Today: Sunny, with a high near 64. Windy, with a north northwest wind 13 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 34. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 6 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 71. Light and variable wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday: A slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then a chance of showers between 7am and 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 64. Our Low this morning, 35. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 45 and the Low was 37. The Record High on this date was 91 in 1968. The Record Low was 17 in 1908. Sunrise is at 6:15. Sunset will take place at 8:18.
Des Moines, IA – State Auditor Rob Sand, Monday, voted to provide Department of Corrections (DOC) employees back-pay owed to them for on-the-job COVID-19 testing. The required testing occurred prior to the employees clocking in for their shifts at the Newton Correctional Facility from July 2020 to May 2021.
“Iowans expect to pay a fair day’s wages for a fair day’s work,” said Sand. “Plus, correctional officers’ jobs are already dangerous enough.”
Sand is one of three members of the State Appeal Board. The board voted unanimously on Monday to provide more than $112,000 in back pay to more than 235 current and former DOC employees.
(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa legislature has unanimously approved a bill that requires K-through-12 schools to have discipline policies for students who are violent or disruptive. Senator Lynn Evans, a Republican from Aurelia, is a former superintendent. “It creates more structure for what schools must include in their discipline policies for threats of violence or incidents of violence,” Evans says, “while still giving the school leeway to adjust based on the specific situation.”
In March, the House voted to require in-school suspensions ANY time a student is removed from a classroom due to violent behavior. Last month, the Senate adjusted the bill giving schools more latitude, but requiring escalating discipline for students who are disruptive or violent. The House has now approved those changes and sent the bill to the governor. Representative Brook Boden, a Republican from Indianola, says lawmakers are responding to teachers, support staff, parents and administrators.
“We listened and we developed language here that will provide the support in education for all the parties,” Boden says, “making sure that we provide the tools needed to ensure that we have environments in which children can learn.” The bill will allow educators to report incidents of classroom violence or the destruction of school property to the State Ombudsman for investigation.
Representative Sharon Steckman, a Democrat from Mason City, is a retired teacher who suggests the bill is a good first step to addressing the problem. “I think this bill has come a long way,” Steckman says. “We’ve done lots of negotiating on this. I still think we have a lot more work to do on it.” Senator Molly Donahue, a Democrat, is a teacher from Cedar Rapids who urged her peers to back the bill. “It protects our teachers, it protects our kids,” Donahue says. “It makes sure that there’s some clarity around behavior in the schools.”
A report from the Iowa Department of Education indicates there were nearly two-thousand assaults in Iowa schools during the last school year. Over 11-hundred incidents of property damage were reported.
(Radio Iowa) – Republicans in the Iowa House have passed a bill that would derail the Iowa Democratic Party’s plan to have mail-in presidential preference cards for the Iowa Caucuses. Representative Bobby Kaufmann is a Republican from Wilton. “House File 716 is our Caucus integrity bill,” Kaufmann says. “…It requires the Caucuses be held in person.” Iowa G-O-P chairman Jeff Kaufmann — who is Representative Kaufmann’s father — says New Hampshire officials consider the Democratic Party’s mail in plan akin to a primary and New Hampshire would move its primary ahead of Iowa’s Caucuses.
Democrats in the House voted against the bill. House Democratic Leader Jennifer Konfrst says the legislature should not be dictating how either party conducts its business and she questions why Representative Kaufmann — who is a paid staffer on Trump’s Iowa campaign — has taken the lead on the bill.
“It’s hard to imagine it’s not something like greasing the skids for Donald Trump,” Konfrst says. The bill’s fate in the Iowa Senate is unclear. Senator Brad Zaun of Urbandale was the first elected Republican official in Iowa to endorse Trump in 2015. Zaun says he’s wary of legislators telling either party how to run the Caucuses, but he wants to see the changes House Republicans made in the bill before making a final judgment.
