Officials with the Iowa Department of Transportation in Sioux City report railroad crossing replacement work by the Union Pacific Railroad in the Sioux City area, will require the closing Singing Hills Boulevard/Business U.S. 75 at South Lewis Boulevard to traffic, beginning at 8-a.m. Monday, Sept. 18t, through 5-p.m. Friday, Sept. 22nd, weather permitting.
Traffic will be detoured around the work zone using South Lewis Boulevard, Donner Avenue, and York Street.
Officials with the Audubon County Memorial Hospital say the City of Audubon has approved the cutting of a T1 copper line that services the Audubon County Hospital. The project begins at 3-p.m today (Tuesday), and is needed to complete a portion of the water and sewer project. Since the copper line serves as the only phone line to the hospital, the facility will be operating under their “disaster protocol” while the phone line is disconnected, until splicing of the copper line has been completed.
Officials say they chose this particular time, so as to limit the disruption to the critical functions of the hospital. If you have an urgent need to contact the hospital during the time the phone line is down, please call the Audubon County Sheriff’s Dispatch at 712-563-2631 and they will relay the message to the hospital. The Hospital will send out notification when the telephone service is operational again.
LaVon Eblen visits with actress, storyteller and speaker Pippa White about her performance Sunday entitled, “Voices from the Resistance in World War II,” at the American Legion Memorial Building in Atlantic.
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WALL LAKE, Iowa (AP) – A nurse has been accused of stealing painkillers from a nursing home in northwest Iowa. Court records say 50-year-old Michelle Green is charged with fraudulent practice, dependent adult abuse, tampering with records and four counts of prohibited acts. A Wall Lake phone listed for Green has been disconnected. Her preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 26.
Court records say Green kept for herself narcotic medications that she’d ordered for residents when she was working at Twilight Acres nursing home in Wall Lake between Jan. 1 and May 2.
A 10-year old male who allegedly tried to sell marijuana to another student at the Washington School in Red Oak, Monday, lead authorities to a residence and the arrest of a woman. Red Oak Police say authorities were called to the school at around 12:45-p.m. for a report of a juvenile in possession of marijuana. The student allegedly tried to sell the drug to another student, who told school administrators. The administrators notified police.
After speaking with the student, officers obtained a search warrant, which was executed at a home in the 100 block of W. Valley Street. As a result, 34-year old Erin Elizabeth Bartles, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 3-p.m., for possession of the controlled substance (marijuana).
Authorities say Bartles was cooperative during the investigation. She was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $1,000 cash bond. Police also arrested the 10-year old male for Possession of a Controlled Substance. He was referred to juvenile authorities. Red Oak Police were assisted in their investigation, by Deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2017 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:
| Class 4A | |||
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. West Des Moines Dowling (14) | 3-0 | 149 | 1 |
| 2. Iowa City West (1) | 3-0 | 130 | 3 |
| 3. Johnston | 3-0 | 118 | 4 |
| 4. West Des Moines Valley | 2-1 | 95 | 2 |
| 5. Waukee | 2-1 | 79 | 7 |
| 6. Bettendorf | 2-1 | 59 | 8 |
| 7. Council Bluffs Lewis Central | 3-0 | 57 | 6 |
| 8. Cedar Rapids Prairie | 3-0 | 53 | 5 |
| 9. Ankeny Centennial | 2-1 | 35 | 10 |
| 10. Cedar Falls | 2-1 | 24 | 9 |
Others receiving votes: Pleasant Valley 14. Waterloo West 4. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 4. Newton 3. Indianola 1.
