DES MOINES – Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a proclamation relating to the weight limits and transportation of grain, fertilizer, and manure.

The proclamation is effective immediately and continues through October 11, 2023. The proclamation allows vehicles transporting corn, soybeans, hay, straw, silage, stover, fertilizer (dry, liquid, and gas), and manure (dry and liquid) to be overweight (not exceeding 90,000 pounds gross weight) without a permit for the duration of this proclamation.

The proclamation applies to loads transported on all highways within Iowa (excluding the interstate system) and those which do not exceed a maximum of 90,000 pounds gross weight, do not exceed the maximum axle weight limit determined under the non-primary highway maximum gross weight table in Iowa Code by more than 12.5 percent, do not exceed the legal maximum axle weight limit of 20,000 pounds, and comply with posted limits on roads and bridges.

See the proclamation here.

Atlantic, Iowa – Atlantic School District Board of Education members Jenny Williams and Nick Hunt say they won’t run for re-election in advance of the November 7th elections. Their announcements came during Wednesday evening School Board meeting. Board President Laura McLean said she would seek election.

Williams and Hunt said they appreciated the support they received during their terms.

Anyone who wishes to run for a seat on the Atlantic School Board must have at least 50 signatures in order to be nominated. The paperwork is available online or at the District’s Central Office. Those forms are to be returned to the Central Office no later than 5 p.m. on Thursday, September 21^st.

(Radio Iowa) – An Algona man is in custody after he allegedly shot a police officer Wednesday night. Few details have been released, but the Iowa State Patrol says the shooting took place at a residence near the Kossuth County Fairgrounds, on the south side of Algona, around 8 PM Wednesday. 43-year-old Kyle Lou Ricke of Algona was taken into custody shortly before midnight following a nearly 4-hour search.

Law enforcement agencies from across Iowa and Minnesota were involved in the search, that included the use of drones to try and locate the suspect. Algona residents were asked to shelter in place during the search, including students at Bishop Garrigan High School.

Kyle Lou Ricke (ISP Photo)

Officials have not identified the officer or provided any information as to his condition at this time.

A man from Creston was arrested Wednesday afternoon for violating the terms of his parole. Creston Police say 43-year-old Ryan Wayne Feldhacker was taken to Union County Jail, where he was being held without bond.

ARISE will present a program Sunday focusing on a Cass County World War II Prisoner of War.

Ronald Orville Pigg was born in Massena in 1910. He was a member of the Corp of Engineers assigned to the Philippines. His life ended in January, 1945 as a Japanese prisoner of war on a “hellship“.

Ronald (Ron) L. Pigg a second cousin has researched the life and death of Captain Pigg. Ron will be telling the results of his research on Sunday, September 17, 2 pm at the American Legion Memorial Building. The program will include Captain Ronald’s life before military service and the horrific treatment as a POW.

The story continues by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency with a lab at Offutt Air Force base hoping to identify 985 missing service men who were on the hell ship journey. Of that number, 12 were from Nebraska and 16 from Iowa.

Ron is a 1960 Atlantic High School graduate. His parents were Lyle and Helen Pigg. He continues connections with the Atlantic community.

This program is sponsored by Atlantic Rock Island Society Enterprise (ARISE). Everyone is welcome and there is no fee. The building at 201 Poplar Street is handicapped assessable.

Another program will be offered on October 15. One part of the ARISE mission is to promote public knowledge of local, state and national history. ARISE is supported by donations, memberships, grants and volunteer time.