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Local 24-Hour Rainfall Totals at 7:00 am on Friday, May 8, 2020

Ag/Outdoor, Weather

May 8th, 2020 by Jim Field

  • KJAN, Atlantic  .14″
  • 7 miles NE of Atlantic  .11″
  • Massena  .12″
  • Anita  .1″
  • Avoca  .25″
  • Oakland  .37″
  • Underwood  .33″
  • Bridgewater  .25″
  • Villisca  .51″
  • Corning  .46″
  • Red Oak  .41″
  • Adair  .06″
  • Manning  .13″
  • Missouri Valley  .19″
  • Creston  .47″
  • Carroll  .16″
  • Clarinda  .54″
  • Shenandoah  .58″

CAM CSD Preschool registration to be held online

News

May 8th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the CAM Community School District report 4-year old Preschool Registration will take place online for the upcoming school year. CAM Preschool is open to any child who turns 4 by Sept. 15, 2020. Kindergarten is open to any child who turns 5 by Sept. 15th. (The online form can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FkS4Sl7lsMjlGIRHfDRrP4c77AVG4ZdZgM4VtJyDVRg/viewform?ts=5eb2c3b4&fbclid=IwAR1KzHOa1K7_y8j5TogJiHWdoTiEborT1Q39EWqIgyScL5br-Zo6OpVHxRk&edit_requested=true)

If your child is in the CAM South Region, please contact: Principal Larry Hunt, at lhunt@cam.k12.ia.us, or Lora Blomme, Preschool Teacher, at lblomme@cam.k12.ia.us.

If your child is in the CAM North Region, please contact: Principal Barry Bower, at bbower@cam.k12.ia.us, or Preschool Teacher Shannon Paup, at spaup@cam.k12.ia.us.

For other questions, call the school or your building principal:

CAM South 712-779-2211

CAM North 712-762-3343

CYRIL “Cy” BUTLER, 94, of Harlan (Graveside Svc. 5/11/20)

Obituaries

May 8th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

CYRIL “Cy” BUTLER, 94, of Harlan, died Wed., May 6th, in Harlan. A Graveside service for CY BUTLER (with social distancing) will be held 2-p.m. Monday, May 11th, in the Harlan Cemetery. Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Online condolences may be left at www.burmeisterjohannsen.com.

CYRIL “Cy” BUTLER is survived by:

His wife – Beverly Butler, of Harlan.

His daughters – Sharon Blum (& her Significant Other, John Ohlinger), and Connie (Woody) DeForest, all of Woodbine; and Pamela (Lawrence) Rold, of Harlan.
His sons – Tom (Diane) Butler, and Scott Butler (& Significant Other, Linda Stuhr), all of Harlan.
His sister – Margaret Ann Reinsch, of Lincoln, NE.

18 Grandchildren, 48 Great-grandchildren, 11 Great-great-grandchildren, Other Relatives and Friends.

Prairie Meadows still hoping to offer 31st year of horse racing

Sports

May 8th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — Prairie Meadows is still hoping to offer a 31st season of horse racing. The meet was scheduled to start May first but has been delayed according to CEO Gary Palmer.

Palmer says they are looking at several options as they wait for the all clear.

Palmer says once they get permission to open it won’t take long to start racing.

Palmer says they are still planning on a mixed thoroughbred/quarter horse meet.

Skyscan forecast for Atlantic & the area: 5/8/2020

Weather

May 8th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Today: Partly cloudy. High 57. N @ 15-25.

Tonight: Clear. Low 31. **Frost Advisory 4am-9am Saturday**

Tomorrow: Clear to P/Cldy w/a chance of showers late. High 64. SW @ 10-15.

Sunday: A chance of showers early, otherwise P/Cldy. High 58.

Monday: P/Cldy. High around 60.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 63. Our overnight Low was 34. We received .14″ rain in Atlantic, late Thursday. The High last year on this date was 61 and the Low was 37. The record High for May 8th was 95 in 1895. The record Low was 25 in 1980.

Black Hawk County officials report 1031 COVID-19 cases among Tyson workers

Ag/Outdoor, News

May 8th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — Black Hawk County officials say more than a thousand employees at the Tyson plant in Waterloo have tested positive for the coronavirus. That’s more than double the number released by state officials earlier this week. Joshua Pikora with the county public health department says the state-related total of 444 employees only included testing that was done onsite at the plant.

“The 1031 reported cases includes those positive results from the onsite testing, positive test results from local healthcare providers here in Black Hawk County, as well as the positive serology tests that give us the complete picture of scope of illness in our county,” he says. Pikora says those cases do not include family members or roommates who may also have tested positive.

