The City of Atlantic will be checking trees to see if they need trimmed. Officials say those that need to trim their trees over sidewalks, street, & allies will be notified by mail via a post card will be given 7 days to correct the issue by trimming their trees above 7 feet over sidewalks & 14 feet over streets & allies. Please make sure your trees are in compliance with the ordinance.

Below you will find City Code of Ordinance 151.05 DUTY TO TRIM TREES….

151.05 DUTY TO TRIM TREES. The owner or agent of the abutting property shall keep the trees on, or overhanging the street, trimmed so that all branches will be at least fourteen (14) feet above the surface of the street and seven (7) feet above the sidewalks. If the abutting property owner fails to trim the trees, the City may serve notice on the abutting property owner requiring that such action be taken within five (5) days. If such action is not taken within that time, the City may perform the required action and assess the costs against the abutting property for collection in the same manner as a property tax.

MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — A 61-year-old man has been charged in the theft of artifacts from a western Michigan museum that’s housed on a World War II-era warship.
Muskegon County Prosecutor D.J. Hilson says John Anthony Zaputil is named in a warrant this week charging him with larceny. Hilson said Zaputil is from Iowa, but had been staying at a Muskegon-area hotel in recent months.

Zaputil declined to comment, citing the advice of an attorney. The Muskegon Chronicle reports Zaputil is a licensed osteopathic physician in Michigan. Police have said about a dozen items were taken Aug. 3 from the USS LST 393 Veterans Museum in Muskegon, including medals, a shoulder patch and lapel pins. Hilson says they weren’t immediately recovered. WOOD-TV reports a surveillance photo helped lead investigators to Zaputil.

DES MOINES – The Iowa Finance Authority today announced the availability of new economic and housing data and forecasts. The information is available on the Iowa Profile, a centralized and interactive collection of demographic, economic and housing data. The Profile was commissioned by the Iowa Finance Authority and developed by Western Economic Services, LLC. Iowa Finance Authority Executive Director Debi Durham, says “The Iowa Profile will help to facilitate informed discussion about housing demand at both the local and statewide level. This invaluable resource will also enhance planning capacity and will provide an additional tool to assist local governments in their ongoing housing needs assessments at no cost to them.”

The Iowa Profile provides interactive and downloadable data on a statewide and county-level basis as well as for Iowa’s largest 28 cities, Councils of Government and Local Housing Trust Fund regions and offers the ability to create fully customizable regions.

Statewide Report Highlights:

• The state’s homeownership rate was 68.9 percent in 2018, which ranks Iowa 20^th in the nation and is higher than the national average of 64.4 percent. This rate has followed national trends and has declined since 2000 when it peaked at 75.2 percent.
• The most common housing problem for Iowans is being housing cost-burdened, with 23.4 percent of Iowa households falling into this category by having housing costs exceed 30 percent of their income. Renters were the most likely to be cost burdened, with 40 percent of renters in 2017 experiencing cost burdens.
• Overall Iowa households are projected to reach 1,381,133 by 2050, of which 165,041 are expected to have incomes between 0 and 30 percent of the Median Family Income.
• According to the 2017 survey of rental properties, which covered 80,592 units across the state, the statewide vacancy rate was five percent. The most common rent was between $500-$750.

The Iowa Profile is available at IowaFinanceAuthority.gov or directly at: Westernes.com/Iowa.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office has issued a report detailing 16 arrests. On Tuesday, 32-year old Danielle Jean Frazier, of Glenwood, was arrested at the Mills County Sheriff’s Office, on a warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault, and False report to a Public Entity. 18-year old Mariah Marie Pierson, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at the Pottawattamie County Jail on a Mills County warrant for Probation Violation. And, 29-year old Austin David Lundy, of Glenwood, was arrested at the Douglas County, Nebraska Jail, also on a warrant for Violation of Probation.

On Monday, 41-year old James Allen Stanley, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at the Mills County Jail, on an Assault charge. 34-year old Kenneth Ray Jewett, of Omaha, was arrested at the Pott. County Jail on a warrant for OWI/1st offense. Sunday, Mills County Deputies arrested 27-year old Erin Elaine Parsley, of Sioux City, (IA) for Driving While Revoked, and on a Woodbury County warrant for OWI/1st offense, and Assault. 48-year old Eric John Neater, of Lincoln, NE., was arrested Sunday for Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Fraudulent use of Registration, Operating a non-registered vehicle, Failure to provide proof of insurance, and for having no valid driver’s license.

Also arrested Sunday, was 29-year old Nicholas James Bonacci, of Omaha, on two counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. 37-year old Kathy Kayleen Zimmerman, of Carter Lake, was arrested at the same scene, for Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. And, 24-year old Harold Arthur Hart, of Shenandoah, was arrested on a warrant for Theft in the 5th Degree.

Last Saturday, 34-year old Brenton Charles Gordon, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at the Mills County Sheriff’s Office, on a warrant for Criminal Mischief in the 2nd Degree. 48-year old Robert Hugh Lacoco, of Fairfield, was arrested on a Jefferson County warrant for two counts of Probation Violation. 40-year old Clarissa Elizabeth Woodbury, of Council Bluffs, was arrested for Driving Under Suspension. And, 33-year old Joshua John Bilek, of Omaha, was arrested for OWI/1st offense and Failure to maintain control.

Last Friday, 34-year old Jessica Jo Clymer, of Council Bluffs, was arrested in Mills County for Driving Under Suspension. And, 40-year old Kerri Anne Thomas, of Glenwood, was arrested on a warrant for Violation of Probation.