Atlantic Rising announced the 5th Annual Young Professionals Gala award recipients. The gala was held Friday, April 27th at the Atlantic Golf and Country Club. The awards recognize the achievements of young professionals who demonstrate a commitment to excellence and innovation in their profession and throughout the community.

The YP Public Servant of the Year was awarded to Anthony Smith, First Church of Christ. Anthony was awarded for his work throughout the community, not only through his church but also through Boy Scouts and helping to organize various clean-ups and other projects to help improve Atlantic.

YP Newcomer of the Year went to Zack Bandow, Atlantic Dental Center PC. Since moving to Atlantic, Zack and his wife have been involved with Atlantic Rising and taken the initiative to be involved in the community through various events.

The YP Entrepreneur of the Year was awarded to Amanda Graham, owner of The Picker’s Parlor. Amanda opened The Picker’s Parlor nearly three years ago and has quickly become a staple in the Atlantic area. Her store brings in customers from all over, including out of state, where they purchase items from local crafters, as well as refurbished furniture and antiques. Amanda has needed to expand to make room for more creative and unique items, as well as start estate sales. She gives back to the community whenever she gets a chance and encourages other entrepreneurs.

The YPA Business Leader of the Year was awarded to Kate Hoffmann, owner of the Atlantic Animal Health Clinic along with her husband. Kate and her husband bought the clinic over 4 years ago where she retained much of the previous clientele and built even more relationships with new clients and their pets. Kate has a full staff and recently hired a new veterinarian who will start with her in July of this year. On top of her busy schedule at the clinic and with her family, Kate serves on the Chamber board and is involved in Rotary. She advocates for Atlantic and the needs here to help keep the community growing.

The final award of the afternoon was YP Choice Workplace of the Year. This was awarded to Nishna Valley Family YMCA. The YMCA employs over 130 people, ranging from high school students to retired individuals. They help their employees to achieve their career goals and to best serve the many YMCA members. They are also one of the main attractions for young professionals to choose Atlantic and accept jobs in the area. As such, they also provide many activities and events for kids, families, and adults to enjoy and build relationships with others in the community.

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has identified a man  who died in an officer-involved shooting Sunday, in Moorland. Authorities say he was 26-year old Joshua Lee Ewing, of Carroll.  An autopsy is scheduled with the Iowa State Medical Examiner’s Office for Tuesday, May 1st, 2018. The Iowa State Trooper has been identified as Trooper Justin Parman.

An investigation into the incident is on-going, with the final report pending autopsy and laboratory information.  Upon completion, all information will be forwarded to the Webster County Attorney’s Office for review.

Original Press Release from the Iowa Dept. of Public Safety:

On April 29, 2018, an Iowa State Trooper responded to a motorist assist in the 2300 block of Carter Avenue, in rural Moorland, Iowa, just west of Fort Dodge, Iowa.  Upon arrival, the Trooper encountered a male and female involved in a dispute and the male subject pointed and fired a handgun at the Trooper.   The male subject and the ISP Trooper exchanged several rounds at each other and the male subject was subsequently shot and killed.  The Trooper was not injured.  The initial investigation revealed the male suspect had fired several shots into his own vehicle prior to the Trooper arriving.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Nearly a year after his death, a statue has been unveiled in downtown Council Bluffs to honor slain deputy Mark Burbridge. The Daily Nonpareil reports more than 200 people gathered Saturday to see the statue of a horse without a rider. Several artists painted the statue after consulting with Burbridge’s family and friends.

In a Saturday, April 28, 2018 photo, Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputy Aaron Pattee, right, and his son, Aiden, 7, view the Horses of Honor Pottawattamie County public art exhibit dedicated to the late Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Burbridge during an unveiling ceremony outside the Squirrel Cage Jail in Council Bluffs, Iowa. (Joe Shearer/The Daily Nonpareil via AP)

The horse is covered in images important to Burbridge, including scenes with motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and a badge. Sheriff’s office Sgt. Jason LeMaster says the statue at the historic Squirrel Cage Jail offers a way to “see who he was through the drawings.”

The Horses of Honor project memorializes officers who have been killed in the line of duty. Burbridge died May 1, 2017, during an attempted jail escape that left two other officers injured.

Wesley Correa-Carmenaty was convicted in the shootings and is serving a life sentence.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says she never knew of or witnessed inappropriate behavior during her two-decade friendship with a former state agency director whom she abruptly fired after learning of sexual harassment allegations.

The Republican governor said “absolutely not,” when asked Monday if she knew of any alleged inappropriate conduct over the years by Dave Jamison, the ex-director of the Iowa Finance Authority. Reynolds fired Jamison on March 24, shortly after learning of allegations against him by two people.

Reynolds made the remarks days after ordering an independent investigation into the workplace culture at the agency, where a female employee alleges Jamison made crude sexual comments to female subordinates over the years. Jamison hasn’t spoken publicly about the allegations.

Jamison has been a political ally of Reynolds, dating back to when the two worked together as county treasurers. Reynolds says Jamison has been a family friend.

Sheriff’s officials in Mills County report 52-year old James Patrick Hiatt, of Bellevue, NE., was arrested on I-29 Saturday morning near mile marker 41 southbound. His arrest stems from an attempted traffic stop. A Mills County Deputy tried to pull over a vehicle at around 12:50-a.m. Saturday, but the vehicle continued south on Interstate 29 in excess of 100-miles per hour.

