The Atlantic Police Department reports the arrest of two people on Wednesday.
Twenty-year-old Alex Garside of Atlantic was arrested for domestic abuse simple assault. He was transported to the Cass County Jail and booked.
Twenty-one-year-old Joshua Peters of Atlantic was also arrested Wednesday for driving under suspension. He was transported to the Cass County Jail and booked.
Atlantic City Councilman Chris Jimerson is using the power of social media to poll residents of the community about a proposed speed reduction ordinance on 22nd Street. Jimerson posted a Facebook question asking for residents’ opinion on whether the speed limit on two different sections of 22nd Street should be reduced from 45-to 35-miles per hour. If the ordinance is approved, the speed limit would be reduced on East 22nd, from Highway 71 to Olive Street, and on West 22nd, from Chestnut to Highway 6.
As of 6:30-p.m. Thursday, 87 people said they were opposed to reducing the speed limit, 18 were in favor of it. Jimerson, who was elected to the Council last Fall, is the first known local government official to post such a poll on a social media website.
An official with the USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Iowa, says the FSA will conduct several Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) informational meetings across the state. One of the meetings takes place 5:30-p.m. Thursday, March 15th, at the Adair County Fairgrounds 4-H building, in Greenfield.
John R. Whitaker, State Executive Director for the FSA in Iowa, says the State currently has more than 1.65-million acres enrolled in CRP, with nearly 232,000 acres expiring on September 30th, 2012. A General CRP signup is scheduled to begin March 12th, 2012 and end April 6th, 2012.
Environmentally desirable land devoted to certain conservation practices may be enrolled in CRP at any time under continuous sign-up. Producers wanting to re-enroll continuous CRP practices expiring September 30, 2012, must do so prior to contract expiration. Landowners with expiring CRP land or land that is not currently enrolled in CRP are encouraged to attend an informational meeting.
Information on the meeting and other programs administered by FSA can be found at www.fsa.usda.gov/ia
Governor Terry Branstad today (Thursday), announced the appointments of individuals to Iowa’s various boards and commissions. Several western and southwest Iowans were among those appointed. Their terms begin on May 1st, 2012, unless otherwise noted and are subject to Senate confirmation. Here are the Boards and/or Commissions, and those from our listening area appointed to them:
Accountancy Examining Board: Robert Snodgrass, Creston; Evelyn Rank, Clarinda
Alcoholic Beverages Commission: Tami Doll, Council Bluffs
Board of Barbering: Gwendolyn Ecklund, Denison
Commission on Community Action Agencies: Kelly Busch, Creston
Credit Union Review Board: Timothy Marcsisak, Atlantic
Early Childhood Iowa State Board: Jean Stadtlander, Manning; Robert Ockerman, Adel Michael Bunde, Denison
Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa Board (HAWK-I): Mary Mincer Hansen, Panora
Landscape Architectural Examining Board: David Fjare, Council Bluffs
Board of Medicine: Julie Perkins, Carroll
Mental Health and Disabilities Service Commission: Suzanne Watson, Council Bluffs
Board of Pharmacy: Susan Frey, Villisca
Plumbing and Mechanical Systems Examining Board: Rodney Schultz, Council Bluffs; Patricia Weese, Bedford
Board of Podiatry: Sarah Kleffman, Harlan
Board of Speech Pathology and Audiology: Jon Schuttinga, Denison
Commission of Status of Women: Brian Mueller, Winterset
Iowa Telecommunications and Technology Commission: Kathleen Kohorst, Harlan
Commission of Veterans Affairs: Mickey Williams, Harlan
BURTON WITTRUP, 77, of Elk Horn died Thursday, March 1, 2012 at the Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan. Services for BURTON WITTRUP will be held Wednesday, March 7 at 10:00 AM at the Ohde Funeral Home in Kimballton.
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Friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday, March 7 at 9:00 AM before the service.
BURTON WITTRUP is survived by:
Wife: Carolyn Wittrup of Elk Horn
Brother: Lyle (Betty) Wittrup of Atlantic
3 children
4 step-children
14 grandchildren
Free women’s health screenings are still available from the Cass County Health System and Cass County Home Care. Karla Akers, Care for Yourself Coordinator of Cass County Home Care says the screenings are made available through the Iowa Care for Yourself program and a grant from the Iowa Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Screenings include mammograms, clinical breast exams, and pelvic exams with or without pap smears.
Some age, income, and insurance guidelines apply, but Akers encourages women to call about availability. Enrollment numbers are limited and services must be completed by the end of March. Women interested in accessing the women’s health screenings should contact Karla Akers at 712-243-7443.
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) – The St. Louis Cardinals have scheduled a Thursday afternoon news conference to announce a new contract for four-time Gold Glove catcher Yadier Molina. The 29-year-old Molina is a lifetime Cardinal entering the final year of his contract. He’s considered one of the best defensively at any position, winning a platinum glove last season in voting by fans, and also is coming off the best offensive season of his career. Molina batted .305 in 2011 with 14 home runs and 65 RBIs, and added 12 RBIs during the team’s World Series title run. He’s been durable, too, averaging 138 games the last three seasons.
The National Weather Service in Des Moines says in its latest Flood Outlook there’s not much change in the forecast for the risk of flooding as we head into Spring in a few weeks. The outlook, issued this (Thursday) morning, covers a time frame from early March through early June, and includes the Nishnabotna and 102 Rivers. Officials say the risk of flooding continues to be near or below normal at all locations. Current conditions, they say, are not conducive to major, large-scale flooding, since the last outlook was issued on February 16th. The outlook does not include the heavy snowfall which fell earlier this week across the northern U-S (The Dakotas, Minnesota & Wisconsin).
The Weather Service says people should continue to monitor conditions for any changes. On March 14th, the Weather Service will change the Flood Stage, Moderate Flood Stage and Major Flood Stage for 44 of its 47 river forecast points. The Flood Stage will change by several feet at many locations. For more information on the changes, go to www.weather.gov/desmoines. The most recent outlook uses the current flood stage predictors.
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