Pride of Iowa Conference Track and Field Meet 05/01/2023
Girls Team Scores
Nodaway Valley 127
Mount Ayr 110
Wayne 107
Martensdale-St. Marys 101
Central Decatur 72
Lenox 54
Southeast Warren 45
Bedford 44
Southwest Valley 42
East Union 34
Nodaway Valley got wins from Annika Nelson in the 100M (12.07) and 100M Hurdles (16.39), Emma Lundy in the 200M (26.52), and Abby Engles in the 400M (1:03.00). The Wolverines also won the 4x100M Relay and Sprint Medley.
Boys Team Scores
Mount Ayr 152
Central Decatur 127
Lenox 110
Southeast Warren 76
East Union 57
Nodaway Valley 56
Wayne 50
Martensdale-St. Marys 41
Southwest Valley 38
Bedford 33
Ryce Reynolds paced Mount Ayr with wins in the 100M, 200M, 400M, and 400M Hurdles.
Nodaway Valley’s Trenton Warner won the Shot Put.
Southwest Valley’s Marshall Knapp took the High Jump.
Rolling Valley Conference Track Meet 05/01/2023 @ West Harrison
Girls Team Scores
Woodbine 160
Boyer Valley 89
Ar-We-Va 74
Glidden-Ralston 68
CAM 63
Coon Rapids-Bayard 46
Exira-EHK 36
Paton-Churdan 23
West Harrison 16
Woodbine won 8 events on their way to securing the team title.
CAM got a win from Karys Hunt in the Discus with a toss of 90-10. Lilly Barber was right behind her in 2nd for the Cougars with a throw of 86-03.
Exira-EHK’s Harlee Fahn was 2nd in the Shot Put with a throw of 30-00.00.
Boys Team Scores
Woodbine 146
CAM 103
Exira-EHK 92
Coon Rapids-Bayard 93
Boyer Valley 82
West Harrison 36
Glidden-Ralston 28
Ar-We-Va 8
Woodbine won 5 events and secured the RVC team title. Landon Bendgen led the way with wins in the 1600M and 3200M.
CAM won the Sprint Medley (Kegan Croghan, CHase Spieker, Sam Foreman, Cale Maas) 1:40.90, Shuttle Hurdle Relay (Jack Follmann, Cale Maas, Collin Bower, Sam Foreman) 1:01.49, and 4x400M Relay (Jack Follmann, Sam Foreman, Gavin Clayton, Cale Maas) 3:41.43. The Cougars also got a win from Maas in the 400M (52.59), Foreman in the 110M Hurdles (15.35), and Follmann in the 400M Hurdles (57.30).
Exira-EHK’s Cash Emgarten won the 100M (11.43) and 200M (23.13).
Lewis Central won the team title at the Hawkeye Ten Conference Meet in Shenandoah on a breezy Monday. Christian Jensen led the Titans with a championship at #1 Singles. Atlantic finished 5th. Here is a look at the Trojans’ performance on the day.
#1 Singles
Nolan Waters 11 (A) def Nolan Smith 12 (SA) 8-1
(3 seed) Max Devries 11 (RO) def Nolan Waters 11 (A) 8-4
Ben Batten 12 (G) def Nolan Waters 11 (A) 8-3
7th place Nolan Waters 11 (A) def Lucas Sun 9 (S) 8-5
Clevi Johnson 12/Alex Rosenbaum 12 (A) def Branden Woods 12/ Jonah Wemhoff 12 (RO) 8-5
(1 seed) Tyler Harger 12/Kayden Anderson 11(G) def Clevi Johnson 12/Alex Rosenbaum 12 (A) 8-1
Clevi Johnson 12/Alex Rosenbaum 12 (A) def Rushing/Cooper (cr) 8-1
Clevi Johnson 12/Alex Rosenbaum 12 (A) def Langel/Housman (K) 8-3 5th place Lawrence/Gray (S) def Clevi Johnson 12/Alex Rosenbaum 12 (A) 8-6
#2 Doubles
Isaac Henson 12/ Michael Hotze 12 (A) def Ben Hill 11/Damian Meyer 11 (Cr) 8-?
