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Jim Field speaks with some of the top graduating seniors for the class of 2013 at Atlantic High School, Mackenzie Holmes, Liz Guttenfelder and Scott Caslow.
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GRAND JUNCTION, Iowa (AP) – A 3-year-old Iowa boy who’d been enjoying a warm spring day at a lake with his mom and siblings has drowned. Greene County authorities say Ransom Cummings was pulled from 5-foot-deep water just six feet from a dock at Spring Lake on Tuesday afternoon. Ransom had wandered away from his mom and two siblings on the beach at the Greene County lake.
Greene County Sheriff Steve Haupert says 911 was called about 1:15 p.m., and deputies, firefighters and medics were dispatched to Spring Lake State Park to join the search for the boy. Haupert says Ransom had been missing for at least 40 minutes when a firefighter spotted the reflection from the boy’s sunglasses on the lake bed. The boy was pronounced dead at Greene County Hospital in Jefferson.
The Atlantic City Council will discuss and act on the first reading of a 5.5-percent rate increase for sewer service during their meeting this evening, at City Hall. City Administrator Doug Harris says if approved on the third and final reading, the monthly base fee for usage up to 3,000 gallons will increase $1.50 per month, from $27.00 to $28.50. Additional usage above 3,000 gallons will increase 30-cents, from $5.50 to $5.80 per thousand gallons over 3,000.
Harris says the increase is needed to fund Debt Service and Operating costs of the new wastewater treatment plant. He says Fiscal Year 2014, which begins July 1st, 2013, will be the first full year of debt service payments and operating costs for the plant. The City’s debt service payments will increase by more than $76,961, which reflects the fact the City did not draw down all of its State Revolving Loan Funds (SRLF), or issue Revenue Bonds to finance the balance of the cost of the new plant until near the end of the current fiscal year. Another factor influencing the proposed rate increase, is an increase in the annual utility billings, which will jump from $3,370/year to $37,300/year.
In other business, the Council will hold a public hearing on the sale of a lot at 314 Walnut Street, followed by action on a resolution approving sale of the property for $30,000 to a local man, who wishes to build a restaurant/sports bar on the site, with future plans for office space and luxury condominiums on the upper floors.
And, the Council will act on resolutions approving the issuance of General Obligation Bonds for $2.7-million, along with a bond purchase agreement not to exceed $7.05-million, for Sewer Revenue Bonds. The Atlantic City Council meeting begins at 5:30-p.m.
The Freese-Notis (podcast) weather forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area, and weather stats for Atlantic, including a new Record High set for May 14th….
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Three people have been arrested on various charges, in Montgomery County. According to the Sheriff’s Department, 42-year old Keith Allan Currin, of Villisca, was arrested just after 1-a.m. today (Wednesday) in the 100 block of south 5th Street, on a Possession of drug paraphernalia charge. Currin was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $300 bond.
On Tuesday, deputies arrested 31-year old Bobbie Jo Kent, of Red Oak, on a warrant for theft in the 5th degree, and, 32-year old Cody Dean Franzen, of Stanton, was arrested on a warrant for Contempt of Court/Illegal Resistance to an Order or Process. Franzen was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $1,000 bond, while Kent’s bond was set at $300.
401 AM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
EARLY THIS MORNING…PARTLY CLOUDY. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH.
TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. NOT AS WARM. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. EAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 PERCENT.
TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH AROUND 80. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.
FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 60S.
SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S.
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 60S. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S.