Today: Mostly sunny. High 52. SW @ 10-15.
Tonight: Fair to P/Cldy. Low 26. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 54. SW @ 10-20.
Thanksgiving Day: Mostly cloudy w/a chance of drizzle or sprinkles in the morning. High 43.
Friday: P/Cldy. High 48.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 52. Our Low was 15. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 45 and the Low was 23. The Record High on this date was 69 in 1966. The Record Low was -10 in 1937.
(Radio Iowa) – Looks like we’ll have a brown Thanksgiving. National Weather Service meteorologist, Dylan Dobson, says the rest of our snow should melt away by Thursday. “So, we’re gonna expect it to warm up here through the week, with the warmest day actually being Wednesday. Highs on Wednesday we’ll be in the low 50s,” he says. Dobson says Thanksgiving Day will cool off some.
“Just a little bit not a whole lot with highs on Thursday being in the mid 40s, and then Friday and also in the mid 40s,” Dobson says. “But then we’ll warm back up through the weekend back into those more seasonal 40s and 50s.” Most of the state should see good driving conditions.
“We might have a few chances for some scattered showers — mainly in eastern and southern Iowa — but other than that it should be fairly quiet for Thanksgiving this year,” he says. Dobson says the melting of the snow we had helps the temperatures warm up.
(Radio Iowa) – The U-S-D-A crop report shows the 2022 harvest season is done. The report shows the corn harvest is now 97 percent complete — after being reported as 95 percent complete last week and eight days ahead of schedule. The bean harvest was completed two weeks ago.
The state Ag Secretary Mike Naig says the first statewide snowfall and subsequent melting will help the topsoil moisture improve for next year’s planting season.
(Radio Iowa) – The number of homes sold in Iowa has declined by nearly 14 percent in the first 10 months of this year — with sales in October down significantly. Twenty-nine-hundred Iowa homes were sold in October. That’s 34 percent fewer than in October of last year. Data from the Iowa Association of Realtors indicates home prices in Iowa were up 10 percent last month and the NUMBER of homes going on the market is increasing after record low numbers earlier this year.
The median price for a home sold in Iowa last month was 217-thousand-five-hundred dollars. That’s down nearly 10 percent from the record high set in July. The president of the Iowa Association of Realtors says Iowa properties are selling in about a month, but experts project homes will begin to spend more days on the market — typical for the winter sales season.
DES MOINES, Iowa (November 21, 2022) – The Iowa Association of School Boards (IASB) presented the 2021-22 Annual Board Awards on Nov. 17th during the IASB Annual Convention in Des Moines. The awards are given each year to board members, board teams and superintendents/AEA chief administrators who dedicate time and effort to learning, advocacy, leadership and service projects to expand their knowledge and skills for better governance. Applicants must accumulate a specific number of credits to earn these awards.
Individual Achievement Awards were presented to 112 board members from 48 PK-12 school boards, four area education agency boards and one community college board. Organization and award winner names are listed in the captions of each photo on Flickr. From Atlantic, awards were presented to Board Members Kristy Pellett, Jenny Williams, and Laura McLean. Amy Grau from the Corning CSD also received an award, along the Al Hazelton and James Reischl, from the Harlan CSD.
Team Achievement Award: Atlantic Schools Award recipients: Jenny Williams (Board President), Laura McLean (Board Vice President), Josh McLaren (Board Member), Kristy Pellett (Board Member), Nicholas Hunt (Board Member).
Team Achievement Award plaques were presented to 15 school boards with a majority of board members who won the Individual Achievement Award. Congratulations to Atlantic, Bettendorf, Davenport, East Marshall, Fairfield, Fort Madison, Independence, Le Mars, Marshalltown, New London, North Polk, Sioux Center, Solon, Spencer and West Delaware County.
The Award of Honor was presented to 17 superintendents and one AEA chief administrator who invested time and effort to build skills and knowledge needed to be informed decision makers. Organization and award winner names are listed in the captions of each photo on Flickr.
Winner List available for download at: http://www.link-line.com/iasb-annual-board-award-winners/
(Sidney, Iowa) – Fremont County Sheriff’s Kevin Aistrope reports deputies with the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, Monday (11/21) arrested 40-year-old Jeffrey Brent Vanhouten, of Tabor. He faces one count of Theft in the 5th Degree, Class-D Felony charges (2 counts) of Burglary in the 3rd Degree, and a Class-B Felony charge of Ongoing Criminal Conduct.
Authorities alleged that on Nov. 15, 2022 Vanhouten, who operates a floral company, was contracted to deliver flowers to a wedding in Omaha, Nebraska by a couple from Tabor. Vanhouten then returned to the couple’s residence in Tabor and was observed on camera entering the home without permission during their wedding.
It is also alleged that Vanhouten entered a 2nd Fremont County home in October and was found inside the residence by the owner.