| Class 3A | |||
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Solon (8) | 3-0 | 135 | 1 |
| 2. Dallas Center-Grimes (1) | 3-0 | 133 | 2 |
| 3. Cedar Rapids Xavier (5) | 3-0 | 102 | 4 |
| 4. Pella | 2-1 | 88 | 6 |
| 5. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (1) | 3-0 | 86 | 8 |
| 6. Webster City | 3-0 | 83 | 5 |
| 7. Sioux City Heelan | 2-1 | 36 | 3 |
| 8. Storm Lake | 3-0 | 32 | 7 |
| 9. Carlisle | 3-0 | 29 | 9 |
| 10. Glenwood | 3-0 | 24 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Waverly-Shell Rock 18. Manchester West Delaware 15. Spirit Lake 13. Washington 12. Boone 7. Harlan 5. Oskaloosa 3. Norwalk 2. Carroll 2.
| Class 2A | |||
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Williamsburg (9) | 3-0 | 142 | 1 |
| 2. Waukon (4) | 3-0 | 134 | 2 |
| 3. Boyden-Hull-RV (1) | 2-1 | 106 | 4 |
| 4. Sioux Center (1) | 3-0 | 92 | 5 |
| 5. Mount Vernon | 2-1 | 88 | 6 |
| 6. Sheldon | 3-0 | 67 | 7 |
| 7. Cascade | 3-0 | 55 | 8 |
| 8. Clear Lake | 2-1 | 44 | 10 |
| 9. Monroe PCM | 2-1 | 35 | 9 |
| 10. South Central Calhoun | 2-1 | 14 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Aplington-Parkersburg 12. Carroll Kuemper 11. Union, La Porte City 8. New Hampton 7. State Center West Marshall 7. Donnellson Central Lee 2. Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 1.
| Class 1A | |||
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Inwood West Lyon (11) | 3-0 | 143 | 1 |
| 2. Van Meter (3) | 3-0 | 129 | 2 |
| 3. Pella Christian (1) | 3-0 | 122 | 3 |
| 4. Iowa City Regina | 1-2 | 84 | 4 |
| 5. Hull Western Christian | 2-1 | 73 | 5 |
| 6. Pleasantville | 3-0 | 65 | 6 |
| 7. A-H-S-T-W, Avoca | 3-0 | 49 | 8 |
| 8. West Branch | 3-0 | 46 | NR |
| 9. Bellevue | 3-0 | 40 | 7 |
| 10. Denver | 2-1 | 21 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Wilton 11. Missouri Valley 11. Leon Central Decatur 7. Hinton 6. Jewell South Hamilton 5. O-A/BCIG 3. Logan-Magnolia 3. IKM/Manning 2. Belmond-Klemme 2. Eagle Grove 1. Madrid 1. Panora Panorama 1.
| Class A | |||
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Council Bluffs St. Albert (12) | 3-0 | 145 | 1 |
| 2. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (2) | 3-0 | 118 | 2 |
| 3. Hawarden West Sioux | 3-0 | 109 | 3 |
| 4. Algona Garrigan | 3-0 | 71 | 4 |
| 5. Fairbank Wapsie Valley | 3-0 | 70 | 6 |
| 6. Lisbon (1) | 3-0 | 67 | 5 |
| 7. Packwood Pekin | 4-0 | 47 | 9 |
| 8. St. Ansgar | 3-0 | 38 | 7 |
| 9. Hudson | 3-0 | 32 | NR |
| 10. Lynnville-Sully | 3-0 | 28 | 8 |
Others receiving votes: Le Mars Gehlen Catholic 21. Southwest Valley 14. Akron-Westfield 11. Winthrop East Buchanan 5. New London 3. Mason City Newman 1.
| Class 8-Man | |||
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (9) | 3-0 | 133 | 1 |
| 2. Remsen Saint Mary’s (2) | 3-0 | 118 | 4 |
| 3. Audubon (2) | 3-0 | 116 | 3 |
| 4. Newell-Fonda (1) | 3-0 | 90 | 5 |
| 5. Lone Tree | 4-0 | 62 | 7 |
| 6. Jackson Junction Turkey Valley | 3-0 | 57 | 8 |
| 7. Harris-Lake Park | 2-1 | 53 | 2 |
| 8. Kingsley-Pierson | 3-0 | 33 | 9 |
| 9. Tripoli | 3-0 | 27 | NR |
| 10. Graettinger-Terril-Ruthven-Ayrshire | 2-1 | 20 | 6 |
Others receiving votes: Ackley AGWSR 8. Wyoming Midland 8. Sidney 8. Afton East Union 7. Stanton 6. Fremont Mills, Tabor 6. Riceville 6. Westside Ar-We-Va 5. Moravia 3.Anita CAM 2. Baxter 1. Melcher-Dallas 1.
