(Atlantic, Iowa) – AtlanticFest, presented by First Whitney Bank & Trust, takes place this Saturday, August 12th, rain or shine. The Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce is asking for the public’s cooperation in observing No Parking restrictions associated with street closures. The temporary street closures were approved by the Atlantic City Council, last week.

Officials says Chestnut Street, along with several side streets and city parking lots, will be closed for parking beginning at 5-a.m. Saturday, Aug. 12th, for AtlanticFest activities. The Chamber asks residents to have their vehicles removed from the following areas or the vehicle will be towed at the owners’ expense.

Below is a list of street closures approved by the City of Atlantic.

Chestnut Street (both lanes) from 2nd Street to 7th Street until 6:00 PM
6th Street (both lanes) from Walnut to Chestnut until 6:00 PM
6th Street (both lanes) from Chestnut to Poplar until 6:00 PM
5th Street from Chestnut to ½ block east of the alley before the Post Office until 6:00 PM
5th Street from Chestnut to Poplar Street until 6:00 PM
4th Street from Chestnut to ½ block east right before the alley until 6:00 PM
4th Street from Chestnut to Poplar Street until 6:00 PM
3rd Street from Walnut to Poplar until 6:00 PM
Walnut and Poplar will remain open

Chamber Executive Director Bailey Smith says “We are thankful for cooperation and partnership amongst residents and businesses that occupy downtown. We know it’s a bit of an inconvenience, but it helps make this one-day event run a lot smoother when we all work together to welcome a few thousands guests downtown.”

AtlanticFest will include free entertainment, car show, motorcycle show, road race, bags tournament, food vendors, crafters and family games. To register for any activity, visit www.atlanticiowa.com, email chamber@atlanticiowa.com, or call the Chamber office at 712-243-3017.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – One final reminder: The Cass County Iowa State University Extension office will host their annual farmland leasing meeting this Thursday, August 10, beginning at 9:00 a.m. at the Cass County Community Center, 805 West 10th Street in Atlantic. The meeting will last approximately 2 ½ hours and will be facilitated by Tim Christensen, farm and agriculture business management specialist with ISU Extension and Outreach.

The discussion will focus on various methods to determine a fair 2024 cash rental rate and the importance of good tenant/landlord communications. Emphasis will be placed on recent returns to Iowa Cash Rented Land and the 2023 Iowa Cash Rental Rate Survey.

Pre-registration is requested to ensure availability of materials, and a $20 per individual fee is payable at the door. Participants will receive a 100-page booklet and meeting handouts designed to assist landowners, tenants and other agri-business professionals with issues related to farmland ownership, management, and leasing arrangements.

Contact the Cass County Extension office at (712) 243-1132 with questions or to pre-register. A flier with more information is available online at www.extension.iastate.edu/cass.

(Creston, Iowa) – The Creston Police Department reports six recent arrests, including the arrest of two people on drug charges. Authorities say at around 2:30-p.m. Saturday (Aug.5), 47-year-old Kevin Eugene Earley, and 46-year-old Teresa Joan Earley, both of Creston, were arrested at the intersection of Spruce and Devoe Streets, in Creston. Kevin Earley was charged with two-counts Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of Controlled Substance/Methamphetamine – 1st Offense, Possession of Controlled Substance/Marijuana – 1st Offense, and Unlawful Possession of Prescription Drug. He was being held in the Union County Jail on $3,000 cash or surety (c/s) bond. Teresa Early was arrested on two counts Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana-1st Offense. Teresa Earley was transported to the Adams County Jail. She was later released on a $1,300 bond.

Sunday afternoon, Creston Police arrested 23-year-old Christian Garcia-Vasquez, of Creston. He was arrested at the Holiday Motel. Garcia-Vasquez was charged with Domestic Abuse Assault 2nd Offense, False Imprisonment, and Possession of Marijuana. He being held without bond in the Union County Jail. Also arrested Sunday, was 40-year-old Nicki Renee Jones, of Creston. She was charged with Driving while Barred and transported to the Union County Jail. Jones was later released on a $2,000 c/s bond.

