(Red Oak, Iowa) – A traffic stop at around 9:15-p.m. Wednesday, in Red Oak, resulted in the arrest of a man from Pottawattamie County. Red Oak Police report 24-year-old Austin Keith Shannon, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at the intersection of N. 8th St. and Highway 34, for Driving While License is Denied, Suspended, Canceled or Revoked. Shannon was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on bond amounting to $491.25.
JOHN MARTIN POTTER, 65, of Des Moines, died Dec. 11, 2023, at home. A Memorial service for JOHN POTTER will be held 2-p.m. April 6th, at the Methodist Church in Irwin. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Visitation at the church is on April 6th, from 1-until 2-p.m.
Burial is in the Jacksonville Cemetery at Jacksonville (IA).
JOHN POTTER is survived by:
His sisters – Noreen (Rod) Shannon, of Manilla; Judy (Robert) Tillwick, and Paula (Barry) Ray, all of Omaha, NE.
Other relatives and friends.
PELIA JOY SMITH, 6 days old, died Saturday, March 16, 2024, at Methodist Women’s Hospital. A Memorial service for PELIA JOY SMITH will be held 2-p.m. Sunday, March 24th, at the Grace Baptist Church in Harlan. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Visitation at Grace Baptist Church is on Sunday, from 1-until 2-p.m.
PELIA JOY SMITH is survived by:
Her parents – Sonjia & Bernus Smith, of Harlan
Her grandparents – Scott & Billie Phipps of Harlan, and Octavia Smith of Georgetown, SC
Her aunts and uncles.
VINITA GRAVETT-STRICKLAND, 83, of Anita [& formerly of Council Bluffs], died Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic. Funeral services for VINITA GRAVETT-STRICKLAND will be held 10:30-a.m. Thursday, March 28th, 2024, at Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic.
A visitation with family present is on Thursday, from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service.; A luncheon will follow the funeral service.
Burial is at the Garner Cemetery south of Bridgewater.
Memorials may be made to the family for later designation to College of the Ozarks Music Department.
VINITA GRAVETT-STRICKLAND is survived by her husband, David Strickland, of Anita.
Condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.
Today: Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s. East winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming southeast this afternoon.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Friday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to around 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent
Saturday: Mostly sunny in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s. Northeast winds around 10 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Saturday Night: Cloudy. A chance of rain and snow after midnight. Breezy with lows in the lower 30s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Sunday: Rain, windy with highs in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 90 percent.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 44. The Low was 24. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 51 and the Low was 38. The Record High for March 21st in Atlantic, was 88 in 1907. The Record Low was -7 in 1960. Sunrise: 7:22. Sunset: 7:33-p.m.
(Radio Iowa) – Republicans on a Senate committee are advancing a proposed amendment to the Iowa Constitution that would make a single-rate “flat tax” the only legal kind of state income tax. The proposal cleared the Senate Ways and Means Committee with yes votes from the 11 Republicans on the panel, but none of them publicly discussed the proposal. Senator Herman Quirmbach of Ames is one of the six Democrats on the panel who voted against it.
“By flattening the income tax, which you’re principally going, what you’re doing is reducing taxaction on high income earners,” Quirmbach said. Iowa has had a graduated income tax for decades, with higher rates for Iowans earning higher incomes. Quirmbach says in a few years the state will have to raise other taxes, like the sales tax, if the state income tax is permanently flattened to one single rate.
“What cuts in services are you proposing? What increases in other taxes are you proposing?” Quirmbach asked. Senator Cindy Winckler, a Democrat from Davenport, says Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania are the only states that have a flat income tax requirement in their state constitutions. “They all have quite different make up of industries and revenue streams,” Winckler said. “We can’t identify that one size certainly fits all.”
Under current law, Iowa’s individual income tax is scheduled to shrink to a flat rate of three-point-nine percent by January of 2026. Governor Reynolds has proposed a lower rate, to take effect retroactively to January 1st of this year. The governor has also said her ultimate goal is to eliminate the state income tax by January 1st of 2027.
The Tri-Center Trojans girl’s season is off to a fresh start. The Trojans have 25 plus participants out for track and are coached by Lexi Cochran.
Coach Cochran recapped on how last season went for the Trojan’s
Coach Cochran said she is going to have a good group of returning athletes.
Coach Cochran says practice has been going great this season.
Coach Cochran talked about what her big goals for the year.
The Trojans next track meet will be the Audubon Invitational on Tuesday March 26th. That Invitation will be begin at 4:30 p.m.
The AHSTW Vikings Boys track season has started. The Vikings have 15 high schoolers out and coached by Jackson Renberg.
Coach Renberg gave a brief recap of last season.
Coach Renberg talked about how practice is going so far.
Coach Renberg mentioned his squad’s goals for this season.
The Vikings next meet will be at the Audubon Invitational on Tuesday March 26th. That invitational will start at 4:30 p.m
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Iowa State (11-16) dropped Wednesday afternoon’s contest to Kansas City (11-18) in the City of Fountains, 3-7.
Iowa State claimed an early two-run lead, but four Cyclone errors proved too much to overcome, as ISU dropped its second midweek game of the season.
Ashley Minor was a bright spot for the Cyclones, as the sophomore recorded a game-high three hits and all three Cyclone RBI. Milaysia Ochoa and Angelina Allen were the lone other Cyclones to tally a hit.
Karlie Charles started in the circle for ISU, allowing two runs in three innings of work. Aziza Rodriguez (3-5) relieved Charles and tallied 2.1 innings of action before Lauren Schurman finished the game.
Kansas City’s starting pitcher went the distance, as three different Roos recorded multiple hits on the day.
On Deck
The Cyclones will be back in action this weekend, when they return to the Cyclone Sports Complex for a Big 12 weekend series against the Texas Tech Red Raiders. ISU and TTU are set to kick things off on Friday, March 22, at 4 p.m. pending any weather-related changes.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic City Council, Wednesday (March 20), reviewed bids for construction of the Atlantic Splashpad, and awarded a contract for the project to the Henley Group, LLC, in Muscatine. Their bid was $552,084, which was below the engineer’s estimated cost of $611,328, or $59,244 less than expected.
Snyder and Associates Engineer Dave Sturm said the Henley Group has completed four similar projects, with other such projects under contract. The company came highly recommended when their references were checked-out. Sturm said they plan on getting construction underway beginning this Summer, with complete by the end of the Summer.
Mayor Garrett hugs City Clerk Barb Barrick
In other business, Atlantic Mayor Grace Garrett presented City Clerk Barb Barrick with a plaque for her service to the City. Barrick’s last day is Friday. She has accepted a position with the City of Huxley. The Council tabled a Resolution approving a professional services agreement with Barrick, that would temporarily provide City Clerk Consulting Services to the City.
The Council, upon recommendation by the City’s Personnel & Finance Committee, approved the appointment of Rich Tupper as Acting City Clerk.
Rich Tupper sworn-in as Acting City Clerk
The Council also passed an Order to Adopt a Memorandum or Understanding (MOU) between the City and the Nishna Valley YMCA, for 2024 management of the Sunnyside Pool, and a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the AFSME Council 61, with regard to City Employees represented by the Union. They tabled, however, a contract extension with Retail Coach, until a City-proposed renewal fee can be presented to the retail recruiter for their approval. Retail Coach had proposed a $15,000 contracted for their services, with $10,000 up-front.
The City proposes the $15,000 be broken into three payments: $5,000 up-front, $5,000 after a three-month review, and the last payment after a six-month review.
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