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School nurse sentenced to 180 days for sex with student

News

July 24th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa school nurse has been given 180 days in jail for having sex with a 16-year-old student. Linn County District Court records say 47-year-old Angela Beik, of Marion, was sentenced Tuesday in Cedar Rapids. She also was ordered to pay a $625 fine, restitution of nearly $910 and register as a sex offender. She’d entered an Alford plea to a charge of sexual exploitation by a school employee. In an Alford plea, a person doesn’t admit guilt but acknowledges there is enough evidence for a likely conviction.

Beik was the school nurse at Linn-Mar High School in Marion and also employed at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Police began an investigation of Beik in March 2018. They’d learned that state officials were checking a report that Beik told fellow St. Luke’s nurses that she’d had consensual sex with the boy. They reported the conversation to officials.

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Class 3A and 4A Substate Final Schedule 07/24/2019

Sports

July 24th, 2019 by admin

CLASS 3A

Substate 1 @ Sioux City, North: Bishop Heelan Catholic vs. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 7:00pm
Substate 8 @ Harlan: Harlan vs. ADM 7:00pm

CLASS 4A

Substate 8 @ Johnston: Johnston vs. Indianola 7:00pm

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Post-floods, SW Iowa communities face critical housing shortage

News

July 24th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — Southwest Iowa communities hit by this spring’s floods still face a critical housing shortage. Mills County public information officer Sheri Bowen says the situation is “very challenging” in her county and widespread in the Missouri River basin. Bowen says officials are looking into options to address the dire need for post-flood housing. “We have a housing coordinator who is working very hard to identify any housing opportunities locally,” Bowen says. “She is keeping a list of those and is actively beating the streets trying to locate additional housing in our community.” While most residents impacted by the flooding have a temporary form of shelter, Bowen says they lack a long-term housing option — which will make a bad situation worse once the weather turns colder.

“Trailers through FEMA have been an option as well, but placement on those has been challenging,” Bowen says. “They’re placing as many as they could in the Glenwood community. The remainder right now are going to Red Oak and Shenandoah — which isn’t really palpable for folks who might work in the (Omaha) metro area.” About 60 residents, including those living in Pacific Junction, have been identified for a home buyout program. Those residents need to fill out a “statement of voluntary transaction” form. “The county is working with identifying the local planning agency that’s going to help them put in their application,” Bowen says. “One of the steps that it requires is for homeowners to sign off on a validation that they are interested. It gives us releases to do more assessments on their properties. So, this is a step in the application process.” In most cases, Bowen says those properties are beyond repair.

“A lot of these properties are what I would call red-carded, which means that they really should not be rebuilt,” Bowen says. “That’s probably a large number of those properties. The remainder have been severely damaged. All of them had a minimum of ten feet of water in them for an extended period of time.” Bowen says many residents are still having issues regarding rental assistance, and have been referred to case managers.

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Officer uses pepper spray on knife-wielding kids, 8 and 9

News

July 24th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say an officer used pepper spray on a 9-year-old and his 8-year-old brother who were carrying butcher knives on the north side of Des Moines. Police Sgt. Rod Santizo says someone who saw the boys and the knives at a convenience store called police just before noon Tuesday. The boys ran when the first officer on the scene approached them. They soon turned around, and one began arguing with the officer.

Santizo says the officer used the pepper spray when he saw the knives. The boys were soon taken into custody and their eyes flushed with water. They were taken to a hospital as well. Santizo says the boys stole a couple of drinks from the store but didn’t use the knives to do so. They told officers they were carrying the knives for protection. The names of those involved haven’t been released.

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Substate Baseball Finals Schedule: Wed., 7/24/19 (All games at 7 p.m.)

Sports

July 24th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

CLASS 3A

Substate 1: Sioux City/Bishop Heelan Catholic vs. Sgt. Bluff-Luton @ Sioux City-North

Substate 2: Ballard vs. Boone

Substate 3: Cedar Rapid-Xavier vs. Charles City

Substate 4: Central DeWitt vs. Dubuque Wahlert

Substate 5: Davenport-Assumption vs. Fairfield

Substate 6: Marion vs. Solon

Substate 7: Alleman/North Polk vs. Centerville

Substate 8: Harlan vs. ADM/Adel @ Harlan

CLASS 4A

Substate 1: #3 Waukee at #1 Urbandale

Substate 2: #3 Ankeny vs. #1 Des Moines, Roosevelt, at Southeast Polk

Substate 3: #2 Southeast Polk at #1 Ankeny Centennial

Substate 4: #3 Davenport, Central at #1 Epworth, Western Dubuque

Substate 5: #3 Prairie, Cedar Rapids at #1 Iowa City, West

Substate 6: #3 Pleasant Valley at #1 Linn-Mar, Marion

Substate 7: #4 Valley, West Des Moines at #1 Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines

