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(Radio Iowa) – The 2020 Annual Drinking water Compliance Report shows Iowa’s public water systems have 98-point-nine percent compliance. The D-N-R’s Corey McCoid says the number of systems meeting all health-based standards was the highest in 25 years. “This is all based on what would be the finished water that the water plants produce in the local communities or other water supplies. Some of those would be based on groundwater or wells, and some of them would be based on surface water,” McCoid says.
He says most of the larger cities in the state get their water supply from surface water. McCoid says they keep a close eye on the product they produce. “A lot of communities are doing testing on a daily basis. And then for compliance purposes that may be monthly, it may be quarterly. Or for some of the contaminants that we don’t sample as often, it may be over a six-year period,” according to McCoid. It just depends on what we are looking for. Some more of your acute contaminants may be sampled on a much higher frequency than some of the other contaminants.”
He says some of the key contaminants haven’t changed. “Bacteria is always one of the first ones that we take a look at — as well as your nitrates and nitrites in Iowa,” he says. McCoid says the history he has seen shows Iowa ranks highly across the country. “I would say we are in the top ten percent of states across the country for compliance numbers. I haven’t seen the recent statistics — but I know that is how we have been categorized in the past,” McCoid says.
You can see the full report on the Iowa D-N-R website.
(Radio Iowa) – With wildfires raging on the West Coast and a busy hurricane season developing on the East Coast, the American Red Cross is calling on Iowans to sign up for difficult — and rewarding — volunteer positions. Josh Murray, spokesman for the agency’s Iowa chapter, says they need people of all ages who work in a range of professions to handle disasters large and small. “Pretty much whatever skills and interests you have, we can find a position for you,” Murray says. “We have ones that are going to be on the front line to help at shelters, help deliver food and get relief supplies to people, health services, mental health services. We also need people who are either working from home or working in an office to help answer some phone calls.”
Select disaster response volunteers reach out via computer to victims of house fires, for example, but he says it’s hoped more of that type of assistance will be done in-person soon. “If you have just an hour or two a week, we can get something for that. If you’re able to deploy and go help on the West Coast or the Southeast during one of these big disasters and can be gone for a week to ten days, we have that opportunity, too,” Murray says. “We can really find something that fits your interests, your availability, and your skill set.”
The Red Cross Disaster Action Teams are the first line of care, comfort and compassion for those affected by a disaster, he says, and the volunteers find the work fulfilling. “They come in and they want to just get their toe in it and see how it is, and then they realize, ‘Oh, wow, this is great!’ You feel good about yourself and see the impact you’re making,” Murray says. “Ninety percent of the work that we do is carried out by volunteers, so we couldn’t do anything we do without our volunteers and they see that impact they’re making when they serve.”
Learn more about how you can help the Red Cross chapter in your area at: www.redcross.org/iowa.
Today: Partly cloudy w/isolated showers & thunderstorms this morning & later this afternoon. High 92. Heat Index as high as 101. Winds S/SE @ 10-15 mph.
Tonight: P/Cldy w/isolated shwrs & tstrms. Low around 72. S @ 5-10 mph.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 94. Heat Index as high as 104. S @ 10-20.
Wednesday: P/Cldy w/isolated shwrs & tstorms. High 92.
Thursday: P/Cldy w/isolated shwrs & tstrms. High again around 92.
Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 85. Our Low 24-hour Low was 55. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 97, and the Low was 62. The Record High was 99 degrees in 1894, and the Record Low was 36 in 1891.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Officials in northwest Iowa report a body was recovered Saturday evening, in the Big Sioux River. A fisherman had reported seeing the body in the water around 6 p.m. An autopsy is expected to determine the person’s cause of death and identity. It’s not clear how long the body had been in the river before it was discovered.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — A shooting over the weekend in Sioux City left one person dead and one person taken into custody. Police said the shooting was reported shortly before 9:45 a.m. Sunday in the 200 block of 21st Street. Authorities did not immediately release many details about the shooting. The names of the victim and the suspect were also not immediately released.
(Radio Iowa) – Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Ottumwa says it’s unclear what interim regulations will be enforced as the Biden Administration drafts new Clean Water Act rules. Miller-Meeks, a Republican, favors keeping Trump Administration rules which eliminated federal oversight on about half of the streams and wetlands subject to Obama era regulations.
“We’re in a position where there’s tremendous uncertainty and there is not a segment of the economy or an individual who it does not impact,” Miller-Meeks says. “and if we want to continue in Iowa to have family farms and small farms and stay away from corporate farming, you know one of the ways to do that is to make concrete regulation so that farmers know what they’re able to do.” Last week Miller-Meeks toured a farm and other facilities where she says Clean Water Act regulations have been burdensome.
