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July 2019

Birthday Club

July 1st, 2019 by admin

July 1st:

  • Rayden Moore of Exira (Winner)
  • Darcy Denney of Anita
  • Mark Knudsen of Atlantic
  • Michele Kirchhoff of Lewis
  • Joan Anne Brahms of Griswold

July 2nd:

  • Andrew Petersen of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Kay Harris-Wickman of Atlantic
  • Phil Hood of Atlantic
  • Sheryl Chisholm of Atlantic
  • Emmy Olson of Exira
  • Julie Vais of Exira

July 3rd:

  • Nina Jameson of Anita (Winner)
  • Cora Zikuda of Atlantic

July 4th:

  • Brandy Fiebelkorn of Exira (Winner)
  • Joyce Jenkins of Exira
  • Cooper Denney of Anita

July 5th:

  • Carolyn Hanson of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Christine Wahlert of Exira
  • Cheryl Christenson of Cumberland

July 6th:

  • no birthdays

July 7th:

  • Arnie Lamp of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Reid Mosier of Atlantic

July 8th :

  • Shelli Brown of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Chris Williams of Atlantic
  • Bill Fancher of Audubon

July 9th:

  • Alex Clemsen of Exira (Winner)
  • Barb Hansen of Audubon

July 10th:

  • Emery Dean Nelson of Audubon (Winner)
  • Chris Witzman of Atlantic
  • Vicki Nordskog of Atlantic
  • Ellie Wahlert of Exira

July 11th:

  • Kellie Jimmerson of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Lynn Andersen of Audubon

July 12th:

  • Leah Schmidt of Harlan (Winner)

July 13th:

  • Annette Anderson of Kimballton (Winner)
  • Carol Seddon of Atlantic

July 14th:

  • Becky Mortimer of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Connie Dafford of Cumberland

July 15th:

  • Jeff Jurchen of Cumberland (Winner)

July 16th:

  • Connie Jessen of Exira (Winner)
  • Charles Allen of Avoca
  • Bill Michael Stockwell of Elk Horn
  • Parker Grace Wedemeyer of Adair

July 17th:

  • Erin Kelly of Griswold (Winner)
  • Mike “Bad Dad” Waters of Atlantic
  • Brenda Euken of Wiota
  • Hayden Landsdown of Atlantic
  • Mike Haley, Sr. of Exira
  • John Walker of Exira
  • Greg Franken of Atlantic

July 18th:

  • Vern Kinnison of Wiota (Winner)
  • Mike Mathisen of Atlantic
  • Jodie Johnson of Cumberland
  • Mary Ottmar of Atlantic

July 19th:

  • Betty Oehlertz of Avoca (Winner)
  • Megan Wedemeyer of Adair
  • Zach Zellmer of Atlantic

July 20th:

  • Dorothy Wolf of Exira (Winner)
  • Tat Thygesen of Audubon
  • Dennis Witt of Atlantic
  • Melissa Dodson of Atlantic

July 21st:

  • No birthdays submitted

July 22nd:

  • Seth Roenfeld of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Janie Voss of Villisca
  • Cassie Soetmelk of Avoca
  • Madison Loving of Atlantic
  • Jennifer Johnson of Hamlin
  • Judy Hill of Exira

July 23rd:

  • Matt Martens of Griswold (Winner)
  • Pastor Glen Meyers of Exira

July 24th:

  • Mary Ann Jespersen of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Laurie Johnson of Exira
  • Evelyn Knop of Atlantic
  • Cheryl Newton of Atlantic
  • Ruth Barton of Exira
  • Patty Rogers of Witoa

July 25th:

  • Mark McNees of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Diane Erickson of Atlantic
  • Mary Kilcoin of Adair
  • Nancy Armstrong of Atlantic

July 26th:

  • Nick Templemen of Wiota (Winner)

July 27th:

  • Janice Rasmussen of Atlantic (Winner)

July 28th:

