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The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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A man from Adair County was arrested Thursday evening, in Creston. 30-year old Brian Keith Cunningham, of Greenfield, was arrested in the area of Union/Elm Streets at around 5:40-p.m., for Public Intoxication and Indecent Exposure. Cunningham was being held for Union County in the Adams County Jail, on a $1,300 bond.
(7-a.m. News)
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say firefighters rescued four people from an apartment building fire in Iowa City. The fire in the ground-floor apartment was reported just before 10 a.m. Thursday. Four people in the second-floor unit were blocked by heat and smoke from escaping on their own. Firefighters helped them out and down from a second-story window. No injuries have been reported.
May is School Board Recognition Month. On Wednesday night, the Atlantic Community School District celebrated their “superheroes” with the help of students. The students researched superheroes, created a superhero display, and made superhero cupcakes for the Board of Education and guests at the Wednesday meeting. A picture of the event was posted on the Iowa Association of School Boards’ Facebook page.
Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman, Thursday, said in accordance with the CODE OF IOWA, a permit is required for display of fireworks. Sunderman said applications for display of fireworks in the rural portions of Cass County are available at the County Courthouse in the office of the Cass County Auditor and online on the Cass County Website. Those who plan to display fireworks within the city limits should apply to the city in which the fireworks will be displayed. A PDF copy of the Iowa Code pertaining to Fireworks can be found here: file:///C:/Users/KJAN/AppData/Local/Packages/microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_8wekyb3d8bbwe/LocalState/Files/S0/39083/Attachments/FIREWORKS%20727.2-2019[42670].pdf
Per the CODE OF IOWA 727.2 FIREWORKS.
1. The term “fireworks” includes any explosive composition,
or combination of explosive substances, or article prepared for the
purpose of producing a visible or audible effect by combustion,
explosion, deflagration, or detonation, and includes blank
cartridges, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, roman candles, or
other fireworks of like construction and fireworks containing any
explosive or flammable compound, or other device containing any
explosive substance. The term “fireworks” does not include
goldstar-producing sparklers on wires which contain no magnesium or
chlorate or perchlorate, flitter sparklers in paper tubes that do not
exceed one-eighth of an inch in diameter, toy snakes which contain no
mercury, or caps used in cap pistols.
2. A person, firm, partnership, or corporation who . . . uses or
explodes any fireworks, commits a simple misdemeanor. In
addition to any other penalties, the punishment imposed for a
violation of this section shall include assessment of a fine of not less
than two hundred fifty dollars. However, the council of a city or a
county board of supervisors may, upon application in writing, grant a
permit for the display of fireworks by municipalities, fair associations,
amusement parks, and other organizations or groups of individuals
approved by the city or the county board of supervisors when the
fireworks display will be handled by a competent operator . . .
LE GRAND, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say man and wife were killed when their van collided with a semitrailer in central Iowa. The crash occurred around 2 p.m. Thursday on U.S. Highway 30 in Le Grand. The Iowa State Patrol says the van was struck as it crossed the eastbound highway lanes. The patrol identified the dead couple as 79-year-old Delbert Eakins and his wife, 77-year-old Geneva Eakins. They lived in Le Grand.
The truck driver was identified as 50-year-old Michael See, of Swisher. He was treated at a hospital and released. The accident is being investigated.
(Radio Iowa) — Boone police arrested two people Thursday night following a shooting near a park earlier in the day. One person was injured as a result. Schools near the park were on lockdown due to the incident. The names of those arrested and injured have not been released. Boone police stated that the two suspects will each be charged with attempted murder. The shooting victim suffered a single gunshot wound. He was flown to a Des Moines hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. As a precaution, the Boone Community School District ordered a lockdown yesterday afternoon to protect students and staff from the incident.
(Radio Iowa) — The Iowa Department of Transportation has been trying some new things as it works to get flood-damaged roadways in southwest Iowa reopened. The efforts worked as they got Interstate 29 between U-S Highway 34 and the Missouri border open Wednesday morning. D-O-T transportation planner, Scott Suhr says they had less luck with a new system they tried on Highway 2. He says they set up barrier rails on both sides of the highway to serve as a dam and put down one foot of coarse aggregate, a lay of fabric and then another foot of road rock that would allow the water to flow through it and let cars travel over the roadway.
But this new method was thwarted by water that covered the highway in other areas. “We are going to continue to monitor the area, and once we are able to open up Iowa 2, we will do so,” Suhr says. Suhr says they’ve found constantly changing conditions that have made it tough to get the roads open and keep them open. “We had a situation two weeks ago where we were down at the interchange of Iowa 2 on the southbound exit ramp and it was completely dry — we hadn’t had any rain and the next week we go down there are we are diving through two or three inches of water, and a couple of days later there’s a foot under water. And here last we it went down and we thought there was a possibility we may be able to open this up,” Suhr says.
He says they will continue trying new things to get the roads open. “We’re certainly thinking out of the box and doing everything we can to open the roadways as quickly and safely as we can,” Suhr says. “We realize that it’s a lot of extra cost for people who are traveling, and people who are commuting and people who are hauling freight — we understand that — and so we are doing everything that we can to open it up as quickly as we can.” He says there are some things that they just can’t do until the water goes away. “This method seemed like it was going to work, but unfortunately we had water going over other spots that aren’t treated for that type of activities,” Suhr says.
Suhr says they still hope to get most of the roadways back to carrying traffic by Memorial Day.
Today: Mostly sunny. High 64. W @ 10.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 42. SW @ 5.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy w/isolated afternoon showers. High near 70. SW @ 10-15.
Sunday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/showers in the morning. High 64.
Monday: P/Cldy. High 73.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 49. Our Low this morning 35. Last year on this date our High was 78 and the Low was 49. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 97 in 2011. The Record Low was 26 in 1966.