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(UPDATE) No injuries reported following accident in Atlantic Sunday

News

June 10th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – In an update to our early posts and reports, the Atlantic Police Department says no injuries were reported following a collision Sunday at W. 22nd and Chestnut Streets. According the P-D, a vehicle driven by Carole Schroder, of Walnut, was facing eastbound on W. 22nd Street at the stop sign. A vehicle driven by Tyler Turner, of Atlantic, was southbound on Chestnut Street.

Schroder proceeded into the intersection, failing to yield from the stop sign before her vehicle was struck by Turner’s vehicle. The accident happened at around 3:11-p.m.

Schroder told Officers she didn’t see the other vehicle approaching. Damage to the vehicles amounted to $10,000 altogether.

WEEK OF JUNE 10, 2024

Trading Post

June 10th, 2024 by Jim Field

FOR SALE: Super Boom Turbo Diesel New Holland Skid Loader for sale. Asking $16,000. Also a 4-Wheel Drive John Deere Tractor with hydrostatic and a loader. Asking $16,000. And several Allis-Chalmer tractors for sale. Call for details. 712-355-1566 in Council Bluffs

FOR SALE: An MTD 4.5 horsepower engine with new oil and new air filter. $20. Call 712-304-4550. Also looking for a white KJAN baseball cap with red lettering.

WANTED: A small pickup to buy or trade for a 2002 Ford Explorer. Also needing someone to look at the driver’s seat or needing to buy a driver’s seat for 2002 Ford Explorer. And needing a manual for a Deluxe Scooter. Call Fred at 712-243-4016

FOR SALE:  Two handmade trellises for your climbing plants. Made out of treated wood.  One is a little over 8 feet tall, asking $20.  The other one is 10 feet tall, asking $30.  Call or text (701) 240-8190,  I can deliver in Atlantic.

FOR SALE: 1999 Yamaha Road Star Motorcycle. It has a Full Touring package. Has 6,600 miles on it. Like new. It has new tires. It will come with 11 cubic foot pull behind trailer. Asking $14,400 for it. Call 712-254-1111. Call between 7am-6:30 pm.

FREE:  Free to good homes…Male cats that have been fixed.  712-227-3477.

FOR SALE:  LG Air Conditioner. 14,000 BTU.  Uses 110.  Works great.  Also have the support bracket.  712-227-3477.

FOR SALE:  Bachmann Turner concert tickets at the surf ballroom in Clear Lake Iowa on Saturday, June 19th. The concert is sold out. I have eight tickets.  $40.00, make an offer.  Will sell all or part of the eight. Call 712-249-0900. Dale Gross, Atlantic.

FOR SALE:  Forest River Palamino Sabre 2009 30 ft. Very clean, sleeps six, all amenities work. Large fridge, large bath w/ full shower & porcelain toilet. Pass thru belly storage, 30A service, tires not new but look good.  Rebuilt furnace. Roof resealed, slide out weatherstrip replaced. $12,500 OBO Call or text 712-249-4342SOLD!

Heartbeat Today 6-10-2024

Heartbeat Today, Podcasts

June 10th, 2024 by Jim Field

Jim Field visits with Atlantic Ward 4 Councilman Shawn Sarsfield to follow-up on a meeting held last week with area residents.

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7 arrested in Creston over the past three days

News

June 10th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Creston, Iowa) – Police in Creston say seven people were arrested on separate charges and/or warrants over the past few days. There were two arrests on Friday, in Creston:

At around 4:05-p.m., 30-year-old Darren McCay Wilker, of Creston, was arrested at the Creston/Union County LEC, under the authority of a Department of Corrections Warrant charging him with two-counts of Violation of Probation, on an original charge of Domestic Abuse Assault. Wilker was later released on a $600 cash or surety bond. And, at around 4:47-p.m., Friday, Creston Police arrested 39-year-old Samantha Lynn Hays, of Creston, for OWI/3rd or Subsequent Offense. Hays was taken to the Union County Jail then transferred to the Adams County Jail. She was later released on a $5,000 cash or surety bond.

