Emergency responders and law enforcement were dispatched at around 7:05-a.m. today (Wednesday), to the rollover of a delivery truck off Interstate 80, in Cass County. The straight truck was on its side between the 57 and 58 mile markers. The driver suffered from a leg injury and was extricated through the windshield, once it was removed. He transported by Medivac to CCMH for treatment of minor injuries.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Des Moines City Council has disbanded the city’s Citizen Odor Board. The council took the action Monday after concluding the panel was no longer needed after nearly 30 years of recording complaints. It had no enforcement powers. People still will be able to report stenches to the city’s 24/7 odor hotline: (515) 244-0336. If the city gets 10 complaints about the same smell within six hours, it will investigate the source. A city official says an administrative law judge would hear appeals from companies found to be significant odor generators.
STANTON, Iowa – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Montgomery County office will be offering two opportunities to attend the Private Pesticide Applicator Continuing Instruction Course, led by Extension Field Agronomist, Aaron Saeugling. The first session is scheduled for January 7, 9:30 AM, at the Community Room in Stanton. The course will be offered again at 1:30 PM, also on January 7, at the Community Room in Stanton. Applicators do not need to preregister for the course in Montgomery County.
The course will run for approximately two and a half hours. The registration fee is $20. To obtain additional information about the CIC, contact your county extension office. The course will fulfill 2019 recertification requirements for private pesticide applicators. Topics to be covered include safe handling and storage of pesticides; laws and regulations; personal protective equipment, and pests, pest management, and pesticides.
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(Radio Iowa) — Republican Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is joining with House Democrats Cindy Axne and Abby Finkenauer in working to revive national biodiesel tax credits. The tax credits would be extended five years under amendments being added to what are referred to as the year-end tax extenders legislative package. Grassley says, “The biodiesel industry supports over 60,000 jobs across America, including, of course, thousands of Iowans.”
The biodiesel tax credits were allowed to expire two years ago. Grassley says it’s one of several elements he’s pushed to add to the year-end legislation. “This will provide some long-sought certainty for producers and farmers,” Grassley says. “These individual victories, all bipartisan, will actually make a big difference in people’s lives.” Finkenauer released this statement: “While today is a good day for an industry that has been dealt so many unnecessary blows, we should have passed this earlier in the year so our biodiesel producers had the certainty they need to make investments and move the industry forward.”
Axne also put out a news release, saying: “As the Congress considers bills this week to extend and adjust tax provisions, we are determined to fight for the investments that will support our farmers, rural communities, and good-paying green jobs. At a time when Iowa farmers are facing hardship, Congress cannot ignore the importance of including these critical provisions.”
INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (AP) — A convicted felon accused of lying on his voter registration application and voting in the November election has been imprisoned. William Gibson, of Hazleton, was sentenced Tuesday in Independence to 30 years in prison. He’d pleaded guilty to two counts of election misconduct and a drug possession charge. Each felony count filed against Gibson was enhanced because he is a habitual offender. The prosecutors say Gibson lied on his voter registration application when he attested that he’d never been convicted of a felony. And prosecutors say Gibson cast a provisional ballot in the November election. Poll workers suspected he was a convicted felon.
Today: Mostly sunny. High 33. N-SE @ 10-15.
Tonight: Fair to Partly cloudy. Low 20. SW @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy & windy. High 50. SW @ 15-25.
Friday: P/Cldy. High 47.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High around 50.
Tuesday’s High in Atlantic, was 36. Our Low this morning, 10. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 52 and the Low was 35. The record High for Dec. 18th in Atlantic, was 66 in 1976. The Record Low was -28 in 1983.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:45 a.m. CST
Hayden Fry, the Texan who revived Iowa football and became a Hawkeye State institution, has died. He was 90. Fry’s family announced through the University of Iowa that the coach died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. The native of Eastland, Texas, had never been to Iowa before taking over the Hawkeyes in 1979. He coached at Iowa for 20 seasons, winning 238 games and three Big Ten championships.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The former top accountant for the state agency that oversees Iowa alcohol sales claims in a new lawsuit that it marked up the price of liquor products illegally and excessively for years. Todd Halbur, former comptroller of the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division, alleges in the lawsuit that he was fired last year after questioning the illegal price markups and payments made under an improper no-bid contract. Halbur’s lawyer, Stuart Higgins, says his client is a “dedicated public servant” who was improperly fired for blowing the whistle. Division spokesman Tyler Ackerson says the allegations in the lawsuit are “untrue” but declined further comment, citing the pending litigation
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The director of the Iowa Department of Human Services has sought help from state criminal investigators to look into allegations at the Glenwood Resource Center. The agency learned last month that federal officials were investigating whether the state is violating the federal rights of Glenwood residents by placing them at risk with uncontrolled human subject experiments. Federal officials also are seeking to learn if there have been practices causing needless injury. Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Assistant Director Mitch Mortvedt says Tuesday his agency was called in to help and is evaluating information in the ongoing investigation.. Glenwood is home to people with developmental disabilities.
FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a Fort Madison officer who fatally shot an armed man at a warehouse. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation on Tuesday identified the officer as Cory Brown, a six-year-veteran of the police department. On the night of Dec. 10, Brown was called to a Scott’s Miracle-Gro warehouse in Fort Madison and encountered a man who was armed with a handgun. Brown shot the man, identified as 42-year-old Robert Allen Elfgen, of West Point. Elfgen died at a Fort Madison hospital. Brown is on paid administrative leave pending an investigation of the shooting.
