Jim Field visits with Randy Maas about the Atlantic Alzheimer’s booth at the Cass County Fair.
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Jim Field visits with Randy Maas about the Atlantic Alzheimer’s booth at the Cass County Fair.
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INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say at least two bicyclists participating in a cross-Iowa ride have been injured in a crash. Indianola police say a 22-year-old woman and a 57-year-old man crashed Tuesday afternoon as they rode down a hill. Indianola police Capt. Brian Sher says the riders apparently “got tangled up,” went off their bikes, hit the pavement and were seriously injured. Their names haven’t been released. They were sent to Des Moines hospitals for treatment.
The two had reached Tuesday’s destination of Indianola as part of the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, or RAGBRAI. The ride began Sunday in Council Bluffs and is scheduled to end Saturday in Keokuk. Wednesday’s route takes riders from Indianola to Centerville.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Public Radio is losing some state support and will have to find more donors, bigger donations or other sources of revenue in order to maintain current programming. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that a proposed budget submitted to the Iowa Board of Regents shows Iowa Public Radio will receive roughly 8% less than it did the last budget year. Government funding makes up around 21% of Iowa Public Radio’s operating income, which is expected to reach $8.3 million this year.
The organization’s executive director is Myrna Johnson, and she says it will need to find more non-government revenue to avoid losing one or two of its programs, which she did not identify.
She says fundraising gains supporting Iowa Public Radio’s expansion in recent years have come from corporate sponsors and its listeners.
Iowa State University Research and Demonstration Farms (ISU Armstrong Research Farm) along with the Wallace Foundation for Rural Research and Development, invite you to attend their annual Demonstration Garden Field Day. The event will be held 6:30-p.m. Thursday, July 25th. If you are a beginning gardener or an experienced gardener, there are demonstrations you will enjoy. This year gardeners will have the opportunity to learn about growing cut flowers, sweet corn and tomatoes. The presentations will cover three main themes: home grown bouquets, augmented sweet corn and a showcase of different types of tomatoes.
The garden at the ISU Research Farm has 9 different varieties of tomatoes, 6 varieties of sweet corn and 13 types of bouquet cutting flowers. The garden also includes miscellaneous vegetables for you to see and enjoy. This year there were some weather-related challenges with gardens planted this spring, but officials feel they are going to be right on track for the Field Day at the Learning Center.
The garden is located on the Armstrong Research Farm, owned by the Wallace Foundation for Rural Research and Development and operated by Iowa State University. ISU staff and local garden experts will be present to describe the research and demonstration plots. After your trip through the gardens, relax in air conditioned classrooms, for a tradition of ice cream and strawberries. The facilities are handicap accessible.
Iowa State requests that any visitors who have recently traveled outside the United States have had at least a five-day waiting period prior to visiting the facility, due to the livestock that is housed and feed there on a daily basis. The Armstrong Research Farm is located 12 miles southwest of Atlantic on Highway 6, half a mile south on 525th Street, and a half mile east on Hitchcock Avenue, or 13 miles east of Oakland on Highway 6, half a mile south on 525th Street, and half a mile east on Hitchcock Avenue. The field day is open to the public at no cost.
The Cass County Conservation Board is holding “Stand Up Paddleboard” (SUP) Demonstration this weekend. The public demonstration will be held on Saturday, July 27th, at 9-a.m. and again at 10:30-a.m., at the Cold Springs Park- Beach. There is no charge to attend. SUP is the fastest growing sport in the paddling community not only across the country, but especially right here in land-locked areas like Iowa. It’s fun, healthy as a total body work-out and offers a unique perspective when it comes to being on the water.
After a quick demonstration, you can try out the boards for yourself. If you do not bring a life jacket one will be provided to you. Children must be 16 years or older. Paddler must weigh LESS than 250 LBS. The Stand Up Paddleboard programs will be on the last Saturday of every month (7/27, 8/31, and 9/7), Ending after Labor Day Weekend on Saturday September 7th. You MUST CALL 712-769-2372, to reserve your spot. The program will be cancelled if there is unsafe weather conditions on the Lake.
Two people were arrested on separate charges Tuesday, in Creston. Authorities say 48-year old John Pace, Jr. of Creston, was arrested on a Department of Corrections Warrant for Violation of Parole. He was being held in the Union County Jail. And, 60-year old Linda Balius, of Creston, was arrested on charges of Interference with Official Acts, False Reporting and Unlawful Possession of Prescription Pills. Balius was being held in the Adams County Jail on a $1,600 bond.
The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa school nurse has been given 180 days in jail for having sex with a 16-year-old student. Linn County District Court records say 47-year-old Angela Beik, of Marion, was sentenced Tuesday in Cedar Rapids. She also was ordered to pay a $625 fine, restitution of nearly $910 and register as a sex offender. She’d entered an Alford plea to a charge of sexual exploitation by a school employee. In an Alford plea, a person doesn’t admit guilt but acknowledges there is enough evidence for a likely conviction.
Beik was the school nurse at Linn-Mar High School in Marion and also employed at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Police began an investigation of Beik in March 2018. They’d learned that state officials were checking a report that Beik told fellow St. Luke’s nurses that she’d had consensual sex with the boy. They reported the conversation to officials.