As of Thursday, the county had 1703 confirmed cases. Tyson’s pork plant in Waterloo resumed limited operations at the plant yesterday (Thursday). More than 28-hundred usually work in the facility.

State medical director as member of federal coronavirus task force?

News

May 8th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — There’s confusion about whether the state’s medical director will be a member of the federal coronavirus task force. On Wednesday, Dr. Caitlin Pedati went to D.C. with the governor for meetings in the White House. Trump complimented Pedati, saying he’d love for her to be on the task force. On Thursday, Governor Reynolds mentioned it.

“I think Iowans should be proud,” Reynolds says. “I certainly am.” Bloomberg News is reporting, however, that Pedati will be appointed to a subcommittee of sorts, but not the actual task force. President Trump mused about disbanding the task force, but has decided to keep it.

Vice President Mike Pence, who has been leading the group, is scheduled to visit Iowa today (Friday). Pence will host a roundtable discussion about the security of the U.S. food supply early this (Friday) afternoon. The meeting will be held at Hy-Vee headquarters.

Iconic Denison restaurant to close after 91 years of operation

News

May 8th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — An iconic western Iowa restaurant is closing for good. Cronk’s Cafe in Denison opened in 1929. Eric and Terri Skoog have owned the restaurant since 1984. Presidential candidates from both political parties have campaigned in the cafe. “I think we’ve done just about everything you possibly could,” Eric Skoog says. “We’ve had weddings and funerals and birthday parties for young and old.” Skoog says he and his wife wrestled with the decision to close.

“It’s been in the back of our minds,” Skoog says. “We were trying to figure out what the exit strategy was going to be and that was even a year or two ago.” The restaurant has had a string of owners over the past eight decades. Skoog, who bought the restaurant from his father, says it’ll be a rough patch for restaurant owners in the near term, until the pandemic subsides. He is still hoping to find a new buyer.

“I really hope the Cronk’s name stays,” Skoog says. “I mean, I wasn’t a Cronk. We inherited that.” The cafe sits along Highway 30, what used to be called The Lincoln Highway. Skoog says back in the day when Cronk’s was open at all hours the Sons of the Pioneers and other bands would stop to eat in the middle of the night as they traveled from show to show.

Midwest Sports Headlines: 5/8/20

Sports

May 8th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The NCAA struck back at the University of Kansas and its men’s basketball program Thursday, calling five Level I violations that are alleged to have occurred “egregious” and arguing that they undermine and threaten” college athletics. It was the latest in a series of back-and-forth filings that set up a likely infraction hearings. The case came out of an FBI investigation into college basketball corruption. It centers on whether two Adidas representatives were acting as boosters for the Jayhawks when they paid prospective recruits to lure them to the program.

UNDATED (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs will open defense of their Super Bowl championship by hosting Houston on Sept. 10 in the NFL’s annual kickoff game — pending developments in the coronavirus pandemic, of course. The Texans won a regular-season game at Arrowhead Stadium in 2019, then blew a 24-0 lead in the divisional round of the playoffs. Another highlight of the opening weekend will have Tom Brady’s regular-season debut with Tampa Bay against Drew Brees at New Orleans on Sept. 13 — the first matchup of 40-plus quarterbacks in NFL history. The opening of SoFi Stadium in the Los Angeles area that Sunday night has the Rams hosting the Cowboys.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals had an entire offseason and most of spring training to get to know Mike Matheny. But one unintended consequence of the coronavirus pandemic is they’ve gotten to know their new manager better than they could ever have imagined. Their virtual meetings, often several times a week, touch on baseball but also on the bigger picture of life in general. And when the Royals do gather again, Matheny hopes that they will be a closer-knit group because of it.

MARVIN CHARLES DARRINGTON, 97, of Griswold (Memorial Svcs. later)

Obituaries

May 8th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

MARVIN CHARLES DARRINGTON, 97, of Griswold, died Wednesday, May 6th, at the Griswold Rehabilitation and Health Center. Memorial services for MARVIN DARRINGTON will be held at a later date. Rieken Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold is assisting the family.

A private, family graveside service will be held.

Memorials may be directed to the family.

MARVIN DARRINGTON is survived by:

His sons – Don (Susan), of Griswold, and Bruce (Barbara), of Independence, Missouri.

His brother – Byron (Jan) Darrington.

His sisters – Vera Beamer and Esther Darrington.

4 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, other relatives, and friends.