(Harlan, Iowa) – Officials with the Harlan Police Department report two arrests over the weekend. On Sunday, 38-year-old Ronald Anthony Leal, of Harlan, was arrested following a traffic stop. Leal was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with operating while intoxicated and interference with official acts.
And, on Saturday (April 23), 28-year-old Gunnar Michael Blum, of Kimballton, was arrested on active Audubon County warrants.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – Atlantic Police said Tuesday (Today), the intersection of 6th Street and Sunnyside Lane has been temporarily made into a four-way stop intersection due to increased traffic in the area from the bridge repair on the Iowa 83 bridge over the East Nishnabotna River.
The Atlantic Police Department has worked in conjunction with the Iowa DOT and Atlantic Street Department in making this decision. These traffic control signs will remain in place throughout the duration of the bridge repair project.
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The Atlantic Police Department is urging drivers to follow the DOT designated detour route that utilizes Glacier Road, Echo Road, 620th Street, Olive Street, U.S. 6 and Iowa 83. Permitted oversize loads are prohibited. A 12-foot lane width limit will be in effect. There will be increased traffic enforcement in this area and drivers found driving on roadways that are not rated for their vehicles may be cited/fined.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office today (Tuesday), said Deputies on Monday arrested 55-year-old Jeffrey Allen Rowland, of Omaha, NE, on a Cass County, IA warrant for various counts of Theft, Forgery, Unauthorized Use of Credit Card and Ongoing Criminal Conduct. Rowland was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held.
And, on Sunday, Deputies arrested 37-year-old Robert Lawrence Tisdale, of Atlantic, on Cass County, IA warrants for narcotics related offenses. Tisdale was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held.
The Atlantic girls soccer team has showed some great progress this season. The Trojans are off to a 5-2 start, and according to head coach Dan Vargason the team play has been solid throughout. Atlantic suffered a tough loss to a good Lewis Central team 11-1 last week but Coach Vargason thought they played well early in that match.
He was anxious to see how they would bounce back from their first deflating defeat and they responded well with a 6-0 win over Logan-Magnolia last Friday. Coach Vargason said their knowledge of the offense and proper spacing have been some of the biggest improvements this season.
He said the team has been pretty cohesive despite having athletes from a couple of other school districts. He said you wouldn’t even know the roster is composed that way by the way the team interacts and works together. He said one thing that will need to improve to continue to have success is a little better movement and passing.
The soccer season hasn’t been a pleasant one weather-wise so far but he said they just try to preach to the kids to block the elements out the best they can. He feels like the team has done a good job of not letting the weather get them down. The Trojans hope to build on the positive start they have had to the season and put together a possibly historic season for the program.
MARY HOBBS, 69, of Atlantic died Tuesday, April 26th at Adel Acres in Adel. Funeral services for MARY HOBBS will be held 10-a.m. Tuesday, May 3rd, at Zion Lutheran Church in Atlantic. Roland Funeral Service in Atlantic has the arrangements.
The service will be recorded and available on the funeral home’s website by the end of the day, Tuesday.
Visitation with the family will be held at the funeral home on Monday, May 2nd, from 5-until 7-p.m.; Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com
Memorials may be directed to the family for later designation.
MARY HOBBS is survived by:
Husband: Timothy Hobbs.
Her daughters – Jenny (Matthew) Muessigmann, & Margaret (Larry Hock) Hobbs.
Her sons – Justin (Rachel) Hobbs, & Matthew (Tina) Hobbs.
and 6 grandchildren.
Team sites and assignments for the 2022 IHSAA and IGHSAU state qualifying meets for all four classes of track and field are now available.
All state qualifying meets are co-ed and set to begin at 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 12.
Qualifiers will advance to the 2022 Iowa High School State Track & Field Championships, currently scheduled for May 19-21 at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. There will be no more than 24 qualifiers for any event.