Two people were arrested Saturday, in Creston:

At around 6:15-p.m., 36-year-old Wesley Gene Keeler, Jr. of Creston, was arrested on a Union County Warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault by Impeding Air/Blood Flow – causing Bodily Injury, and False Imprisonment. Keeler was taken to the Union County Jail and later released on a $6,000 bond; At around 2:30-a.m., Saturday, Creston Police arrested 24-year-old William Joseph Wulff, of Creston, at the Creston Union County LEC. Wulff was charged with OWI/1st Offense. He was later released on a $1,000 bond.

And, three people were arrested in Creston, on Sunday:

A little after 12-a.m., 30-year-old Storm Julian Spencer, of Creston, was arrested for Disorderly Conduct-Fighting/Violent Behavior, and Public Intoxication. Spencer was taken to the Union County Jail and later released on a $600 bond; 50-year-old Timothy Daniel Williams, of Creston, was arrested at around 12:10-a.m., Sunday for Possession of Controlled Substance/Marijuana-1st offense, Public Intoxication, and Disorderly Conduct-Fighting/Violent Behavior. Williams was taken to the Union County Jail and later released on a $1,600 cash or surety bond; and, 39-year-old Kevin Wayne Rauch, of Creston, was arrested a little before 10-p.m., Sunday, at the Creston Union County LEC. Rauch was charged with False Reports-911 Call, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession of Controlled Substance-Methamphetamine 1st Offense. He remains held in the Union County Jail on a $1,600 cash or surety bond.

PAT BOWER, 84, of Atlantic (& formerly of the Anita & Bridgewater areas) – Svcs. 6/14/24

Obituaries

June 10th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

PAT BOWER, 84, of Atlantic (& formerly of the Anita & Bridgewater areas), died Sunday, June 9, 2024, at his home in Atlantic.  Funeral services for PAT BOWER will be held 10:30-a.m. Friday, June 14, 2024, at the Bridgewater Activity Center. Lamb Funeral Home in Massena has the arrangements.

The family will greet friends on Friday, June 14, 2024, at the Bridgewater Activity Center from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service.

Burial is in the St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery north of Bridgewater.  A luncheon will follow the burial at the Bridgewater Activity Center. 

Memorials may be directed to the Pat Bower Memorial Fund to be established by the family at a later date.

Online condolences may be left to the family at www.lambfuneralhomes.com.

ISU lab develops test for mosquito-borne virus that can strike hogs, humans

Ag/Outdoor, News

June 10th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa State University researchers have created a test to detect a disease that could threaten the state’s pork industry, although it has not been found in the U-S. The test can identify Japanese encephalitis virus, or J-E-V, which is spread by mosquitoes and is related to West Nile and Zika. Rahul Nelli, at I-S-U’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, says most cases of J-E-V in pigs result in mild symptoms, but an outbreak could be very costly.

“The economic losses could be around $600-million for the pork production,” Nelli says, “so that’s a significant impact on our pork industry in Iowa.” Nelli, who led I-S-U’s development of the test, says J-E-V can also be a health threat to humans and other animals, including water birds and horses. The virus is present in Southeast Asia and spread to Australia in 2022. Nelli says the test will identify the virus in samples from pigs, or it can be used to tell when it is spreading in the environment.  “Basically, if you have a mosquito population,” he says, “you can collect mosquitos and collect their DNA and screen whether there is J-E-V around your farm.”

Nelli made his comments on the Iowa Public Radio program “River to River.”

IEC models Minnesota in seeking water protections

Ag/Outdoor, News

June 10th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A petition to manage nitrate pollution in northeast Iowa’s Driftless Area is trying to follow the successful approach in Minnesota to implementing federal Clean Water Act protections. Iowa Environmental Council attorney Mike Schmidt says the Iowa petition to the E-P-A will be modeled after Minnesota because of geological similarities. “Minnesota issues permits, or issues a general permit, covering more than 12-hundred facilities. Iowa has even more concentrated animal feeding operations, but fewer than 200 of those with permits under the Clean Water Act,” he says. Schmidt says water quality challenges associated with the Driftless Area go beyond state lines.