And, there were two arrests Friday, in Creston. Authorities says at around 1:40-p.m., 44-year-old Rebekah Raelyn Moon, of Creston, was arrested at the Adult Probation Office. Moon was taken into custody on a Union County Warrant for Violation of Parole. She was being held without bond in the Union County Jail. And, at around 6-p.m., Friday, Creston Police arrested 34-year-old Caleb Benjamin Bensky Fredrickson, of Lorimor, in the Creston Fareway Store parking lot. Fredrickson was charged with Theft 5th Conceal/Destroy Property. His bond at the Union County Jail was set at $6,000 c/s.

(Atlantic, Iowa)[Corrects address due to wrong address on the agenda!] – The Cass County Board of Supervisors are set to meet 9-a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8th, in the Courthouse Board Room. On their agenda is discussion and possible action, with regard to: the Issuance of a Solid Waste Facilities Capital Loan Note to the Cass County Environmental Control Agency Board (Landfill), as it pertains to a 28-E Agreement. The Supervisors will also discuss and are expected to make, a formal recommendation that the County use local banks that contribute to the community. And, they’re expected to discuss and approve a County Credit Card Policy.

In other business, the Board will consider “communication to tenant at 707 Poplar” street. The Board is scheduled to receive a weekly report from County Engineer Trent Wolken, and committee reports.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – UPDATE 8/8/23 – **THE REQUEST HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN, therefore the meeting is cancelled ** The City of Atlantic’s Community Protection Committee will meet 3:30-p.m. Wednesday, August 9th, in the Council’s Chambers at City Hall. There is one item on their agenda: Reviewing and making a recommendation to the City Council, with regard to a request for target shooting permission at 1401 Sunnyside Lane, in Atlantic (The Iowa DNR Field Office 4 building). The request is being made by Brent Martens, who works for the DNR.

He requests consent to target practice with his box, during his lunch breaks at work. In a letter to Mayor Grace Garrett, Martens he had “Looked west of the building for some time now , and just feel it would be a nice area to get a couple of shots in,” while he’s on break. Martens notes that, to the south of the DNR’s building, there is a hay field, and beyond that, some communication dishes. “Further beyond that,” he says, “Is a building. The building which is the only inhabitable structure is one-quarter [of a] mile,” from where he would be shooting. Martens says if approved, he would use a foam target out to 40-yards.

The City of Atlantic, he acknowledged, has an Ordinance (41.11) making it unlawful for a person to “Throw stones, bricks or missiles of any kind, or to shoot arrows….or other dangerous instruments…” without written consent of the Council.

(Radio Iowa) – Sioux City leaders in the public and private sector have confirmed they have received official notice that the U-S-S Sioux City litoral combat ship will be decommissioned. The U-S-S Sioux City was commissioned in Annapolis, Maryland on November 17th of 2018. It will be decommissioned on August 14th at the Naval Station Mayport Florida at 10 a-m. Several of the ships in this class have had mechanical issues and it is costing millions of dollars to maintain them.

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says they have been looking for a use for the ships, but haven’t had any takers.

(Radio Iowa) – All seven presidential candidates who spoke at Sunday’s fundraiser for Congresswoman Ashley Hinson got a standing ovation from the crowd of 800 Republicans. Former President Trump was not at the event. His name was barely mentioned and no one who took the stage directly referred to the federal indictment filed against Trump last week, but Florida Governor Ron DeSantis promised to appoint a new F-B-I director. Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy promised to shut down the F-B-I. North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum told the crowd nothing is more important than having people engaged in the political process. Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley warned that China has been planning for war with the United States for years and it’s the biggest threat we’ve had since Pearl Harbor.

(Radio Iowa) – Governor Reynolds has issued disaster proclamations for Lee and Sioux Counties for severe weather that struck on Friday and Saturday. Heavy rain fell in Sioux County on Friday and Saturday. The National Weather Service reports rainfall amounts of seven-and-a-half to more than nine inches in the Sioux Center area. According to the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities, heavy rain fell in southeast Iowa Saturday. Between four and eight inches of rain fell in less than six hours, causing flash flooding and several water rescues in Keokuk. W-G-E-M T-V received an unofficial report from the Keokuk area of 11 inches of rain on Saturday.