Residents of the Gulf coast states and other states affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and even the tropical storms that followed, are beginning to pick up the pieces. But for many without flood insurance, the process is likely to be long, costly and frustrating. Iowans can sympathize as the destructive storm surge flooded hundreds of homes and businesses. While Iowa’s been plagued by many floods over the years, fewer and fewer Iowans qualify for flood insurance as at-risk properties are bull-dozed into green spaces.
Dave Maurstad heads the National Flood Insurance Program for FEMA and says flood plain lines are drawn to dictate who’s at most risk and who has to get flood insurance. “And if you’re on the high-risk side of that line, then you’re required, the government says you have to buy it if you have a federally-backed mortgage,” Maurstad says. “If you’re on the other side of that line and you’re just in the low- to moderate-risk area, the government’s really sending a message that you don’t need the coverage. We need to change that dynamic.”
The Houston, Texas area is still reeling from the flooding that resulted from Hurricane Harvey. At least 80-thousand claims under the flood insurance program have been submitted by policy holders in the Texas Gulf Coast area, though many thousands more homes that were damaged or destroyed did not have flood insurance.
Maurstad says, “We need to change the social paradigm where people do everything they can to avoid buying a flood insurance policy to one where it’s the individual property owner’s responsibility to their family and their community to protect their property from flooding.” So far, the National Flood Insurance Program has made more than $13.2 million in advance payments to insured survivors of Hurricane Harvey.
The damage caused by the combination of tornadoes and flooding in Iowa in 2008 was estimated at 848-million dollars. At the time, it was considered the sixth-worst natural disaster in U-S history, a list then-topped by Hurricane Katrina at more than eight-billion dollars.
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The Atlantic girls swim team came in 7th this past Saturday at the Linn-Mar meet. The Trojans had 6th place finishes from Mycala Kickland in the 50 Yard Freestyle 25.40, 200 Yard Medley Relay (Anna Lowary, Jessica Hartwig, Clare Christensen, Mycala Kickland), 200 Yard Freestyle Relay (Cambry Miller, Kate Landuis, Clare Christensen, Mycala Kickland), and 400 Yard Freestyle Relay (Cambry Miller, Anna Lowary, Clare Christensen, Mycala Kickland). Cambry Miller also placed 8th in the 100 Yard Freestyle and Jessica Hartwig was 9th in the 100 Yard Breaststroke.
Atlantic will be back in the pool tonight to take on Abraham Lincoln.
Team Scoring
Full Results: 2017-Linn-Mar-Swimming-and-Diving-Invitational
JEANETTE LARSEN, 94, of Atlantic died Tuesday, Sept. 12th at the Heritage House. Funeral services for JEANETTE LARSEN will be held on Saturday, September 16th at 2:00pm at Zion Lutheran Church in Atlantic. Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Visitation with the family will be held Friday, September 15th from 5:00pm-7:00pm at Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic. A Luncheon will be held prior to the service on Saturday at 12:30pm in the fellowship hall at Zion Lutheran Church.
Burial will be in the Atlantic Cemetery.
Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.
Memorials may be directed to the Zion Lutheran Church in Atlantic or the Nishna Valley YMCA.
JEANETTE LARSEN is survived by:
Children: Marlette (Greg) Squier of Waukee. James (Nancy) Larsen of Anchorage, AK. Keith (Barbara) Larsen of Lincoln, NE.
6 Grandchildren
4 Great-Grandchildren
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