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TUESDAY, MAY 29th

Trading Post

May 29th, 2018 by Jim Field

WANTED:  Still looking for a good used refrigerator.  ph. 712-254-6842.

FOR SALE: 2006 Ford F-150 Supercrew. 4 wheel drive 1/2 ton. 2″ receiver and 5th wheel hitch. Looks and runs great. $6,000.00. In Atlantic. 402-759-2408.

FOR SALE:  Antique music cabinet.  Gorgeous curved front on this wood music cabinet. Original hardware on the door. In excellent condition and from a smoke free home. Can be used to store sheet music, blueprints, art, etc.  Asking $100.  Call 805-490-7096 with questions.

FOR SALE:  Vintage Hoosier Cabinet Base- $150.  Beautiful base for vintage hoosier cabinet. Currently has a black vinyl top but can easily be removed if desired. Nice hardware on the drawers. It works well for storage and display your favorite items or books on the top.  Call 805-490-7096 with questions.

FOR SALE:  Hoveround Electric Wheelchair $275.  In good working condition, new battery charger. The footrest does have a few cracks in it. Comes with the owners manual, battery and battery charger. From a smoke free home. Weigh capacity is 300 pounds. Works well on carpet and outdoors. Call 805-490-7096 with questions.

FOR SALE:  22″ Sears Craftsman Gold Series push mower with adjustable deck height.  Bag, mulch or side discharge, 4 years old.  Asking $100 or best offer.  Call 712-250-0902.  (NO TEXTS)

FOR SALE:  Small wooden chicken coop with ramp, door, window and four nests.  Shingled roof.  Asking $150 firm.  Call 712-250-0902.  (NO TEXTS)

FOR SALE:  Left rear taillight lens for 1978 Ford truck.  Asking $20.  Call 712-250-0902.  (NO TEXTS)

WANTED: 2 burner gas grill, reasonable price. 249-2591.

FREE:  Various sizes of logs (15″ x 12′, 24″ x 12′, 14″ x 12′, 22″ x 12′, 12″ x 12′).  Have a fork lift to help load them.  Call to find out more  249-1288 or 249-0257.

Storm knocks out power, leaves behind damage in north Iowa

News

May 29th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Thousands of people lost power when a powerful thunderstorm swept through several communities in northern Iowa. Howling winds of up to 70 mph were reported Monday evening as hail pounded the Clear Lake-Mason City area. Several trees were toppled, power lines were knocked down and a dock was destroyed on Clear Lake. No injuries have been reported.

Alliant Energy says the outages peaked at just over 10,000 customers, but power was expected to be restored to all by late Tuesday morning. Street flooding also was reported in low-lying spots, especially under viaducts.

Iowa bicycling enthusiasts hope for summer free from car collisions

News, Sports

May 29th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Many Iowans are getting their bicycles tuned-up and ready for a summer full of riding. Cycling enthusiasts are also hoping it’s a much safer season than recent years. According to the Iowa Bicycle Coalition, 11 people died in bicycle crashes in the state in 2016. Nine of those crashes involved collisions with vehicles. Roger White, with the group Cedar Valley Cyclists in Cedar Falls, says lawmakers could do much more to protect people pedaling on Iowa’s highways. “It’s very difficult to prove reckless driving, so there’s a void in the law,” White says. “One of the things that would help is if the legislature would pass full-lane passing of bicyclists and, at the same time, increase the penalties for driving distracted.”

While White is suggesting cars be required to move into another lane while passing bikes, others have called for a three-or-five foot passing clearance. “Neither of those are enforceable because you have two vehicles moving down the road at the same time and the vehicle driver is sitting way over on the left side – it’s very difficult to judge the distance from the opposite side of the vehicle while you’re going 55 or whatever miles an hour,” White says. “The only thing that’s clear is you know when you’re in the opposite lane or not, so full-lane passing is the solution to that.”

White and many other bicyclists are also calling for greater penalties in Iowa for motorists who are found at fault for hitting a cyclist. White says, many times, a motorist is only charged with failure to yield – even if the cyclist is killed or seriously injured.

(Radio Iowa)

Atlantic man injured in single-vehicle rollover accident, Monday

News

May 29th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

An Atlantic man was injured during a single-vehicle rollover accident, Monday at around 4-p.m. The crash happened off Highland Road, north of the Atlantic Municipal Airport. Authorities said the westbound pickup went out of control and came to rest on its top in the north ditch, near a field entrance. The man – whose name was not officially released – was transported by Medivac Ambulance to the Cass County Memorial Hospital, and later to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha. His wife said in a social media post, that it appears the man suffered from a broken vertebrae in his neck, chest injuries and a head injury. He was said to be alert Monday evening, but in a lot of pain.

We’ll release the crash victims’ name when it becomes officially available. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office, Atlantic Police and Atlantic Fire and Rescue assisted at the scene.

