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(Atlantic, Iowa) – Cass County Community Wellness Coordinator Grace McAfee says the Cass County Child Abuse Prevention Council and Healthy Cass Coalition are currently planning the Family Fun Day at the Cass County Fair. The event will be held July 27th from noon until 4-p.m., at the Cass County Fairgrounds. The event is meant to encourage families to visit the Cass County Fair, by hosting fun activities for the entire family. In past years, booths have included Water Fights, Yard Games, a Duck Pond, a Book Walk, and more.
Mark your calendar for July 27th for this free family fun event. If your community organization would be interested in hosting a free activity booth at Family Fun Day, please get in touch with Grace McAfee by Tuesday, June 25th, at mcage@casshealth.org or 712-250-8170.
Getting ready for the Free Family Fun day, 2024
(Kellerton, Iowa) – A single-vehicle accident this (Wednesday) morning in Ringgold County claimed the life of a man from Lucas County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2015 Chevy Express 3500 van driven by 34-year-old James Cody Sage, of Lucas, was traveling east on Highway 2 west of Kellerton at around 4-a.m., when the vehicle left the roadway and entered the south ditch before striking a tree. James Sage was pronounced dead at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt.
The Patrol was assisted at the crash site by the Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office.
(Creston, Iowa) – Three people from Union County were arrested on separate charges recently. According to the Creston Police Department, a little after 1-a.m. today (Wed., June 12th), 58-year-old Melody Ann Miller, of Creston, was arrested for OWI/1st offense. Miller was taken to the Union County Jail and later released on a $1,000 cash or surety bond.
Late Tuesday evening, 20-year-old Jordyn Marie Gonzales, of Creston, was arrested the Creston Union County Law Enforcement Center (LEC). Gonzales was charged on two Union County Warrants, for Failure to Appear (FTA) on an OWI/1st offense charge, and FTA on five-counts of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor. Gonzales was later released on a $2,200 cash or surety bond.
And, at around 7:30-p.m., Tuesday, 18-year-old John Jeremy Scarpello, of Creston, was arrested at his residence for Violation of No Contact/Protective Order. Scarpello was being held without bond in the Union County Jail, until seen by the Magistrate.
(Iowa DNR News) – Athletes from 120 teams across Iowa converged on the Iowa State Trapshooting Homegrounds, north of Cedar Falls, June 3-9 for the 2024 Scholastic Clay Target Program State Trap Shooting Championship. During the event, two young women from Underwood, Lacey Gangwish and Quincy O’Donnell, were named to the Ladies Singles Trap – All State Team. They were also named to the Ladies High-All-Around Trap Team.
More than 3,000 athletes ranging from 4th grade through high school shot nearly 780,000 clay targets for the week. Athletes competed in three different competitions; singles trap, doubles trap, and handicap trap. The Ankeny Centennial Jaguars were the top Varsity squad in Singles and Handicap, while the Pleasant Valley Trap Team were Varsity Squad Champions in Doubles Trap. Individual honors are also awarded by age group for each discipline.
State Trap Shoot
A complete list of the results can be found online at: https://bit.ly/2024TrapResults.
The All-State team for singles trap is determined by the combination of the athlete’s league score and the Championship Event Score.
All-State Teams
Ladies Singles Trap – All State Team
Men’s Singles Trap – All State Team
The High-All-Around Trap team is determined by the combination of the athlete’s Trap Singles, Doubles, and Handicap Championship Events Scores.
High-All-Around Trap Teams
Ladies Trap High-All-Around
Men’s Trap High-All-Around
The Scholastic Clay Target Program is the largest, fastest growing, and most exciting youth clay target program in the U.S. Student athletes from elementary through high school and college have the opportunity to compete in sports such as trap, skeet, and sporting clays, as well as Olympic disciplines like bunker trap and international skeet.
The Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) are youth development programs that promote shooting sports and competitive shooting. The program’s goal is to instill personal values and character traits, such as fair play, compassionate understanding, individual responsibility, sportsmanship, self-discipline, and personal commitment in young people.
(Radio Iowa) – State, federal and local agencies are coming together with farm industry groups for three one-day events to help those in agriculture who have been hit by the recent severe weather. FEMA’s Jessica Pugh said the Agriculture Recovery Center events are for those impacted by the storms. “They will kind of be walked through events designed as resource fairs to provide information on addressing agricultural needs that are not covered by standard programs within FEMA or the state of Iowa,” she says. The first one is Thursday from noon until 8 pm at the Treynor Community Center in Pottawattamie County. Pugh says there are a lot of different types of agriculture that have been hit by the severe weather.
“As an example, just recently we had a conversation about honey bee damage. There was a honeybee agribusiness that was impacted by the tornadoes and their business was obviously sustained physical damage, and it would not be covered by individual assistance or public assistance under FEMA,” Pugh says. She says you need to bring identification and verification of where you live.
“So your driver’s license or an I-D would be great. If you have damage, photos of the damage is always helpful. If you have your insurance documents that say what’s covered and what’s not covered, that’s also helpful so that we can look at what’s covered and what’s not,” she says. “And we’ll also have our individual assistance and Disaster Survivor Assistance programs on the ground for anyone who hasn’t been able to get with those programs yet.” Pugh says this is a great opportunity to access all the information in one stop. 
