2 rescued from a grain elevator Tuesday, in Harlan

July 10th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Harlan, Iowa) – Two employees using a aerial lift to reach the top of a grain elevator in Harlan found themselves in a predicament Tuesday afternoon, when the machine wouldn’t retract, leaving the employees stranded. Officials with the Shelby County Emergency Services Association posted on social media, Tuesday, a picture of emergency crews on the scene. Crews with the Harlan Fire and Rescue Department, assisted by the Shelby County Sheriff’s office, Shelby County Emergency Management and Shelby County Ambulance service were on the scene, where a high angle rope rescue took place. Both subjects were brought down safely, and without injury.

Additional details are currently not available.

Shelby County EMS Assoc. Facebook photo

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High School Baseball Postseason Scores from Tuesday

July 10th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Class 1A

Substate 2 – District 3

Remsen St. Mary’s 10, Newell-Fonda 2
Woodbine 2, Logan-Magnolia 0

Substate 2 – District 4

CAM 4, Woodbury Central 3 (9 innings)
Coon Rapids-Bayard 8, IKM/Manning 2

Substate 7 – District 14

Ankeny Christian 5, Madrid 3
Earlham 4, Grand View Christian 3

Substate 8 – District 15

Tri-Center 9, East Mills, 1
Lenox 4, St. Albert 0

Substate 8 – District 16

Bedford 4 Martensdale-St Marys 3
Southwest Valley 10, East Union 1

Class 2A

Substate 6 – District 11

Pella Christian 6, Albia 0
Des Moines Christian 11, PCM 1

Substate 6 – District 12

Interstate-35 8, Cardinal 1
Pleasantville 5, Central Lee 3

Substate 7 – District 13

Chariton vs. Ogden
Van Meter 11, Woodward-Granger 1

Substate 7 – District 14

Kuemper Catholic 7, Pocahontas Area 5
OABCIG 10, Southeast Valley 9

Substate 8 – District 15

Ridge View 4, Treynor 2
Underwood 6, Hinton 1

Substate 8 – District 16

Shenandoah 7, Missouri Valley 1
Clarinda 9, West Central Valley 1

Regular Matchups

Lewis Central 4, Dallas Center-Grimes 1
North Polk 8, Indianola 5
Southeast Polk 7, Gilbert 2
Winterset 5, Carlisle 3
Bishop Heelan 11, Denison-Schleswig 1
Glenwood 16, Council Bluffs Jefferson 6
ADM 12, Norwalk 0
Perry 8, Carroll 7

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High School Softball Scores from Tuesday

July 10th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Hawkeye Ten

Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 5, Denison-Schleswig 4
Creston 4, Clarke 3
#14 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 8, Glenwood 4

Raccoon River Conference

Carlisle 5, Winterset 4
#11 Bondurant-Farrar 8, Carroll 0
#5 ADM 7, #10 Southeast Polk 4
Gilbert 8, #8 PCM 1

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Iowa effort aims to boost rate of Latinos seeking cognitive care

July 10th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A public health collaboration in central Iowa is trying to close health disparities among Latinos seeking care for cognitive health. Jimmy Reyes, a professor at the University of Northern Iowa Department of Nursing and Public Health, says Latinos statistically have more uncontrolled chronic health conditions. Reyes says they also tend to have less access to health care and they tend to be more skeptical of it. This extends to cognitive conditions like Alzheimer’s disease. “Many times in our Latino community, we know who the big hospitals are. We know the systems. We know that they exist,” Reyes says. “And many times we are very hesitant to go into those places because we don’t feel safe but having ‘promotoras,’ community health workers, who are lay individuals. They are the ones that are actually opening the doors to the community.”

Reyes is partnering with Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines and the Polk County Public Health Department to lead events in places like churches which are designed to increase access, and to get attendees thinking about their cognitive health. Dr. Yogesh Shah, director of the Broadlawns Memory Clinic, says it’s important to catch early signs of dementia before the symptoms manifest more critically. “It’s very significant. Stage wise, they might have more grade dementia but never been diagnosed,” Shah says. “And because of that, they end up in emergency rooms or end up in hospitals not knowing that some of the symptoms are related to their dementia diagnosis.”

