The 7:07-a.m. broadcast news, from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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Members of the Atlantic School Board will meet in a regular session that begins 6-p.m. Wednesday (June 9), in the High School Media Center. On their agenda is action on:
The Atlantic School Board is also set to receive a special presentation from High School Principal Heather McKay, Alyssa Dovenspike and Sarah Rose, with regard to [student] College and Career Readiness. They will also receive an Athletic Facilities Project update.
Racing and Gaming administrator, Brian Ohorillko says it’s a two-million-dollar project. “Lakeside will be converting their gift shop to a coffee shop. They are going to be doing some remodeling of their restaurant and bar area, and just modernizing other areas of the facility,” he says.
Ohorilko says the work is expected to take six months. “It’s always encouraging to see reinvestment back into our Iowa properties. A two-million-dollar investment is good and really helps make these facilities fresh, and destination type facilities,” Ohorilko says.
He says the casino operators indicated they would like to do more remodeling once this project is completed.
(Radio Iowa) – Students from three Iowa high schools are among 100 teams nationwide competing in this month’s American Rocketry Challenge. It’s the Aerospace Industry Association’s flagship program, designed to encourage students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Jayce Abens is one of six members on the team from Webster City High School which will compete in the finals in Dayton, Ohio. “We compete to fly to a specific altitude and flight time, which they give us at the beginning of the season,” Abens says. “This year, we’re flying to 800 feet and 40 to 43 seconds.”
Each rocket is carrying fragile cargo. “We carry one egg as a payload,” he says. “It can’t be broken at all, otherwise, you’re disqualified.” After many months of test launches, the practice paid off as the team’s qualifying numbers were exceptional. “This year, we qualified with a score of 15 off of three qualifying flights,” Abens says. “We get a point per foot off of our altitude and four points per second out of the time range. We were right on time and just a few feet off for each flight.”
The finals are ordinarily held in Washington D-C but due to the pandemic, they’re being held in ten different cities this year between June 11th and 20th. Teams from Maharishi High School in Fairfield and Cedar Falls High School will compete in the challenge in Brighton, Wisconsin. Webster City and Maharishi were both in the 2019 national finals as well, while the team from Maharishi is all-girls. In addition to competing for the title of national champion, teams are also competing for $100,000 in prizes.
Today: Mostly sunny this morning; P/Cldy this afternoon. High 89. S @ 10-20 mph.
Tonight: Fair to Partly cloudy. Low around 67. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny in the morning; P/Cldy during the afternoon. High near 90. S @ 10-20.
Thursday: P/Cldy. High 91.
Friday: P/Cldy to cldy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High around 84.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 90. Our Low this morning, 64. Last year on this date, the High was 92 and the Low was 71. The Record High was 102 in 1985, and the Record Low was 38 in 1930.
A woman was arrested and a man is wanted, in connection with a Montgomery County drug investigation. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Monday, said 38-year-old Marcellia Marie Wilson, of Red Oak, was arrested late Friday morning for delivery of methamphetamine, following the execution of a search warrant at 205 South 2nd Street in Red Oak. Wilson was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $10,000 bond.
The sheriff’s office is also asking for public assistance in locating another suspect, 33-year-old Michael Dean Wilson, who is wanted on drug charges and parole violations. He is described as a white male approximately 6 feet tall, 240 pounds. Michael Wilson could be driving a bronze or tan 2000 Chevy Blazer with either no plates, or Iowa license plate #GLT401. He could also be operating a gray 2004 Yamaha 1100 V Star motorcycle. The suspect is believed to be in Montgomery, Mills or Page counties.
Anyone with information on Michael Wilson’s whereabouts should contact their local law enforcement, or the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office at 712-623-5107.
(Radio Iowa) – Some farmers had to put seeds into their planters for a second time last week. The latest U-S-D-A report says some growers in the upper two-thirds of the state re-planted corn and soybeans due to frost damage that occurred in late May. Overall the report says 96 percent of the corn has emerged — which is nine days ahead of the five-year average. The corn that is up is rated at 77 percent good to excellent.
