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Members of the Atlantic Community School District’s Board of Education will hold their regularly scheduled meeting Monday at the High School. During their 7:30-p.m. session in the Media Center, the Board is expected to hear comments from Dan Haynes, Director of the Nishna Valley YMCA in Atlantic. They’ll also hear a special presentation with regard to work on the Middle School, from Design Alliance’ Jerry Purdy.
Action items on the school board’s agenda include approval of: A Summer 2014 A-H-S Spanish class trip to Costa Rica; Approval of the district’s annual report to the community, and approval of an affiliation agreement with the University of Phoenix.
In other business, the Atlantic School Board will act on approving a Cell Phone Tower three-party agreement between Verizon Wireless, Rolling Hills Communication, Inc., and the Atlantic Community School District. In the discussion segment of Monday’s meeting, the board will talk about the Fiscal Year 2014 budget and athletic facilities. No action is expected to be taken on those matters.
RED OAK, Iowa (AP) — Iowa authorities say an 18-year-old Nebraska man is expected to live after accidentally being shot by his father while the two were hunting pheasants in southwest Iowa. Iowa Department of Natural Resources spokesman Kevin Baskins says Ryan Rearick, of Omaha, was shot at fairly close range in the back of his head by a shotgun being carried by his father, Christopher Rearick, also of Omaha. The two were hunting in Page County when the accident happened around 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
The younger Rearick was taken to a Red Oak hospital, then flown to Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha. Baskins says Rearick is in stable condition and expected to survive. Baskins says the shooting likely would have been fatal if the gun had been loaded for deer instead of pheasant.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Republican state lawmaker says he plans to introduce a bill to reinstate the death penalty in Iowa, and he’s pointing to the deaths of two Iowa girls as his motivation. State Sen. Kent Sorenson, R-Milo, told The Des Moines Register that he intends to introduce a bill in the upcoming legislative session that begins in January. Sorenson says the discovery Wednesday of the bodies of 8-year-old Elizabeth Collins and her cousin, 10-year-old Lyric Cook, have brought the issue of the death penalty to the forefront.
But the chairman of the Iowa Senate’s Judiciary Committee, Sen. Gene Fraise, D-Fort Madison, says there is not enough support in the Iowa Legislature for reinstating the death penalty. Iowa repealed capital punishment in 1965.
The Sheriff in Adair County is warning area residents of mail thieves in the region. Sheriff Brad Newton says his office has received about 30 reports of theft from mailboxes since Thursday, stretching from Greenfield to Stuart. Deputies say people are finding piles of mail in the middle of the street. Investigators believe the thief or thieves are taking all the contents from mailboxes, rifling through them for the items they want, then dumping the rest. Newton says he believes the thieves are looking for Christmas cards with cash in them.
The sheriff says the best way to thwart the thieves is to beat them to your mailbox. He says residents should retrieve their mail as soon as it’s delivered, if possible. He also advises residents who see any suspicious vehicles in their area to write down the license plate numbers, and call the Adair County Sheriff’s Office at 641-743-2148.
Newton says they believe a white vehicle carrying two young male subjects may be connected to the thefts, but no other descriptions are available.
Officials with the Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources say three informational meetings regarding the recently released Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy, will be held the week of December 17th in Denison, Ames and Waterloo. DNR Director Churck Gipp says “These meetings are an important opportunity for the public and key stakeholders to ask questions and learn more about this plan. In western Iowa, a meeting on Nutrient Reduction Strategy will take place at the Boulders Conference Center in Denison (2507 Boulders Dr.), beginning at 6:30-p.m., Dec, 17th. Other meetings will be held Dec. 19th in Ames, and Dec. 21st in Waterloo.
Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey says the goal of reducing nutrients in Iowa’s waters is an effort that will require everyone working together. Northey says what makes the plan so “exciting,” is that “It’s the first time we have had all the key stakeholders moving in the same direction toward the common goal of reducing nutrients, both here in Iowa and eventually the Gulf of Mexico.”
Comments on the strategy will not be accepted during the three meetings, but Iowans are invited to review the full strategy and provide comment at www.nutrientstrategy.iastate.edu.
Page County Sheriff Lyle Palmer Friday night, issued a report on three recent arrests. Palmer says at around 12:50-p.m., Friday, deputies responded to a domestic disturbance near the Bethesda area. Their investigation concluded with the arrest at 1389 O Avenue, of 32-year old Benjamin Lee Blackman, of Clarinda. Blackman was charged with Domestic Abuse Assault. He was brought to the Page County Jail and held without bond pending an appearance before the magistrate.
On Thursday, Page County deputies responding to a reported assault at 612 South Street in College Springs, arrested 20-year old Joseph Calvin Hull, of Braddyville, for allegedly assaulting 28-year old Joshua Baer. The arrest took place at around 7:35-p.m. Hull was charged with Trespassing and Simple Assault. He was being held in the Page County Jail on $300 bond, pending an appearance before the magistrate.
And, on Monday, 24-year old Kiel Martin Brittain, of Clarinda, was arrested on a warrant for Animal Neglect (a Serious Misdemeanor). Brittain was unable to post bond and was being held in the Page County Jail. His arrest was the result of an investigation that began in late November. During the course of the investigation over a period of several days, authorities consulted a veterinarian, who determined 17 cows, 1 bull and 15 calves, which were located on property owned by Brittain were severely malnourished. The animals were seized by authorities.
The Adam’s County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of Steven Baucom Jr. of Red Oak for a number of traffic violations. Baucom was pulled over around 1:41pm Friday (12/7) for speeding. He was then charged with driving while suspended, speeding and no proof of insurance. Baucom was taken into custody on $448 bond.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest early Saturday morning of a Red Oak man. At approximately 2:07am Sheriff’s deputies arrested 25-year-old Joshua Kenneth Wolcott of Red Oak for OWI 2nd offense following a traffic stop on Summit Street and Miller Avenue in Red Oak. Wolcott was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $2,000 bond.
An employee of Mid American Auto was approached and robbed by two men in all black clothing at 20 S. 15th Street in Council Bluffs on Friday. The victim was locking the gates when he was approached by two men, one of which had a handgun. The robbers demanded he give them his wallet. The employee attempted to struggle with the suspect holding the gun when the suspect struck him in the face. The victim then cooperated and turned over his wallet.
The two suspects then fled to S. 15th Street and 2nd Avenue where a white car pulled up and allowed the two men to get in and escape West on 2nd Avenue.
If anyone has information about this investigation is asked to contact the Council Bluffs Police Criminal Investigation Division at 712-328-4728 or 712-328-STOP to leave information anonymously.
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