A man from Fremont County was arrested at around 10:45-p.m. Sunday, in Red Oak. Authorities say 29-year-old James Michael Cruz, of Tabor, was arrested following a traffic stop. During an investigation, it was determined Cruz was driving on a revoked license. He was taken into custody for Driving While Revoked, and transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where bond was set at $1,000.
Today: **HEAT ADVISORY in effect from Noon today (6/13) until 7-p.m. Tuesday (6/14)** Scattered showers & thunderstorms ending this morning; Becoming Mostly sunny, hot & humid. High 98. S/SW @ 10-20.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 75. S @ 15-25 diminishing late.
Tomorrow: Sunny and hot & humid. High 96. S @ 10-20.
Wednesday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/a chance of showers & thunderstorms. High 85.
Thursday: P/Cldy. High 87.
Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 90 and the low was 69. We received .02″ rain from 7-a.m. Sunday through 7-a.m. today. This day last year the high was 94 and the low 55. The all-time record high was 96 set in 1987. The record low was 37 set in 1906. Sunrise this morning was at 5:45 a.m. and sunset tonight is 8:54 p.m.
Mo Donegal became the first Iowa owned horse to win a Triple Crown race on Saturday by pulling away down the stretch to win the Belmont Stakes in New York. Des Moines attorney Jerry Crawford heads up Donegal Racing.
Crawford on the feeling he had watching his horse win.
Crawford says he has over four dozen partners that make up Donegal Racing.
(Radio Iowa) – Governor Kim Reynolds is making it clear that if she’s re-elected, she’ll again push to give taxpayer support to parents who send their children to private schools. During a speech at the Iowa G-O-P’s state convention this weekend, Reynolds aired a litany of complaints about public schools. “Drag shows for young kids, pornographic books in school libraries, elementary school lessons on pronouns and, sadly, the list goes on. This has to stop,” Reynolds says. “Ultimately, we’re going to make sure that every parent has a choice in their child’s education.”
The group One Iowa Action issued a statement a few hours later, saying the governor’s remarks were inflammatory and targeting L-G-T-B-Q youth. On Saturday, Reynolds spent a segment of her speech reviewing the income cuts she signed into law in March. “I’m going to get a nod from all the legislators here, but guess what? We’re not done yet,” Reynolds said, to cheers. Reynolds will face Democrat Deidre DeJear on the General Election ballot. Reynolds did not mention DeJear by name, but called her my opponent.
“She is what the Democratic Party has become and she wants to become your governor and turn Iowa into a liberal haven,” Reynolds said, prompting the crowd to boo in unison. “We can’t let it happen. We can’t let our guard down. We can’t slow down. We’ve got to keep energized and we’ve got to keep motivated.” Iowa G-O-P chairman Jeff Kaufmann opened Saturday’s convention, urging delegates and activists to abandon internal party disputes and unite behind the winners of last week’s competitive primaries.
“Only we can mess this up folks. The people have spoken. We’ve had our primaries. We’re going to come together and now we’re going to move together as one. Together we win! Together we win!” Kaufmann shouted. The Iowa Democratic Party will hold its state convention Saturday in Des Moines.
ATLANTIC, IA – Bridgewater Farm lost thousands of plants in last week’s hailstorm; the farm was devastated. This is a loss not only in the Atlantic area (Bridgewater Farm is a produce vendor at Produce in the Park), but across the state; Bridgewater Farm is Iowa’s largest organic farm. The losses were so significant that Channel 13 News out of Des Moines did a story on the damage. The farm’s Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/BridgewaterFamilyFarm/, links to the story and shows many photos of the destruction.
Dale Raasch indicates how tall these tomato plants were before the June hailstorm hit Bridgewater Farm.jpg
Looking through photos of thousands upon thousands of destroyed plants can leave one asking, “What could I possibly do to help?” Bridgewater Farm has an answer. The community is now being invited to help with replanting this Wednesday, June 16, at 9:00 AM at Bridgewater Farm (2409 Brown Ave., Bridgewater, IA 50837). There is no need to RSVP for the volunteer day, but participants may want to bring a dish to share at the lunch potluck, along with a lawn chair.
Volunteers should wear clothes that can get dirty. Bridgewater Farm is expecting a few news stations to attend the event.
Produce in the Park thanks customers for supporting Bridgewater Farm and understanding that the farm may not have as much produce as they’d expect at the farmers market over the next month or so, as they rebuild and regrow.
(Van Meter, Iowa) – A collision in Dallas County Sunday afternoon, left on man dead and a teenager injured. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2006 Toyota 4 Runner SUV was traveling west on 360th at around 3-p.m., when it crossed the center line of the road and struck a 2010 Harley Davidson motorcycle, head-on.
The operator of the cycle, 39-year-old Jared Eklund, of Ankeny, died at the scene. The driver of the SUV, 16-year-old Judah K. Noble, of Waukee, was injured and transported by LifeFlight to Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines. He was not wearing a seat belt.
