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Iowa DOC reports Work Release Escape in Waterloo

News

April 15th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Waterloo, Iowa) – Officials with the Iowa Department of Corrections, Sunday, said 20-year-old Daeonnis Gates, who was convicted of Intimidation with a Dangerous Weapon and Willful Injury in Black Hawk County, failed to report back to the Waterloo Residential Correctional Facility as required, Saturday. Gates stands six-feet tall and weighs 188-pounds. He was admitted to the work release facility on March 12th, 2024.

Persons with information on Gates’s whereabouts should contact local police.

Daeonnis Javir Gates (I-DOC photo)

For more information on the state’s work release program, please see Iowa Code 904.901-904.910

It Takes a Village Fundraiser continues in Elk Horn (IA)

News

April 15th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Elk Horn, Iowa) – The Danish Windmill is continuing its It Takes A Village fundraiser. All tour admissions generated on Sundays in April will be donated to local daycare facility, Kids in the Village. General admission is $5.00 per person for those ages 13 and up, and free for kids age 12 and under. Tour the windmill for a good cause. View ther new exhibits and see the windmill in action. If there is enough wind, we will even be grinding.

The Windmill has partnered with local businesses to ensure food options for each Sunday. On April 21, Master Griller’s food truck will be down at the windmill from 11 – 2 selling brisket and pulled pork sandwiches with cheesy potatoes and baked beans. On April 28, Spartan Pizza’s food truck will be at the windmill from 11 – 5 serving their signature wood-fire pizzas and their limited special, the Viking! Enjoy a great meal outside with the windmill turning in the breeze.

In addition to tours of the windmill, there will also be some Vikings giving tours and demonstrations in the Vikinghjem. Axe throwing kits will be out there, too. All that and more, on Sunday April 21 and April 28. Come tour the windmill and help raise funds for “Kids in the Village,” a vital organization in the Danish Villages.

Clark Expected To Be Taken In WNBA Draft Tonight

News, Sports

April 15th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The W-N-B-A Draft is tonight (Monday) at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City. There has been much speculation that Iowa’s Caitlin Clark is expected to be the first selection of the draft by the Indiana Fever. Clark became the all-time leading scorer, man or woman, in college basketball this season and set several more records. The draft begins at 6:30 p-m Central time and will air on E-S-P-N.

Clark made an appearance this weekend on Saturday Night Live on N-B-C. She sat at the show’s “Weekend Update” desk and lampooned a cast member who’s told several jokes about the W-N-B-A — and this year’s N-C-Double-A women’s basketball tournament.

Ripple effects in Iowa from collapse of Key bridge likely to be minimal

News

April 15th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Supply chain experts say the bridge collapse that closed the Port of Baltimore last month likely will -not- have a major impact on Midwestern manufacturers, even though it could be the end of May before the port reopens. Frank Montabon, a professor of supply chain management at Iowa State University, says farmers buying equipment could see cost increases related to the collapse, but the average consumer likely won’t, as firms adjust their supply chains. “That gets to the idea of resiliency. Can you deal with some sort of shock?” Montabon says. “Some companies are great at it and have figured that out very well. Some companies, for whatever reasons, they don’t want to take the time and energy to be ready for that.”

Henrik Sternberg, also an I-S-U professor of supply chain management, says domestic impact from the collapse will be small, but overseas may be a different story.  “What this means is that the lead time to the overseas customers will get roughly three times longer,” Sternberg says, “and with a longer lead time, then for some time, the products will be less competitive.”

The Maryland port moved nearly 81-billion-dollars in foreign-bound cargo last year, part of which came from major ag equipment manufacturers like C-N-H Industrial and John Deere. Replacing the bridge may cost 400-million dollars and take several years.

Refugee Advocates Say More Health Care Providers Needed

News

April 15th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Advocates who help refugees resettle in the state of Iowa say there’s a critical need for health care providers. Nick Wuertz is the Director of Immigrant & Refugee Community Services for Lutheran Services in Iowa and says eleven agencies are helping resettle 25-hundred people across the state, which is more than last year.“We do see additional challenges for newcomers, who don’t speak the language and are learning how to navigate insurance and all of these things,” Wuertz says. He says most refugees are coming from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Syria, and Burma. Wuertz says there is a shortage of physicians, dentists, and especially mental health workers who can treat refugees.

