Des Moines, Iowa – Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has selected Brig. Gen. William F. McClintock as the Deputy Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard. The Governor says “General McClintock’s extensive experience and proven leadership, alongside General Osborn, will ensure that the Iowa National Guard is ‘Always Ready’. With his nearly four decades of service, including his roles as Assistant Adjutant General and Army Chief of Staff, I know General McClintock can help Iowa navigate this increasingly unpredictable world, no matter what comes our way.”

McClintock previously served as Assistant Adjutant General and as the full-time Army Chief of Staff. McClintock graduated and received commission from the Officer Candidate School Program, Iowa Military Academy, at Camp Dodge.  His military assignments include: Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, Company Commander, Battalion Operations Officer, Battalion Commander and Troop Commander.  He was the Director of Human Resources for Iowa of both the Army and Air National Guard. He is a Joint Qualified Officer who served three years in an Operational Assignment at U.S. Northern Command in Colorado Springs, Colorado. McClintock holds both a bachelor’s degree in public administration and a master’s degree in business administration from Upper Iowa University. He also holds a second master’s degree in national security and strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College.

Brig. Gen. William F. McClintock

The adjutant general is the second highest-ranking position in the Iowa National Guard. McClintock will assist in managing more than 7,000 part-time Soldiers. Brig.  General McClintock will replace Brig. Gen. Stephen E. Osborn, who is the newly appointed Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic Parks & Recreation Board, Monday, set the 2023 Sunnyside Pool Season membership fees. Parks and Rec Director Wyatt Adderton proposed the daily rate remain unchanged at $5 per day, but an increase in the Seasonal rate.

Board member Shirley Jensen asked if there will be funding available for kids whose families cannot afford the passes. Jeremy Butler said his church has donated $1,000 for however the parks board sees fit, with regard to the pool fees, with the hopes of sparking additional philanthropic donations. Shirley Jensen agreed.

In other business, the Atlantic Parks and Rec Board voted to allow Wyatt Adderton to purchase Pool-Pass software, that will help the department handle member registration, pool entry, point of sale and re-sale inventory. Parks Chair Jolene Smith said the software would be especially beneficial where the concession stand is concerned. Wyatt Adderton…

He said the program is very easy to use as far as accessibility is concerned, and pool staff should have no problem with maneuvering through the site and software. The person paying for the membership would have their profile and membership status on the system, including their photo. Hard cards are available for an extra fee. Sunnyside Pool will accept cash, and the E-Pass can also be used for concessions. Jolene Smith and Barb Barrick agreed, last year’s membership and daily fee system was a “fiasco,” and this new system should be a great leap forward.

The Board approved painting of the Sunnyside Pool buildings, including the bathhouse and pump station at 10th and Sunnyside. Adderton said they are currently getting some bids from artists to possibly put a mural on the building. The Board also approved the purchase of a new water slide at Sunnyside Pool, as long as the slide and mural costs stay within the City Administrator’s determined budget.

The Park’s Board granted James McEntaffer permission to install 1/2-mile mile markers around the Schildberg Recreation Area walking path, as part of an Eagle Scout project. They gave Frank Saddlemire permission to plant trees in Sunnyside Park. And, they approved a request for the installation of memorial benches at the Schildberg Recreation Area.

(Radio Iowa) – House Democrats are planning to push to make contraceptives, like the pill, available without a prescription. Representative Lindsay James, a Democrat from Dubuque, says pharmacists in 20 states are able to provide birth control without a doctor’s prescription. “Pharmacists especially in rural Iowa are an important resource and an important part of this equation,” James says. “They are an access point for care and can help eliminate barriers and expand access to contraception.”

In 2019, Republican Governor Kim Reynolds proposed making the pill available without a prescription, but the bill stalled in the House. This year, G-O-P lawmakers in the House and Senate are considering proposals that would still require prescriptions, but the required appointments with the prescribing doctor would be less frequent. House Democrats are also proposing an amendment to guarantee abortion rights in the Iowa Constitution along with other legislation related to reproductive health care. House Democratic Leader Jennifer Konfrst of Windsor Heights…

“We campaigned on reproductive freedom,” Konfrst says. “It is still a crisis in this state and it’s critically important we address it.” During House debate of a wide ranging bill Republicans are considering, Democratic Representative Beth Wessel-Kroeschell of Ames intends to ask that Medicaid patients get one year of health coverage after childbirth rather than just 60 days. “What has been discovered is that a lot of women have problems after that 60 day time period,” Wessel-Kroeschell says, “and we have seen some maternal deaths after that time period, which is just simply tragic.”

She’ll also call for restoring Medicaid coverage for family planning and sexually transmitted disease testing at Planned Parenthood. Republican lawmakers ended state and federal funding for those services at Planned Parenthood in 2017. Key Republicans say they stand by the decision to “defund” Planned Parenthood and have no intention of reversing it.

(Radio Iowa) – A man and woman living in Wapello County have been sentenced to two years in federal prison for coercing two men from Micronesia to work in an Ottumwa meatpacking plant. A federal judge has ordered the couple to pay nearly $70,000 in restitution to the victims. According to the U.S. Justice Department, the couple are citizens of Micronesia and U.S. residents who recruited two young men from Micronesia to come to Ottumwa to work, telling them they could send money back to their families in Micronesia.

The couple pleaded guilty to withholding the workers’ passports and confiscating most of their wages. A deputy in the U.S. Justice Department says the defendants callously exploited the victims and used their power over them to profit from their hard work at the Ottumwa plant.

ANAMOSA– Due to the ongoing investigation, Anamosa State Penitentiary has been placed on restricted movement for the foreseeable future. This will limit inmate movement throughout the facility and give DOC staff the ability to conduct a large-scale search of the prison for illicit contraband. Visitation will not occur during the restricted movement period.

Two other inmates were found unresponsive in their cells and were administered Narcan on Sunday, March 19. Neither inmate required outside medical attention and both tested negative for illegal substances. Responding staff did not become ill following their encounters with these inmates. DOC has determined these cases are unrelated to the original incident that occurred on Saturday, March 18.

The original incident remains under investigation and DOC will continue to work in conjunction with the DPS Narcotics Division.