Hawkeye Ten
Creston 2 St, Albert 0
Glenwood 16, Atlantic 0
Harlan 12, Red Oak 0
Harlan 13, Red Oak 3
Western Iowa Conference
Missouri Valley 10l Audubon 4
Underwood 5, Tri-Center 0
Rolling Valley Conference
CAM 15, Ar-We-Va 0
Exira-EHK 6, Glidden-Ralston 5
Woodbine 12, South Central Calhoun 2
Corner Conference
Fremont-Mills 10, Griswold 1
West Central Activities Conference
Ogden 3, ACGC 2
Woodward-Granger 5, West Central Valley 1
Pleasantville 16, Earlham 0
Panorama 13, Madrid 7
(Radio Iowa) – A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of Iowa’s immigration law to make illegal reentry a state crime. The law is designed to give state officials authority to arrest and deport immigrants who’d previously been deported or denied legal entry into the U.S. It was scheduled to go into effect July 1st.
In his ruling, U-S District Court Judge Stephen Locher said as a matter of politics, the new legislation might be defensible, but he said as a matter of constitutional law, it is not. Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird will appeal the ruling. Governor Kim Reynolds says President Biden is failing to enforce federal immigration law and the state law she signed is designed to protect Iowans from the border crisis.
Last month the U.S. Department of Justice and Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice filed lawsuits seeking to block the law from being enforced. An attorney from the American Immigration Council says the Iowa law is blatantly unconstitutional and could have led to prosecution of some immigrants who’d previously been deported, but now have current legal status to live in the U-S.
DES MOINES, Iowa — FEMA is opening Disaster Recovery Centers in Clarke, Polk and Pottawattamie counties to provide one-on-one help to people affected by severe storms, tornadoes and flooding this spring.
Recovery specialists from FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration will provide information on available services, explain assistance programs and help survivors complete or check the status of their applications.
CLARKE COUNTY
Clarke County Annex Building 109 South Main Street Osceola, IA 50213
Open 1-7 p.m. June 17
8 a.m.-7 p.m. June 18-20
POLK COUNTY
Riley Resource Group 4400 E. University Ave. Pleasant Hill, IA 50327 1-7 p.m. June 18
8 a.m.-7 p.m. June 19-21
POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY
Charles E. Lakin Human Services Campus
North Parking Lot 815 North 16th Street
Council Bluffs, IA 51501 Open 1-7 p.m. June 18
8 a.m.-7 p.m. June 19-21
FEMA funding is available to homeowners and renters for severe storms, tornadoes and flooding that happened May 20-31 in the counties of Adair, Montgomery, Polk and Story. FEMA funding is also available for homeowners and renters in Clarke, Harrison, Mills, Polk, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Shelby and Union counties for the April 26-27 tornadoes and storms.
To save time, apply online or by phone before visiting a Disaster Recovery Center by:
All centers are accessible to people with disabilities or with access and functional needs. They are equipped with assistive and adaptive technology such as amplified phones, caption phones, video phones, wheelchair ramps and other resources to help ensure all applicants can access resources.
Anyone using a relay service, such as video relay service (VRS), captioned telephone service or others, can give FEMA the number for that service. For an accessible video on three ways to apply for FEMA assistance, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU7wzRjByhI.
(Radio Iowa) – One of the experts in all things creepy-crawly who helps to run Iowa State University’s Insect Zoo just returned from a four-day road trip exclusively to study the rare, double-brood emergence of cicadas. Ginny Mitchell, the I-S-U Insect Zoo’s education program coordinator, says the 13-year and 17-year cicadas are coming out of their underground burrows simultaneously, which only happens once in every 220 years.
Mitchell says the 17-year cicadas can be found in northeastern Iowa along the Illinois border, while the 13-year cicadas are in southeastern Iowa, along the borders with Illinois and Missouri. Their song can be almost deafening, as some estimates say there are perhaps trillions of the bugs emerging across the region.
The inch-long creatures that are appearing now are relatives of the ones that will start buzzing across the rest of Iowa within a few weeks.
