The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — A city official says Marshalltown is moving ahead with plans to build a replacement hangar and terminal at the city airport. Public works director Justin Nickel told the Times-Republican that the Marshalltown Municipal Airport project is expected to cost $2.6 million and be finished by next summer. He says the Federal Aviation Administration will provide $600,000 for the hangar and the Iowa Transportation Department will hand over $470,000 for the terminal and site preparation. The city will pay for the remainder.
Nickel says construction of the replacement terminal is less certain but also says he’d “bet that both are happening.” The larger hangar will help the airport house corporate jets from businesses such as JBS, Lennox and Emerson Process Management. Nickel says the current hangar’s door isn’t tall enough so jets can be parked inside overnight.
A traffic stop on a speeding vehicle Wednesday evening in Adams County, resulted in the arrest of a man from Union County. Sheriff’s officials say Corry Johnston, of Thayer, initially refused to pull over for a deputy who had activated his emergency lights. Johnston turned north onto Mulberry Avenue and then east onto 220th Street before his vehicle finally stopped at the intersection of Mulberry and 220th Streets. Johnston was arrested for Driving While Revoked, and cited for speeding.
A Mississippi River ferry service connecting northeast Iowa with southwest Wisconsin has closed for the season. The Pride of Cassville Car Ferry service posted Tuesday on its Facebook page that it was closing because of the continued high water. The Telegraph Herald reports that the ferry usually ends the service in late October. The ferry runs from Cassville, Wisconsin, to a landing east of Millville, Iowa.
It was a short season for the ferry. It didn’t open until June 28, about two months past its normal opening in early May, and the high water frequently interrupted service. Heavier than normal snowmelt in the late winter and frequent and heavy rains through the spring led to flooding that approached record levels in several towns along the Mississippi.
Today: Partly cloudy. High 45. N @ 10-15.
Tonight: Mostly clear. Low 25. Winds light & variable.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 58. SW @ 10.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High 62.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy & windy. High 48.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 59. Our Low this morning, 36. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 60 and the Low was 28. The record High for this date in Atlantic, was 82 in 1891. The Record Low was 15, in 1999.
State Qualifying Cross Country Meets are on tap today around the state. All meets are set for 3:00pm or 4:00pm starts.
Atlantic will be a host site in Class 3A at Nishna Hills Golf Course. The girls race is set to go at 4:00pm, followed by the boys at 4:30pm. Atlantic will compete with ADM, Boone, Carlisle, Creston, Denison-Schleswig, Glenwood, Greene County (Boys Only), Harlan Community School, Kuemper Catholic, North Polk, Perry, and Saydel.
A U-S Marshall in Omaha told television station KETV that a fugitive from Council Bluffs, 29-year old Jamie Kennedy, surrendered to authorities Wednesday night, at an apartment near 100th and and Crown Point plazas. Kennedy was taken into custody after 8 p.m. following an hour-long standoff. Officials say tips led investigators to Kennedy’s location at the apartment complex. Additional information was not immediately available.
Kennedy, who used a vehicle to ram a Council Bluffs Police Officer’s vehicle during his initial apprehension attempt late Tuesday morning, abandoned his vehicle in Omaha and was not seen until late Wednesday afternoon. But he once again eluded officers and agents until he eventually surrendered peacefully.
(Radio Iowa) — The use of electronic cigarettes and “vaping” products are unsafe at any age, according to the Centers for Disease Control, and Iowa’s governor is exploring her policy options to respond to the problem. Governor Kim Reynolds and her top staff will meet today (Thursday) to review ideas — including an outright ban on e-cigarettes and vaping cartridges.
“I think something like eight states have banned, several by executive order,” Reynolds says. “We talked a lot about educating the public.” The board of health in the state of Washington banned the sale of flavored vaping products last week. Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New York and Rhode Island have all approved some form of an electronic cigarette ban. Some of those are being challenged in court. Reynolds told reporters she’s not afraid to use her executive authority to establish a ban in Iowa.
“But we’ll take a look at it and see if that makes the most sense and see if that makes the most sense there are other things we can do in the interim before we move to that step,” Reynolds said, “and maybe it’s a multi-stepped process, see if some of the things they’re recommending works in the short term and if we’re not seeing the results that we think we should, maybe that’s something we can look to in the future.”
A recent federal survey found 28 percent of high schoolers admitted to regularly using e-cigarettes. There have been 41 vaping-related illnesses reported in Iowa. Reynolds says 34 of those patients had used a vaping cartridge that contained T-H-C, which is an illegal drug.
ALBERTA BECKER, 93, of Cumberland died Wednesday, October 23rd at the Heritage House in Atlantic. A Celebration of Life Funeral Service for ALBERTA BECKER will be held on Monday, November 4th at 11:00 am at the Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic.
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Visitation with family will be held on be held on Sunday, November 3rd from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the funeral home.
Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.
ALBERTA BECKER is survived by:
Husband: John Becker
Children: Craig (Jane) Becker; Galen (Patricia) Becker; Roger (Wendy) Becker; Jolene (Steven) Geary; Douglas (Jennifer) Becker.
15 Grandchildren
21 Great-Grandchildren
Police in Council Bluffs responded to the reported robbery of a Domino’s Pizza store at 2004 W. Broadway, early this (Thursday) morning. The call came in at around 12:12-a.m. Authorities say one employee told them as he was returning from taking out the trash, two black males wearing ski masks approached him.
One of the suspects pointed a handgun at the employee, and they entered the business. Once inside the suspects took an undetermined amount of cash and left the business in an unknown direction. Anyone with information is asked to contact Council Bluffs Police Criminal Investigation Division at 712-328-4728 or Crime Stoppers 712-328-7867(STOP)