Jeffrey Brent Vanhouten
Deputies also allege that on Saturday, Nov. 12th, Vanhouten entered the Fremont-Mills School in Tabor, where he entered several areas of the school without permission, caused damage to various items, and Vanhouten was then observed leaving the school with unknown items.
Vanhouten was being held at the Fremont County Jail on $32,000 cash or surety bond. The investigation is ongoing at this time. Anyone with similar incidents with Vanhouten is urged to contact the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – Atlantic Mayor Grace Garrett informed the Parks and Rec Board during their meeting this (Monday) evening, that a committee will conduct interviews on December 8th, with applicants for the Parks and Rec Director’s job. The position became open last month, following the resignation of former Director Bryant Rasmussen, who accepted a job with the USDA. Board member Jeremy Butler said the interviews will be staggered for that afternoon, because the applicants are not all from this area, or from Iowa for that matter.
The Board heard from Snyder and Associates Engineer Dave Sturm, with regard to the Splash Pad project. The Board approved the engineering contract with Snyders during their meeting last month. He says since then, the survey work is finished and they have drawn-up a brief conceptual design. Sturm said “We’re ready to go.” He spoke about the potential locations for the Splash Pad.
The Board was in agreement that the 3,200-square foot location southeast of the Sunnyside Pool would be the best option. By comparison, Walnut’s Splash Pad is 2,400-square feet. In other business, the Parks and Rec Board voted to appoint Erin McFadden, Jolene Smith and Jeff Christensen to the Splash Pad Executive Committee, but at the request of Board Member Jeremy Butler, tabled his appointment as Splash Pad Fundraising Committee Chair with the authority to form the committee and recruit volunteers.
Butler said more information need to be gathered with regard to the steps that need to be taken so that the fundraising takes place legally, and at the same time benefits those who wish to use their donations as a tax deduction.
The Board will circle back to the appointment during their next meeting, and if there are still questions, the have the option to table it again. In other business, the Board discussed the benefit the Parks Department receives from the Hotel/Motel Tax, as it relates to a possible future vote to increase the tax. The current rate of 7-percent is a combined total of state, county and city sales tax rates. In late 2010, voters approved a measure that called for a hotel/motel tax of 4% with the money used to “improve, repair, operate and maintain parks and recreation facilities and grounds for the Atlantic City.”
City Clerk Barb Barrick explained what that means for the department’s budget…
Disbursements from the State are made quarterly.
The Atlantic girls basketball team will get their season started this week and the Trojans will have good mix of experience and youth. The Trojans bring back their top 4 scorers from last season and head coach Dan Vargason says it’s a good group to show the new faces the way.
The Trojans are coming off a 9-14 campaign in 2021-22. Consistent scoring was an issue last season for the Trojans and Coach Vargason said they need to build some shooting confidence across the board.
Atlantic opens up with a road trip to Denison-Schleswig on Tuesday and then will host AC/GC a week later to get the season rolling. Coach Vargason said he’s just looking for the right attitude and effort early in the year.
Some of the key returning players for the Trojans are Paytn Harter who had a phenomenal freshman season last year with 312 points to lead the team. Jada Jensen returns after dropping 279 points and a team leading 80 assists and 77 steals last season. Aubrey Guyer had 155 points, 103 rebounds, and a team best 12 blocks in 2021-22.
(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Glenwood Police Department reports two men were arrested on separate charges, over the weekend. On Saturday, 26-year-old Trenton Duncan, of Sloan, was arrested for Public Intoxication and Domestic Abuse Assault. He was being held in the Mills County Jail without bond, until seen by a magistrate.
And, on Sunday, 18-year-old Cody Krause, of Glenwood, was arrested for OWI 1st offense. He has since posted at $1,000 cash or surety bond.
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State’s Ashley Joens was deservingly rewarded for her outstanding performances with her first Big 12 Player of the Week of the season, the conference announced on Monday.
Joens picked up her 11th career Big 12 Player of the Week nod, tying her with Oklahoma’s Courtney Paris for the third-most in league history.
Joens led the Big 12 with 29.5 points per game across the Cyclones’ two contests last week. At UNI on Wednesday night, Joens put in 26 points, including a then-career-high-matching six 3-pointers) and grabbed nine rebounds as the Cyclones battled their way to an 88-85 win over the Panthers.
She followed that up on Sunday against Columbia at Hilton with a season-best 33 points, which included a career-high seven 3-pointers, for her 16th career 30-point outing. She also grabbed 10 rebounds to record her 52nd career double-double.
In addition to leading the conference in scoring last week, Joens was the Big 12 leader in 3-pointers (13) and free throw percentage (100 percent, 10-for-10) in addition to being second in 3-point percentage (56.5) and rebounds (9.5 per game) and seventh in field goal percentage (56.3).
Joens and the No. 5 Cyclones return to action on Thanksgiving Day at the Phil Knight Invitational in Portland, Oregon against Michigan State. Tip between the Cyclones and Spartans will be at 6:30 p.m. Central on ESPNU.
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