“I would encourage you to come out even if you aren’t 100 percent sure that your items may be covered,” Pugh says. “We’d love to have a conversation with you and just see if things can be worked out.” The second Agriculture Recovery Center is set for June 18th in Union County at the Southwestern Community College in Creston. The place and time for the third event is still being finalized.
(Radio Iowa) – The champion of last year’s NASCAR Cup Series will be in Iowa for Sunday’s race at the Iowa Speedway, but also to raise money for the Iowa chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association on Saturday night. Ryan Blaney (BLAY-nee), who drives the number-12 Mustang, will host “Dinner with the Champions” at the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum in Knoxville. Association spokeswoman Lauren Livingston says Blaney is bringing his dad and his uncle, both of whom were top drivers as well.
Established in 2018, the Ryan Blaney Family Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to supporting brain health causes, with a focus on Alzheimer’s disease and concussion — so she says donations for the event are tax deductible.
The Blaney Family has many ties to not only dirt racing, but to Knoxville and Iowa. Ryan Blaney’s mother, Lisa, is a Chariton native, and Ryan’s father, Dave, won the Knoxville Nationals in 1997. Ryan’s uncle, Dale, competed in the Knoxville Nationals several times, and his grandfather, Lou, finished 4th in the Knoxville Nationals in 1974. Speaking of Lou, Livingston says the Blaney family has a personal connection to Alzheimer’s.
Those resources include the Alzheimer’s Association’s free 24/7 Helpline at 800-272-3900. Some seven-million Americans have Alzheimer’s dementia, including more than 62-thousand Iowans, while nearly 100-thousand Iowans provide unpaid care to loved ones living with the disease.
On the web:
Tickets: iowa.cbo.io
Alzheimer’s Association: alz.org
(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department reports a man from Oklahoma was arrested Tuesday night, in Stanton. Authorities say after a brief investigation, 54-year-old Michael A. McKay, of Sand Springs, OK, was taken into custody at around 9:20-p.m. in the 600 block of Halland Street, in Stanton. McKay was transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where his Breath Alcohol Content (BAC) registered .148 %.
McKay was booked into the jail on a charge of Public Intoxication/1st offense. His bond was set at $300.
RIVERSIDE, Iowa (KCRG) – A former southeast Iowa commercial dog breeding facility owner has pled guilty in connection to an animal neglect case from last year. In August 2023, Iowa City Animal Services assisted law enforcement with taking in 131 dogs as they investigated animal welfare concerns in the 3000 block of 540th Street SW in Riverside. Experts say physical exams showed that the dogs had developed conditions caused by failure of adequate care.
Owner Loren Yoder surrendered his commercial breeding license shortly after the animal welfare inspection. As part of the plea agreement, Yoder pled guilty to 5 counts of Animal Neglect with Injury. He was sentenced 1 year of self-supervised probation. If Yoder violates that probation, he will then be sent to prison for 1 year.
Yoder will also be unable to obtain a canine breeding license as part of the agreement.
ORIENT, Iowa [KCCI] — For the first time in nearly a decade, a school district in Iowa is closing its doors for good. The Orient-Macksburg School Board voted Monday night to dissolve the district. During the school board meeting, officials said low enrollment, staffing issues and financial shortfalls all led up to the decision.
It’s still not clear where the 160 Orient-Macksburg students will attend in the fall of 2025. Moving forward the school board will have to form a committee to figure out how the school district will be divvied up and consumed by the surrounding districts.
The next step for students will be up to voters. Once officials come up with a proposal, people in each impacted school district will vote on the plan in a special election. If the proposal is voted down, the director at the Iowa Department of Education will make the decision.
The O-M District issued this statement late Wednesday morning on social media:
“While this was a difficult and emotional decision to make, during the regular school board meeting on June 10, the Orient-Macksburg Board of Education unanimously approved a motion to begin the process for dissolution. A dissolution committee consisting of seven members has been established as required by the dissolution process. Two election options are available for district patrons to vote on the dissolution question: September, 2024 and March, 2025. It is likely the vote would occur in March, 2025 because of the amount of decisions that need to be made prior to an election. If approved by voters, dissolution would become effective on June 30, 2025. In addition, the board is considering the creation of committees for memorabilia and the district facilities. As more information is available, additional communication will be provided. The next regular board meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 15, beginning at 5:30 p.m.”
GREENFIELD, Iowa — The Adair County community of Greenfield will host still RAGBRAI® riders in July as planned despite last month’s deadly tornado, according to event organizers. The 2024 route announced earlier this spring starts in Glenwood and ends in Burlington. Day three included Greenfield as the meeting town between Atlantic and Winterset.
That plan came into question after multiple tornadoes swept through Iowa this spring, including a May 21 tornado that destroyed more than 100 homes and killed four people in Greenfield. On Tuesday, organizers in a press release clarified the community’s status ahead of the ride, saying in-part:
“After careful consideration and many conversations with local officials and partners, we have decided to welcome the RAGBRAI community on this year’s ride,” RAGBRAI Greenfield committee co-chair Gina School said in a news release. “We have changed our theme for the day to Greenfield Strong, Rising After the Storm.” (read the full statement below)
RAGBRAI LI is scheduled to begin Sunday, July 21 and end Saturday, July 27. It’s among the shortest routes in ride history, but with 18,737 feet of climb, it’s the hilliest ride ever.
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