The facts of the Minnesota case are extremely similar to Iowa because it’s the same geologic formation,” Schmidt says. “Southeast Minnesota and northeast Iowa, the Driftless Area and the Karst terrain do not follow a political boundary, it is a geological formation.”

Part of the E-P-A’s protections would include assistance for the region’s private well owners in danger of nitrate pollution. The I-E-C petitioned the E-P-A unsuccessfully for those protections for northeast Iowa in 2022.

Fourth victim of rural Linn County murders dies from injuries

News

June 10th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) — The Linn County Sheriff’s Office reports Brent Brown, the fourth victim of an attack that killed three others on Wednesday in rural Linn County, has died from his injuries. Johnson County Medical Examiner pronounced Brown dead on Friday. He was 34 years old.

Luke Truesdell is now charged with four counts of first-degree murder. Officials said the attack happened on Wednesday, where police found three people – Romondus Cooper, Keonna Ryan and Amanda Parker – dead in an out building at the 3600 block of East Otter Road in northern Linn County.

Investigators said Truesdell admitted to beating four people with a metal pipe. Truesdell is expected to make an appearance in court on Monday on that new, fourth charge of first-degree murder.

Brown’s body will be transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Ankeny for autopsy. The investigation into this incident continues.

(Updated) 1 teen died, 2 were injured in a central Iowa rollover accident Sunday night

News

June 10th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Hartford, Iowa) – One teenager died and two others were injured Sunday night in a rollover crash in central Iowa’s Warren County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2004 Toyota Camry Solara was traveling north on 200th Avenue west of Hartford at around 9:22-p.m., when the vehicle went out of control near Delaware Street and entered the west ditch.

The car overturned and vaulted over a driveway before rolling over again, and ejecting two of the three occupants. None of the crash victims were wearing seat belts. One of the car’s occupants – a 15-year-old – was flown by helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines where they died from their injuries. Two teens – ages 15 & 16 – were transported to Mercy and Blank Hospital’s respectively, in Des Moines by ambulance. No names were released.

The crash remained under investigation.

Iowa Democratic Party chair says there are encouraging signs for Democrats in 2024

News

June 10th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa)- Iowa Democratic Party chairwoman Rita Hart says the party is focused on reaching out to over 92-thousand Iowans who voted as Democrats in 2018, but did not cast ballots in the 2022 election. “We didn’t lose them to Republicans,” Hart says. “….That’s what we have to turn around and that’s what we’re bound and determined to turn around between now ’til November.” All four of Iowa’s seats in the U-S House are held by Republicans and Republicans currently hold sizable majorities in the state legislature. Hart predicts Democrats will field candidates in around 80 of the 100 seats in the Iowa House.

“Which is very encouraging and we’ve got candidates all across the state that are stepping up,” Hart says, “and a lot of our candidates have been inspired to run because of the many things that are happening at the state level that are very concerning to folks.” Hart cites both the state-funded accounts for private school students and Area Education Agency changes that Republican lawmakers approved as concerns. Hart also says Iowa Republicans are out of sync with the general public on the abortion issue.

The only statewide race in Iowa this November is between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. A Des Moines Register Iowa Poll conducted in March found 29 percent of those surveyed approved of Biden’s job performance. Hart says Trump is morally compromised and Democrats have a good story to tell about Biden’s presidency. “The contrast here is pretty stark,” Hart says. “The American people and Iowans recognize that we are looking at a Republican Party that is struggling to get behind their nominee.”

Hart made her comments during a weekend appearance on “Iowa Press” on Iowa P-B-S. The Iowa Democratic Party’s state convention is this Saturday, June 15th. The Iowa Republican Party’s state convention was held May 4th.