A prom dress pop-up is happening again in Atlantic this year. The event will offer a comfortable in-home style shopping experience on two different days at 804 Poplar Street in Atlantic, the white house just to the south of the Methodist Church. The event will be held on February 25th from 9:00 a.m. to Noon and March 3rd from Noon-3:00 p.m.

This comfortable free boutique style feel shopping event provides an opportunity for students to browse available dresses, try on as many as they want, and go home with a dress and shoes for free. A free will donation will be accepted but is not necessary. Light refreshments will be available and shoppers can enter to win a prom-day goodie bag as well.

The free will donation will go to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. A local LLS team named “Got Cure Age” run by three teen girls will be credited with the donations.

The event is hosted by Mallory Robinson with help of the United Methodist Church. If you would like to donate dresses you may drop them off at the Atlantic Chamber office or contact Mallory at 712-249-1985. She can also be reached for possible evening appointment arrangements between 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Progressive Rural Iowa Development Enterprise (P.R.I.D.E.) will host a final legislative coffee to share your views on Iowa and local issues with Senator Tom Shipley and Rep. Tom Moore. The event will be held on Saturday, March 4th from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Anita Public Library.  Light refreshments will be provided.

P.R.I.D.E. is an economic & community development organization.

(Radio Iowa) Officials with Prestage Foods of Iowa are announcing a joint venture that’s being called Prestage Wholestone. The collaboration is with Wholestone Farms of Nebraska which is a farmer-owned pork processing facility based in Fremont, Nebraska. Prestage Wholestone will operate the two plant locations in Eagle Grove and Fremont with a daily single shift harvest capacity of approximately 21,000 head per day. In a press release, the Eagle Grove facility will remain managed by the Prestage family. Prestage Wholestone is expected to start joint operations within the next 12 months. Wholestone Farms was founded as a cooperative of 200 Midwest family farms in 2018. The Eagle Grove Prestage Foods of Iowa opened its $350 million pork plant in 2019.

The Exira-EHK School board met on Tuesday evening in the conference room in Elk Horn for a regular meeting. During the meeting Superintendent Trevor Miller presented a tentative agreement with the Exira-EHK Education Association that proposes a 5.45% salary increase for Certified Staff members. That was unanimously approved as presented by the board.

The Board also approved resignations, hires, and transfers. Resignations included: Cody Parmley, Spartan Media Sponsor; Julie Rasmussen, Art Teacher; Andrea Schwery, Science Teacher and Softball Coach (after 2023 season); and Heather Sprague, Title Teacher. Hires included Cory Bartz as high school girls track coach and Doug Newton as junior high boys track coach.

A public hearing was also held on the proposed 2023-24 District Calendar with no comments received from the public.

The Exira-EHK School Board will next meet on March 21st at 5:30 p.m. in the Exira-EHK Conference Room in Elk Horn.

The Creston Police Department reports the arrest on Wednesday at 3:23 p.m. of 45-year-old Travis Quinn Wambold of Creston at 302 Pine Street. Wambold was charged with Violation of Probation and taken to the Union County Jail and held on no bond until seen by a Magistrate.