(2 seed) Max Reincke 10/ Braxton Lu 10 (K) def Isaac Henson 12/ Michael Hotze 12 (A) 9-8 (2)
Isaac Henson 12/ Michael Hotze 12 (A) def Joshua LeRette 11/James Gass 12 (RO) 8-3
Isaac Henson 12/ Michael Hotze 12 (A) def Brodsky/Kastner (D) 8-5
5th place Isaac Henson 12/ Michael Hotze 12 (A) def Morelock/ Brunk (S) 9-8 (4)
West Central Valley 3, Atlantic 1 (A: Lindley Eblen with the Trojan goal)
Glenwood 4, Sioux City East 0
Harlan 2, East Sac County 1
Kuemper Catholic 2, Denison-Schleswig 0
Lewis Central 4, St. Albert 1
Logan-Magnolia 5, Missouri Valley 4 – 2 OT/PK’s
Underwood 2, Van Meter 1
BOYS SOCCER
CB Thomas Jefferson 5, Riverside 3
Denison-Schleswig 5, Kuemper Catholic 0
East Sac County 3, Atlantic 0
CB Abraham Lincoln 7, Harlan 0
Lewis Central 4, St. Albert 0
Van Meter 1, Underwood 0
After getting washed out by rain last year the Bruce Henderson Invitational was finally able to be ran after it was renamed to honor the legendary Atlantic coach last year. The hometown Trojans made the old coach leave with a big smile as they swept the team titles on the night and capped off the evening with wins by both the girls and boys 4x400M Relay teams.
On the girls side the Trojans ended up locking down the title after winning the 4x100M Relay and then put the exclamation point on in the 4x400M. Nicole Middents had a good start, Mariah Huffman kept the pace, Chloe Mullenix built a big lead in the third leg, and Ava Rush left no doubt as the Trojans easily outdistanced the field. Mullenix said they focus in well on that race.
Rush said she feels like the team is peaking at the right time.
Atlantic also got a 1-2 finish from Morgan Botos and Chloe Mullenix in the 400M Hurdles. Botos said it was great to push each other to the end.
Atlantic girls also picked up a win in the 4x100M Relay (Hailey Huffman, Lila Wiederstein, Nicole Middents, Jayci Reed 53.33), 4x800M Relay (Abby Smith, Mariah Huffman, Claire Wiederstein, Claire Pellett 10:30.06), Sprint Medley (Nicole Middents, Jayci Reed, Chloe Mullenix, Ava Rush 1:53.82), and Shuttle Hurdle Relay (Chloe Mullenix, Adler Bruce, Morgon Botos, Jayci Reed). Rush also won the 400M (1:00.08).
On the boys side in the 4x400M Relay Colton Rassmussen, Bennett Whetstone, and Caden Andersen all had strong legs and then Carter Pellett sprinted out extremely fast in the final leg to pass Glenwood and he had enough gas to close out the win. The Trojans had a team lead heading into the race but knew they needed to finish strong to secure the title. Pellett gave his thoughts on that anchor leg.
Fellow senior Caden Andersen enjoyed the chance to run at home on Senior Night.
The Atlantic boys also picked up a 1-2 finish in the High Jump from Jayden Proehl(5-10.00) and Colton Rasmussen (5-08.00). The Trojans also won the 4x800M Relay (Bennett Whetstone, Alex Sonntag, Tanner O’Brien, Caden Andersen (8:30.23) and the Shuttle Hurdle Relay (Jackson McLaren, Colton Rasmussen, Alex Keiser, Easton O’Brien 1:04.49). McLaren also went 2nd in the 110M Hurdles (15.63). Alex Keiser also had a big point gathering third place finish in the Discus.