Another difference in the three-year versus the 13- and 17-year cicadas is what time of day they choose to make themselves known.
On her road trip, Mitchell says she collected hundreds of both 13- and 17-year cicadas, including adults and nymphs. She plans to cook, yes, cook a variety of them for visitors to sample during the I-S-U Insect Zoo’s “Bug Village” event on August 24th. It will also feature a class called Insect Collecting 101, a Bug Costume Contest, and more than 150 species of living arthropods on display, with plenty of hands-on opportunities.
(Radio Iowa)- The State Transportation Commission has approved the five-year transportation improvement plan. D-O-T systems planner Stuart Anderson says the plan is updated every year, and last year was a difficult one due to inflation.
That meant they had to delay 12 projects in the plan last year. Anderson says the outlook was much different as they updated the plan this year.
There is approximately four-point-five billion dollars of state and federal funding forecast to be available over the next five years for road and bridge improvements in the plan. Anderson says bridges and interchanges get a lot of focus.
The program includes:
You can find the complete five-year plan on the D-O-Ts website. https://www.news.iowadot.gov
(Atlantic, Iowa) – The City Council in Atlantic, Wednesday, will act on approving the appointments of three individuals to the City’s Library Board of Trustees. Their meeting at City Hall begins at 5:30-p.m.
Those nominated include: Kat (Katrina) Niemann; Dianna Blake, and David Schwab. The Atlantic Public Library Board meets the second Monday of each month at 5:30-p.m. Trustees are appointed to a six-year term by the Mayor. Terms end June 30th of the year listed by each member. Once the appointments are approved, each nominated member will be administered the Oath of Office by the Mayor.
Afterward, the Council will hold a public hearing on Amending the Fiscal Year 2024 City of Atlantic Budget, followed by action on passing a Resolution amending the same. The amendment was prepared by the City’s financial consultant from the Iowa League of Cities, Teresa Rotschafer. A copy of the budget amendment as proposed, was previously posted in a separate story on the KJAN.com News page.
In other business, the Council will act on passing a Resolution in “Support of a Partnership between the Atlantic School District and the City of Atlantic, for a School Resource Officer (SRO) Position.” The City’s Personnel and Finance Committee have unanimously recommended the Council move forward with the partnership, with the understanding that a 28E information sharing agreement with the School District must still be reached. City Administrator John Lund notes grants are currently being applied for by both entities, to help get the program up and running, with the intention being to open the position for hire later this Fall, and having someone in place when students return from the Christmas break.
And, the Council’s final order of business, Wednesday, is to act on approving an Order authorizing the closure of selected streets, No Parking requests, and Special Vehicle Permits (to be administered by Police Chief Devin Hogue) for the July 22nd-23rd overnight RAGBRAI® event in Atlantic. The affected streets would be closed from 6-a.m. to 2-a.m. Monday, July 22nd and Tuesday, July 23rd, or when vendor areas are cleared. The streets include:
Temporary No Parking zones (Signs will be put in-place July 21st and removed after the riders leave town on the 23rd), will include the following:
The City will be asking vendors, committees, and groups that feel the need to use a four-wheeler, ATV or golf cart (for used July 22nd or 23rd so as to have easier access to their working areas), to fill-out an application to do so. Those applications (approved by the Chief of Police or his designee, will be given a permit allowing those machines to be used, and must be posted on the “Special Event Vehicle” while in use.
The full City Council agenda is viewable here: City Council Agenda Packet 06-19-2024-compressed
Today: Partly sunny & breezy w/a slight chance of late day showers & thunderstorms. High near 87. South winds 20-40 mph.
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 66. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible. A few strong to severe storms are possible with a thereat of large hail and damaging winds.
Tomorrow: Showers and thunderstorms. High near 73. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tom. Night: Mostly cloudy w/a 60% chance of showers & thunderstorms. Low 62.
Thursday: A 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms. High near 84.
Friday: Mostly sunny w/a slight chance of afternoon showers & thunderstorms. High near 88.