“For the hydroelectric dam at Lake Red Rock, it took nine years for the permitting process,” Miller-Meeks says. “…We’re not against regulation. We’re against regulation that doesn’t have a purpose and it doesn’t serve to keep us safe or provide quality or help to promote our economy.” The 400-million dollar hydropower project on the Red Rock Dam was completed a year ago. It could take up to three years for the E-P-A to develop and implement new national water use rules and lawsuits are challenging the rules implement during the final year of the Trump Administration.
Environmental groups say the Trump Administration’s rewrite of water regulations has allowed developers to build in sensitive wetland areas. Critics of large-scale agriculture say fertilizer run-off is endangering water quality and federal action is needed.
A pursuit that began early this (Monday) morning resulted in the arrest of at least one person at gunpoint. According to dispatch reports, the incident began in Shelby County and apparently ended at or near the Cass County line. Additional details are currently not available.
Also, there are reports out of Fremont County of a fatal accident involving a motorcycle and a truck. There were no other details as of the time of this report. We will update you as information becomes available. (This story was updated below…..)
A man from Shenandoah died as the result of a motorcycle accident Sunday night, in Fremont County. According to the Iowa State Patrol, 40-year-old Ric West-Lytle was traveling east on Highway 2 at around 9:45-p.m., when for reasons unknown, his 2001 Harley Davidson XL200S entered the westbound lane and then went into the north ditch. The motorcycle flipped several times before coming to rest in the ditch. West-Lytle was ejected from the machine during the crash.
His body was transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Ankeny. The accident remains under investigation.
(Radio Iowa) – Don Everly — who lived in Shenandoah as a child and became part of the influential Everly Brothers — has died at the age of 84. Don Everly was born in Kentucky in 1937. The Everly family moved to Shenandoah in 1945 to perform on the radio and their Shenandoah home has been turned into a museum. The Everly Brothers set out on their own in 1956.
Their first hit was “Bye Bye Love in 1957. That was followed by a number one hit — “Wake Up, Little Suzie” — in the same year. Rolling Stone has called the Everly Brothers the most important duo in rock history.
Don Everly (approx. 1958)
Paul McCartney wrote the Everly Brother’s 1984 hit “On the Wings of a Nightingale” and Paul Simon featured their harmony on his 1986 “Graceland” album. Don Everly’s younger brother, Phil, died in California in 2014.
School Board Elections will take place on November 2, 2021. Nomination papers for offices to be filled in 2021 can be filed (with the school board secretary) August 23, 2021 through September 16, 2021. All offices are four year terms. In Cass County, Iowa the following offices will appear on the ballots for the respective school districts on November 2, 2021:
Atlantic Community School District
Two At Large local directors
Nominated and elected at large (Minimum of 50 signatures for nomination)
Incumbents: Kristy Pellett Atlantic IA; Joshua McLaren Atlantic IA
CAM Community School District
One At Large local director
Nominated and elected at large (Minimum of 21 signatures for nomination)
Incumbent: Nick Kauffman Adair IA
One North District local director
Must live in individual district; nominated and elected at large (Minimum of 21 signatures for nomination)
Incumbent: Chuck Kinzie Anita IA
One South District local director
Must live in individual district; nominated and elected at large (Minimum of 21 signatures for nomination)
Incumbent: Gary Dinkla Massena IA
Griswold Community School District
One District 3 local director
Must live in district; nominated and elected by district (Minimum of 10 signatures for nomination)
Incumbent: Scott Peterson Griswold
One District 4 local director
Must live in district; nominated and elected by district (Minimum of 10 signatures for nomination)
Incumbent: Donald K. Smith Griswold
Two At Large local directors
Nominated and elected at large (Minimum of 24 signatures for nomination)
Incumbent: Aaron Houser Griswold; Robert D. Peterson Griswold
Election information, including the candidate nomination form, is available online at the Iowa Secretary of State’s website, from the local school board secretary’s offices and from the county auditor’s office. Check with your local school board secretary for local school board director district boundaries.
City Elections and School Board Elections are held on the same day: November 2, 2021. For the majority of voters, the voting site will be the site used for the “General Election”. There will be separate ballot styles for the city and rural voters since only city voters cast a ballot for city offices. [As changed in 2019: The City of Marne will vote at the Cass County Community Building in Atlantic.]
NOTE: This year nomination papers for elected city office positions must be filed with the county auditor rather than with the city clerk. Nomination papers may be filed with the county auditor from August 23, 2021 thru September 16, 2021.