CENTERVILLE, Iowa (AP) — A Nativity scene removed from a county courthouse lawn in southern Iowa won’t be returning. The scene was erected Nov. 18 outside the Appanoose County Courthouse in Centerville, but some residents complained that a religious display shouldn’t be placed on government property. It was moved away Dec. 9. Other residents soon called for its return. The county owns the building and the land underneath; the city owns the lawn. The Daily Iowegian reports that City Administrator Jason Fraser said at Monday’s council meeting that the Nativity scene location was just an agenda discussion item, so the council couldn’t vote on the issue.
Hayden Fry, the Texan who revived Iowa football and became a Hawkeye State institution, has died. He was 90. Fry’s family announced through the University of Iowa that the coach died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. The native of Eastland, Texas, had never been to Iowa before taking over the Hawkeyes in 1979. The team had slogged through 17 consecutive years without a winning season. He coached at Iowa for 20 seasons, winning 238 games and three Big Ten championships. He played quarterback at Baylor and his first college head coaching job was at SMU.
The statement released by Fry’s family was:
“With our family at his side, Hayden Fry, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away following a lengthy battle with cancer. We are comforted in our faith and knowing that Hayden is no longer suffering and resides now in heaven with our Lord. Hayden passed on Dec. 17, at the age of 90.
We are proud to know that our father’s life had a positive influence on so many people, the players, the coaches, and the fans who played for, worked with, and supported his long and successful coaching career. His legend will live forever with the people he touched and inspired, and the programs he led to greater heights.
Though Hayden was born in Texas and moved there more recently to be closer to our family, his love for the University of Iowa, his players and coaches, the people of Iowa, and the state of Iowa, is well known. Hayden often shared, “I’ll Always Be a Hawkeye”.
Our family would like to pass along our heartfelt thanks to the caregivers who made Hayden’s comfort their priority.
We cannot thank everyone enough for their love and support. Your thoughts and prayers are truly appreciated.
Memorial Services are pending and will be announced at a later date.”
Current Iowa Head Coach Kirk Ferentz commented, “Hayden Fry is a college football icon and an Iowa legend. His Hall of Fame career is well known, but personally, he will always be the man who took a chance on me at the start of my coaching career. I was proud to coach with him and honored to succeed him when he retired. He’s been a great mentor and a true friend. I am forever grateful to him.
Mary and I send our heartfelt condolences to his wife Shirley, their children and the entire Fry family. We hope that Hayden’s legacy of integrity and high character will provide his family comfort during this difficult time.”
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Atlantic 56, Kuemper Catholic 55
Creston 45, Shenandoah 35
Glenwood 76, Lewis Central 71
Red Oak 69, Carroll 37
Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 76, Missouri Valley 33
Audubon 73, Riverside 27
Treynor 47, Tri-Center 15
Rolling Valley Conference
CAM 53, Glidden-Ralston 50
Paton-Churdan 56, West Harrison 34
Corner Conference
East Mills 52, Heartland Christian 20
Fremont-Mills 38, Sidney 35
Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur 63, Southeast Warren 29
Nodaway Valley 67, Bedford 32
Southwest Valley 63, Lenox 31
Wayne 57, East Union 35
Other Scores
ADM 64, Carlisle 59
Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 55, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 27
LeMars 46, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 29
OABCIG 61, River Valley 43
BOYS BASKETBALL
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Atlantic 66, Kuemper Catholic 41
Creston 68, Shenandoah 34
Omaha Roncalli, NE 72, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 47
Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 78, Missouri Valley 48
Audubon 54, Riverside 43
Logan-Magnolia 46, Underwood 40
Treynor 50, Tri-Center 41
Rolling Valley Conference
Boyer Valley 42, Woodbine 36
CAM 74, Glidden-Ralston 51
Coon Rapids-Bayard 67, Ar-We-Va 29
Corner Conference
East Mills 64, Heartland Christian 50
Sidney 60, Fremont-Mills 57
Stanton 95, Essex 15
Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur 75, Southeast Warren 29
Nodaway Valley 60, Bedford 43
Southwest Valley 64, Lenox 54
Other Scores
CB Abraham Lincoln 48, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 43 OT
Earlham 69, ACGC 56
LeMars 65, CB Thomas Jefferson 54
Van Meter 67, Panorama 52
The Atlantic boys basketball team used a blistering 3rd quarter spurt to propel them to a 66-41 win over Kuemper Catholic on Tuesday. Both offenses struggled to a 22-all tie by the end of the first half, but the Trojans found their stride after the break led by hot shooting from Skyler Handlos. Handlos dropped 21 of his 29 points in the game during that third quarter, helping the Trojans outscore the Knights 27-8 in that period. The Trojans would play solid enough the rest of the way to secure their second win of the season.
Junior post-man Garrett Reynolds said a big part of the game-plan was to limit the Knights to one attempt each trip.
Senior Nile Petersen finished with 8 points on the night and worked hard in the paint all night. The Trojans did a good job sharing the ball away from traffic in the second half, and Petersen said they have been working on that.
Head Coach Jeff Ebling was proud of a number of guys stepping up after Tyler Moen went out early in the game with an injury.
Atlantic improves to 2-3 on the year and will host Lewis Central on Friday and Winterset on Saturday to close out the pre-holiday schedule.
Kuemper Catholic was led by 9 points from Tyler Putney and 8 from Cole Collison. The Knights fall to 1-4 and are off for the break now.
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