Studies find Latinos in the U-S have a one-and-a-half times greater risk of developing dementia than their white counterparts. Reyes and Shah made their comments on the Iowa Public Radio program “River to River.”

(Contributed by Zachary Oren Smith, Iowa Public Radio)

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DOT Director gives update on flood recovery

July 10th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The director of the Iowa D-O-T gave the state Transportation Commission an update on flood recovery efforts during their meeting Tuesday. Director Scott Marler says one of the big jobs was helping haul debris away. He says Spencer for example had five-thousand homes damaged by the flooding and needed to have the material pulled out of those homes hauled away. The D-O-T brought in its large dump trucks and other equipment to help move the Spencer material to a dump site. “In total we hauled over 28-hundred loads of removed material to this location,” he says.

Marler says the floodwater kept people away for some courthouses, so they couldn’t renew driver’s licenses. “We actually mobilized some of our remote issuance kits, and our staff in one example, went up to Clay County and they started issuing replacement licenses in Clay County with our forces temporarily operating in the Sheriff’s Department to issue those licenses,” Marler says.

Marler says they also help out with inspected flooded buildings.”Some of our engineering staff had gotten a brief training with the Department of Inspections and Appeals. We actually were able to assist them in evaluating structures,” Marler says. “We sent five of our staff up to do that over the Fourth of July holiday.” They also worked on getting flooded roadways back open. D-O-T Chief Engineer Tony Gustafson says at the height of the flooding there were 49 highway closures. Some highways had multiple closings. “Rapid fire rundown here, Iowa 3, Iowa 4, Iowa 9, Iowa 10, Iowa 12, Iowa 15. U-S 18, U-S 20, Iowa 31, U-S 59, Iowa 60, U-S 71, U-S 75, and U-S 169, as well as Interstates 29 and 680 north of Council Bluffs,” he says.

Gustafson says there were three highways still closed as of Tuesday. They include U-S 18 west of Spencer. “Iowa 4 south of Emmetsburg, that is still under water. That bridge there at the Des Moines River. The Des Moines River is not going down as quickly as the the Little Sioux is,” he says. “We still don’t know what the damage is there on Iowa 4 south of Emmetsburg. And then they are working on U-S 75 south of Rock Rapids.”

He says they are still working on a culvert that was blown out on U-S 75.

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Mother of accused Algona cop killer testifies at murder trial

July 10th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The mother of the Algona man accused of shooting a policeman to death last year has testified at her son’s murder trial. Video from Algona Officer Kevin Cram’s police camera was played in the courtroom, showing the shooting happened just minutes after Cram arrived to arrest Kyle Ricke for a misdemeanor. The shooting happened at Irene Ricke’s house and the prosecutor asked her questions about the incident. “Was Officer Cram ever rude to your son?” the prosecutor asked. Irene Ricke replied: “Not at all and they were joking back and forth. Everything was fine. That’s why I know he snapped because that’s not in his character to do something like this.”

Dickinson County jurors also heard the interaction between Cram and Ricke from the officer’s body camera. It was only about 100 seconds before Ricke shot and killed Cram as he tried to serve the warrant.

Ricke left to put away a skid loader he was using to clear a trail. He returned from the garage with a gun, firing eight shots, hitting Cram three times in the head. The prosecution says after firing on Cram, Ricke tried to shoot himself, but there were no bullets left in the gun. Ricke fled to his sister’s home in Minnesota, where he was taken into custody four hours later.

His sister also took the stand, saying her brother admitted he did a “terrible thing” and he wanted to end his life. Algona Assistant Police Chief Mark Bacha testified that he was worried when Officer Cram did not signal dispatch or tell other officers the warrant had been served.

The trial was moved from Kossuth County to Dickinson County due to concerns about finding an impartial jury.

