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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – An embattled Iowa high school principal says he wants school board discussions of his firing to be aired in public. The Des Moines Register reports that Red Oak High School Principal Jedd Sherman says he has nothing to hide, and he has requested that the Red Oak School Board conduct its talks about him in an open meeting.
Sherman says the board’s efforts to fire him are retaliation for him reporting two cases of student bullying. Sherman says top school officials were also unhappy after he requested that an already-planned bathroom remodeling project be done in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
School board member have declined to discuss their reasons for trying to fire Sherman, but have refused his request to conduct their discussion in public.
Firefighters in Atlantic were called to the scene of a possible house fire early this (Monday) morning. The Cass County Communications Center dispatched the fire department to 602 Mulberry Street at 4:51-a.m., following a report of the smell of smoke in a bedroom.
Law enforcement arriving on the scene also detected a burning, electrical smell, but could not locate a fire. Fire crews determined an electrical outlet on a bedroom wall was hot. The problem was confined to the single outlet.There was no fire however, and no one was injured.
Power to the home was restored and fire crews returned to their station by around 5:25-a.m.
Today (Memorial Day) – Scattered showers and thunderstorms & patchy fog this morning, otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. South winds @ 5-10 mph
Tonight – Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. S/SW wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday – Partly Sunday w/a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. High near 83. SW wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tue. Night – Mo. Cldy w/a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low around 63. W/NW wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday – Mo. Sunny w/a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms. High near 85. E/NE wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wed. Night – Partly cloudy, with a low around 63.
Thursday – Mo. Sunny w/a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms. High near 83.
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Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 79. Our low this morning (as of 5-a.m. was 63). Rainfall yesterday and this morning was .67″ (as of 5-a.m.).
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Fishing in Iowa has improved significantly over the past three decades thanks to efforts the state and other groups have made. The Des Moines Register reports the improvement is especially noticeable when it comes to the prized game fish of walleye and trout.
Today, 42 streams in Iowa are sustaining trout populations. Thirty years ago only five streams in the state had self-sustaining trout populations. Officials say a variety of efforts by the state Department of Natural Resources, environmental groups and property owners have helped.
For instance, reducing the amount of soil that gets washed into streams and rivers has helped improve the habitat for fish. The improved fishing conditions will likely be popular in Iowa because 46 percent of the state’s residents say they fish.
Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County report the arrest Sunday evening of a Red Oak man. 43-year old Richard Bryan Jenkins was taken into custody at around 7:45-p.m., for Driving While Barred. Jenkins was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $2,000 bond.
346 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2014
EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. PATCHY FOG. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.
TODAY…PATCHY FOG THROUGH MID MORNING. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 50 PERCENT.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT… THEN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 PERCENT.
TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING…THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 50 PERCENT.
TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. WEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.
WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 60S.
THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Several people who were helping distribute flags for Memorial Day are recovering from scrapes and bruises after the trailer they were riding on careened across a cemetery. The Quad-City Times reports 10 adults and children were on the flatbed trailer when it broke free from the truck pulling it and rolled several hundred feet downhill before hitting a tree. Davenport police Sergeant Eric Court says no one was seriously hurt.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A second Iowa facility for delinquent youths is being investigated for failing to meet educational standards. The Des Moines Register reports the state is being urged to examine the practices of the State Training School for Boys in Eldora after two separate investigations. Questions about the Iowa Juvenile Home in Toledo prompted the governor to close it in January.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials say a 23-year-old inmate on work release in Cedar Rapids has escaped. The state Department of Corrections says Bernard James Butler the Second failed to return to the Larry Nelson Work Release Center in Cedar Rapids after work on Friday.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A 22-year-old Houston Astros prospect’s first home run of the season was caught by a familiar fan: his father. The Quad City Times reports River Bandits first baseman Conrad Gregor launched a go-ahead, three-run shot in the sixth inning of the Class-A team’s 5-2 win over the Cedar Rapids Kernels at Modern Woodmen Park in Davenport Saturday night. Gregory’s father Marty in the right-center field stands caught the ball.