LaVon Eblen visits with Jake Burgess of the Atlantic Library.
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LaVon Eblen visits with Jake Burgess of the Atlantic Library.
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The ACGC boys cross country team took the team title at the South Hamilton Meet on Thursday and the girls team finished as the runner-up.
The boys were led by Trevin Suhr who took the individual title in a time of 16:45. Justin Reinhart finished 7th, Andrew Mahaffey 8th, Lance Bunde 11th, Noah Kading 12th, Kaden Thompson 13th, Gavin Sloss 14th, and Bo Arrasmith 15th.
Ava Campbell led the charge for the girls with a 5th place finish. Hayden Coffman was 8th, Adalyn Benson 11th, Kiersten Knobbe 26th, Paige Van Meter 30th, Jayle Hoover 24th, and Katelyn Schafer 35th. The Chargers were just ten points back of the winning team Roland-Story.
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The broadcast News at 8:07-a.m., from Ric Hanson.
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Jim Field visits with Emily Nadler, PA-C at Cass Health AMC Rapid Care, about flu season and the importance of flu shots.
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The broadcast News at 7:06-a.m., from News Director Ric Hanson.
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(Atlantic, Iowa) – Just after 6-a.m. today (Friday), Atlantic Fire was dispatched to the Walnut Hill Terrace Apartments at 1304 E. 10th Street, for a report of smoke in the 2nd floor and hallway. Upon further investigation, it was discovered an oven had been left on in an apartment. The was no fire. All other responding personnel were told to disregard responding to the scene. No injuries were reported.
Today: Areas of morning fog; Partly cloudy. High 80. S @ 10.
Tonight: Fair to P/Cldy. Low 61. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy, windy and warm. High 88. SW @ 15-25.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High 75.
Monday: Cldy w/a chance of showers, especially in the morning. High 68.
Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 76. Our Low this morning, 51. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 79 and the Low was 42. The Record High on this date was 93 in 1893. The Record Low was 19 in 1908 & 2000.
(Radio Iowa) – New information has been released surrounding the events that led to the murder of an Estherville man before his body was found along an Emmet County road on Saturday morning.
A criminal complaint says 20-year-old David McDowell was reportedly lured to an apartment last Friday by 19-year-old Connor Uhde and 18-year-old CeJay Van Der Wilt before he was shot to death early the next morning along a roadway about five miles outside of Estherville. His body was discovered several hours later by a passing motorist.
Uhde and Van Der Wilt were both arrested and charged with first-degree murder on Wednesday after simultaneous search warrants were executed at their homes in Estherville and Rockwell City. No motive behind the killing has been released. Both suspects remain in custody without bond and are due back in court late next week.
(Radio Iowa) – Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at a rally on the State Fairgrounds in Des Moines Saturday night, his first appearance in the state since leaving office in January. Eric Branstad worked on Trump’s 2016 and 2020 Iowa campaigns and he’s a senior advisor to Trump’s political action committee. “The crowd sizes in Alabama here recently and Georgia, there’s not a place that will fit us besides right here, outside,” he says. On Thursday afternoon, the stage was being set up where the Midway operates during the Iowa State Fair.
Branstad says “jumbo trons” will be in place — so the crowd can watch the Iowa-Penn State football game. Trump will not speak until the game is over. At his September 25th rally on the Georgia National Fairgrounds, Trump criticized Georgia’s Republican governor for the certification of Joe Biden’s win in Georgia nearly a year ago. Trump carried Iowa by eight points in 2020 and most of Iowa’s top Republicans have been invited to speak at the Des Moines rally. That includes Iowa’s Republican governor, Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley and two Republican congresswomen from Iowa — all of whom are seeking reelection.
“What we’re focused right now is making sure we win congress in 2022 and making sure that we win up and down the ballot next year,” Branstad says. Trump has made it clear he may run for president again in 2024. A recent Des Moines Register Iowa Poll found 53 percent of Iowans have a favorable view of Trump, which is higher than it was during his presidency. “I’ve seen this from my very first rally that I was staff at in 2016, the movement has only gotten bigger,” Branstad says. Trump also appears to be the most popular Republican in Iowa, with 91 percent of Republicans surveyed for the Iowa Poll saying they have a favorable view of the former president.
Iowa Democratic Party chairman Ross Wilburn says that’s worrisome. Iowa Republicans have tied themselves to a man who attacked the very foundation of our democracy throughout his time in office,” Wilburn says. Wilburn says Trump has shown a complete disregard for the rule of law as he continues to protest the 2020 election outcome. “He’s toxic for our democracy and it’s been well established that he did nothing to stop his supporters from violently attacking our Capitol,” Wilburn says, “even while his own vice president was inside.”
Wilburn made his comments during the Iowa Democratic Party’s weekly online news conference.