(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports three people were arrested on drug charges over the past week. At around 1:35-a.m. Sunday, 38-year-old Adrian Lonell Beverly, and 29-year-old La-Quetta Renee Flood-Drummond, both of Omaha, were arrested at Highway 34 and 195th Street, for two counts Possession of a Controlled Substance and two counts of a Drug Tax Stamp Violation ($12,000 bond each). And, at around 5:35-p.m. on April 20th, 33-year-old Charles Alezander Nelson, of Omaha, was arrested at Highway 34/284th Street, for Unlawful Possession of Prescription Drugs. ($1,000 bond).
Late Sunday morning, Thomas Oscar Anderson, of Red Oak, was arrested at the Mills County Courthouse, for Disorderly Conduct ($300 bond). On April 21st, 30-year-old Jayce Danielle Hale, of Red Oak, was arrested at 370th St/Highway 34, for Driving Under Suspension ($300 bond). And, 39-year-old Michelle Lee Szymarek, of Omaha, was arrested at the Douglas County, NE Jail, on a Mills County warrant for Violation of Probation. ($10,000 bond).
(Radio Iowa) – Former Newton assistant football coach pleads guilty to federal wire fraud for a mortgage scheme. According to the indictment, Ryan Arguello started a business by buying properties at a discount, fixing them and then selling at a profit. The indictment further states that Arguello offered mortgages on property he did not own for collateral on loans and received more than 600-thousand dollars in loans from individuals. Most of the money was wired to him from out of state.
(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa legislature has approved a bill that is estimated to require that the majority of Iowa gas stations sell gasoline with a 15 percent ethanol blend. Governor Kim Reynolds was speaking with reporters in West Des Moines when she learned the vote tally in the Senate.
The governor initially proposed an Iowa Renewable Fuels Standard last year. An adjusted plan passed passed the House this February. This week, Senators made changes that are expected to let an estimated 30 percent of smaller gas stations opt out of the requirement to sell E-15. Senator Waylon Brown, a Republican from Osage, says it’s a way to push back against the oil industry and federal regulators who’ve resisted using ethanol as a gasoline additive.
“This does tell the state, it tells the nation, it tells our region that E15 is important in Iowa and we are going to be the leader in the E15 market,” Brown says, “in production and in selling it.” Republican Senator Dennis Guth, a farmer from Klemme, says the mandate violates the principles of free enterprise. “I do support E15 in every way that I can,” Guth said, “but I don’t think it’s the government’s job to use their big club to make things happen.” Senator Todd Taylor, a Democrat from Cedar Rapids, says the bill will be an economist boost for rural and urban Iowa.
“It’ll help with clean air and clean energy,” Taylor says, “and renewables for the future are what we need for growing our economy, creating jobs and sustainable jobs.” Republican Senator Adrian Dickey of Packwood, who has owned fuel stores, voted for the bill, but Dickey says retailers who install new systems to pump higher blends of ethanol will make zero profits from that investment.
“I think when we get done with this bill we should pass another bill that’s a ‘Green Tractor Mandate,'” Dickey said. “…We should mandate that every farmer uses a green tractor, a green planter, a green combine to put their crop in and take their crop out and the first response would be: ‘Well, I’m not going to make any more money doing that. I’m not going to have any more yield doing that.’ Well, exactly. It’s the same scenario, but ‘Green Tractors’ are good for Iowa. We make ’em and we sell ’em in Iowa.”
The House approved Senate adjustments in the plan early this (Tuesday) afternoon and sent the bill to the governor on an 81-to-13 vote.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic Police Department reports three people were arrested and multiple individuals were cited, over the past week. The arrests include:
Atlantic Police said 45-year old Jeffrey Ponton, of Atlantic, was cited into court April 23rd, for Driving While License Revoked. And three people from Atlantic were cited into court for Unlawful Passing of a School Bus: 37-year-old Amber Rhodes, 30-year-old Nigel Newbury, and 85-year-old Charles Templeman.
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