Jim Field visits with Lucas Mosier of Atlantic Rising about the Easter Egg Hunt on April 16, 2022 at 10:30 am in the Atlantic City Park.
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Jim Field visits with Lucas Mosier of Atlantic Rising about the Easter Egg Hunt on April 16, 2022 at 10:30 am in the Atlantic City Park.
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(Creston, Iowa) – Police in Creston say five people were arrested over the past four days, Authorities say that at around 4:23-a.m. today (Monday), 27-year-old Cody Shayne Thompson, of Diagonal, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance 1st Offense/Marijuana. Thompson was taken to the Union County Jail and held on a $1,000 cash or surety bond.
Saturday evening, 38-year-old Lee Ryan Fowler, of Creston, was arrested at his residence on a Union County Warrant. The warrant was for an original charge was Violation of a No Contact Order and Domestic Abuse Assault/1st offense. Fowler was transported to the Union County Jail where he later posted a $1,000 bond (cash or surety).
And, there were three separate arrests in Creston last Friday (April 1st):
In other news, Creston Police say a resident of the 800 block of W. Jefferson Street, reported Saturday morning, that someone got into his vehicle and took his wallet. The victim advised Police the contents of the wallet included a debit card, fuel card, boss debit card, DOT physical card and his driver’s license. No loss estimate was available. Saturday night, a man residing in the 400 block of N. Vine Street in Creston, reported to Police, that someone tried to break into his vehicle while parked at his residence. The man reported hearing his vehicle alarm go off at 9:50pm. When he went outside to check his vehicle, the man noticed damage to the front passenger’s door and the rear lift gate. No entry was made into the vehicle. Damage estimate $500.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – This week (April 3-9), is National Library Week, and the Atlantic Public Library encourages all community members to visit the library in person or online to explore and access services and programs. The library offers a wide array of programs, classes and resources that are available in person or from the comfort of home, including downloadable e-books, audiobooks, and magazines as well as online homework help.
National Library Week, is a time to highlight the essential role libraries, librarians and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening communities. The theme for this year’s National Library Week is “Connect with Your Library,” which promotes the idea that libraries are places to get connected to technology, media, programs, ideas and classes, in addition to books. Most importantly, libraries also connect communities to each other. 
As demonstrated through the pandemic, libraries of all types go above and beyond to keep their communities connected by expanding their programming, resources and collections. Libraries across the country are making a difference in people’s lives by providing electronic learning resources like online homework help and wi-fi access for students and workers who may lack internet access at home. Atlantic Public Library Director Michelle Andersen says the Library is supporting the local community with services such as VIP Connections, a social club for adults every Tuesday morning, and online resources like Brainfuse, Creativebug, and Ancestry.com.
Events happening during National Library Week include:
First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association and libraries of all types across the country each April. For more information, visit the library’s website at www.atlantic.lib.ia.us or visit the Atlantic Public Library’s Facebook page. The Atlantic Public Library connects the community to information, resources, and each other in order to spark ideas and new connections.
FREE: Firewood free to cut up. It’s on the ground from down trees during storm damage. All kinds of wood. Need your own insurance. Call 712-249-0233.
FOR SALE: 36″ by 60” white pedestal table for sale in Atlantic. In perfect condition. Like new. $300 or best offer above that. Pedestal can be taken off for moving. Call 250-8585.
FOR SALE: Dry, seasoned firewood, will sell any amount, reasonably priced. Also, steel posts, mostly 6 feet. And, good, used sheets of corrugated tin in various lengths. Call 712-249-5160.
REHOME: Missy still needs a nice home with TLC. She lost her home after her owner passed away. She is gray, spayed and front declawed so needs to be inside. I also have her brothers too. They are orange and both neutered and front declawed. 531-530-9492.
FOR SALE: SOLID, HEAVY WOOD TABLE WITH 8 WOODEN CHAIRS. TABLE IS 60 INCHES LONG AND 42 INCHES WIDE. MAY ADD ANOTHER 24 INCHES WITH LEAF. $125.00 CASH. ATLANTIC, 712-249-6834. SOLD!
FREE: Baby crib. You haul it. Located north of Atlantic. Call 712-254-0217 if interested.
FOR SALE: Walnut end table $40. 712-249-9242.
FOR SALE: a magnetic mattress pad (meant to help people with back trouble). Purchased new for $1000, but willing to sell for $100 OBO. Call 712-268-2609 (located east of Hamlin).
FOR SALE: Sweep auger for a 27’ grain bin; motor and cord included. Phone 712-789-0473.
FOR SALE: 2011 Ford F-150 extended cab, 4WD pickup. XLT package with step tail gate. Flex fuel. Silver with gray cloth interior. 83,000 one-owner miles (tires have 13,000 miles). Has been well taken care of. Asking $20,950. Located in Rembrandt, IA. Call 712-296-3946.
FOR SALE: I have around 300 egg cartons, would like to trade 10 egg cartons for a dozen eggs, and I don’t have to trade all the egg cartons at once. 712-304-4851.
FOR SALE: Love seat with Ottoman and two accent pillows. Asking $350. Also for sale is a leather power recliner. Asking $375. All clean and very good condition. If interested please call 712-249-2823.
