The Atlantic Community School District’s Board of Education will hold a Special Meeting 7:30-a.m. Tuesday, in the Schuler Elementary School Media Center. The Board will hold a Closed Session (per Iowa Code), to discuss a personnel matter, followed by action in an open session, on 2018-19 Coaches/Sponsors Continuing Contracts.
The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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AUSTIN, Minn. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is recalling more than 228,000 pounds of Spam and another product made by Minnesota-based Hormel after four consumers complained about metal objects in the food. The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service says the canned chicken and pork in question was produced in February at the company’s plant in Fremont, Nebraska. The agency says “minor oral injuries” have been reported. The recall covers 12-ounce metal cans containing “SPAM Classic” with a “Best By” date of February 2021 date. Those products were shipped throughout the U.S.
The production codes are F020881, F020882, F020883, F020884, F020885, F020886, F020887, F020888 and F020889.
The recall also includes 12-ounce metal cans of “Hormel Foods Black-Label Luncheon Loaf” with a “Best By” date of February 2021. Those products were shipped only to Guam, with production codes F02098 and F02108.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports three people were arrested Sunday, on separate charges. Just after 2-a.m., 40-year old David Benjamin Crowder, of Glenwood, was arrested for Public Intoxication, following an incident in the campground at Viking Lake State Park, east of Stanton. Crowder was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 bond. At around 9:37-p.m., following a traffic stop in Stanton, Montgomery County Deputies arrested 36-year old Robert Dean Surrell, of Corning, for Driving while license suspended. Surrell was booked into the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $566 bond.
And, at around 11:55-p.m. Sunday, 27-year old Chad William Perkins, of Villisca, was arrested following a traffic stop northeast of Villisca. Perkins was charged with Driving While License Suspended, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. His bond was also set at $566.
The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports two incidents occurred at Lake Icaria, Sunday. At around 7:30-p.m., Officers from Lake Icaria received a report about persons smoking marijuana in a vehicle parked in a parking lot. Adams County K9 “Baxo” was deployed and alerted to the presence of narcotics on a vehicle located in the area of the caller’s information. The vehicle was impounded. The case remained under investigation. At around 9-p.m., Adams County Dispatch received a call from a person who was concerned about an intoxicated person getting ready to leave the beach at Lake Icaria. Deputies arrived and located the vehicle in question. They arrested Desirae Herbold, of Corning, for OWI/1st Offense.
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And, at around 11:19-p.m., Sunday, Adams County Deputies responded to a welfare check in the 800 block of Adams Street, in Corning. Upon further investigation, Brandon Haley, of Corning, was arrested for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Interference with Official Acts.
Red Oak Police report a man was taken into custody at around 10:15-p.m. Sunday, for Simple Assault. 44-year old Henry A. Evans (no city of residence given), was taken into custody and booked into the Montgomery County Jail, where his bond was set at $300.
It’s been a record-shattering weekend, weather-wise, in much of Iowa. “How quickly we went from a rather wintry April to a very summer-like May.” That’s Cory Martin of the National Weather Service office in Johnston. Heat advisories were issued for central and northwest Iowa on Sunday. “It’s just a strong ridge of high pressure that’s right now pretty much parked over the central tier of the country and that’s brought some unseasonably hot conditions,” Martin said, “a pretty early season heat wave.”
Several locations reported record highs on Sunday, including here in Atlantic, where our High of 100 beat the record of 91 set back in 1931. It was the second day in a row for a record setting temperature in Atlantic. Saturday’s High of 100 broke the record of 96 set in 1926. Carroll and Spencer reached the 100 degree mark, Sunday. The temperature reached 97 in Davenport, Ottumwa and Waterloo. It was 98 in Mason City. Fort Dodge and Des Moines reached 99 degrees. Sioux City was the hottest spot — topping out at 101 degrees. “Definitely an unusual heat event to see this early in the season,” Martin says.
It may be a degree or two cooler today (Monday), but the temperatures are likely to still reach into record high territory, according to Martin. “Through the middle of the week, looks like temperatures are going to fall back a little bit. We’re looking at highs Wednesday maybe in the mid-to-upper 80s,” Martin says. “That’s still a few degrees above normal for this time of year, but as we get back into Thursday and Friday, it looks like we’re going to warm right back up into the 90s and then we’ll be watching another system coming our way this weekend which may bring us some relief, but that’s still a little ways out, so it’s kind of tough to tell what to expect out of that at the moment.”
Temperatures in Iowa are usually in the mid-to-upper 70s this time of year. With all the heat AND humidity in Iowa right now, Martin says there’s plenty of instability in the atmosphere right now to fuel some thunderstorms. “The issue, if you’re looking at tornadoes right now, is the jet stream is pushed well north of the area,” Martin says. “We don’t have any stronger winds aloft that would typically help us with storm organization, to really get some significant severe weather going.”
Some of the record high temperatures for this date in Iowa were set more than a century ago, in 1895.
(Radio Iowa)
Today (Memorial Day): Partly cloudy. High 98. SE @ 10-20mph.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 68. SE @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High 93. SE @ 10-20.
Wednesday: P/Cldy w/scatt. Shwrs & tstrms. High 86.
Thursday: P/Cldy. High 88.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 100, which broke the old record of 91 set in 1931. Our Low this morning was 64. Last year on this date our High was 81 and the Low was 49. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 95 in 1895. The Record Low was 29, in 1984.
A program pertaining to Human Trafficking will be held this Sunday (June 3rd), in Villisca. The Southwest District United Methodist Women and Villisca UM Church are hosting the program, which runs from 2:30-to 4:30-p.m. Sunday, at the Villisca United Methodist Church.
Paul Yates, executive director, and Megan Johnson, street outreach director, of “I’ve Got a Name,” in Lincoln, Neb., will share their knowledge of sex trafficking and how we can recognize it and help. Their program will help attendees:
· Find out what sex trafficking is, how it begins and where it may exist.
· Understand that sex trafficking exists in our communities throughout Iowa and Nebraska.
· Discover how they can make a difference in the lives of those who are vulnerable to or who suffer through sex slavery.
“I’ve Got a Name” stands against sex trafficking through generating awareness, advocating, and financial support of those who fight injustice within our communities. I’ve Got a Name uses a faith-based approach to empower those who rescue, restore, and protect those who cannot protect themselves.
The program is open to the public and free of charge. All are welcome to attend and learn more about this growing problem across the country.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jason Hammel struck out 10, Drew Butera and Salvador Perez homered, and the Kansas City Royals held on to beat the Texas Rangers 5-3. Hammel pitched 5 1/3 shutout innings. He gave up four hits, including three doubles, and two walks.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Harrison Bader’s pinch-hit bloop single off Pittsburgh closer Felipe Vazquez keyed a late rally and helped the St. Louis Cardinals surge past the slumping Pirates for a 6-4 victory. The Cardinals won for just the fourth time in 19 games when trailing after seven innings by pouncing on Pittsburgh’s bullpen.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Ben Mezzenga singled in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning and threw out what would have been the tying run at home in the eighth, and top-seeded Minnesota beat Purdue 6-4 in the Big Ten Tournament championship game. The regular-season champion Gophers won their first tournament title since 2010 and 10th under 37th-year coach John Anderson. The loss was Purdue’s first in eight games.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Florida State will host a regional in the NCAA baseball tournament for the 35th time while Stetson was named a first-time host. The NCAA announced the 16 regional sites, and the rest of the 64-team field will be unveiled Monday. Each regional will be made up of four teams playing in a double-elimination format. All are scheduled from Friday through Monday. Regional winners advance to best-of-three super regionals and those eight winners go on to the College World Series in Omaha.
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