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NE man arrested in Montgomery County on Pott. County warrants

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March 13th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department says a man from Omaha, NE.,  was arrested Tuesday evening, following a traffic stop in the 1000 block of Highway 34. 24-year-old Osvaldo Fabian Gonzalez was arrested on two active Pottawattamie County warrants for OWI/1st offense, and Possession of Marijuana/1st offense. Gonzalez was transported to the Pott. County Jail and held on a $2,000 cash-only bond.

Former IKM-Manning teacher sentenced on sexual abuse & lascivious acts charges

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March 13th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

A former western Iowa teacher has been sentenced to 33 years in prison after pleading guilty to a slew of sexual abuse and lascivious acts charges. 24-year-old Cassidy Kraus was a teacher in the IKM-Manning Community School District in Carroll County, when she was arrested last October and accused of sexually abusing three boys between the ages of 13 and 14.

In January, she pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree sexual abuse, two counts of lascivious acts with a child and three counts of dissemination and exhibition of obscene material to minors. Investigators say in addition to engaging in sexual activity with the minors, she also sent obscene material over Snapchat.

On Tuesday, Kraus was sentenced to the maximum sentence of 33 years in prison and a total fine of $5,400 plus 15% criminal surcharge. She will also be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of her life.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley: Wed., March 13, 2024

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March 13th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 69. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: An 80% chance of showers & thunderstorms. Low around 49. E/NE @ 10-20 mph. New rainfall of 1/4″-to 1/2″ are inch possible.
Tomorrow: A 60% chance of showers & thunderstorms. High near 55. N/NE @ 10-30 mph. New rainfall amounts between  1/10″-1/4″ except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tom. Night: A chance of showers. Otherwise mostly cloudy & breezy. Low around 34.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 55.
Saturday: Mostly sunny & windy, with a high near 57.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 67. The Low was 31. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 29 and the Low was 12. The Record High for March 13th in Atlantic, was 79 in 2012. The Record Low was -11 in 1948 & 1975. Sunrise: 7:36. Sunset: 7:24-p.m.

House votes for new regulations of hemp-infused consumables

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March 13th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa House has voted to impose new limits on hemp products, including a cap on how much T-H-C extracted from hemp can be in food or drinks sold in Iowa. The bill would require labels warning the products are intoxicating and set criminal penalties for selling hemp products with T-H-C to anyone under the age of 21. Representative Steven Holt, a Republican from Denison, says when the state made it legal to grow and sell hemp, the legislature had no idea products with high concentrations of T-H-C would be produced.

“It is a little bit of the wild, wild west out there in Iowa right now thanks to the loopholes we did not know we created,” Holt said. The bill passed on a 79 to 16 vote. Opponents like Representative Bob Kressig of Cedar Falls say retailers that are selling hemp-infused products will see sales slide if the bill becomes law. “We have 1100 retailers in Iowa with these products, we have 3000 employees and we have 800,000 Iowans that access these products,” Kressig said.

Bill backers say some of the hemp-infused drinks and other consumables being sold in Iowa have incredibly high levels of T-H-C and it’s time to act. A similar bill was introduced in the Senate, but has not cleared a Senate committee.

NAACP leaders oppose bill to ban citizen boards that review complaints about police

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March 13th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – N-Double-A-C-P leaders are raising concerns about a bill that would ban citizen review boards in five Iowa cities that review complaints about police. Iowa/Nebraska N-Double-A-C-P president Betty Andrews says her organization helped establish four of those boards. “We believe in transparency in law enforcement and government and citizens review boards are an opportunity for a fair look-in,” Andrews says, “and making sure our law enforcement knows that we, as citizens, are watching.”

The Iowa Fraternal Order of Police says the citizens review boards in Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Coralville and University Heights would standardize the process for reviewing complaints about police. Andrews says Iowa’s citizens review boards were established after specific cases, many of which involved local police accused of racial profiling. “We’ve seen that time and time in Iowa, that call for justice and not being able to have any insight in what’s happening with law enforcement,” Andrews says.

Tuesday was N-Double-A-C-P lobbying day at the Iowa Capitol. Andrews and members of the group met with Governor Kim Reynolds and discussed several priorities. David Walker, co-chair of the Iowa/Nebraska N-Double-A-C-P’s legal redress committee, says Iowans called to jury duty today are randomly selected from Iowa driver’s license and voter registration records. “The jury pool is filled with addresses that are outdated — 11-12% and sometimes 15% they go in the wastebasket. They are never delivered. People have moved,” Wright says.

The N-Double-A-C-P proposes that the Iowa Department of Revenue forward the names and addresses of Iowans who file state income taxes to the state’s courts to improve the accuracy of jury summonses. “We’ve seen in some instances where this has been implemented in six states the number of summons that have to be issued are much fewer, costs are saved and jury panels are more diverse,” Walker said.

Andrews, the president of the Iowa-Nebraska N-Double-A-C-P, says diverse juries boost confidence in the justice system. among people of color. Andrews was recently elected to serve on the N-Double-A-C-P’s national board of directors.

Atlantic Trojans Boys Track Preview

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March 12th, 2024 by admin

The Atlantic Boys track team has been preparing for another great track season. They have been practicing for the past couple of weeks to prepare for their next meet. The Trojans track team have been taking advantage of this nice weather and getting outdoors for most of the practices. Atlantic team is made up of over 40 plus high schoolers and are coached this season by Abby Becker.

Coach Becker gave a recap on how last years track season went.

