June 21, 2021, Atlantic, IA – SHIFT ATL has announced their Farm to Table Dinner experience fundraiser event is SOLD OUT! However, there are still unlimited tickets available for the evening entertainment: Pianopalooza dueling pianos and beer garden.

The event will be held on July 17, 2021, on 4th Street between Chestnut Street and Walnut Street. Gates to enter for the dueling pianos will be on 4th and Chestnut and 4th and Walnut. Featured in the beer garden will be spirits from Revelton Distillery out of Osceola (Iowa). They recently were awarded five top awards from an international craft spirit competition Microliquor Spirit Awards (MLSA) for their honey whiskey and mulberry gin, both of which will be stocked in the bar at the Farm to Table dinner for attendees to try!

Tickets for just the dueling piano entertainment can be purchased before the event for $15/person or they will be $20/person the night of at the door. Gates will open for the dueling pianos at 7:30 p.m., following the Farm to Table dinner. Drink tickets can only be purchased at the event. Funds raised from this event will help support the group in filling their funding gap to complete the renovations at their 14 e 4th Street project. All additional money raised will roll into the organization’s budget to be used for new economic and/or community development projects or events.

SHIFT ATL, a 501(c)3 nonprofit formed in 2019, continues to build upon their broad but straightforward vision for the place they have made home: to shift the direction of Atlantic’s social and economic development opportunities by leveraging partnerships and strengthening social bonds within the community. They intend to revitalize Atlantic through projects, services and programs that will enhance the community and foster a sense of growth. Their inaugural project, renovating The Telegraph (formerly known as the Downtowner), saw construction start in
November of 2020. Werts Construction (Frazer Werts and team), Camblin Mechanical and Berg Electric have been executing against the renovation plan for the past six months and have made great progress.

They have completed demolition, stabilized, plumbed, poured a new floor, roughed in electrical, insulated and hung drywall in the building. The crew is now ready to start on the finishing touches on the upper story. SHIFT ATL will still be completing a 2-bedroom AirBnB on the upper story. The lower level commercial space is currently without a tenant, but the organization has ideas for what they would like to see occupy this space and are excited about the potential this space holds for the community of Atlantic.

To purchase tickets for the dueling pianos, visit shiftatl.org/dinner or visit the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce. To learn more about each project, to donate or to get involved, contact shiftatlantic@gmail.com, visit the website shiftatl.org or facebook page, @shiftatl.

The body of an adult male was discovered in the Missouri River,  Sunday. According to the Monona County Sheriff’s Office, the body was found by a fisherman around noon, near Onawa. The man was only identified as an adult, Black male. The body was recovered and taken to the medical examiner in Sioux City.

No further information was released.

(Radio Iowa) – A former Cedar Rapids hospital employee has been fined a thousand dollars and sentenced to five years of probation for what the judge described as weaponizing her EX-boyfriend’s medical records. Forty-one-year-old Jennifer Lynne Bacor, who now lives in Las Vegas, was a patient care technician at a Cedar Rapids hospital where her former boyfriend was treated in 2017.

Bacor admits she used her login credentials to look at her ex’s health data several times, even though he was not one of her patients. She shared the image of one of his injuries with someone else. That person then used Facebook messenger to send the image to the ex-boyfriend and others — along with taunting emojis and text, according to prosecutors.

Stuart Fire and Rescue personnel responded at around 6:05-p.m. Saturday, to a reported corn crib fire off of 272^nd Street. While en route Stuart Fire requested Redfield fire to assist due to the location and dry conditions. Upon arrival fire crews found a fully involved corn crib along with a boat and a grain bin containing random items that were all also fully involved. Crews made a quick knock down and extinguished the fire before it could spread to any other surrounding exposures.

Stuart police also provided assistance at the scene. There were no injuries reported.

(Photos via Stuart Fire Department’s Facebook page.)

The Creston Police Department reports two arrests and one home break-in. Authorities say at around 9:30-a.m. Sunday, 37-year-old Robert Kingery, of Creston, was arrested in the 200 block of Myrtle, on an Assault charge. Kingery was released from the Union County Jail on a $300 bond. And, at around 7:50-a.m. Friday, Creston Police arrested 41-year-old Bart Dunkerson, of Creston, at his residence. Dunkerson was taken into custody on charges of Possession of a Controlled Substance 1st Offense and Possession of Paraphernalia. He was released from the Union County Jail on a $1,300 bond.

Sunday morning, a Creston woman residing in the 200 block of S. Lincoln Street, reported to Police that sometime over the past week, her home was broken into and numerous items were taken. The items include: 2 Jewelry Boxes with jewelry; 2 Amazon Fire Sticks; a Tablet; 2 suitcases, and a Smith and Wesson .380 with sight in a Sleeve Holster.  The loss was estimated at approximately $2,110.

Atlantic, IA — Officials with Cass Health in Atlantic report, beginning Monday, June 28, 2021, the Cass Health Main Entrance and Parking Lot A will be closed temporarily due to construction.
Crews will be replacing the driveway to the building, and the work is expected to continue through October. Cass Health Chief Financial Officer Abbey Stangl says “There’s never a great time to close your main parking lot and entrance, but we chose to do this work during the summer and early fall so that we could have it wrapped up prior to any inclement weather this winter.” Stangl says “The goal of this portion of construction is to improve our patients’ safety and ease of access into the building. While we hate to inconvenience anyone, the long-term gain will be worth it.”

While the parking lot and entrance are closed, all patients and visitors should use Emergency Drive to access parking lots B and C. Patients and visitors should use the Emergency entrance; PT, OT, Speech, and Radiology patients can use the Rehabilitation Services entrance. Free valet parking is available Monday through Friday from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm.