(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports two recent arrests. At around 11:35-p.m. Tuesday (April 12), 23-year-old David Glen Combs, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at Highways 34 and 59, for Driving While Barred (Bond: $2,000). And, a little after 9-a.m. on Wednesday, 21-year-old DeSean Maurice McVay, of Waverly, NE., was arrested at the Mills County Sheriff’s Office, on a warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault. He was being held without bond in the Mills County Jail.
Jim Field visits with Father Trevor Chicoine of Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Atlantic and St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Anita about our focus during Holy Week.
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(Radio Iowa) – Residents in Kanawha have returned back to a somewhat normal life after a tornado moved through the area. The Tuesday tornado damaged trees roofs and garages in the city and surrounding area. Police Chief D. J. Martinez says that the cleanup has gone well. Most of the damage was tree limbs that littered the area. “We had a bunch of volunteers come in yesterday and help with everything. We loaded everything up and hauled it out to the north end of town to the trucking location, just to get everything out of the way,” he says. Forecasters at the National Weather Service continually updated the track of the storm and issued warnings once trained spotters assessed the situation. Martinez says that was extremely helpful.
“I think everybody was pretty well informed the night of and they did a good job with everything on Facebook, radio stations, and everything, keeping people aware of what was coming,” Martinez says. “Obviously, we thought it was gonna miss us but it ended up coming back. So I thought everything else went pretty well and afterward everybody was ready to be helpful. Unfortunately, sometimes it’s a little too helpful right at the time of the incident, but the next day it went awesome.”
Martinez says Kanawha residents got help picking up the pieces after the storm from several neighboring communities.
(Radio Iowa) – Monday is the deadline to file your 2021 federal tax returns to avoid penalties and interest. I-R-S spokesman, Christopher Miller, says electronic filing remains the best option. “It’s even more important this year to file electronically because of some of the backlogs due to the pandemic and so we definitely want to encourage people not to file on paper if they can all avoid it,” Miller says. Miller says e-filing returns are more accurate. “If there are no issues with an E-filed return you can generally expect to get a refund in less than 21 days if you choose direct deposit. So that’s something we want people to be aware of,” he says. Miller has a couple of last minute tips.
“The biggest thing to remember this year is to keep the letters that the I-R-S sent you that show how much you received for that third stimulus payment or those advanced child tax credit payments,” Miller says. “Make sure you keep those letters handy because you’re going to need those to file an accurate return.” He says a majority of people now file electronically. “Paper returns will be delayed in processing and in issuing a refund so try to avoid sending in paper returns if at all possible so you can avoid delays in getting your refund,” Miller says. 
April 15th is normally the federal tax filing deadline, but the deadline was moved back to Monday the 18th due to a holiday in the District of Columbia.
(Radio Iowa) – Preliminary information from the National Weather Service has confirmed eight tornadoes were part of Tuesday night’s storms. The weather service rated two of those tornadoes as EF-2s on the scale which classifies zero as the weakest and five as the strongest. Those were east of Bradgate and the other ran from Palmer to Gilmore City. There was an EF-1 southwest of Rutland, and one in Mason City.
There was an EF-0 in Kanawha. Mitchell and Howard County saw three tornadoes — with two rated EF-1s and the other an EF-0. Many buildings, houses, and trees were damaged — but there were no deaths or injuries reported following Tuesday’s outbreak.
Gilmore City tornado. (photo from NWS)
The Iowa Hawkeye baseball team will return to its original pitching rotation for this weekend’s Big Ten series against Minnesota. Hawkeye coach Rick Heller says Adam Mazur has return from a hip injury and will start tonight’s (Friday night’s) series opener. Connor Schultz is back from injury and will get Saturday’s start. That will allow Dylan Nedved to resume his closer role and shore up a bullpen that struggled last week against Illinois.
Heller says when healthy it is the Hawkeyes’ best rotation.
The Hawkeyes are 3-3 in the Big Ten after dropping two of three games against the Illini. They responded with a 16-2 win at Milwaukee Tuesday night.
