(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – Officials with Connection Area Agency on Aging say farmers market vouchers are available for seniors meeting income requirements. Vouchers can be used at participating area Farmers Markets to buy $50.00 worth of fresh, locally grown fruit, vegetables, herbs and honey. The Vouchers are valid June 1st through October 31st.
New this year! Applications will automatically be mailed to anyone that received vouchers in 2023. First time applicants and anyone who did not receive vouchers in 2023 will need to call 800-432-9209 and leave a message with their name, address, and phone number. Applications will be mailed within 5-7 business days.
Program Criteria:
Must be at least 60 years of age or older.
Annual income must be less than
$27,861 One-person household
$37,814 2- person household
2024 Farmers Market Process:
Applications will automatically be sent to last years voucher recipients by mid-May.
First time applicants will need to call and request an application.
Applicants must complete an application and meet eligibility criteria to receive vouchers.
Voucher distribution is limited. It is recommended applications be returned promptly.
Farmers Market distribution will be done by mail ONLY.
Former Iowa star Caitlin Clark says the chance to join the Indiana Fever was part of her decision to forgo an additional year at Iowa. The Fever made the two-time national player of the year the first pick in Monday’s WNBA Draft. Clark was introduced this morning in Indianapolis.
Clark feels Indianapolis is a perfect fit for her and goes beyond what she hopes to accomplish on the court.
Clark led the nation in scoring and assists this past season at Iowa and knows there will be an adjustment to the WNBA.
Clark has spearheaded record ratings and crowds at the collegiate level and accepts the pressure that comes with it.
Clark joins a young but talented Indiana roster that is hungry for success. The Fever have not made the playoffs since 2016.
Besides starting her pro career Clark also hopes to be named to the U-S team that will compete in the Olympics in Paris.
(Radio Iowa) – The Dickinson County Board of Supervisors has unanimously adopted an ordinance that would require a proposed carbon pipeline to be at least 16-hundred feet outside of cities in the northwest Iowa county. Buffer zones also would be required around homes, schools, medical facilities and public parks. Bonnie Ewalt, of Milford, says the ordinance is needed to protect the health and safety of Dickinson County residents.
“Summit drew up the route for this hazardous CO2 pipeline without any regard for topography or proximity to high risk areas,” Ewalt said. Summit Carbon Solutions has proposed a pipeline through Iowa and four other states, to ship liquefied carbon to underground storage in North Dakota. Scott O’Konek, a Minnesota-based project manager for Summit, says ordinances like this could stymie development of the pipeline and harm the ethanol plants that plan to connect to it.
“The whole project is up to 57 plants and this ordinance has the ability to take that competitiveness away from Green Plains Superior.” Green Plains Superior is an ethanol plant located in Dickinson county. Summit has sued five other counties with ordinances similar to the one in Dickinson County.
(Anita, Iowa) – The CAM School District’s Board of Education held the second of two public hearings this past Monday evening in Anita, on the proposed 2024-25 Certified Budget and FY25 School Calendar, as well as the Revised FY 24 School Calendar. Superintendent Paul Croghan said the Board afterward, set the property tax levy asking lower than the previously announced rate, and lower than last year.
The Board approved both Calendar proposals, with the revised calendar for the current school year, due to snow days.
(The 2024-25 School Year begins August 23rd, not May 23rd as he stated.)
Superintendent Croghan said, in other business, the CAM School Board approved the sale of the #20 bus, a 2019 Hogland school bus, through the Purple Wave auction site. They approved the list of graduating Seniors from CAM and the Iowa Connections Academy. They also discussed the District’s Facility Project Process.
And, the CAM School Board approved the retirement of several teachers effective the end of the current school year.
(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest Tuesday evening, of a man from Hastings (IA). 29-year-old Dakota John Allen was arrested at the Pottawattamie County Jail, on a Mills County warrant for Violation of Probation. Allen was being held in the Mills County Jail, on a $5,000 bond.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – If your power went out at around 10:45-p.m. Tuesday, in Atlantic, you can blame a raccoon for truly keeping you in the dark. Atlantic Municipal Utilities General Manager Steve Tjepkes said the incident started in the area of the Atlantic School District’s Bus Barn.
Approximately 267 AMU customers were without power for a little over three-hours before electricity was restored.
The area affected included parts of 3rd Street Place to Olive Street, and south to about 10th Street, and as far east to Burger King. Adding to the fact the incident happened overnight, AMU crews had to contend with some gusty winds, but at least there wasn’t a thunderstorm, which can really present dangerous working conditions.
Tjepkes said AMU is taking steps to hopefully prevent such outages from occurring again, or at least limit the length of the outage.
He said AMU is happy their crews were able to get out and fix the problem, get the power restored, and return home safely.
(Griswold, Iowa) – Griswold School District patrons are getting some good news with regard to their property tax rate. Superintendent Dave Henrichs says the tax asking levy per thousand dollars assessed valuation, has declined again.
It’s the fifth- or sixth-year in a row they’ve been able to decrease the levy rate, according to Henrichs. Another positive is with regard to the District’s General Obligation Bond, which was originally taken out to construct the new Elementary Building.
With regard to the 2024-25 District Calendar, there was a reduction in two instructional days, which will coincide with two less days for the teachers’ contract.
The 2024-25 School Year in Griswold begins August 23rd, 2024, and will conclude May 23rd, 2025, providing there aren’t several snow days. Public hearings were held Monday on both the Budget and Calendar. There were no objections to either, therefore the Board passed each as presented.
In other business, the Griswold School Board approved renewal of a Transportation Director Sharing Agreement with the Atlantic School District, and a School Business Official (SBO) Sharing Agreement with the Riverside School District.
He said the agreements have been in-place for years, and has proven to have been a good working relationship with each respective district, fills the district’s needs, and also provides a little extra funding through Operational Sharing. Henrichs said also, Middle/High School Principal Stephanie Brady submitted her resignation, which the Board accepted, and is in effect at the end of the current school year.
Superintendent Henrichs reported that all teaching positions have been filled.And, he said the Board approved a 2024-25 shared Girls Wrestling Program with the Red Oak School District. The agreement began at the start of the current school year, and while the Griswold School Board approved the arrangement, there is a chance the Red Oak School District may elect not the renew it for the coming school year, if the Iowa Girl’s High School Athletic Association makes changes to wrestling classifications.
In their final order of business prior to a Closed Session, Monday evening, the Griswold School Board approved the list of 2024 graduates.
Jim Field visits with Kiera Reed, who was diagnosed with acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia when she was nine years old. She is now a leukemia survivor passionate about funding research for a cure. Help her toward her goal of raising $50,000 by stopping out to the Pizza Ranch in Atlantic on Monday, April 22, 2024 from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. 10% of the proceeds from the evening will go to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
(Creston, Iowa) – Two people from Creston have been arrested on drug charges. According to the Creston Police Department, 53-year-old Lisa Kay Foster was arrested at her home in the 600 block of N. Pine Street in Creston, at around 11:10-p.m., Tuesday. Foster was charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. She was cited and released on a Promise to Appear in court.
And, at around 12-a.m. today (Wednesday), 28-year-old Taran Paul Alexander Austin was arrested his residence in Creston. Austin was charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He too, was cited and released on a Promise to Appear in court.
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