(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest on Wednesday, June 15th, of a man from Missouri Valley. 27-year-old Brandon Hansen, was taken into custody on warrants for OWI 1st Offense, Theft 5th and Unauthorized use of Credit Card.
Hansen was picked up and transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held, pending his later release on his own recognizance.
Postseason assignments for all four classes are available as of June 17 for the 2022 baseball postseason.
Postseason competition begins with first round district games for 2A and 1A, currently scheduled for Saturday, July 2. First round substate games for 4A and 3A are scheduled for Friday, July 8.
Pairings for 2A and 1A will be available the week of June 20 following coaches’ seeding meetings.
For bracket purposes, the winners of District 1 and District 2 will play in Substate 1, the winners of District 3 and District 4 will play in Substate 2, and so on. Assignments for Class 2A and Class 1A were released June 10, and Class 4A and Class 3A were released June 17.
Eight teams from each class advance to the 2022 state tournament, which will be hosted in Carroll for 2A and 1A, and Iowa City for 4A and 3A. State quarterfinals for all classes begin Monday, July 18.
Here’s a look at area 3A and 4A assignments.
CLASS 3A
Substate 8: Atlantic, Carroll, Clarke, Creston, Denison-Schleswig, Glenwood, Harlan, Lewis Central.
CLASS 4A
Substate 8: CB Abraham Lincoln, CB Thomas Jefferson, Des Moines Roosevelt, Norwalk, WDM Valley, Waukee Northwest.
[COUNCIL BLUFFS] – Pottawattamie County Emergency Management Coordinator Doug Reed reminds residents in the County, that “Late yesterday (Thursday), Governor Kim Reynolds issued a Proclamation of Disaster Emergency for counties impacted by severe weather beginning June 14, 2022. Included were Pottawattamie, Mills, Cerro Gordo, Greene, and Hardin Counties.”
Reed says “Although Pottawattamie County had minimal damages throughout the county and response to impacts were handled by local resources, inclusion in the Governor’s Proclamation provides access to two programs for those with significant financial hardships that may have suffered impacts from the severe weather. The Iowa Individual Assistance Grant Program (IIAGP) and Iowa Disaster Case Management Program are now available to qualifying individuals or households. The Iowa Individual Assistance Grant Program provides grants of up to $5,000 for households with significant financial hardships and funds can be requested to assist with disaster-related needs such as home or car repairs, replacement of clothing or food, and temporary housing expenses.”
The IIAGP is a program of the Iowa Department of Human Services and locally managed by West Central Community Action. To see if you qualify or for other program information, visit https://dhs.iowa.gov/disaster-assistance-programs or www.iowacommunityaction.org.
STEVEN DOUGLAS PANKONEN, 68, of Avoca, died Thursday, June 16th, at home. Private family services will be held for STEVEN PANKONEN. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Avoca is assisting the family.
Burial is in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.
STEVEN PANKONEN is survived by:
His sons – Miles (Sara) Pankonen, of Ames, IA; Matt Pankonen, of Dawson, MN, & Marty Pankonen, of Clara City, MN.
His brothers – Scott Pankonen, of Mount View, CA; & Todd Pankonen, of Sioux Falls, SD.
His sisters – Linda Pankonen, and Debra Pankonen, both of of Pipestone, MN; & Wilda Edgecomb, of Avoca.
4 grandchildren, many nieces and nephews.
June 17, 2022 (DES MOINES, IA) – Today, the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Board approved awards for six Iowa companies, which will assist in the creation of 640 jobs and result in nearly $265 million in new capital investment for the state. These projects are located in Burlington, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Hampton, Osage and Red Oak. The board also approved a grant through the Entrepreneurial Investment Award program.
Clarios to increase manufacturing capacity in Red Oak…
A leader in advanced energy storage solutions, Clarios, LLC develops, manufactures and distributes a portfolio of evolving battery technologies for vehicles. The company plans to increase its footprint in Red Oak by approximately 22,000 square feet for a new manufacturing line. The project represents a capital investment of $23.6 million and is expected to create 13 jobs at a qualifying wage of $21.40 per hour. The IEDA board awarded tax benefits through the HQJ program.