Monday’s high was 91 and this morning’s low 68. This day last year the high was 83 and the low 59. The record high in Atlantic on June 18 is 98 degrees, set in 1910. The record low temperature is 46 degrees, set in 1974 and matched in 2000. Sunrise this morning was at 5:45 am, sunset this evening is at 8:56 pm.
The CAM Cougar baseball team had their strongest showing of the year with a 15-0 run rule victory against the Ar-We-Va Rockets on a windy Monday night. Through the first inning it looked to be a competitive ball game as the Cougars could only manage to score 1 run from a Bradyen Chester RBI double to make it 1-0. Then in the second inning the CAM batters locked in scoring 6 runs, four of which came off a Chase Spieker grand slam adding on to the Cougars lead making it 7-0 at the end of 2. Brody Paulsen continued his dominant performance on the mound for CAM consistently sending batters back to the dug out to end the top of the third. The Cougars picked up 4 more runs in the third with a 2 RBI triple from Jack Follmann, a Bradyen Chester RBI single, and a bases load walk to have CAM up 11-0 at the end of three innings. Ar-We-Va tried to rally back in the top of the fourth with two base hits but neither runner would advance past third base due to a strikeout and line fly towards center field.
The ballgame ended in dramatic fashion for the Cougars as Chase Spieker was at the plate with a 2-1 count and bases loaded. The pitch came and Spieker made solid contact to watch the ball go over the fence for a walk off grand slam. Spieker ended the night going 3-4 with 8 RBI’s and 2 homeruns. CAM Head Coach Drew Ticknor was proud of the way Spieker throughout the night.
It wasn’t just Spieker’s performance at the plate that led to the 15-0 win for CAM. Starting pitcher Brody Paulsen did his part pitching 4 innings, having 4 hits, 6 strikeouts, and no runs.
The win props up CAM to a record of 8-5 as they head to Grand View Chrisitan on Tuesday. Ar-We-Va’s loss keeps them winless on the year at 0-8 and they will be at home on Tuesday facing Exira-EHK.
DICKINSON COUNTY — Heavy rainfall and power outages in northwest Iowa led to multiple wastewater discharges in the Iowa Great Lakes area this (Monday) morning. The DNR Field Office in Spencer was notified early Monday morning of a wastewater bypass occurring at a lift station just south of Manhattan Point on the west side of West Lake Okoboji.
The Iowa Great Lakes Sanitary District pumped down the lift station and hauled as much wastewater as possible to the treatment plant to minimize the bypass. Officials estimated that about 10 gallons per minute of untreated wastewater flowed into the lake. All drinking water systems and a nearby resort were notified, as well as residents in the vicinity of the bypass. Area officials report the discharge ended around noon.
At 9:30 a.m. the Field Office was notified of another bypass occurring at a lift station near Francis Sites on East Lake Okoboji. This bypass ceased around noon. The City of Spirit Lake is also bypassing their wastewater collection system to storm sewers and discharging to East Lake Okoboji. Pumps are running at two locations on the west side of upper East Okoboji to try and keep wastewater out of basements. Residents are being notified.
Heavy rainfall can overload wastewater collection systems, which are underground sewer pipes that carry sewage to a treatment plant. With sewage pipes overwhelmed, excess water has nowhere to go, and can back up into basements through floor drains.
Bypassing can lower the water level and alleviate pressure in the collection system, keeping sewage from backing up into basements, which could present health risks. DNR staff continue to monitor these situations and will provide assistance to impacted communities. It is highly recommended people and pets avoid these areas and stay out of flooded and elevated waterways due to safety concerns.
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds today (Monday) announced her appointment of Donna Bothwell as a district judge in Judicial District 4.
Bothwell, of Logan, Iowa, is a district associate judge in Judicial District 4. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado and law degree from Drake University.
Bothwell fills a vacancy created following the retirement of the Hon. Jeffrey L. Larson. Judicial District 4 includes Audubon, Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, and Shelby counties.
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