  • Randy Steffen of Griswold (Winner)
  • Ashley Nelson of Exira
  • Florence Burrows of Atlantic
  • Carolyn Johnson of Atlantic
  • Fletcher Toft of Atlantic
  • Brinley Knudsen of Atlantic

July 29th:

  • Kerrigan Larsen of Audubon (Winner)
  • Lowene Nelson of Audubon
  • Mary Johnson of Griswold

July 30th:

  • Dennis Schwab of Audubon (Winner)
  • Wyona Williams of Stuart

July 31st:

  • Sherri Sieck of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Josh Park of Atlantic
  • Jacquie Aupperle of Wiota
  • Palin Scybert of Atlantic

3 arrests Friday, in Glenwood

News

July 1st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

The Glenwood Police Department reports three Glenwood residents were arrested, Friday. 46-year old Laurie Holmes was arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault. She posted a $1,000 cash or surety bond and was released. 31-year old Jared Pomerenke was arrested for Public Intoxication. He pled guilty and was released on a $300 bond. And, 62-year old Lloyd Wynn was arrested for Interference with Official Acts. He also posted a $300 bond, and was released from custody.

Authorities say man trapped under trailer died

News

July 1st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in southern Iowa’s Marion County say a man trapped under a trailer has died. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says someone called 911 around 5:30 p.m. Saturday and said medical and other help was needed at a Knoxville address. First responders tried to save the man’s life, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The sheriff’s office identified him as 53-year-old Richard Shilling, who lived in Knoxville. The office says Shilling had been working under the trailer when a jack supporting it failed and the trailer fell on him.

Walnut City Council meeting set for Tue. evening

News

July 1st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

The City Council in Walnut will meet 5-p.m. Tuesday in their chambers at the Walnut City Hall. During their session, Ron Hamilton will discuss City Employee Insurance. Other discussion pertains to, but is not limited to:

  • The Walnut Community Center – Family, Inc. Lease agreement, and Fitness Center memberships.
  • The Welcome Center – legal consultation.
  • Discussion about a Start-up Business Grant.
  • RAGBRAI – street closures.
  • and other, regular business discussion.

The Walnut City Council will act on the adoption of a Resolution “Terminating Paying Agent and Registrar and Transfer Agent” agreements with Bankers Trust Company, and approving a new Paying Agent and Registrar agreement with BOKF. And, Walnut Mayor Gene Larson is expected to discuss the process with regard to running for City Council or Mayor.

King says he’s ready ‘if there are debates’ with his GOP primary opponents

News

July 1st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa/IAPR) — Republican Congressman Steve King last debated a DEMOCRATIC challenger in 2014, but King faces three REPUBLICAN competitors in the 2020 Primary.  “If there are debates, I’m ready. I spend every day getting ready of them. I don’t have to go prep for them and read up,” King says. “It’s what I do every day.” King says he hasn’t given much thought to the idea of debating the three men who’ve emerged as challengers to his bid for a tenth term in the U.S. House. King says he made a promise to voters during his first congressional campaign in 2002.

“If you elect me to this job, I will use this seat to move the political center to the right,” King said. “There isn’t anybody that will disagree that I have done that and whether they’re Democrats, Republicans or no-party they all know that I’ve kept my word and I’ve moved the political center to the right.”

Congressman King has raised far less than his most prominent Republican challenger, State Senator Randy Feenstra from Hull. Former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad donated to Feenstra’s campaign and the top Republican in the state senator spoke a Feenstra fundraiser this weekend. Republican leaders in congress stripped King of his committee assignments in January. It came after comments published in The New York Times where King questioned why the phrases “white nationalist, white supremacist and Western civilization” had become offensive. King says he was misquoted.

(Reporting by Iowa Public Radio’s Clay Masters, additional reporting by Radio Iowa’s O. Kay Henderson.)

