City of Atlantic officials report that the railroad will be doing work today on the olive street intersection and parts of the road will be closed. 3rd & Olive will be closed as well as Commerce & Olive. Please plan accordingly.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Atlantic Rising will host its 5th Annual Trivia Night Fundraiser, Saturday, November 5th, at The Venue on Walnut Street. The organization continues to hold this event to fundraiser for the annual Christmas Box program. Atlantic Rising Social Chair Kelsey Beschorner says “This event has been very successful in the past. In 2021, we had 8 teams register and were able to raise over $2,500 for the program. We hope to exceed that amount this year due to the number of nominations continuing to increase each year.”

The event will include eight rounds of ten questions each. Categories range from math to music to Saturday Night Live and everything in between. There is a prize awarded to the winning team. Teams are also encouraged to create team themes to add to the fun of the evening. A prize is awarded to the best team theme and is chosen by the staff at The Venue. Freshly popped popcorn, water/coffee station and cash bar will be available all night long.

Beschorner says “Our goal is to have everyone come out to enjoy a fun night while raising money for a project that does so much good for our community.” For more information on Trivia Night or to register a team, contact Kelsey Beschorner at the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce at 712-243-3017 or visit www.atlanticiowa.com.

(Radio Iowa) – The deadline is next week for Iowa women who use wheelchairs to apply to compete in the upcoming Ms. Wheelchair Iowa contest. State coordinator Tasha DeGroote says the event focuses -not- on disabilities, but rather on the abilities of contestants. She says you must be at least 21 years old and be willing to make public appearances, either virtually or in person. “You have to be a U.S. citizen for at least six months,” DeGroote says. “You have to be 100% wheelchair-bound for 100% of your daily mobility and must be willing to travel.” That travel includes a trip to the national competition for Ms. Wheelchair America next fall in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

DeGroote says a successful candidate will need to be able to communicate their passion to the public, and she emphasizes, this is -not- like the Miss Iowa pageant. “There’s not a beauty contest as far as you don’t do the night gown, you don’t do the swimsuit competition, nothing like that,” she says. DeGroote, who was Ms. Wheelchair Iowa 2013, says the new titleholder will be selected based on what they’ve accomplished since the onset of the disability, whether it was a recent accident or a lifelong condition. “Your accomplishments as far as what you’ve done in your life,” DeGroote says, “so to promote themselves, to fight for other women who may or may or may not be willing to speak up for themselves and help them out.” 

The deadline to apply is October 24th. To apply, contact DeGroote through the Ms. Wheelchair Iowa Facebook page, at tashaswheels@gmail.com or at (319) 464-7574. This year’s contest will be held October 29th at the Hearst Center for the Arts in Cedar Falls.

(Sioux City) – Officials with the Iowa Department of Corrections, Monday afternoon, said a man convicted of 2^nd Degree Robbery and other crimes in Woodbury County, failed to report back to the Sioux City Residential Treatment Facility Sunday, as required.

21-year-old Nevitt Joseph Taylor is a Native American male. He stands 5-feet 8-inches tall and and weighs 230 pounds. Taylor was admitted to the work release facility on October 10, 2022.

Persons with information on Taylor’s whereabouts should contact local police.

Nevitt Taylor