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High School Soccer Scores from Tuesday

Sports

April 24th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Boys Results

St. Albert 10, Atlantic 0
Glenwood 6, Kuemper Catholic 0
Boone 3, Carroll 1
Van Meter 3, Central Iowa United 1
Treynor 10, Red Oak 0
Des Moines Christian 1, West Central Valley 0
Gilbert 2, Bondurant-Farrar 1
Lewis Central 10, Creston 0
Perry 3, Greene County 2
Riverside 2, AHSTW 1
Harlan Community 3, Underwood 2

Girls Results

St. Albert 10, Atlantic 0
Lewis Central 8, Creston 0
Des Moines Christian 10, West Central Valley 0
Tri-Center 1, Denison-Schleswig 0
AHSTW 1, Riverside 0
Perry 9, Greene County 0
Panorama 9, Ballard 0
Boone 4, Carroll 0
Gilbert 4, Bondurant-Farrar 0
Bishop Heelan 10, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 0

Labor force will change as we move into summer

News

April 24th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Things could be changing in the labor force as we head through spring into summer. Iowa Workforce Development executive director, Beth Townsend, says there’ll be some impact as college students graduate. “We have 61-thousand open jobs, so we’ve got a lot of really great jobs to pull from or take advantage us so hopefully we’ll see more people enter into the workforce as we get closer to graduation,” she says.

The pork plant in Perry will be closing as summer starts. “The layoffs are not supposed to start until the end of June. So, you know, assuming that some of the lines close in June, it probably will be July or August before we can ascertain how many folks had lined up employment, you know, and went right into another job and how many needed some additional time to find work,” she says. Townsend says they hope many of the employees find work they can transition to after the plant closes.

“We don’t typically see every single person who gets laid off on unemployment because they’ve, you know, found other jobs,” she says. “We know there are employers out there recruiting them. There was a job fair, the first week in April. We plan to have multiple job fairs in May and June as we get closer to people actually being ready to look for work.”

Townsend says they will continue to be focused on helping the Perry workers through the plant shutdown.

Southern IA man arrested on a warrant in Montgomery County

News

April 24th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – A traffic stop at around 7:30-p.m. Tuesday in Montgomery County, resulted in the arrest of a man wanted on a warrant. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports 48-year-old Timothy Lee Hutchison, of Decatur City, was arrested in the 1700 block of Highway 34, on a Decatur County warrant for Violation of Probation. Hutchison was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held without bond, pending extradition to Decatur County.

Strong to severe storms possible on Friday in Iowa

Weather

April 24th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Des Moines, Iowa) – The National Weather Service’ latest severe weather outlook shows showers and thunderstorms are expected across much of western and central Iowa on Friday into Friday evening along with strong southeast winds. There will be an increasing threat for severe thunderstorms across western Iowa in the afternoon. These storms are expected to move east into the evening spreading the threat of severe weather into central Iowa. Large hail and a few tornadoes are the main threat with these storms along with localized heavy rainfall. Be weather aware throughout Friday and be prepared to seek shelter should a warning be issued for your location!

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley: Wed., April 24, 2024

Weather

April 24th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Today: Areas of frost between 7am and 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 68. Northeast wind around 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. SE winds 10-20 mph.
Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy & windy, w/a 40% chance of late afternoon showers & thunderstorms. High near 66. SE @ 15-30 mph.
Tom. Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 50. SE @ 20-35 mph.
Friday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 72.
Fri. Night: Showers and thunderstorms. Low around 53.
Saturday: A chance of afternoon showers & thunderstorms, otherwise Mo. Sunny  breezy. High 77.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 69. The Low was 32. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 63, and the Low was 32. The All-Time Record High on April 24th in Atlantic, was 91, in 1989. The Record Low was 9, in 1956. Sunrise: 6:27. Sunset: 8:10.

Legislature provides $8 million for governor’s ‘Thrive Iowa’ program

News

April 24th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Legislature has approved up to eight MILLION dollars for the new Thrive Iowa program Governor Kim Reynolds proposed, to link people in need with faith-based and private sector groups that can help. It’s modeled after a similar program in Florida. In January, Reynolds said community support is just as important as government programs in helping Iowans get back and their feet and become self-sufficient.

“The good news is that many of these resources already exist across our state, from faith communities, to non-profits, and so many other wonderful organizations. They are doing life-changing work every single day,” Reynolds said. “Government’s role is not to replace these grassroots efforts, but to amplify and facilitate them.”