One-quarter of the soybeans remain to be planted heading into the week and that is now two-percent — which is almost two weeks ahead of normal. Eighty-six-percent of the soybeans have emerged. Soybeans are rated in 73 percent good to excellent condition.
(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Congresswoman Cindy Axne, a Democrat from West Des Moines, says this is a make-or-break moment for our republic and now is not the time to give up on election reform legislation that cleared the U-S House earlier this year. “The fact that we cannot see that bill getting passed right now, that the senate is struggling to pass that bill — I’m astounded that anybody who is an elected office that takes influence out of elections…and allows people to have free and fair voting,” Axne says.
The bill includes new campaign finance disclosures and would require at least 15 days of early voting in every state. Axne says the measure as a necessary response to this political moment. “Right now we have some people who I work with who don’t even believe we have a valid president,” Axne says. Axne plans to personally urge West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin to change his stance on the bill. Manchin announced Sunday he won’t vote for an election bill that has the backing of just one party.
“I’m going to talk to him,” Axne said. “Listen, I take a lot of hard votes in states like Iowa. I think people who are authentic and true to their convictions and are representing the people who they serve, they’re going to make it back and I think anybody who stands up for the constitution and for people’s right to vote, they’ll make it back.” Axne spoke to about three dozen people last (Monday) night at a town hall forum in West Des Moines
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Atlantic 10, Creston 3 (Game 1)
Atlantic 10, Creston 0 (Game 2)
St. Albert 8, Clarinda 3 (Game 1)
Clarinda 8, St. Albert 7 (Game 2)
Denison-Schleswig 9, Shenandoah 5 (Game 1)
Denison-Schleswig 12, Shenandoah 2 (Game 2)
Harlan 16, SC North 1 (Game 1)
SC North 16, Harlan 9 (Game 2)
Western Iowa Conference
Audubon 7, IKM-Manning 4
Logan-Magnolia 7, AHSTW 6
Treynor 7, Underwood 1
Tri-Center 10, Missouri Valley 2
Rolling Valley Conference
CAM 14, Boyer Valley 4 (Corrected)
Glidden-Ralston 21, Whiting 8 (Corrected)
Coon Rapids-Bayard 10, West Harrison 0 (Corrected)
Woodbine 2, Ar-We-Va 1
Corner Conference
Fremont-Mills 9, Griswold 7
Sidney 13, Essex 1 (5 inn.)
East Mills 6, Stanton 4
Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur 8, Moravia 4
Lamoni vs. Wayne
Lenox 10, Riverside 9
Mormon Trail 6, East Union 5
Mount Ayr 17, Murray 2 (3 inn)
Red Oak 11, Southwest Valley 1 (5 inn)
Other Scores
Clarke 2, I-35 0
Panorama 19, ACGC 5
Van Meter 11, Earlham 0
West Central Valley 8, Madrid 5
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Atlantic 3, Creston 2 (Game 1)
Atlantic 13, Creston 7 (Game 2)
Lewis Central 10, Glenwood 0 (Game 1)
Lewis Central 3, Glenwood 2 (Game 2)
Clarinda 7, St. Albert 4 (Game 1)
St. Albert 10, Clarinda 6 (Game 2)
Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 4, Logan-Magnolia 2
Audubon 13, IKM-Manning 1
Lenox 2, Riverside 1 (9 innings)
Missouri Valley 7, Tri-Center 4
Underwood 4, Treynor 1
Rolling Valley Conference
Boyer Valley 6, CAM 1
Exira-EHK 11, Orient-Macksburg 0
Glidden-Ralston 4, Whiting 1
Woodbine 3, Ar-We-Va 1
Corner Conference
Stanton 15, East Mills 1
Sidney 18, Essex 8
Griswold 5, Fremont-Mills 2
Other Scores
ACGC 5, Panorama 3
Boone 12, Carroll 0
Central Decatur 4, Moravia 3
Earlham 4, Van Meter 2
Mount Ayr 14, Murray 4
Southeast Warren 21, Seymour 1
West Central Valley 9, Madrid 5