(Contributed by Sheila Brummer, Iowa Public Radio)

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Drake University files trademark infringement lawsuit against DMACC over rebrand

July 10th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa [WHO-TV] — Drake University filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in federal court on Monday against Des Moines Area Community College. WHO-TV in Des Moines reports, in the lawsuit Drake claims DMACC’s recent rebrand contains signature elements that have been a part of Drake’s brand identity for decades. DMACC’s rebrand includes a standalone ‘D’ in block-style lettering as part of their new logo, which Drake claims in the lawsuit looks similar to its standalone vintage-style ‘D’ logo that the university has used since at least 1902.

As part of the rebrand DMACC also changed its color scheme from navy blue and red orange to lighter blues and white. The lawsuit claims the new color scheme closely resembles Drake’s color scheme.

According to the lawsuit, officials at Drake contacted officials with DMACC to address concerns over the similarities and attempted to find a resolution. Drake claims in the lawsuit that in March DMACC assured the university that the college would only use the logo where the acronym ‘DMACC’ was under the standalone ‘D’. The lawsuit claims that when that email exchange occurred DMACC had already been selling merchandise with the standalone ‘D’ logo.

The lawsuit also claims that the similarity in the two logos and color schemes adds unnecessary confusion for future students and others. Drake is asking for the Court to deem DMACC’s rebrand an infringement on Drake’s trademarks and for an order directing DMACC to cease using the logo and other aspects of their rebrand that resembles Drake’s. The university is also asking for monetary relief and a jury trial.

DMACC released the following statement about the suit:

We’re disappointed that Drake University has chosen to protest DMACC’s new logo — the DMACC & D. Drake University has been a great partner throughout the years, including strong transfer options for our students. Both names for our outstanding institutions have always started with the letter D — you can’t say DMACC without it, and we both have always had blue as our primary color. Drake University simply does not own the letter D. In fact, multiple universities use the letter D in their branding and many own federal trademark registrations for the same. Our hope is that we can quickly resolve this issue amicably with a minimum of legal expense and move forward with our joint mission of providing students with a high-quality education.

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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area: Wednesday, July 10, 2024

July 10th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Today: Mostly sunny w/a 40% chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. High near 83. NW winds at around 5-10 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy w/a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low around 61.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. E/SE winds 5-10.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 86.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 91.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 94.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 86. Our Low was 60. We received .05″ rain Tuesday afternoon, in Atlantic (at KJAN). Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 85 and the Low was 65. The All-Time Record High in Atlantic on July 10th, was 104 in 1930 & 1936. The Record Low was 46 in 1895 & 1996. Sunrise: 5:55; Sunset: 8:55.

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Iowa State’s Matt Campbell at Big 12 Media Days

July 10th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Hopes are high at Iowa State where Cyclone football coach Matt Campbell enters his ninth season at the helm. ISU has a lot of experience returning from last year’s team that finished 7-6. Campbell addressed Big 12 Media Days in Las Vegas.

In the days of the transfer portal and N-I-L Campbell says player retention is a key. The Cyclones return 18 starters.

The Cyclones look to make a run after being selected to finish sixth in the Big 12 preseason poll.

After passing for more than 31 hundred yards and 23 touchdowns as a red-shirt freshman, quarterback Rocco Becht will be looking to take the next step.

The Cyclones open at home on August 31st against North Dakota

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Special School Election results from Tuesday, July 9 2024: Foster & Dudley were winners

July 10th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Greenfield, Iowa) – Adair County Auditor Mandy Berg has released the unofficial results of Special School elections held in the County, Tuesday, July 9th. In the West Central Valley (WCV) Community School District (CSD), Dustin Foster received 20 votes to fill a vacancy in Director District 6. Laura Weber garnered 10 votes. In Director District 7, Jeff Dudley won 29 votes in Adair County to fill a vacancy. There were two write-in votes, but no other declared candidates.

WCV CSD voters in Dallas and Guthrie Counties also elected Dustin Foster and Jeff Dudley to their respective seats in District 6 and 7.

In Dallas County, unofficial results show Foster with 13 votes, and Weber with 2. In Guthrie County, Foster received 73 votes, and Weber 33. Dudley – who as mentioned was unopposed – received 16 votes in Dallas County, and 103 votes in Guthrie County.

Adair County votes

Dallas County votes

Guthrie County votes

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