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Girls Regional Team Tennis matches took place on Saturday around the state. Most first round and quarterfinal round matches were completed in Class 1A and First round matches in 2A. Winners move on to the Regional Semifinal and Final round on Saturday, May 20th.
Class 1A @ Red Oak
Class 1A @ Denison
Class 1A @ Norwalk
Class 1A @ Kuemper Catholic
Class 1A Matches 5/20
Class 2A @ Lewis Central
2A Matches 5/20
The Atlantic boys tennis team won their Preliminary Substate match against Ballard on Saturday at North Polk. The match featured singles play with the first team to win 5 matches claiming the victory. The Trojans took the match 5-1 with wins from Grant Podhajsky, Cooper McDermott, Nile Petersen, Kalob Flory, and Caleb Williams.
Atlantic now moves on to the Substate round at Kuemper Catholic on Saturday, May 20th at 9:00am.
In another match on Saturday Clarke defeated Creston 5-2.
Clarke will also head to Kuemper Catholic for the Substate round on May 20th. Kuemper Catholic will take on Clarke and Atlatnic will face Glenwood in the Substate matches. Winners will play in the State Team Quarterfinal one hour after the last Substate match.
(Corrects restaurant name to “A&G“, not “A&W” as previously posted)
Officials with the Creston Police Department say personnel with the A & G Restaurant reported Sunday morning, that sometime between 10:30-p.m Saturday and 10-a.m. Sunday, a window on a glass door was broken out. The damage was estimated at $400.
Creston Police said also, Trey Mills, of Kent, was arrested Saturday afternoon on a
charge of Trespass. Mills was subsequently released from the Union County Jail on a Promise to Appear later, in court. Early Saturday morning, 27-year old Lindsey Veitz, of Creston, was arrested on the 900 block of N Cherry on the charge of OWI 2nd. She was later released from the Union County Jail on a $2000 bond.
And on Friday, 28-year old Kyle Hoadley, of Creston, was arrested at his residence on a charge of Domestic Abuse Assault. Hoadley was also later released from the Union County Jail on a Promise to Appear in court.
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BLAIR, Neb. (AP) – Authorities say an Iowa pilot has died after his aircraft crashed near Blair Airport in eastern Nebraska. The crash occurred around 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Blair police say the aircraft went down as it was taking off.
Authorities say the 59-year-old pilot lived in Glenwood, Iowa. His name hasn’t been released. He was alone on the aircraft. Federal investigators have been called in.
U-S Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue’s visit to Iowa last week spurred questions about the possibility of Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey joining the U-S-D-A. No announcement happened during Perdue’s visit to Nevada, but he did point out that a Le Mars, Iowa woman serves as his executive assistant. Rachel Pick started working in Washington, D-C as part of Senator Chuck Grassley’s staff before becoming an employee of the U-S Senate in the Sergeant-At-Arms office. She says meeting Perdue was happenstance.
She says Perdue needed help getting to the Senate office building for one of the hearings, and Pick says a friend asked her if she would meet Perdue and his family and help them get to the hearing.
Pick is a 2003 graduate of Le Mars Gehlen High School and grew up on a farm with her parents Wayne and Kelley Pick. She says her friend told Perdue of her farm background and that led him to ask her about a position in his office. “Had a phone interview and then a couple of personal interviews over the weekend, and then on Monday they extended an offer to me,” Pick explains. “So, it was a fast and furious interview process to get over here — but I’m glad it happened.”
Pick works with Perdue’s scheduler to be sure he gets to meetings and other appointments on time. Former Morningside College professor, and rural Hinton resident Sam Clovis joined the U-S-D-A shortly after Donald Trump took office. Pick says she sees him quite often. “His office is currently just down the hall from me, so they commonly refer to us as the ‘Midwest Maffia,” Pick says. “I think we were both kind of surprised to realize that we grew up just about 25 miles away from each other. So, when we talk about home it brings up lots of good memories, and its nice to have someone in the office that knows almost to the county intersection of where you are talking about.”
Pick says Secretary Perdue often talks to her about her opinions on ag issue. She says she keeps an aerial picture of her family farm on her desk and whenever Perdue meets with cabinet members or others, he points out. “And I think that’s really cool that he does appreciate the fact that I did grow up on farm and that my dad still farms,” Pick says.
Pick says she thought she would end up being a teacher in elementary education and special education when she was in high school, and had no idea that she would end up in Washington D-C.
(Radio Iowa)
Senator Joni Ernst is applauding the Trump Administration’s decision to arm Kurdish fighters in Syria. “This is an immense milestone,” Ernst says. Ernst, a veteran of the Iraq war, has long argued the U.S. should arm Kurdish fighters known as the Peshmerga in Iraq. Last week’s decision, however, arms Kurdish units in SYRIA known as the Y-P-G.
“They are heavily involved in the fighting against ISIS. And why would we not engage them? They have worked quite well with American forces and it’s the right thing to do,” Ernst says. “And I’m glad to see the president stands behind that.”
The decision is linked to the effort to retake the city of Raqqa. ISIS has considered Raqqa as its capital for the past four years. Syrian Defense Forces, led by Kurds, are poised to liberate the city, but it has created tensions with Turkey. Turkey labels the KURDS as terrorists. Ernst says she doesn’t think Raqqa could be liberated without these Kurdish forces fighting inside Syria. “If we engage the forces in the Middle East, that means there’s less American boots on the ground there and that’s exactly what we want,” Ernst says. “Those that have a particular stake in an issue need to put the skin in the game.”
Reports from Kurdish media indicated the Kurdish-led forces captured a cotton mill and ISIS prison a few miles north of Raqqa and were advancing on the outskirts of the city this weekend. The military campaign to retake the city ISIS has held since 2013, though, is expected to last for weeks.
(Radio Iowa)
Today: P/Cldy & windy w/isolated afternoon shwrs. High 88. S @ 5-15 w/gusts to 20.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 67. S @ 10-15.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy w/isolated afternoon shwrs & tstrms. High 88. SW @ 15-30.
Wednesday: Mo. Cldy w/showers & thunderstorms. High 77.S @ 15-35.
Thursday: P/Cldy to Cldy. High 65.
Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 86. Our 24-hour Low was 61. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 66 and the low was 35. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 91 in 1894. The Record Low was 29 in 1929, 1973 & 1983.
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