Rea about the other projects awarded funding from the Iowa Economic Development Authority, HERE.
(Radio Iowa) – While Iowa’s largest water utility is spending up to ten-thousand dollars a day to remove nutrients from drinking water, a small town in northeast Iowa is exploring a cheaper alternative. Manchester City Manager Tim Vick says the city council is moving forward with creating a meandering wetlands area to help control flooding and to improve water quality. “This will be the first one in the state of Iowa that is situated the way it is,” Vick says. “It’s going to be an example for the communities of what they can do, and if this works out really well, we want to do a couple more of them.” The Storm Water Wetlands Project is to be developed on Manchester’s east side and will cost around 233-thousand dollars.
“We have a lot of stormwater that comes in and runs through the community,” Vick says. “We can clean up the water, do some better water quality with that because it’s coming from runoff and so if we can take care of that, that’ll help. It won’t necessarily address flooding, so if you get the 100-year flood, we can’t necessarily address that, but we can help out with the 25-year flood.” Vick hopes construction can start on the wetlands project this fall.
“The idea here is to slow the water down so it has time to drop the nutrients out of the water, so things can settle,” Vick says, “What we’re trying to do is get some plants and some vegetation that will take up those nutrients and use those before they get into the groundwater.” Late spring rains are washing nitrates off farmland upstream. Last week, the Des Moines Water Works fired up its nitrate removal equipment as nitrate levels spiked in the rivers that are the source of drinking water to 600-thousand central Iowa customers. A Water Works official suggests Iowa needs up to 15-million acres of cover crops and hundreds of wetlands to make real improvements.
(Reporting by Janelle Tucker, KMCH, Manchester)
(Radio Iowa) – The northwest Iowa town of Hornick broke ground last (Thursday) night on a long-awaited berm project. It’s hoped the earthen structure will protect the community from future floods, like “Congratulations, we’re starting a berm!” Mitchell shouted.It’s been three years since water from the Little Sioux River overtopped a levee and flooded the town. Since then, Mitchell has worked to make sure such a disaster isn’t repeated. He says it’s a relief to know the town will soon have a new barrier of protection. “When I get a text now from the National Weather Service about the creek going up, I don’t have to worry so much. To me, It’s amazing,” Mitchell says. “It’s kind of a life-changing thing for Hornick because what we happened in ‘19 will not happen again.”
Former Iowa Congressman Steve King attended the event and says he saw the community pull together in the wake of the disaster to protect the town. “It’s a well oiled machine of volunteers here that put out everything to save this town from the flood that they came in,” King says, “and put the solution in place to prevent it for the next time.”
The berm should be complete by this fall to protect the town of about 250. The project was made possible through an award of state flood recovery funds.
(reporting by Kendall Crawford, Iowa Public Radio)
(Des Moines, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Polk County say a body recovered from Saylorville Lake was that of a man from Ankeny, who was seen struggling in the water at around 6:30-p.m., before he went under and failed to resurface. The victim was identified as 26-year-old Maximino Jarquin-Garcia. The search Jarquin-Garcia began at the Cherry Glen Boat Ramp. Emergency crews used personal watercraft, drones and boats to search the lake. The man’s body was recovered at around 8-p.m., Thursday.
A press released from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said “The victim had been under water for nearly 80 minutes at the time they located him. At this time, no foul play is suspected; however, the cause of death will not be known until an autopsy is completed by the Medical Examiner.”
Agencies responding to the scene, Thursday, included Ankeny Police and the Army Corps of Engineers, along with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
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(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office today (Friday) reports 32-year-old Marvin Blake Wright, of Omaha, Nebraska, was transported Thursday from Douglas County Corrections to the Pottawattamie County Jail, to address outstanding warrants for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Attempt to Commit Murder, Burglary 1st, Carrying Weapons, Criminal Mischief 5th, Discharge of Firearms in City Limits, Domestic Abuse Assault 1st Offense, Going Armed with Intent, and Intimidation with a Dangerous Weapon. Wright was being held in the Pott. County Jail on bond amounting to $71,000.
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