JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE MOTHER:A VISIT FROM A CIVIL WAR SOLDIER is the name of a program that was scheduled to be given 2-p.m. Sunday, January 19th, at the Armory, in Atlantic. The event has been postponed until April 19, 2020, when O.J. Fargo will portray an Iowa soldier’s Civil War experience dressed in full Union Army regalia.

He’ll bring an artifact display and a roster of Iowans who served in the Civil War. Everyone is welcome. There is no fee and refreshments will be available. The program is sponsored by ARISE and funded by Humanities Iowa and Atlantic Community Promotion Commission. Againt, the program is POSTPONED UNTIL APRIL 19, 2020.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports three arrests on Friday night.

At 6:30pm Deputies arrested Shilo Major and Christina Squires on active warrants. They were taken to the Montgomery County Jail and booked in. Major is being held on $10,000 cash only bond and Squiers is being held on $4,000 cash only bond.

At 11:45pm Montgomery County Deputies arrested Justin McConnell following an incident in the Cubby’s gas station parking lot. He was taken into custody for Public Intoxication and transported to the Montgomery County Jail. He was booked in on $300 cash bond. Montgomery County Deputies were assisted by Red Oak Police in his arrest.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A 37-year-old Muscatine woman has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for wire and mail fraud. Federal prosecutors for Iowa say that Ashley Erin Murphy Schneider was sentenced Thursday in Davenport’s federal courthouse after pleading guilty to five counts last year.

Investigators say Schneider was a licenced insurance agent who, among other things, established fraudulent insurance policies for businesses that did not exist. Investigators say she also in 2015 set up a supplemental cancer policy for a child that paid out more than $192,000 for cancer treatment claims. Prosecutors say the child did not have cancer.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Two of the first three states to vote in the Democratic presidential race will use new mobile apps to gather results from thousands of caucus sites. The technology is intended to make counting easier but raises concerns of hacking or glitches. Democratic Party activists in Iowa and Nevada will use programs downloaded to their personal phones to report the results of neighborhood caucus gatherings to the state headquarters.

The party is moving ahead with the technology amid warnings that foreign hackers could target the 2020 presidential campaign to try to sow chaos. They say they are taking numerous security precautions.