Man sought after kayak flipped in on river Fort Dodge

News

May 29th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say they’ll resume a search Tuesday for a man missing since his kayak overturned on the Des Moines River in Fort Dodge. Fort Dodge Fire Chief Steve Hergenreter says the man and his wife were kayaking below the hydroelectric dam when both kayaks flipped about 3:30 p.m. Monday. She swam to shore, but her husband was swept away by the river. He was last seen about 100 yards from the dam. Their names haven’t been released. Hergenreter says volunteers won’t be needed for today’s (Tuesday’s) search of the water and shoreline.

La Nina is over and the summer ahead could bring more heat, more rain

News, Weather

May 29th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The experts say our region’s weather patterns will likely be changing for the warmer and wetter in the seasons ahead, but how much they’ll change is still anybody’s guess. Meteorologist Dennis Todey, director of the U-S-D-A’s Midwest Climate Hub — based in Ames, explains: “La Nina is no longer, it’s officially done, so now we are in between phases, which we jokingly call La Nada,” Todey says. “We’ll start watching for how quickly we’ll transition if there are any influences that look El Nino-like as we look towards the fall and winter.”

La Nina patterns often bring cooler temperatures along with more storms in some areas and droughts elsewhere. El Nino patterns typically do the opposite. Todey says the region’s outlook for the month ahead will likely include more rain than normal. “June has wetter chances to the east with decreasing coverage in the summer and we’ll have to keep our eye on that,” Todey says. “Because there’s no specific drying or showing in the outlooks, we’ll need to monitor for changes because convective season precipitation is a very difficult thing to assess.”

A few months ago, there was a lot of grumbling about the long cold winter that stretched well into spring. Todey says there may soon be a complete reversal, with prolonged higher temperatures in the long-range forecast. “Warmer likely for the whole region in June but the edges of the area we deal with have a better chance of being warmer throughout the whole summer,” he says.

Todey says the development of an El Nino pattern later this year could have an impact on the weather from next winter into next spring.

(Radio Iowa)

LEON JOSEPH “JOE” SKANK, 58, of Omaha (Svcs. 5/31/18)

Obituaries

May 29th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

LEON JOSEPH “JOE” SKANK, 58, of Omaha, died Saturday, May 26th, at the Immanuel Fontanelle Nursing Home, in Omaha. Funeral services for JOE SKANK will be held 10-a.m. Thursday, May 31st, at the Loess Hills Funeral Home, in Carson.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Wed., May 30th, from 5-until 7-p.m.

Burial, with Military Honors, will be in the Carson Cemetery.

LEON JOSEPH “JOE” SKANK is survived by:

His wife – Kandis Skank, of Council Bluffs.

His mother – Irene Skank, of Carson.

His brothers – Sid (Tami) Skank, and Karl (Lisa) Skank, all of Carson.

His sisters – Lynn Skank (& John Stull), of Council Bluffs; Lisa (Devon) Fulton, of Plattsmouth, NE; and Leslie (Todd) Frazier, of Black Diamond, WA.

His mother-in-law: Donna Cole, of Macedonia.

Other relatives and friends.

Atlantic competes at Boys State Team Tennis today

Sports

May 29th, 2018 by admin

Atlantic Boys Tennis Team
Photo courtesy Shawn Petersen

The Atlantic Trojans boys tennis team will compete in the State Team Tennis Final Four today. The Class 1A Team Finals are being played at the Waveland Tennis Courts in Des Moines.

Atlantic will be the #3 seed and play their Semi-Final match against #2 seeded Maharishi, Fairfield. The other Semi-Final is # Dubuque Wahlert vs. #4 Boone. Play begins at 8:30am for the Semi-Final matches. The State Championship and Consolation Final will be played 1 hour after Semi-Final play is complete.

BETTY J. YOUNG, 87, of Audubon (Svcs. 5/31/18)

Obituaries

May 29th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

BETTY J. YOUNG, 87, of Audubon, died Sunday, May 27th, at the Friendship Home, in Audubon. Funeral services for BETTY YOUNG will be held 11-a.m. Thursday, May 31st, at the Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is from 10-a.m. until the time of service, Thursday.

Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon.

BETTY J. YOUNG is survived by:

Her sons – Terry (Roxanne) Young, of Sacremento, CA., and Jack Young, of Audubon.

Her daughter – Cindy (Cal) Hansen, of Atlantic.

Her sister – Barbara (Larry) Linn, of Atlantic.

8 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, 5 great-great grandchildren, her sisters-in-law, other relatives and friends.

Skyscan forecast and weather data for Atlantic: 5/29/18

Weather

May 29th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Today: Variably cloudy skies w/isolated thunderstorms early this morning & later this afternoon. High 92. SE winds @ 10-20mph.

Tonight: Partly-to Mostly cloudy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. Low 64. SE @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scatt. shwrs & tstrms. High 86. W @ 10-20.

Thursday: P/Cldy. High near 90.

Friday: P/Cldy. High around 92.

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 97, which broke the old record of 95 set in 1895. Our Low this morning was 66. Last year on this date our High was 75 and the Low was 47. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 104 in 1934. The Record Low was 29, in 1947.