The accident remains under investigation. The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the scene.
SOFTBALL
John Stephens Classic @ Creston
Atlantic 4, Nodaway Valley 0
Knoxville 10, Atlantic 2
Ankeny 4, Mount Ayr 3
Bondurant-Farrar 4, Mount Ayr 2
Clarinda 9, Central Decatur 8
Clarinda 6, Nodaway Valley 5
Clarke 13, Lenox 1
Creston 9, Lenox 0
Dallas Center Grimes 7, Creston 5
Dallas Center-Grimes 6, Central Decatur 0
Woodward-Granger Tournament
Underwood 13, Ogden 9
Underwood 7, Woodward-Granger 4
Winterset 11, Lewis Central 0
OABCIG Tournament
Denison-Schleswig 6, East Sac County 5
Denison-Schleswig 13, OABCIG 1
Newell-Fonda 17, Denison-Schleswig 2
Riverside Tournament
Riverside 15, East Mills 3
Riverside 7, Sidney 3
Thomas Jefferson 12, East Mills 0
Thomas Jefferson 5, Sidney 2
East Union Tournament
East Union 12, Orient Macksburg 0
East Union 5, West Central Valley 4
Orient-Macksburg 16, Des Moines North 0
Webster City Tournament
MaCarlisle 6 Martensdale-St. Marys 2
Marrtensdale-St. Marys 2, Webster City 1
Hawkeye Ten Conferece.
Shenandoah 6 Sidney 4
St. Albert 7 Treynor 3
Bedford 6 Clarke 4
Johnston 9 Sioux City East 8
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Triangular
Carlisle 3, Harlan 0
Sergeant Bluff-Luton, ,Harlan 0
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 7 Carlisle 3
ACGC Tournament
ACGC 4, Lenox 2
Lenox 15, Central Decatur 2
Hinton 9, Central Decatur 1
Carroll Tournament
Coon Rapids-Bayard 12, Carroll 2
Southeast Polk 14, Coon Rapids-Bayard 1
GARY WEIDEMAN, 88, of Griswold, died Saturday, June 11th, at Cass Health in Atlantic. A Celebration of Life Memorial Service for GARY WEIDEMAN will be held on Friday, June 17th at 11:00 a.m. at the Central Church of Christ in Griswold. Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Visitation with the family present will be held on Friday one hour prior to services at the Church beginning at 10:00 a.m. The service will be livestreamed on the church’s website, www.griswoldchurch.org under the live video tab. A recording of the service will be available the same day on the church’s website or on the funeral home website by noon on Monday.
A private family burial will be held at a later date in the Atlantic Cemetery.
Memorials may be directed to the family for later designation.
Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.
GARY WEIDEMAN is survived by:
His Wife: Janet Weideman of Griswold.
His daughter – Sandi (Randy) Raitz, of Colorado.
His son – Dale (Jody) Weideman, of NE.
21 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren, his cousin, Wendell (Shirley) Weideman, of Atlantic, and Janet’s children: Cheryl (Bruce) Kliewer of Santa Maria, California; Keith (Christine) Watson of Lewis; Debra (Todd) Gordon of Jefferson; Denise (Brad) Beeman of Ankeny; David (Stephanie) Watson of Lewis; and John (Lori) Watson of Griswold.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – Atlantic School District Superintendent Steve Barber, Wednesday, told the School Board he’s pleased with the initial positive reaction students and families have with regard to the “Trojan Summer Experience.”
Last month, Mr. Barber said the Trojan Summer Experience focuses on nutrition, academics and enrichment. The program runs four weeks, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30, four days per week throughout the summer. It serves current students in grades K-through 7 and incoming grades 1-through 8 that are enrolled. Their day begins with breakfast at the Schuler Elementary School. The older students then stay there, while the younger group walks up to the Washington School, after breakfast and return to Schuler for lunch.
The district’s ESSER dollars (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief) are funding the program that’s mandated to use 20-percent of the money over two years for loss learning.
The Superintendent reports also, the Schuler Elementary School received the 2022 Ray Center/Character Counts, award . Principal James Northwick received an e-mail recognizing the work that’s been done at Schuler with regard to Character.
Sometime after the beginning of the 2023-24 school year, the Ray Center will bring a team to Atlantic and honor different recipients of the award.
Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 89. North wind 5 to 11 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon.
Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. East southeast wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 97. Heat index values as high as 106. Breezy, with a south wind 11 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 96. Breezy, with a south wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.
Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88.
Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 87 and the low was 63. We received .01″ rain over the past 24-hours. This day last year the high was 90 and the low 52. The all-time record high was 95 set in 1892. The record low was 38 set in 1903. Sunrise this morning was at 5:45 a.m. and sunset tonight is 8:54 p.m.
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