Minnesota is 1-5 in the Big Ten but Heller says the Gophers played well last week against a good Maryland team.
Today: Partly cloudy. High near 50. NW winds @ 10-20 mph.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 25. NW @ 10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High near 50. NW @ 10-15.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy w/a chance of light snow/rain early. High 45.
Monday: P/Cldy. High 54.
Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 53. Our Low this morning was 28. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 54 and the Low was 32. The Record High on this date was 84 in 1920. The Record Low was 17 in 1926 & 1962.
(Dyersville, Iowa) – The Field of Dreams Movie Site will soon feature more baseball fields, team dormitories, a hotel and an outdoor concert amphitheater. KCRG reports the new owners of the Field of Dreams Movie Site, Go the Distance Baseball LLC, are unveiling their master plan to expand the site after buying it in September 2021.
The $80 million expansion will add nearly 100 acres to the original 190-acre site. That additional land will provide space for nine new baseball fields, dormitories for youth teams, and a hotel to be completed in phases by the end of 2023.
Other additions include a 100,000 square foot field house, an outdoor concert amphitheater, a recreational vehicle park, jogging trails and a large park inclusive for children and adults with disabilities. These additions will be completed in phases through 2025.
In a news release, Go the Distance Baseball said the plan will create a youth baseball and softball oasis while maintaining the property as a working farm. “I am grateful for all that the game of baseball gave me throughout my career, and now I am proud and excited to lead a team that is building opportunities for players, fans, and families to enjoy our national pastime and for teams to train and compete,” said Frank Thomas, CEO of Go the Distance Baseball and a first-ballot member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Go the Distance Baseball also said the development will create about 170 new full time equivalent jobs.
(Des Moines, Iowa) – The Iowa Department of Public Health is asking Iowans to make healthy and safe choices when it comes to alcohol. The IDPH says between 2008 and 2019, the number of alcohol-related deaths in the state increased by more than 73%. Alcohol use in the past 30 days is higher for Iowans compared to the rest of the country, IDPH reports.
April is National Alcohol Awareness Month. The Health Department asks Iowans to be mindful of how much they drink to alleviate stress or cope with other problems, and to find help if they realize there is a problem.
In the 2018 Iowa Youth Survey, 10% of Iowa youth reported that they had at least one drink of alcohol in the past 30 days. Also, 3% of 6th graders, 7% of 8th graders, and 20% of 11th graders reported having at least one drink of alcohol in the past 30 days.
The Iowa Department of Public Health encourages Iowans to be aware of excessive drinking to alleviate stress or to cope with isolation or concerns. Keep these tips in mind for alcohol awareness:
Iowans who think they or a loved one may have a problem with alcohol use, should reach out to Your Life Iowa for free, confidential support: https://yourlifeiowa.org/alcohol.
(Radio Iowa) – The health clinic at the Rock Island Arsenal has been named in honor of a black medic who’s credited with saving dozens of soldiers on D-Day. Army Staff Sergeant Waverly Woodson, Junior, was a member of the only African American unit to storm Omaha Beach on June 6th, 1944. Woodson was seriously wounded, but the recently retired commander of the Rock Island Arsenal says what Woodson did next was heroic.
Woodson is also credited with saving four soldiers who were drowning, pulling them to shore and administering C-P-R.
That’s Lieutenant Colonel Thomas James, Junior, the former commander of the Rock Island Arsenal who spoke at a dedication ceremony yesterday (Thursday). James says Woodson had a long career in health care and retired in 1980 after working at the National Institutes of Health for 38 years.
Woodson’s official US Army portrait, taken while he held the rank of sergeant.
The Health Clinic in the Quad Cities that now bears Waverly Woodson’s name serves hundreds of active duty soldiers and their families in the region, as well as the hundreds of civilians who work at the Arsenal. The author of a recently-published book about Woodson’s World War II unit found a note from a general saying Woodson had earned the Medal of Honor.
Woodson died in 2005. His family has asked the Army to award Woodson the Medal of Honor posthumously.
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