(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Glenwood Police Department today (Monday), reported that a Windsor, Colorado man, 40-year-old Joshua Coots, was arrested Sunday. Coots was being held in the Mills County Jail without bond, until seen by a Magistrate. He’s been charged with Domestic Abuse Assault.
FREE: a free giveaway event at 9 Cass Avenue in Atlantic has been delayed slightly by the weather. It will begin Saturday afternoon (3/19) instead of Saturday morning, and will continue on Sunday.
FOR SALE: Honda 21″ Self-propelled lawnmower with bag. New drive wheels. Starts on first pull. Run great. Asking $175. Located in Exira. For additional details, call 515-943-6471. SOLD!
FOR SALE: 2001 Yamaha 650 V-Star classic with 40,000 miles, excellent gas mileage. $1,800 or best offer. Call 712-250-0788.
WANTED: bags of white rock for flower beds. (712)590-7001.
WANTED: In search of an old calico dress or shirt. (712)590-7001.
FOR SALE: small square bales of alfalfa hay $7per bale; small cornstalk bales $3 each; big, round cornstalk bales $30 each. 712-249-5160.
WANTED: yard work jobs for the season. Call 712-250-0902.
FOR SALE: 2011 Ford F-150 extended cab, 4WD pickup. XLT package with step tail gate. 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: 1) 13 Playstation 4 games, prices vary. 2) Garden row tiller, covers about a 9″ swath, $80. Call 712-243-4914.
FOR SALE: Troybuilt 24″ tiller older large model, newer tires and near new, 7 HP Kohler engine, $350. 712-250-1005. SOLD!
WANTED: 6″ bench grinder/buffer. 641.740.1058.
RE-HOME: Missy needs a loving inside home. She is spayed and up to date on shots. Has been declawed also. Preferably no other pets. 531-530-9492.
FOR SALE: 2003 HONDA VTX MOTORCYCLE, 1800 CC, only 13,195 miles, new battery, shaft drive, cobra pipes, highway pegs, large saddle bags, a rack on the back, large windshield, 3 storage pouches, nice comfortable seat with a back rest for the passenger, good tires. Always been in garage and Is in excellent condition and ready for a rider!!!!! $5550.00 (Cash only). Call or text 701-240-8190 (In Atlantic, Iowa).
WANTED: a used inline 6 cylinder engine for a 1991 Ford F-150. Call 712-249-2891 in Atlantic.
WANTED: Looking for [1] tree hammock for sale for outdoor camping use only. Must be in excellent condition and able to hold a person of 200lbs. Also, Looking for [1] air mattress camping equipment for inside tent sleeping. Must be in good condition! Finally, [1] durable mountaineering backpack (no frame please); and able to hold 150lbs of gear suitable for long term hiking in terrain extreme weather. Negotiable terms. Contact: Randy @ 509-571-7969 cell local phone number or text message. FOUND!
FOR SALE: Larson Storm Door (Savannah is the style) White 32×80″ with right hand handle from outside. Has retractable screen, is a solid core door with DuraTech surface. – $50. Located in Exira. Call 515-943-6471.
RE-HOMING: This loving girl needs an INDOOR only home. She is spayed and has shots. 712-249-5047.
RE-HOMING: This boy needs a good, loving indoor home. Must be indoor! He is neutered and has shots. 712-249-5047.
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.
(Radio Iowa) – With gas prices rising, farmers are feeling the impact of inflation, as higher costs for fuel and fertilizer are shrinking profit margins for Iowa growers. Chad Hart, an agriculture economics professor at Iowa State University, says while commodity prices are good, rising fuel prices can significantly increase production expenses. “It’s not only the cost to run the tractor across the fields to plant and harvest the grain,” Hart says, “there’s a lot of fuel used to move our farm products down the supply chain line.”
Hart says farmers also face challenges with price volatility, as fluctuating prices are making it harder to know when to buy and sell. Kelly Garrett, a farmer from Denison, says his planter tractors use at least 100 gallons of diesel fuel every day. “It’s gone up $1.50 or $2 a gallon,” Garrett says, “so, there’s an extra couple hundred dollars a day to put your crop in just from a fuel standpoint.”
Garrett says higher fuel prices means he’s also paying more for shipping. In the past year, he says he’s seen his shipping costs double. Triple-A-Iowa says the statewide average for gas is $3.91 a gallon. That’s 11-cents below the all-time Iowa high of $4.02 set in July of 2008. The current national average is a record $4.32.
(Kendall Crawford, Iowa Public Radio)
(Massena, Iowa) – The Cass County Conservation Board is holding a Night Hike this Saturday night, near Massena. The Full Moon and Spring Equinox Night Hike will be held at the Outdoor Educational Classroom outside of Massena, on Saturday March 19th 2022, beginning at 8:30 PM.
Conservation officials invite you to “Come out for a great night hike. The spring equinox (vernal equinox) marks the astronomical first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. This hike will feature spring equinox facts, folklore, and more! FREE, Dress for the weather!”
Jim Field visits with Elizabeth Tobak about the PRICE Parenting Seminar beginning Thursday, March 17.