The governor’s emergency declaration activates the state’s individual assistance grant program for low-income households. Grants of up to five-thousand dollars are available to cover home or car repairs and replace food or clothing. The grants can also cover the cost of temporary housing.

(Sidney, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Fremont County, Sunday night, sent out a list of arrests made from July 5th through August 6th. See the full list here: July presslog

Some of the most recent and or most notable include:

• 20-year-old Emma Lee Baerbaum, of Red Oak, who was arrested in Sidney at around 2:24-a.m. Sunday (8/6), for Possession of Alcohol under the legal age.  She was released from the scene with a citation.
• 52-year-old Shayne Ray Boehme, of Nebraska City, NE., was arrested Saturday night on the grounds of the Sidney Rodeo, for Public Intoxication. He was released Sunday on his Own Recognizance.
• 21-year-old Thomas Michael Earls, of Creston, was arrested at around 4:07-a.m. Saturday in Sidney, for OWI/1st offense. He was released a few hours later after posting bond.
• Friday afternoon, 27-year-old Francisco Dario Diego-Lorenzo, of Omaha, was arrested on I-29 in Fremont County, for OWI/1st offense. He was later released on a cash bond.
• 45-year-old Angela Louise Elings, of Shelby, was arrested in Sidney on August 3rd, for Failure to Appear/Contempt of Court. She was later released on a cash bond; 38-year-old Christopher Ryan Willard, of Tabor, was arrested Aug. 3rd for Domestic Assault-Choking/Bodily Injury; and, 22-year-old Drake Edward Livingston, of Shenandoah, was arrested Aug. 3rd for OWI/1st offense. He was released on a surety bond.
• Last Wednesday, 38-year-old Danielle Marie Casey, of Silver City, was arrested in Fremont County, for OWI/1st offense. She was later released on her Own Recognizance.

Others arrested in Fremont County this past July include:

• 35-year-old Nicholas James Grosscup, of Etna, OH, who was arrested July 23rd at Sapp Brothers in Percival, on charges that include: Trafficking Methamphetamine (5gm-100kg); Possession of Cocaine (<10gm); 2 Drug Tax Stamp Violations; 3 counts Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia. He was released the next day on a Recognizance Bond. 23-year-old Kayla Marie Craig, of Grove City, OH, was also arrested at Sapp Brothers on July 23rd. She was charged with Trafficking Methamphetamine (5gm-100kg); Possession of Cocaine (<10gm); 2 Drug Tax Stamp Violations; PCS; and Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia.
• 49-year-old Chaundra Lynn Story, of College Springs, was arrested July 21st in Shenandoah, for PCS and Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia. She was released on a surety bond.
• On July 11th, 62-year-old Sherman Allen Saylor, of Eagle Rock, MO., was arrested in Fremont County, for PCS and Poss. of Paraphernalia.
• July 10th, 18-year-old Jesse Lee Lytle, of Sidney, was arrested on a Felony warrant for Trafficking Stolen Weapons/1st offense.
• On July 9th, 18-year-old Lane Allan Harris, of Sidney, was arrested for Eluding; PCS; OWI/1st offense; Possession of a False License/ID Card, and Poss. of Paraphernalia.
• and, on July 5th, 24-year-old Jeremy Wayne Rhoades, of Hamburg, was arrested in Sidney on a Felony warrant for Violation of Probation.

(Union County, Iowa) – A man from Creston faces charges following an accident that took place Sunday afternoon. The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports 35-year-old Julian Albert Rex Allsion, of Creston, was driving a 2000 Ford Taurus westbound on Cromwell Road at around 3:40-p.m. Sunday, when the vehicle left the road and broadsided a guardrail, causing it to override the car.

Allsion left the scene but was later identified by witnesses. He confessed to being the operator of the vehicle, which sustained $5,000 damage and had to be towed from the scene. Allsion was not injured during the accident.

He was charged with Failure to Maintain Control, and Driving While License Revoked.