Republican Senator Mark Costello of Imogene says he’s not sure if the Iowa Department of Human Services will hire a company to run the Thrive Iowa program, although he says some of the eight MILLION dollars is for staff and developing an online system for requests and referrals. “It’s really the human element and using the navigators to assist Iowans that are in need. And it’s a closed loop referral system under HHS,” Costello says. “It’ll be statewide and connect the community provider to nonprofits.”

Senator Sarah Trone Garriott, a Democrat from Waukee, says the United Way already operates the 2-1-1 referral service for two MILLION dollars. “It doesn’t make sense to me to start a brand new program when the one we have right now, right here is already doing this work, especially when it’s going to cost up to $8 million for them to do the same thing,” Trone Garriott said. “That sounds like a really bad deal for Iowans.”

Trone Garriott says the extra eight MILLION dollars would have been better used feedy needy Iowa children this summer.

MINERVA A. SEEHUSEN, 67, of Exira (Celebration of Life Memorial Svc. 4/26/24)

Obituaries

April 24th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

MINERVA A. SEEHUSEN, 67, of Exira, died Sunday, April 21, 2024, at Myrtue Medical Center, in Harlan. A Celebration of Life Memorial service for MINERVA SEEHUSEN will be held at 11-a.m., on Friday, April 26th, in the Bethany Evangelical Free Church in rural Brayton. Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.

A family visitation will take place at the church on Friday, from 9:30-a.m. until the time of service.

Inurnment will be held at a later date.

MINERVA SEEHUSEN is survived by:

Her husband – Alan Seehusen, of Exira.

Her sons – Don (Bethany) Seehusen, of Columbus, NE; and David (Torrey) Seehusen, of Thousand Oaks, CA.

Her daughters – Annie (Spencer) Roland, of Atlantic; and Katie Seehusen, of West Des Moines.

7 grandchildren, other relatives, and friends.

Riverside Girls Soccer update with coach Kayla Harris

Sports

April 24th, 2024 by admin

The Riverside Bulldogs Girls suffered a tough 1-0 loss to AHSTW Lady Vikes yesterday. The biggest win of the season for Riverside was this past Saturday, when they defeated East Sac County 2-1, for their first win since the 2018-2019 season.

The Bulldogs are currently 1-6 in their overall record and 0-2 conference record in conference play.

Coach Harris had this to say about their huge win over East Sac County from this past Saturday.

The Riverside girls were excited about their victory on Saturday but Coach Harris said she excited to see where that win can take her team.

Coach Harris commented on the play of her three options at goalkeepers.

Riversides Coach Harris said the seniors have been a positive influence on to the underclassman.

 

The Bulldogs next soccer match will be Friday April 26th as they will take on Tri-Center in a Western Iowa Conference regular season matchup. That match will start at 5:00 p.m.

 

Atlantic Golf team looks strong with home win against Harlan

Sports

April 23rd, 2024 by Asa Lucas

The Atlantic boys Golf team secured a home win 153-176 against the Harlan Cyclones  at the Atlantic Golf and Country Club on Tuesday afternoon.

The medalist on the day was Hudson McLaren shooting a 37, Tristan Hayes earned the runner up medalist with a 38. The rest of the Trojans swung well with Brady Wood and Roth Den Beste having 39 a piece. Gage Gross had a 42 and Sam Brosam ended the day with a 42.

The Cyclones were led by Jonas Reynolds chipping in 40, Bradyn Ernst with a 41, Brock Lundy managed a 47, Owen Neve and Kiron Leinen tied with a 48, and Jason Erlmeier finished with a 50.

One of the highlights on the day for McLaren was the way his swing started to come together.

Next to McLaren was Hayes who noted that the Trojans showed improvement throughout the day.

Atlantic Head Coach Kendra Henningsen was impressed with the effort her team showed today in their win and wants to see refinement for her team’s green game.

Atlantic will head out to Red Oak on Thursday for a matchup with Shenandoah and Red Oak.

Vince Ciattei and Rachel McArthur win U-S titles at Drake Relays

Sports

April 23rd, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Vince Ciattei had to be content with a U-S title and a course record. Ciattei won his second U-S Road Mile Championship in three years in downtown Des Moines. His course record time of three minutes, 57 seconds was just shy of the World Record.

Ciattei battled the wind down the stretch as he chased the record.

Ciattei is off to a great start in a season he hopes concludes at the Paris Olympics.

A lack of experience was not a factor for women’s winner Rachel McArthur. The former Colorado standout broke away from the pack at the midway point to post a winning time of four minutes, 33 seconds. It was her first road race in the mile.

McArthur was sure what to expect at the start.

McArthur says it was a tactical race.