Fremont County Deputies joined in the pursuit and were able to deploy stop-sticks near the Bartlett exit. After the vehicle hit the devices, Hiatt lost control and wrecked into a field just south of exit 24. He then tried to flee on foot, but the Mills County K9 “Zehn” chased him down and held him until deputies could catch up.

Hiat faces numerous charges, including: Eluding; OWI/1st offense; Interference with Official Acts; No Valid Driver’s License; Speeding, Reckless Driving; Striking Fixtures Upon a Highway, and Depositing or Throwing Litter on Highway. His bond was set at $5,300.

And, today (Monday), 30-year old Matthew Richard Sears, of Gretna, NE., was arrested on a warrant for Probation Violation. Sears was arrested at the Mills County Sheriff’s Office, where his bond was set at $20,000.

The Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund has once again donated funds to both Washington Elementary and Schuler Elementary libraries.  Fund spokesperson and Trevor’s mom, Melanie Petty, said “Reading is one of the best things you can do with your child when they are young.  Once they are able to read on their own, encourage them to read a little every day.  Trevor loved to read and we feel blessed that we can help out our libraries by putting new books into their circulation to keep the kids motivated to read.”

Pictured: Grant Petty and Janice Dickerson (photo submitted)

Information about the 10th Annual TFred Memorial Golf Tournament will be available very soon.  The tournament which is always held the second Saturday in August is the funds only fundraiser for the year.  Please consider taking part this year by golfing, purchasing merchandise or coming to the club house and bidding on one of our many silent auction items.  It is a great day and all monies raised are given back to the community.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office today (Monday), released a report detailing recent arrests. On Saturday, deputies arrested 28-year old Cody Robert Cordell, of New Market, on felony charges that include Possession with Intent to Deliver Amphetamine (B Felony); Theft 1^st Degree (C Felony); Drug Tax Stamp Violations (D Felony); and a simple misdemeanor Possession of Drug Paraphernalia charge. Cordell was taken to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office where he remains held on $40,000 bond.

Last Friday, deputies in Cass County arrested 54-year old Scott Timothy Brown, of Grant, for Possession of Marijuana 3^rd/Subsequent offense; OWI 1^st Offense, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Brown was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains held on $3,000 bond.

On April 25th, 64-year old Garry Wayne Cook, of Atlantic, was arrested on an Atlantic Police Department warrant for felony Theft in the 2^nd Degree. Cook was taken to the Cass County Jail where he bonded later that day on $5,000 bond.

And, on April 24th, Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 20-year old Austin Daniel Malloy, of Walnut, on a District Court warrant for Probation Violation. Malloy was taken to the Cass County Jail and released later that day by order of court.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A central Iowa man has been given three life sentences after admitting in court that he fatally shot his parents and sister. Twenty-two-year-old Chase Nicholson pleaded guilty Monday in Polk County District Court in Des Moines to killing 58-year-old Mark Nicholson 56-year-old Charla Nicholson and 24-year-old Tawni Nicholson.

Their bodies and the shotgun used to kill them were found in the family home in Bondurant on April 6 last year. Nicholson surrendered the next day in Neosho, Missouri. He said at his court hearing that he had been hearing voices in his head that day telling him to shoot his parents and sister but not himself.

Chase Nicholson initially pleaded not guilty. His attorneys were planning to use an insanity defense.

DES MOINES – Now that spring has sprung, the State Historical Society of Iowa’s “Iowa History 101” mobile museum is on the road again, resuming its three-year mission to visit all 99 Iowa counties by the end of next year. Launched in 2017, the 300-square-foot museum is housed in a bright-blue, custom-built Winnebago that travels the state’s highways and back roads to share stories from Iowa’s past. It visits schools, libraries, local museums, community festivals, county fairs and other gathering places to show Iowans multi-media presentations and artifacts from the historical society’s collection. State Historical Society of Iowa Administrator Susan Kloewer said “The mobile museum shares some of the essential stories that every Iowan should know about who we are and what we’ve achieved since Iowa became a state more than 170 years ago. It’s one of the best ways we can share the history of Iowa with people in their own communities.”

Like a visit to a grandparents’ attic, the mobile museum unpacks stories of Iowa’s past with nearly 50 artifacts, including: a battered miner’s cap worn by Carl Coghlan, a Marion County coal miner; a 1917 prototype of the state flag designed by Dixie Cornell Gebhardt of Knoxville; a pen Gov. William Harding used to ratify the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote; a basketball jersey Lynne Lorenzen wore during her glory days at Ventura High School; an Olympic medal from sprinter Natasha Kaiser-Brown of Des Moines, and a patch from a spacesuit worn by astronaut Peggy Whitson of Beaconsfield.

As a bonus, Mike Wolfe, the creator and star of the hit television series “American Pickers,” lent his voice and video talents to the mobile museum’s multimedia elements. A native of Le Claire, Wolfe has a long-standing interest in history and a knack for using artifacts to unlock its stories. The idea for the mobile museum emerged in 2014 from a series of community conversations organized by the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, which oversees the State Historical Society. Iowans who care deeply about history made it clear they wanted new ways to access the State Historical Museum’s resources.

Last year, the mobile museum kicked off its three-year mission by traveling more than 8,000 miles to 45 towns in 36 Iowa counties, serving more than 24,000 Iowans. This year, it is scheduled to visit the following communities:

·  Elk Horn, June 22-24

·  Harlan, July 12-15

·  Le Mars, Sept. 23

More information is available at iowaculture.gov or 515-281-5111.