The City of Atlantic’s Parks and Recreation Board will hold a special meeting today at Noon to announce the hiring of a new Parks & Rec Director. The person named will succeed Travis Garrett, who announced in March his resignation, effective June 23rd.
Today’s meeting takes place at the City Hall in Atlantic.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A former Woodbine banker has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to making a false statement to influence the action of a bank’s loan committee. The U.S. Department of Justice says 59-year-old Kenneth Waite was sentenced May 20 in U.S. District Court in Council Bluffs.
Waite was indicted on 50 financial counts in August 2010. He pleaded guilty to one of the charges in January.
He was accused of making a false loan application to his former employer, Commercial Federal Bank, to obtain a $2.3 million line of credit for a financially distressed customer. He funneled funds into the customer’s account by altering bank records to increase funds available to other customers and transferring funds from those loans into the customer’s account.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Public Health has confirmed a case of the measles in a central Iowa resident who flew from Chicago to Des Moines earlier this month, and officials are looking for people who may have been exposed, the department said Tuesday.
The discovery is being treated as a public health emergency because measles spreads easily and can cause serious illness or even death. Symptoms of the measles include a cough, runny nose, pink eye and fever, and a rash can often develop a day or two later, said Dr. Patricia Quinlisk, the department’s medical director.
Local and state health officials are trying to determine who the unidentified Dallas County resident may have exposed to the illness so they can be checked and treated if needed. They’re looking for anyone who took a late-morning flight on May 11 from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago and visited the main terminal and baggage area in Des Moines.
Officials also are seeking those who visited the Mercy Central Pediatric Clinic and the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines on May 14. “You can walk into a room where somebody with the measles left two hours before that, and you’re still exposed,” Quinlisk said. “You can imagine what could happen at a hospital, a mall, an airport.
The Center for Disease Control is working with officials in Chicago to track down anyone who may have been exposed there, department spokeswoman Polly Carver-Kimm said. Officials want to ensure that anyone who visited those areas have received measles and mumps vaccines. Health officials said anyone who has not had measles before or has not adequately responded to two doses of vaccines – which amounts to less than 1 percent of the population – can catch the illness if exposed.
Two to three people out of 1,000 who get measles die from the disease, which is easily spread through the air. Prevention is critical because there is no treatment for the illness, authorities said.
The Adair County Board of Supervisors will hold their regular weekly meeting Wednesday morning, in Greenfield. Among the items on their agenda is a public hearing on a Fiscal Year 2011 budget amendment. The 9:30-a.m. hearing will be followed by action on a FY 2011 Budget Amendment Resolution, and Amended Appropriations Resolution. The meeting begins at 9-a.m.
The Atlantic Police Department reports 36-year old Steven Root, of Atlantic, was arrested Monday. Root was taken into custody on a charge of Driving While Revoked for O.W.I Test Failure, and on a Cass County warrant for Failure to Appear. Root was booked into the Cass County Jail and held pending a court appearance.
FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 110 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM OVER COLORADO WILL MOVE INTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...MEANWHILE AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXACERBATE THE FLOODING POTENTIAL OVERNIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. ONE TO LOCALLY THREE INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDDWAY WEDNESDAY THUS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. IAZ043-055-069-079-090-NEZ015>018-030>034-042>045-050>053-065>068- 078-088>093-250215- /O.NEW.KOAX.FF.A.0001.110524T2300Z-110525T1700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MONONA-HARRISON-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-FREMONT-THURSTON-ANTELOPE- PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX- DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER- CASS-OTOE-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY... COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...SIDNEY...PENDER...NELIGH...PIERCE... WAYNE...ALBION...NORFOLK...STANTON...WEST POINT...TEKAMAH... COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO... OMAHA...BELLEVUE...SEWARD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH... NEBRASKA CITY...CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...AUBURN... PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY 110 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF IOWA AND NEBRASKA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA...FREMONT...HARRISON... MILLS...MONONA AND POTTAWATTAMIE. IN NEBRASKA...ANTELOPE... BOONE...BURT...BUTLER...CASS...COLFAX...CUMING...DODGE... DOUGLAS...GAGE...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...LANCASTER...MADISON... NEMAHA...OTOE...PAWNEE...PIERCE...PLATTE...RICHARDSON... SALINE...SARPY...SAUNDERS...SEWARD...STANTON...THURSTON... WASHINGTON AND WAYNE. * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AMOUNTS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...MANY OF THE LOCAL RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY RUNNING HIGH DUE TO RECENT RAINS...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
A Council Bluffs woman was crowned “Mrs. Iowa, 2011,” during an event held over the weekend. 29-year old Brooke Hubbard won the title May 21st, during her first foray into the pageant world.
Hubbard, who entered the pageant after stumbling onto the website www.mrs.iowaunitedstates.com. by accident, told the Omaha World Herald a number of emotions ran through her when she was named the winner, including being both surprised and proud. She said it was fun, and she’s “Excited to represent Council Bluffs.”
Her win in the Iowa contest allows Hubbard to move on to the 25th annual national Mrs. United State pageant on August 5th, in Las Vegas.
AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION—TAYLOR--RINGGOLD Counties
1109 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.
.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION IOWA THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY…MAINLY DURING THE EVENING AND LATE NIGHT HOURS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREATS…HOWEVER AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO. RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH THE STRONGER STORMS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY.
CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- -DALLAS-Counties
1109 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.
.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A SECOND AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAINLY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREATS…HOWEVER AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH THE STRONGER STORMS TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY.
(NWS/Des Moines)
Atlantic Boys BB VS Abraham Lincoln has been postponed.
Other Schedule Changes Tonight:
AHST @Exira-EHK Boys BB Varsity is canceled.
Missouri Valley softball game with Sioux City East at Missouri Valley on Tuesday, May 24th, has been postponed by heavy rain and wet grounds. No make-up date at this time.
Audubon & Orient-Macksburg Softball game at Orient scheduled for
tonight has been postponed. No date has been set.
Walnut SB & BB Games are postponed tonight. BB @ Walnut Thursday, May 26th – JV 6 pm Varsity will follow, no SB make up date yet.
Corning SB VS Bedford is postponed until further notice.
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