Iowa sophomore corner DeShaun Lee credits defensive coordinator Phil Parker for his early success. Lee started six games last season as a red-shirt freshman and says Parker is preparing him for an even bigger role this season.
Lee says Parker does a lot of his teaching in the film room.
The Hawkeyes open the season on August 31st against Illinois State.
Atlantic, IA – The Southwest Iowa Housing Trust Fund (SWIHTF), a non-profit administered by Southwest Iowa Planning Council (SWIPCO), was recently awarded a $125,000 grant from the Iowa West Foundation for 2024, to be used for housing repairs. Officials says SWIPCO was able to leverage the grant funds along with other grant monies, to complete wide ranging housing repairs across the region.
As an example, projects completed in the past year have included a bathroom remodel and plumbing fix, new air conditioning unit and installation, and a foundation repair, just to name a few. Sixteen projects were completed in 2023 with Iowa West funds and SWIPCO has completed or is finishing 44 home repair projects from 2023 funding. The repairs are completed for income qualified recipients and can address both long term and urgent needs.
SWIPCO Community Development Director Erin Hudson described the importance of the funding, saying “Iowa West Foundation grants make immediate differences. They are owner centered, so SWIPCO places the needs of the homeowner first and foremost. We work with the homeowner and contractors to assure everything works out to everyone’s satisfaction. Iowa West Foundation monies assist SWIPCO to help in home repairs that we may not otherwise be able to accomplish.”
Photos of the completed bathroom project and of the resident; Cynthia Samuel in the updated room. (Photos & info. courtesy SWIPCO Communications Coordinator Chris Parks)
The mission of the Iowa West Foundation is to improve lives and strengthen communities for current and future generations. Partnerships with local casinos Ameristar, Harrah’s, and Horseshoe make it possible for the Foundation to continuously award outcome-focused grants in southwest Iowa communities. Fees from gaming and income from Foundation investments provide funding for programs and projects that benefit the residents of 14 counties in southwest Iowa.
SWIPCO is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
(Radio Iowa) – The wet spring is expected to impact the pheasant population in some areas of the state, but D-N-R wildlife biologist Todd Bogenshutz says Iowa’s quail should be okay. “I’m getting pretty positive reports on quail and so it could be that our quail numbers will go up,” he says. “I mean you know we’re on the northern fringe of the range so winter really affects our quail numbers probably more than anything and it was a pretty mild winter.”
Bogenschutz says that’s due in part to their background. “You know quail actually are native to the state and so they’re more adapted to our climate here than peasants,” Bogenschutz says.
bobwhite quail
He’ll find out more about both quail and pheasants during the annual roadside counts in August.
(Radio Iowa) – Governor Kim Reynolds says portable classrooms being set up for students in Rock Valley will have a different use once repairs to the community’s flood damaged schools are completed. “The entire schools, both public and private, were wiped out — the K-12 — so we found a temporary classroom that we believe, when we’re done, we’ll be able to set up and use them for child care facilities in some of our rural areas, too,” Reynolds says, “so we found a dual purpose.”
The governor was asked about Iowa’s string of severe weather during her appearance at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) conference in Colorado. She said Iowa Department of Transportation dump trucks have made several thousand trips to haul away debris from flood-ravaged neighborhoods. “People’s belongings that were on the curb,” Reynolds said, “and that brought some hope to them because they had to stare at that every day.”
Governor Reynolds, on right, with ALEC CEO Lisa B. Nelson at the group’s annual convention in Colorado. (ALEC photo)
While the vast majority of direct government assistance for Iowa flood victims is coming from the federal government, Reynolds says an agreement among states is filling a few gaps. It’s called the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. “We’ve had electricians come in from some of the states just to help,” the governor said.
At least 5000 Iowa homes have been damaged by tornadoes and flooding this spring and summer and state officials say 2000 homes have been completely destroyed.
(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club is petitioning the EPA to remove a state agency’s authority to enforce the Clean Water Act. The group claims the Department of Natural Resources has failed to enforce the federal law for years. The petition says over 450 Iowa cattle feeding and industrial operations are dumping waste into waterways, despite expired permits.
Wally Taylor, the chapter’s legal chair, says the DNR has also failed to prioritize protecting the state’s highest-quality rivers and streams. “Many of the streams that should be top priority are down in levels three and four, which are the lowest priority,” Taylor says. “That includes ‘Outstanding Iowa Waters,’ which include trout streams in northeast Iowa.”
Waste permits must be renewed every five years, though he says some haven’t been renewed since the early 2000s. Taylor says while DNR funding has gone down over the years, he believes failure to enforce the Clean Water Act has been deliberate. “Over the years it’s been a lack of will,” he says, “and in the past few years, it’s been – I think – a definite intent not to enforce the Clean Water Act.”
Taylor adds that the Sierra Club has supported additional funding for the DNR in the past to make clean water enforcement more feasible.
(contributed by Grant Winterer, Iowa Public Radio)
FOR SALE: Disney movies for sale…Princess & the Frog and Tangled on DVD/Blu Ray and Moana on DVD. $10 for all 3. Can delivered in Atlantic, Elk Horn and Audubon. Call 712-304-7830
FOR SALE: 52” ceiling fan $50, 42” ceiling fan $45, 42” hugger ceiling fan $40. All in working order. Newer condition. If interested please call 712-249-2823.
FOR SALE: Puppies. Pug/German Shepherd mix. 3 female and one male. Call 515-537-3913 for more information and pictures.