Heat is causing concrete to buckle on several NW Iowa roads

News

July 1st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — The high heat is causing the concrete to buckle on some stretches of northwest Iowa roads. Troy Clouse, with the Iowa Department of Transportation, says he and his crews responded to five reports of pavement blowouts during the weekend in Plymouth, Sioux and Woodbury counties. Clouse says they’re making temporary repairs. “What we’ll do in the short-term is, we’ll take a jackhammer and relieve the pressure and try to flatten out the pavement buckle,” and put in a filler, Clouse says. “At a later time, we’ll come back in and saw-cut everything out and replace the joint with concrete.”

With temperatures in the mid 90s for the first time this year, Clouse says the pavement needs to swell. “There’s moisture underneath the pavement and it’s gotta’ find a spot to release and it usually goes toward the joint,” he says. “That’s where we get our pavement buckles.” Clouse warns motorists to keep a close eye out for pavement buckles. “If they come across one, don’t drive over it. There is sharp concrete. It can puncture a tire or ruin a rim or even more extensive damage underneath the vehicle,” Clouse says. “If you can, just take the shoulder and slowly proceed around it.”

The Iowa D-O-T expects to see additional instances of pavement buckling, as long as the heat wave continues, which may be several more days.

Police find a body in a creek near downtown Iowa City

News

July 1st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Police officers say they have found a body in a creek near downtown Iowa City. The Iowa City Police Department said that the unidentified deceased person was located at 6:45 a.m. today (Monday) in the water of Ralston Creek near Gilbert Street. The creek is near several large apartment complexes that house many University of Iowa students.
Many homeless people are also known to frequent the creek area. Police say the circumstances surrounding the death are unknown and that they are investigating.

Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s report (7/1/19)

News

July 1st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports numerous arrests from the past week. Sunday evening, 45-year old Donald Christopher Van Gieson, of Council Bluffs, was arrested in Crescent for Violation of a No Contact/Protective Order – Contempt of Court. Friday night, 51-year old Ricky Allen Jershin was arrested for OWI/1st offense, following an investigation into a dispatched, single-vehicle unknown injury accident near Minden. Jershin was examined by medical personnel for minor injuries, but refused treatment. He was then taken into custody.

Late Friday evening, 36-year old Michael Matthew Underwood was arrested for OWI/1st offense, following a traffic stop near Oakland. Early Friday morning, 28-year old Sonnie Bradley, of Omaha, was arrested on Interstate 80 near Council Bluffs, following a reported rolling disturbance. Underwood was taken into custody for False Imprisonment with regard to a 23-year old female, and OWI/1st offense. His bond was set at $2,000.

Thursday afternoon, an inmate at the Pott. County Jail, 61-year old Daniel Bruce Liston, of Council Bluffs, was presented with a warrant for Failure to Appear on a citation for Non-support of a child. His bond was set at $5,000. That same afternoon, a jail inmate, 60-year old Phillip Eugene Cooper, Jr., of Council Bluffs, was presented with a warrant for Violation of Probation. His bond was set at $2,000. And, late Thursday morning, 34-year old Jeremy James Fisher, of Council Bluffs, another inmate at the Pott. County Jail, was presented with a warrant for Dominion or Control of a Firearm/offensive weapon by a felon, and Theft in the 2nd degree.

MONDAY, JULY 1st

Trading Post

July 1st, 2019 by Jim Field

WANTED:  Still looking for a carpet cleaning machine. Ph. 712-254-6842.

June was cooler and drier than normal in Atlantic

Weather

July 1st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

The month of June turned out to be a little cooler and a lot drier than normal, in Atlantic. Weather data compiled at the KJAN Studios (the official National Weather Service reporting site for Atlantic), show the Average High for the month (79.3-degrees), was 3.4-degrees cooler than the norm, and the Average Low was slightly cooler (58.1 degrees), than the normal 58.8 degrees. Rainfall for the month amounted to 2.87 inches, or some 2.11 inches less than the norm.

Our hottest days were the 29th and 30th, at 94 and 92 degrees, respectively. The coolest morning was on the 12th, when we bottomed out at 43. The most amount of rain (.64″) fell on the 22nd. Looking ahead to July: The typical monthly High is 85.8 degrees, while the Low is 63.1. Rainfall on average, is 4.62 inches.