Fatiya Adam is a native of Ethiopia who came to the United States 20 years after spending a decade in a refugee camp in Kenya. She now is a case worker and knows the challenges first-hand. “It changed my life because I put myself in their shoes. Coming from a different country and then now help those people. I understand what they are going through because we all go through a different trauma,” she says. Adam says there are a couple of issue that seem to be the same for all refugees. “Language and than culture shock, just because we look different, and people just don’t understand. Everybody who comes has a different experience,” Adam says.

Adams and several dozen others attended a conference at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City Friday on how to help achieve cultural awareness in health care.

SHERYL ANN ZINKE, 73, of Audubon (Svcs. 4/18/24)

Obituaries

April 15th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

SHERYL ANN ZINKE, 73, of Audubon, died April 10, 2024, in Audubon. Funeral services for SHERYL ANN ZINKE will be held 10-a.m. Thursday, April 18, 2024, at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family will meet with friends on Wednesday, April 17th, from 4-until 8-p.m.

Burial is in the Manning Cemetery.

SHERYL ANN ZINKE is survived by:

Her husband – Rich Zinke, of rural Audubon.

Her son – Mitch (Michelle) Zinke, of Panora.

Her daughter – Mikalah (Steve) Sonntag, of Corning.

Her sister – Carol (Orrin) Bruhn, and her brother – Dick (Jean) Musfeldt, all of Irwin.

8 grandchildren, in-laws, other relatives and many friends.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley: Monday, April 15, 2024

Weather

April 15th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Today: Sunny & windy. High near 83. E/SE winds @ 10-20 mph gusting to near 30.
Tonight: Cloudy & breezy w/chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low around 60. E/SE winds 15-30 mph. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tuesday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Windy. High near 72. SE @ 20-to near 35 mph. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tue. Night: Showers & thunderstorms. Breezy. Low around 47. S/SW winds @ 10-25 becoming W/NW after midnight. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy& windy. High near 62. W/NW @ 20-35 mph.
Wed. Night: A 50% chance of showers after midnight. Low around 41.
Thursday: Showers likely, mainly before 1pm. High near 53.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 88. Our Low was 44. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 46, and the Low was 35. The All-Time Record High on April 15th in Atlantic, was 84, in 1920. The Record Low was 17, in 1926 & 1962. Sunrise: 6:40. Sunset: 8:00.

Accident in Creston, Friday evening – No injuries

News

April 15th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Creston, Iowa) – A collision in Creston Friday evening caused $500 damage to a box van and $1,500 damage to a car, but no one was injured. The Creston Police Department reports the Isuzu van driven by 40-year-old Maria Fuentes-Rodriguez, of Creston, pulled out from a stop sign at Highway 34 and Abell Street at around 6:20-p.m., in an attempt to turn east.

A 2015 Mercedes C300 driven by 40-year-old Carles Rivera, of Creston, was in the outside lane traveling east, when the van pulled out in front of the car and struck the vehicle. Rivera told police he was going to a convenience store to get some food, and did not have his turn signal on, but Rodriguez said Rivera’s turn signal was on, but that she though he was going to turn east onto Abell Street, which is why she pulled out onto the highway.

There were no citations issued.

3 teens injured in a Union County accident Sunday afternoon

News

April 15th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Creston, Iowa) – Three teens were injured during a single-vehicle rollover accident in Union County, Sunday afternoon. According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, a 2002 Ford Ranger pickup driven by 15-year-old Candyn Lee Danielson, of Creston, had stopped at the intersection of Clover Avenue and 170th Street. Danielson admitted to deputies that he attempted to slide the corner turning west, and that he and two passengers were “messing around.”

When he attempted to slide around the corner, the pickup went out of control and entered the ditch. The accident happened at around 2:10-p.m., Sunday.

Danielson, who was not wearing a seat belt, recalled being ejected out the side window of the vehicle. The teen, and his passengers, 15-year-old’s Gauge Osborne, of Orient, and Kaydon Delong, both of whom were wearing seat belts, were transported by private vehicle to the Greater Regional Hospital in Creston.

Danielson was cited for Failure to Maintain Control. The pickup, valued at $4,000, was a total loss.

Iowa State’s Sama eyes big sophomore season

Sports

April 15th, 2024 by admin

Iowa State running back Abu (uh-boo) Sama (Sah-muh) hopes to start his sophomore season like he finished his freshman campaign. Sama rushed for 276 yards, including runs of 77, 71 and 60 yards in a snowstorm in the regular season finale at Kansas State.

Sama says he has quickly bonded with new ISU running backs coach Tyler Roehl (roll).

Roehl says Sama has tremendous potential

Roehl says Sama has focused on details this spring.

Iowa State’s spring game is April 20th.