FOR SALE: Quilting frame. Has four stands to support it. Asking $15. Call 712-784-3452
FOR SALE: 2005 Chevy Colorado pickup…$4,000. Also a small utility trailer. Measures 4×6 with a metal frame. Asking $400. Call 712-249-9573
FOR SALE: LG -14,000BTU AC. Has Wi-Fi and remote. Quiet compared to other AC’S, $295. ROKU Streambar- $40. Call 531-530-9492.
FOR SALE: Prices reduced, (2) ALL PRO adjustable ankle weights with 20 lb capacity each – $40.00 each. New men’s size 14 Nike Revolution running shoes – $45.00. Vintage Hobart Mfg. Co. 3 lb. candy scale – serial # 1197896 Style 100 – $200.00. Phone : 641-745-7505.
FOR SALE: A Huffy bike, gold-colored fireplace set, and 2 wooden roller carts for microwaves. Best offer. Call 243-4308.
FOR SALE: 6 drawer dresser, $5; SOLD! 3 1/2 horsepower Briggs & Stratten lawn mower engine, $20; 2 door cabinet, $3. SOLD! Call 712-304-4556.
WANTED: A small pickup to buy or trade for a 2002 Ford Explorer. Also looking for an owners manual for a Deluxe brand scooter. Call Fred 712-243-4016
ROBERT L. DIERKING, 90, of Atlantic (& formerly of Walnut), died Monday, July 29, 2024, at the Allen Place in Atlantic. Funeral services for ROBERT DIERKING will be held 11-a.m. Thursday, August 1st, 2024, at the Calvary Baptist Church in Walnut. Schmidt Family Funeral Home of Atlantic has the arrangements.
Visitation will be held from 10 am till the time of services at the church on Thursday.
A luncheon will take place at the church, following the service.
Burial will be held at 2:30 pm Thursday, in the Scranton Township Cemetery near Scranton, IA.
ROBERT DIERKING is survived by:
His wife of 69 years – Izetta.
His daughters – Jody (Dan) Jackson, and Deb (Mike) Martin.
5 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, 5 great-great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.
Condolences can be sent at: schmidtfamilyfh.com
(Radio Iowa) – Vice President Kamala Harris is making an Iowa law that took effect this (Monday) morning part of her campaign against former President Donald Trump. “Today Iowa put in place a Trump abortion ban, which makes Iowa the 22nd state in our country to have a Trump abortion ban,” Harris said in a campaign video, “and this ban is going to take effect before many women even know they’re pregnant.” Iowa’s law bans abortion after fetal activity can be detected, which is around the sixth week of a pregnancy.
“One in three women of reproductive age in America lives in a state with a Trump abortion ban,” Harris said, “so what we need to do is vote ’cause I’m going to tell you something, when I am president of the United States, I will sign into law the protections for reproductive freedom.”
Trump held a rally in Minnesota on Saturday and called Harris “an absolute radical on abortion.” Trump appointed three of the six U-S Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v Wade in 2022 and Trump has said the ruling leaves it up to states to decide abortion policy.
For the past 40 years, the G-O-P’s national platform had called for federal restrictions on abortion, but Trump’s campaign led development of the party platform for 2024 that says the abortion issue should be left to the states.
(Red Oak, Iowa) – A man from Union County was arrested on Assault charges Sunday night, in Red Oak. According to Red Oak Police, 35-year-old Clinton Harold Overton, of Creston, was arrested after officers were called at around 8:40-p.m. to the 400 block of Grimes Street, in Red Oak, for a reported domestic assault that had allegedly occurred. Officers found – outside a residence – a “very intoxicated male subject and two victims, who had minor injuries.”
Following an investigation, Overton was arrested for two counts of Domestic Abuse Assault/1st offense. He was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail. Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted Red Oak Police at the scene.
(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports five arrests occurred over the past week. At around 3:20-a.m. Saturday (July 27), 36-year-old Larry Dwight Yeager, of Anita, was arrested by Stuart Police, following a traffic stop on the Interstate 80 westbound ramp to S. Division Street North. Following an investigation, Yeager was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana – 1st offense, and Possession of drug paraphernalia (marijuana pipe and THC vape). He was transported to the Adair County Jail and released soon afterward on a citation.
Friday afternoon, 20-year-old Ryan James H. Cook, II, of Anita, was arrested on an Adair County warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault-Injury or Mental Illness/1st offense. He was released on a $1,000 cash or surety bond. Friday morning, Adair County Deputies arrested 53-year-old Robert Charles Hughes, of Greenfield, on an Adair County warrant for two-counts of Sex Offender – Area/Activity Violation – each a 1st offense. Hughes was later released on a $2,000 C/S bond.
Last Wednesday (July 24), 48-year-old Tommy Dwayne Watters, of Lorimor, was detained in Adair County, following a traffic stop. Watters was subsequently charged with Driving While Barred. He was also issued written warnings for Improper rear lamps and Failure to Provide Proof of Financial Liability. Watters was issued a citation and released at the scene of the traffic stop.
And, on July 21st, an Iowa Department of Natural Resources officer arrested 63-year-old Steven Leroy Sweny, of Elk Horn, NE, following an investigation into a reported motorist that was pulled over on I-80 eastbound at mile marker 77 in Adair County. State Radio Dispatch had taken several reports of a 2011 Toyota Corolla that was swerving all over the road and almost hitting the guard rails and other vehicles. The DNR officer located the vehicle described and spoke with Sweny, who displayed signs of impairment. Testing at the Adair County Law Enforcement Center indicated his level of intoxication to be .172%, or slightly more than twice the legal limit.
Sweny was charged with OWI/1st offense. He was released later that night on a $1,000 C/S bond.
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