(Radio Iowa) – March proved to be a mixed bag when it came to temperatures and precipitation. State Climatologist Justin Glisan says things were slightly wetter than normal. “Precipitation we were above average across much of the state — seven-tenths of an inch preliminarily. Typically we receive about two inches of snowfall and rainfall during March — above-average totals in the southeast two-thirds of the state,” Glisan says. He says there wasn’t anything too out of the ordinary in the temperatures for March. “It was near average when you look at temperatures statewide. We were about 36 degrees for the average temperature there,” Glisan says. “We did have pockets of above-average temperatures in north-central and southeastern Iowa — but basically what we would expect climatologically on the temperature side.”
Glisan says the most notable weather occurrence in March was the deadly tornadoes. “We lost seven individuals form two supercells spawned tornadoes in southern Iowa. This was the highest fatality count we had since the Parkersburg E-F-5 in 2008,” he says. “And it was the first E-F-4 tornado this far north, this early in March.” Glisan says the outlook for this month could give us some April showers “We have actually seen a shift in the precipitation field from the initial outlook issued in the middle of March. And we are seeing a slightly elevated signal for wetter conditions across the state — which would be beneficial in terms of drought conditions. Now we don’t want to get too wet to keep farmers out of the fields, but this is a good signal to have,” according to Glisan.
He says the signals for the temperature are not showing any trend toward warmer or cooler conditions at this point for April.
Today: Partly cloudy. High 55. NW winds @ 10-20 becoming SE this afternoon & diminishing late.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 36. SE @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cldy w/showers. High around 55. S winds @ 10-20 in the morning becoming NW in the afternoon.
Wednesday: P/Cldy to Cldy. High 53.
Thursday: Mo. Cldy w/scattered light rain. High 45.
Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 52. Our low was 28. We received .13″ rain. Last year on this date the High was 85 and the Low was 34. The Record High in Atlantic on April 4th was 91 in 1929, & the Record Low was 4, in 1899.
Colby Reeder is expected to make an immediate impact for the Iowa State defense. After four years at Delaware Reeder transferred to ISU and is expected to help a linebacking corps that lost Mike Rose and Jake Hummel off last year’s team that finished 7-6.
Reeder has been impressed with the commitment level in the Cyclone program.
Reeder says he had a desire to play against Big 12 offenses.
Northern Iowa offensive lineman Trevor Penning does not care which team drafts him. Penning is a likely first round selection and all 32 NFL teams were present at UNI’s Pro Day recently.
Penning is part of a growing list of UNI players to get a chance at an NFL career and says it is proof the big schools don’t always get it right.
Penning’s stock rose after an impressive performance at the Senior Bowl.
(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says over the past dozen years, his department has awarded 50 million dollars in state grants for installing ethanol-compatible equipment at gas stations and it’s time to take the next step. “We can have a great industry that produces a fantastic product that’s cheaper and better for the environment,” Naig says, “but if a consumer doesn’t the opportunity to pick up the pump handle and pump it into their gas tank, we haven’t completed the supply chain.”
Naig says Governor Reynolds has proposed a practical Iowa Renewable Fuels Standard Governor because it requires stations that can to offer E-15, but waivers would be available to smaller, older stations that can’t afford new tanks, pumps and fuel lines. “There are fueling stations out there that don’t have compatible equipment, it’s an older station, it’s a mom and pop shop that there is no earthly reason for them to break up their concrete and replace all their tanks and pumps and hoses to be able to offer these higher blends,”Naig says, “but for those stations that can and that have compatible infrastructure, let’s get on with offering those higher blends.”
Under the plan that’s passed the House, Naig’s agency would be in charge of granting the waivers. Naig says he’s asked the legislature to make it very clear which stations would qualify for a waiver and not have to sell E-15 or higher blends of ethanol. “I don’t want a lot of gray area out here,” Naig says.
The governor’s ethanol standard for Iowa passed the House earlier this year, but has stalled in the Senate. House members have also voted for a moratorium on another ethanol-related issue. The proposal would delay until next year any developers’ request to seize property along proposed carbon pipeline routes where landowners have not signed off on access. Naig says he can see the benefits of capturing the carbon from Iowa ethanol plants and shipping it to underground storage through pipelines.
“If you can capture the CO2, you can lower the carbon intensity of a gallon of ethanol and what that can do is, we hope, preserve the longevity and the ethanol and biodiesel and renewable energy in our energy portfolio as a country and that is good news, that is a positive thing that can happen,” Naig says. “On the flip side, there is the issue of building a pipeline and those can be very difficult decisions for a landowner. Imagine a pipeline coming across a century farm.”
Three companies have announced plans to build carbon pipelines through Iowa. Naig says he’d much rather see the companies strike voluntary deals with landowners and the Iowa Utilities Board should be careful in considering private property rights before granting eminent domain for land seizures. “What I have encouraged each of the pipeline companies to do is negotiate in good faith, compensate landowners fairly, answer their questions, satisfy their concerns,” Naig says. “…If these projects are going to go, they should go because the landowners are willing to participate.”
Naig made his comments during a weekend appearance on “Iowa Press” on Iowa P-B-S.
(Radio Iowa) – Several dozen people gathered on the state capitol steps Sunday for a rally to support transgender Iowans. Jo Allen was a lead organizer of the event. “People that run this state don’t necessarily listen to our voices and that’s why we need spaces like this,” Allen said, “so that people can listen to the voices that are being impacted by bills that are being passed.”
A month ago, Governor Reynolds signed a bill requiring all participants in girls’ sports in Iowa high schools and women’s sports in Iowa colleges to have been identified as female on their birth certificates. Rally-goers say the move harms trans students who are at higher risk of suicide than their peers.
(Reporting by Iowa Public Radio’s Katarina Sostaric)
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