Becoming a candidate for elective city office:
Nominations – Nomination petitions for a city office must be filed with the County Auditor not more than 71 nor less than 47 days prior to the regular election. (In 2021, the first day to file papers is August 23. The last day to file papers is September 16.) The process for filing nomination petitions is as follows:
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In Cass County, Iowa the following offices will appear on the ballots for the respective cities on November 2, 2021:
Anita
Three at Large Council seats (4 year terms)
Incumbents: appointee Simon Jensen, Ben Daughenbaugh and Tim Wheelock
Mayor (remainder 4 year term ending 2023)
Incumbent: appointee John Knutson
One at Large Council seat (remainder 4 year term ending 2023)
Incumbent: appointee Mark Harris
Atlantic
MAYOR (4 year term)
Incumbent: David Jones (Is not running for re-election)
Council Ward 2 (4 year term)
Incumbent: Kathy Somers
Council Ward 5 (4 year term)
Incumbent: Richard Casady
Council At Large (4 year term)
Incumbent: Gerald Brink
One Atlantic Parks & Recreation Board (4 year term – term begins November 16)
Incumbent: Stuart Dusenberry
Cumberland
Mayor (2 year term)
Incumbent: Nancy Virginia Coughlin
Three At Large Council (4 year term)
Incumbents: Darrin Hardisty, Michael Martin and Mike Hill
Griswold
Mayor (4 year term)
Incumbent: Brad Rhine
Two At Large Council (4 year term)
Incumbents: Julianne Adams and Carol Preston
Lewis
Two At Large Council (4 year term)
Incumbents: appointee Mary Neece and Ryan Archibald
One at Large Council seat (remainder 4 year term ending 2023)
Incumbent: appointee Teresa Comer
Marne
Two At Large Council (4 year term)
Incumbents: Angela Redler and Aaron Williams
Massena
Mayor (2 year term)
Incumbent: Phil Przychodzin
Two At Large Council (4 year term)
Incumbents: Jackson Bissell and Douglas Venteicher
Wiota
Mayor (2 year term)
Incumbent: Ford Lillard
Three At Large Council (4 year term)
Incumbents: Jeff Lillard, Charles Bechtold and Lamar Spies
Montgomery County Auditor Stephanie Burke, last week, sent out a list of offices that will be on the ballot for the November 2, 2021 City/School elections. Nomination papers for school offices to be filled in 2021 must be filed with the school board secretary beginning August 23, 2021 with last day to file being September 16, 2021. As of the latest report, none of the incumbents (listed below) had filed papers for re-election. Subsequent posts will update that information, as it becomes available.
SCHOOL BOARD Elections
All Offices are 4-year terms Unless Stated Differently
Red Oak School Director at Large:
(Vote for 3)
Director At Large (Inc Bret Blackman)
Director At Large (Inc Kathy Walker)
Director At Large (Inc Roger Carlson)
Stanton School Director at Large:
(Vote for 3)
Director At Large (Inc Amy Tibben)
Director At Large (Inc Brian Bates)
Director At Large (Inc Travis Taylor)
Villisca School Director at Large:
(Vote for 2)
Director At Large (Inc Leland Shipley)
Director At Large (Inc Terry Dalton)
SWCC Director District #1 – Portions of Adair & Union Counties:
(Vote for 1)
Director At Large (Inc Jane Ernst) – 4yr Term
SWCC Director District #3 – Portions of Clark & Wayne Counties:
(Vote for 1)
Director At Large (Inc Jerry Smith)
SWCC Director District #5 – Portions Montgomery of County:
(Vote for 1)
Director At Large (Inc Kevin Britten)
SWCC Director District #6 – Portions of Clark, Ringgold & Union Counties:
(Vote for 1)
Director At Large (Inc Zach Gunsolley)
CITY OFFICE Elections
Red Oak City Offices
Mayor (Inc William Billings) (2yr term)
Council Member Ward #2 (Inc Bill Haufle) (4yr term)
Council Member At Large (Inc Terry Koppa) (4yr term)
Elliott City Offices
Mayor (Inc Michael Carson) (2yr term)
Council Member At Large (Inc Jacque Howell) (4yr term)
Council Member At Large (Inc Todd Silk) (4yr term)
Council Member At Large (Inc Leta Rush) (4yr term)
Grant City Offices
Mayor (Inc Lyn Sliger) (2yr term)
Council Member At Large (Inc Sheila Wilcoxson) (2yr term) Council Member At Large (Inc Jeff Brown) (2yr term)
Council Member At Large (Inc Steve Williams) (2yr term)
Council Member At Large (Inc Nancy Taylor) (2yr term)
Council Member At Large (Inc Emerson Hill) (2yr term)
Villisca City Offices
Mayor (Inc Marilyn Halda) (2yr term):
Council Member At Large (Inc. Duane Casey) (4yr term)
Council Member At Large (Inc. Curtis Gaunt) (4yr term)
Stanton City Offices
Council Member At Large (Inc Sheryl Porter) (4yr term)
Council Member At Large (Inc Eric Paulson) (4yr term)
Council Member At Large (Inc Chris Stephens) (4yr term)
Coburg City Offices
Mayor (Inc William Hardy) (4yr term)
Council Member At Large (Inc Amy Eggleston) (4yr term)
Council Member At Large (Inc Tammi Redd) (4yr term)