Coach Becker commented on how well practice has been going.

Coach Becker talked about what her team has been working on in practice.

Coach Becker broke down the roster and said there is even amount of athletes out for this years team, right around the same number as last years team.

Coach Becker said the team has few goals for this season.

The Trojans next track meet will be an indoor meet on Saturday March 16th at Northwest Missouri State University. That meet will get underway at 11:30 a.m.

Hawkeyes Fall to Georgia in Midweek Contest

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March 12th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

ATHENS, Georgia – The University of Iowa baseball team was defeated by Georgia, 10-5, on Tuesday night at Foley Field.
“We just didn’t play or pitch well enough to beat a good team like Georgia,” said head coach Rick Heller. “I thought we played hard and competed but there were just too many mistakes. We had a rough as they hit three home runs and scored five runs in the first two innings.”
The Hawkeyes and Bulldogs traded home runs in the bottom of the first and the top of the second. Georgia then broke the game open scoring four in the bottom of the second. Iowa and Georgia traded two runs apiece to make the score, 7-3.
The Hawkeyes cut the deficit to two runs in the seventh, but Georgia scored three unanswered runs to put the game away.
“Our offense fought back and cut the lead to two, said Heller. “But we couldn’t get a shutdown inning the rest of the way. Giving up five runs in the final four innings makes it tough to win. We will go to work and get better when we get home.”
Davis Cop was 2-for-3 with a home run, Reese Moore had an RBI double for the Hawkeyes and Gable Mitchell added an RBI.
Elliot Cadieux-Lanoue got the start for Iowa and fell to 3-1 on the season. He struck out two and allowed four runs on four hits.
Nine other Hawkeyes saw action out of the Bullpen in what was a staff game for Iowa. They allowed six runs (five earned) on eight hits and struck out six.

Tri-Center Trojans Boys Basketball 2023-2024 season recap

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March 12th, 2024 by admin

The Tri-Center Trojans boys basketball team ended their season with a 51-49 loss to the Woodbine Tigers in the second round of the Class 1A-Region 8 bracket. The Trojans were led in scoring that night by freshman AJ Harder who had 15 points.

Tri-Center will be losing five seniors to graduation this year: Avery Reed, Christian Dahir, Zach Murley, Matt Eikenberry and Isaac Wohlhut.

Trojans coach Chad Harder talked about the close loss in the post season to Woodbine.

Coach Harder had this to say to his team in the locker room after the Woodbine game.

Coach Harder commented on how well freshman AJ Harder has played this season.

Coach Harder found out his Trojan broke a record this season by making 171 made three pointers surpassing the previous record of 165 three pointers.

Coach Harder says he doesn’t really set concrete goals for next season but says his goal is be the best you can be.

The Trojans did end the season with an overall record of 14-9 and went 9-8 in the Western Iowa Conference. The players are going to work hard over the summer and play around 20 summer league games.

Feldkamp Receives At-Large Selection for NCAA Championships

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March 12th, 2024 by admin

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State 184-pounder Will Feldkamp has received an at-large bid to the 2024 NCAA Championships March 21-23 in Kansas City, Mo.

Feldkamp, ranked No. 12 nationally by InterMat, becomes Iowa State’s ninth NCAA Qualifier for next week’s tournament. His selection marks the fourth time under head coach Kevin Dresser that nine Cyclones have qualified for the national tournament and ISU’s sixth consecutive season with at least eight qualifiers.

A Dexter Township, Mich. Native, Feldkamp will wrestle in his third NCAA Championships after competing in the tournament twice at Clarion prior to transferring to Iowa State. Feldkamp placed seventh at last season’s national tournament.

Feldkamp placed sixth at the 2024 Big 12 Championship, one spot shy of automatically qualifying, and has a 12-9 record with five falls and three tech falls this season.

The full 2024 NCAA wrestling Division I championship brackets will be revealed during a selection show streamed live on NCAA.com Wednesday, March 13 at 7 p.m.

 

Dabagia Ties for 11th, Hawkeyes Place 6th at Tulane Classic

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March 12th, 2024 by admin

NEW ORLEANS, La. — The University of Iowa women’s golf team fired a final round 298 – its best round of the tournament – to conclude play Tuesday at the Tulane Classic presented by Chad Brownstein. The Hawkeyes finished in sixth place (out of 17 teams) at the English Turn Golf and Country Club, posting 54-hole score of 905 (300-302-298).

Sophomore Madison Dabagia finished as the team’s low scorer at 6-over par. The Indiana native shot a one-over par 73 on Tuesday to move into a tie for 11th place, finishing with a 222 (79-70-73).  Dabagia finished the round with three birdies and 11 pars.

It is the third straight tournament that Dabagia has either tied for or led the team.  She has posted three straight top 20 finishes.

Sophomore Shannyn Vogler tied for 30th place as she shot 74 (+2) – her best round of the weekend — in the tournament’s final round. Vogler’s play was consistent throughout the tournament, carding rounds of 75-77-74 over the course of three days.

Freshman Ximena Benites, competing individually, tied for 18th place with a seven over par 223 (74-71-78).  It is tied for the best finish of Benites’ career.

Colorado State won the tournament by a single shot over Cal Poly, finishing with an 18-over par 882.  Missouri’s Fluer van Beek was the individual medalist with a three-under par 213, two shots better than Notre Dame’s Lauren Beaudreau.

UP NEXT

The Hawkeyes will have three weeks off before resuming their spring season in Tennessee at the Chattanooga Classic from April 7-9.