The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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ALTOONA, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines suburb has approved a $400 million development agreement with social media giant Facebook for construction of another data center building. The nearly 1 million-square-foot building would be the fifth Facebook has erected in Altoona. The City Council’s decision will make the building exempt from property taxes for 20 years. But Facebook has agreed to pay a yearly fee of nearly 60% of what it would otherwise have paid in property taxes.
Facebook also will pay for the construction of a $500,000 pump station that will boost the water pressure for the data center and other structures in the area. Officials say the new building is expected to bring 70 new jobs to Altoona. Facebook’s headquarters is in Menlo Park, California, south of San Francisco.
Today: Mostly cloudy w/showers. High 56. E @ 10-15.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy w/showers & thunderstorms. Low 50.
Tomorrow: Cloudy w/showers & tstrms. High 62. E/SE @ 10-20.
Thursday: Showers ending in the morning; Becoming partly cloudy. High 58.
Friday: Mostly sunny. High around 68.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 67. Our Low this morning (as of 5-a.m.) was 48. We received .12″ rain yesterday. Last year on this date our High was 80 and the Low was 44. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 95 in 1966. The Record Low was 24 in 1931.
In an update to our earlier report and social media posts, Council Bluffs Police report all three juveniles who ran away from Children’s Square in Council Bluffs Monday evening, have been found and returned to Children’s Square. 14-year old’s Creston Harvil and Monique Nehaw, along with 11-year old Quentin Cain, all ran away at around 7 p.m., Monday. Authorities suspected they were enroute to Omaha. The updated report did not indicate where the trio was found.
Creston is a white male and was last seen wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt and camouflage pants. Monique is a black female and was last seen wearing a bright yellow shirt. Quentin is a white male and was last seen wearing all black.
Police in Council Bluffs are investigating a shooting that took place at around 5:20-p.m., Monday. Officers responded to 9th Avenue and South Main Street, for a shooting incident involving subjects in three vehicles. Authorities say after shots were fired, the vehicles continued to 5thAvenue and South Main Street where one of the cars crashed and other two stopped.
The driver of one of the cars had been shot and was transported to UNMC by ambulance, where he was pronounced dead. Detectives are currently interviewing the other involved subjects who remained at the scene and witnesses from both scenes.
The incident remains under investigation, with authorities still in the process of gathering information and collecting evidence. No other information is available at this time. Anyone with any information that was in the area at the time of this incident is encouraged to contact the Council Bluffs Criminal Investigations Division at 712-328-4728, or Crime Stoppers at 712-328-7867.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Miles Mikolas pitched seven stellar innings and Yadier Molina hit one of three home runs that powered the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Matt Carpenter and Paul DeJong also went deep as the Cardinals snapped a four-game skid.
HOUSTON (AP) — George Springer, Carlos Correa and Robinson Chirinos each homered to lead the Houston Astros to a 6-4 win over the Kansas City Royals. Springer opened the first with his 11th home run of the season, including three leadoff drives. He added an RBI double in the eighth. Correa had three hits. He opened the second by extending his hitting streak to a career-high 16 games with a home run.
UNDATED (AP) — The XFL has reached multiyear agreements with ESPN and Fox Sports to broadcast its games beginning in 2020. The league also announced its season will begin Feb. 8, which is the weekend after the NFL season ends with the Super Bowl. This is the second time Vince McMahon has launched a football league. The first version of the XFL lasted one season in 2001. It was joint venture of WWE and NBC.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has hired four staffers in Iowa and three in New Hampshire as he works to build on the momentum his campaign has seen. None of the Iowa hires has top-level experience on a presidential, federal or statewide campaign there. The South Bend, Indiana, mayor got a late start in the race and much of the top talent in Iowa has signed on with other campaigns. That left late entries such as Buttigieg with a smaller pool of strategists from which to choose.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican David Young says he will run for the Iowa congressional seat he lost in the 2018 election to Democrat Cindy Axne. Young announced Monday afternoon that he would seek the GOP nomination in the 3rd district, comprised of 16 counties stretching from Des Moines to the Missouri River. Young was elected to represent the district in 2014 and 2016 before losing to Axne in the 2018 general election.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Rainy weather is delaying Iowa farmers from planting crops this spring. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Monday that 36% of Iowa’s expected corn crop had been planted as of Sunday. That’s five days behind the five-year average. About 8% of the expected soybean crop has been planted. That’s two days behind the five-year average. Last week, rain allowed for only 2.8 days of fieldwork. Chilly temperatures also slowed the emergence of crops that have been planted.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed into law a measure that requires school district officials to report misconduct of employees to a state board within 30 days of disciplinary action. The law, which takes effect July 1, requires school administrators to report staffers who engage in misconduct, including improper relationships with students, falsifying grades or test scores, using public property for personal use or attending school function under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater, Monday evening, released a report on two arrests that took place last week. 25-year old Rondale Oliver, Jr., of Omaha, was arrested April 28th by an Iowa State Patrol Trooper. He was arrested for Theft in the 2nd Degree (Motor Vehicle Theft not exceeding $10,000 in value), after a broadcast was put out through State Radio, of a stolen vehicle traveling from Omaha to Cedar Rapids.
At around 5:55-p.m., the vehicle, a 2019 Ford Escape, was located at mile marker 76 of Interstate 80. The vehicle, with four occupants, was stopped and they were questioned and detained. Three of the occupants stated that Oliver, Jr. has possession of the vehicle, which had Texas license plates.
The occupants said also that Oliver, Jr. was in possession of the vehicle from a few days prior, to as far back as Easter. State Radio confirmed with Des Moines Police, that the vehicle was stolen, as it was never returned to the rental company at the Des Moines Airport. Oliver, Jr. was being held in the Adair County Jail on a $5,000 cash or surety bond.
And, 43-year old David Joseph Rayer, Jr., of Greenfield, was arrested May 3rd on a court ordered mittimus for non-compliance with a court order in connection with a civil matter. He was sentenced to 30-days in jail and ordered to pay the plaintiff $750 for attorney’s fees. A compliance hearing was set for July 26th.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed into law a measure that requires school district officials to report misconduct of employees to a state board within 30 days of disciplinary action.
The law, which takes effect July 1, requires school administrators to report staffers who engage in misconduct, including improper relationships with students, falsifying grades or test scores, using public property for personal use or attending school functions under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Reynolds signed the bill Monday at a Cedar Rapids school. It was passed by lawmakers in response to an incident involving a teacher at Linn-Mar Community School District, which includes portions of Marion, Cedar Rapids, Robins and rural areas of Linn County.
The teacher had a record of sexual misconduct in other districts but hadn’t been reported to the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners, which licenses educators in Iowa.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Rainy weather is delaying Iowa farmers from planting crops this spring. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Monday that 36% of Iowa’s expected corn crop had been planted as of Sunday. That’s five days behind the five-year average.
About 8% of the expected soybean crop has been planted. That’s two days behind the five-year average. Last week, rain allowed for only 2.8 days of fieldwork. Chilly temperatures also slowed the emergence of crops that have been planted.