lottery spokesperson, Mary Neubauer says there are now just three months left before the ticket expires. “It is so unusual for a prize of this size to be sitting out there unclaimed this long,” she says. The ticket was sold at the Filling Station/Gateway Express. “It’s a combination, kitchen bakery convenience store. It’s on the south end of Ames. It’s right by where a lot of large hotels are in that area,” Neubauer says. “So, you know, it just becomes a question of was it someone from out of town who bought this ticket is someone local, who has just never checked it? So we’re doing our best to just say please, please, if you have a ticket at home, get it out and double check it.”

Neubauer says the date of the drawing was near a holiday and a football weekend.  “Tuesday, September 6, that was just after the long Labor Day holiday weekend in 2022. And that same weekend, Iowa State played its season opener at home against Southeast Missouri State,” Neubauer says. She says it’s possible a football fan from Missouri bought the ticket and forgot about it.”It is something that people talk about every day in the store. It’s you know, folks are aware that this prize was one with the ticket purchase at the store folks are talking about it there every day. So it would seem to indicate that if you’re local, you might already know about it,” she says.

Neubauer says there are a lot of different ideas about where the ticket may be. “Maybe it’s riding around on the sun visor in somebody’s car or it’s still in somebody’s wallet after all this time,” Neubauer says. “You never can tell.” The ticket could have gone through the wash in somebody’s pocket, or maybe got thrown away. Neubauer says anyone who may’ve been in Ames around that time should check any old tickets.

If the ticket is not brought in before it expires — the one million dollars would go back into the prize pool.

(Radio Iowa) – Two more Republicans are entering the presidential race today (Wednesday). Former Vice President Mike Pence released a video this (Wednesday) morning announcing his candidacy. Pence will hold an in-person campaign kick off in Ankeny over the noon hour. Pence explained why at Senator Joni Ernst’s weekend fundraiser. “Iowa’s the place that we shape principled conservative leadership. Iowa’s the place that’s shaped the standard bearer of this party,” Pence says.

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum announced his race for the G-O-P nomination on Twitter. He’s scheduled to campaign in Iowa tomorrow (Thursday). Burgum earned a fortune in the tech industry, selling his software company to Microsoft in 2002.