The 8:05-a.m. newscast w/Ric Hanson.
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(Radio Iowa) – Organizers in Pella are planning to bring back the city’s annual tulip festival in one month. Festival board member, Cyndi Atkins, says they are excited about the return after COVID-19 forced the cancellation of last year’s festival. “Our theme this year — Back in Bloom — so we are going to be back with thousands and thousands of tulips, lots of people in Dutch costumes,” Atkins says. The annual festival, which started in 1935, had only been canceled once before, back in 1946. “Last year was hard because it definitely was a hit to the Pella Historical Society budget. They cut their budget, here, there, and everywhere. They were documented as a 150-thousand dollars that they needed to cut out of their budget,” she says.
Atkins says the event from May 6th through the 8th will have some modifications to keep everyone safe. “We’re trying very hard to make sure we can make this one be a successful festival, so that we can continue to raise funds to support the local historic village,” according to Atkins. “And also so there is a way for a lot of the non-profits who run the food stands, and the vendors in the West Market Park craft area, to have a chance to actually make some of the funds this year that they would make in a normal year.” Atkins says many of the vendors are local churches and organizations that fund projects with the money they make. “So many of these other vendors — they’re raising money for wonderful causes — it’s heartwarming,” Atkins says.
Atkins says she’s already seen tulips poking out of the ground and expects that to continue as things warm up. “The city and the historical village and Central College and others who plant large, large gardens do a really good job of planting tulips that bloom, early, mid and late,” Atkins says. “So that some might have bloomed and be gone before people arrived, but there’s always some that are coming that will still be blooming and continue as we push into late May. That’s just the way it works so that we can have something and we can see them bloom.”
Activities will begin each day in Pella around 9 a-m and continue until the lighted parade floats go dim around 9:30 p-m.
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Jim Field visits with Nishna Valley Family YMCA Executive Director Dan Haynes about a community discussion about the future of local recreation coming up on Tuesday, April 6 at 6:30 pm at the Cass County Community Center.
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The Creston Police Department reports four arrests took place over the past few days. At around 2:18-a.m. today (Monday), 24-year-old Keegan Williams (No address given) was arrested at 301 W Adams on the charges of Trespass and Interference with Official Acts. Williams was being held in the Union County Jail on a $600 bond. A little before 2-a.m., Sunday, Creston Police arrested 21-year-old Ashley Clymer, of Mt Ayr, in the 300 block of W. Adams. Clymer was charged with Urinating in Public. She was released from the Union County Jail on a $300 bond.
Saturday night, 39-year-old Scott Lemon, of Creston, was arrested at his residence on the charge of Domestic Assault causing injury. He was released from the Union County Jail on a $2000 bond. And, at around 1:20-a.m., Saturday, 21-year-old Paige Aeschliman, of Corning, was arrested in Creston for OWI 1st Offense. She was released from the Union County Jail on a $1000 bond.
The 7:06-a.m. report from News Director Ric Hanson.
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A Public Hearing will be held 7-p.m. Tuesday (April 6th) in the Audubon High School Board Room, with regard to the FY22 ACSD Budget. Once the hearing convenes, the proposed 2021-22 Budget will be presented and discussed. If there are no objections,, the Board will adjourn the hearing and convene a Special Session to approve the Budget as proposed. Anyone wishing to comment during the hearing and/or meeting, should contact Superintendent Eric Trager or Board President Mark Nissen, prior to the close of Tuesday’s regular school day.
(Radio Iowa) – Iowa three time national champion Spencer Lee’s Olympic dream is on hold, again. Lee skipped the U-S trials over the weekend in Fort Worth, Texas after tearing an ACL prior to winning a title at last months NCAA Tournament in St. Louis. Lee says winning Olympic gold is his ultimate dream and the decision to withdraw was made with input from Hawkeye coach Tom Brands.
Lee says after having the Tokyo Olympics postponed last year due to COVID it was a difficult decision to make.
(Radio Iowa) – After winning numerous national awards Iowa’s Luka Garza is setting his sights on the NBA Draft. Garza averaged better than 24 points and nearly nine rebounds as the Hawkeyes finished 22-9 and made it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Garza is taking a couple of weeks off before jumping into his workouts.
Garza says he enjoys the offseason workouts.
The NBA Draft is July 29th