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(Creston, Iowa) – Three people were arrested early this (Monday) morning at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, in Creston. According to Creston Police, the following individuals from Creston were taken into custody at around 1-a.m., and charged with Disorderly Conduct-Fighting/Violent Behavior:
All three were cited and released from custody. Authorities said also, 20-year-old Elyice Bolin Stow, of Creston, was arrested at his residence a little after 2-a.m. Monday (Today). Stow was taken into custody on a warrant for Probation Violation with regard to an original charge of Sexual Abuse 3rd-Non forcible felony. Stow was being held without bond in the Union County Jail, until seen by a Magistrate.
Creston Police said a woman residing in the 800 block of W. Mills Street, reports Friday evening, that sometime between 5:30-p.m. March 10th and 5:45-p.m. March 12th, a large boulder weighing 40 pounds was taken from her yard. The same rock was later located on top of another rock, on the north side of the residence.
(Des Moines, Iowa) – Iowa Auditor of State Rob Sand’s office reports taxpayers are reaping the rewards of a more than 55% increase in participation in Sand’s Public Innovations and Efficiencies (PIE) program in just its second year. The increase includes entries from 84 counties, 310 cities, and first-time submissions from 121 school districts.
Sand says he’s “thrilled government entities in every Iowa county used this opportunity to save taxpayers money. Ultimately, the PIE program has the potential to unlock hundreds of millions of dollars in savings for communities across our state.” 
The government entities participating in the 2021 PIE program in Cass County, are:
Auditor Sand created the PIE program in 2019 to spark innovative ideas to cut waste and save tax dollars. The PIE program also provides local leaders with tools to collaborate and share their cost-cutting concepts, known as PIE recipes, via the Auditor of State website. The submissions range from installing solar panels to shutting down computers when not in use. The PIE program has proven so successful, it is being replicated by Mississippi Auditor of State, Shad White who said his office was “inspired” by Auditor Sand’s PIE program.
“The across-the-aisle friendship shows what elected officials should put first: public service, not party,” said Sand. “I’m humbled to share what we started in Iowa, but also excited to in turn copy innovations uncovered in Mississippi.” Auditor Sand will announce the winners of the 2021 PIE awards at a later date and recognize their money-saving achievements by hand-delivering a pie to community leaders.
For more information on the PIE program, contact Drew Stensland at drew.stensland@aos.iowa.gov.
(Radio Iowa) – Regional air carrier SkyWest has announced they are planning to pull their commercial service out of Sioux City, Mason City, and Fort Dodge. Assistant city manager Mike Collett oversees the Sioux Gateway Airport and says this SkyWest also gave a 90-day notice they were ending service during the height of the pandemic. “The good thing for Sioux City is that we’re part of the essential air service program, so as soon as they file this notice — it triggers a process with the federal D-O-T to start the 90-day — which they’ll go out and take bids from other airlines so we don’t have an absence in service,” according to Collet.
SkyWest cites the ongoing pilot staffing shortages as the reason for ending service. Collett is confident another airline will step up to provide flights: “We’ll reach out to our airline contacts and foster those relationships we’ve had with them through the years. We’ll have other interest, we had three last time and I think we’ve had two to three bidders each time we’ve gone through this bidding process for essential air service,” he says.
Collett is also hopeful SkyWest will extend their service past the next 90 days: He says when American filed to leave in August of 2020 and were in the market into the following April and he expects SkyWest to be in the market for a smooth transition like American did.
SkyWest had recently suspended one of its three daily flights from Sioux Gateway Airport to Denver, and Sioux City officials last month announced they were extending their service agreement with the air carrier.
(Radio Iowa) – A Girl Scout troop in Council Bluffs is turning cookie sales into opportunities for girls who are homeless. The Micah House Homeless Shelter sponsors a troop that’s sold more than four-thousand boxes of cookies so far, with the money raised going toward field trips for the girls and their families. Shelter associate director Ashley Flater says the troop gives the girls a chance for stability and fun. “That’s the way that we’re going to improve their self confidence,” Flater says. “That’s how they’re going to learn and grow and make those connections that help determine what their future looks like.”
Last year, the troop sold more than 20-thousand cookies to customers in all 50 states. This year, the girls are asking each buyer to consider giving an additional box of cookies to a friend or neighbor. Kayla Terrillion oversees the shelter’s Girl Scout program. She says it’s about more than just badges. It’s about community. “Most of their friends probably have no idea what it’s like to be homeless,” Terrillion says. “And so for them, it’s the idea that I’m here, and everybody else is going through the same thing that I’m going through.”
Cookie sales can pay for things like zoo passes or going horseback riding, while Terrillion says meeting cookie sales goals empowers the girls. “Some of these kids are pushing against the odds right now,” she says, “and what better way to show that we can beat the odds then by starting with Girl Scout cookies?”
The troop will be accepting orders until the end of March.
(reporting by Kendall Crawford, Iowa Public Radio)
Today: P/Cldy. High near 60. SE-NW wind at 10-15 mph.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 28. NW @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 58. NW-SW @ 10.
Wednesday: P/Cldy. High 70.
Thursday: Mo. Cldy w/scattered light showers. High 53.
Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 61. Our Low was 21. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 44 and the Low was 33. The Record High on this date was 78 in 2012. The Record Low was -12 in 1975.
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