Red Oak Police, early this (Friday) morning, arrested a woman from Union County. 41-year old Chrystal Rush Stewart, of Creston, was taken into custody in the 500 block of 4th Avenue, in Red Oak, on a charge of Interference with Official Acts, a simple misdemeanor. Stewart was arrested at around 5:15-a.m. and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where her cash bond was set at $300.
AtlanticFest, presented by First Whitney Bank & Trust, will be held tomorrow (Saturday, August 11th), rain or shine. AtlanticFest is an annual festival that serves as a fundraiser for the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce. Downtown Atlantic will be filled with fun activities for the whole family to enjoy. Come early and enjoy a pancake breakfast or start the day off with a run through Schildberg Recreation Area in the Annual Road Race with chip timing coming back this year. The Annual Tractor Ride will also be taking place, kicking off at the Cass County Fair Grounds at 8 AM. There will be crafters from all over Southwest Iowa, as well as some of the best food vendors to help satisfy any appetite. Kids can enjoy the pony rides and bounce house and new this year, a family Carnival. The 20th Annual Car Show and Motorcycle Show will be taking place once again this year. Entertainment throughout the day is free.
Registrations for the Car Show, Motorcycle Show and Road Race are going on now or you may show up the day of. If you are interested in being a part of AtlanticFest, please visit www.atlanticiowa.com or call the Chamber at 712-243-3017.
The Chamber thanks its many AtlanticFest sponsors for their support.
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BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A driver has been given five years in prison for the death of a man killed in a collision south of Burlington in southeast Iowa. Des Moines County District Court records say 31-year-old Jason Twitchell was sentenced Tuesday. He’d pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors dropped a charge of vehicular homicide after learning the Iowa State Patrol didn’t request that hospital staffers preserve blood and alcohol samples taken from him after the Nov. 9, 2016, collision.
Authorities say Twitchell was injured when the truck he was driving collided with a vehicle being driven by 77-year-old Raymond Manning Jr., of Burlington. Manning died at the scene.
Today: Partly-to Mostly sunny. High 86 NE @ 10.
Tonight:Partly cloudy. Low 60.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 88. SE @ 10.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High around 90
Monday: P/Cldy w/thundershowers possible late. High near 90.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 93. Our Low this mornings 62. Last year on this date our High was 84 and the Low was 54. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 105 in 1894. The Record Low was 42 in 1967.
(Radio Iowa) — He’s anything but Itty Bitty, but that’s his name, and he’s the winner of the 2018 Iowa State Fair’s Big Boar Contest. The ironically-named big pig weighed in at 1,163 pounds, just two more than runner-up Yo Yo. Itty Bitty is owned by the West Delaware High School FFA chapter and many of the 44 members of the group were at the fair’s Swine Barn Thursday for the annual contest. They say their four-year-old pig’s favorite food is Iowa corn and he’ll often eat 16 pounds of it in a day.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes finished 5 of 7 for 33 yards on two drives in the Kansas City Chiefs’ 17-10 loss to the Houston Texans in the preseason opener for both teams. Houston’s Deshaun Watson, who’s coming back from a torn ACL, was used sparingly. He threw only one pass _ a 4-yard completion to wide receiver Bruce Ellington _ during a five-play drive to midfield that featured four handoffs to running back Lamar Miller.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Zach Johnson slipped away to St. Louis last week to play a quick round at Bellerive in advance of the PGA Championship. Phil Mickelson did, too. But they were the only ones who took the time, and at least for Johnson, it appears to have been worthwhile. He felt rested and ready, and the result was a first-round 66 to climb into contention.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tiger Woods was 3-over par after the first two holes at the PGA Championship. He changed shirts before the third hole and his game got better. Woods scratched back to shoot even-par 70 and end his day only five shots behind the morning’s leader, Rickie Fowler
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Had Rickie Fowler had his way, he would’ve worn the blue shirt he’d laid out for Thursday’s opening round of the PGA Championship. Instead, he wore bright yellow _ the color his buddy Jarrod Lyle liked to wear when he played. The Aussie golfer died Wednesday night after a long bout with leukemia. Tributes to him were everywhere at Bellerive, mainly in the form of yellow ribbons that many players pinned to their hats.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln police have arrested a 17-year-old girl who had a pair of shoes believed to have been stolen from the unoccupied home of Nebraska football coach Scott Frost. Police say investigators are searching for others who might have been involved. Several pairs of athletic shoes, football helmets and artwork are still missing.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Avenatti’s crusade for the porn actress taking on President Donald Trump has already catapulted him to cable news stardom and endeared him to many frustrated liberals. Now the self-styled “dragon slayer” is taking his message to Iowa Democrats _ a huge influence in the 2020 White House race. He toured the Iowa State Fair on Thursday and is set to appear at the Democratic Wing Ding in Clear Lake on Friday. He says he’s not talking about 2020 just to get “under the president’s skin.”
CARTER LAKE, Iowa (AP) — An attempted murder charge against a Carter Lake woman has been dismissed at the request of her alleged victim. The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil reports that the charge against 51-year-old Tammy Oberg was dropped Wednesday. Oberg had been charged in May after being accused of trying to run over another woman on a bicycle in Carter Lake.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A 21-year-old Davenport man who crashed a stolen garbage truck into a police chief’s squad car, seriously injuring the chief, has been sentenced to nearly 60 years in prison. The Quad-City Times reports that 21-year-old Logan Shoemaker was sentenced Thursday to up to 58 years. Authorities say Shoemaker rammed into the squad vehicle of Buffalo Police Chief T.J. Behning in September, causing serious injuries to Behning.
BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) — The reward fund offered for the safe return of a missing University of Iowa student has grown to nearly $316,000. A spokesman for Crime Stoppers of Central Iowa said Thursday the organization has passed on more than 830 tips to authorities investigating the disappearance of Mollie Tibbetts. The 20-year-old was seen jogging July 18 and her family reported her missing the next day.
CARTER LAKE, Iowa (AP) — An attempted murder charge against a Carter Lake woman has been dismissed at the request of her alleged victim. The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil reports that the charge against 51-year-old Tammy Oberg was dropped Wednesday. Oberg was ordered to pay fees and expenses for court costs.
Oberg had been charged in May after being accused of trying to run over another woman on a bicycle in Carter Lake. Police say she told officers she did it because she believed the victim was riding a stolen bike.
Officers say they found the alleged victim’s bike and cellphone in Oberg’s home.
BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) — The reward fund offered for the safe return of a missing University of Iowa student has grown to nearly $316,000. A spokesman for Crime Stoppers of Central Iowa said Thursday the organization has passed on more than 830 tips to authorities investigating the disappearance of Mollie Tibbetts.
Tibbetts’ father has suggested she might have been abducted from her boyfriend Dalton Jack’s home in Brooklyn, Iowa. The 20-year-old Tibbetts was seen jogging July 18 and her family reported her missing the next day.
Jack’s brother, Blake, told Fox News there were no signs of struggle at the home, adding that Tibbetts is “small, but she would have done something” if she had been attacked.
Dalton Jack says he received a Snapchat message from Tibbetts July 18, after she would have returned from her run. Authorities haven’t found her Fitbit or cellphone.
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