Substate 8: #4 Indianola at #1 Johnston

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State Softball Tourney Schedule in Ft. Dodge: Wed., 7/24/19

Sports

July 24th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

CLASS 3A Consolation

11-a.m. – Dodger Field: Mt. Vernon (27-12) vs. Treynor (30-4)

CLASS 3A Semifinals

11:30-a.m. – Iowa Central Field: Davenport Assumption (39-2) vs. Columbus Catholic (36-4)

1:30-p.m. – Iowa Central Field: Louisa-Muscatine (34-4) vs. West Liberty (29-5)

CLASS 4A Consolations

11:30-a.m. – Veteran’s Field: Denison-Schleswig (26-14) vs. Independence (30-12)

1:00-p.m. – Dodger Field: Oskaloosa (25-15) vs. Dallas Center-Grimes (25-15)

CLASS 4A Semifinals

3:30-p.m. – Iowa Central Field: Carlisle (36-3) vs. West Delaware (31-10)

5:30-p.m. – Iowa Central Field: North Scott (26-14) vs. Charles City (36-3)

CLASS 5A consolations

1:30-p.m. – Veteran’s Field: Ottumwa (33-8) vs. Indianola (33-5)

3:00-p.m. – Dodger Field: Ft. Dodge (34-7) vs. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (37-3)

CLASS 5A Semifinals

7:00-p.m. Kruger Seeds Field: Waukee (39-3) vs. Johnston (35-8)

7:30-p.m. Iowa Central Field: West Des Moines Valley (30-10) vs. Iowa City (35-7)

CLASS 1A Semifinals

11:00-a.m. Kruger Seeds Field: Collins-Maxwell (26-1) vs. Newell-Fonda (38-5)

1:30-p.m. Kruger Seeds Field: Lisbon (33-6) vs. Clarksville (32-1)

CLASS 2A Semifinals

3:00-p.m. Kruger Seeds Field: North Linn (40-4) vs. Mount Ayr (26-2)

5:00-p.m. Kruger Seeds Field: East Marshall (32-4) vs. Alta-Aurelia (21-9)

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Tuesday’s CLASS 1A & 2A Sub-state Baseball Scores

Sports

July 24th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

CLASS 1A

Substate 7 @ Creston: Martensdale-St. Marys 4 , St. Albert, Council Bluffs 3
Substate 8 @ Dowling Catholic, WDM: Coon Rapids-Bayard 9 , Southeast Warren, Liberty Center 1

CLASS 2A

Substate 7 @ Ankeny Centennial: Van Meter 5 , Ogden 3
Substate 8 @ Harlan: Underwood 4 , Hinton 3

 

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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area – Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Weather

July 24th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Today: Partly to Mostly sunny. High 82. SW @ 5-10.

Tonight: Fair to partly cloudy. Low 58. S @ 5.

Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. High 85. SW @ 5-10.

Friday/Saturday: P/Cldy w/isolated thundershowers. Highs near 87.

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 80. Our Low this morning 52. Last year on this date our High was 86 and the Low was 55. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 110 in 1901. The Record Low was 42 in 1905.

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Red Oak woman arrested early Wed. morning

News

July 24th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Red Oak Police arrested a woman at around 1:40-a.m., today (Wednesday). 36-year old Rachel Hope Shum McAlpin, of Red Oak, was arrested for Violation of a Custodial Order, a serious misdemeanor. She was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $1,000 bond.

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Midwest Sports Headlines: 7/24/19

Sports

July 24th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) — Lucas Duda came through with Kansas City’s first pinch-hit homer of the season to break a tie in the eighth inning, and the Royals held on for a 5-4 victory over the first-place Atlanta Braves. Alex Gordon also homered for the Royals and drove in two runs. Starters Dallas Keuchel of Atlanta and Danny Duffy of the Royals both went six strong innings with double-digit strikeouts but didn’t factor in the decision.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt homered for the second straight night, José Martínez added his 10th home run of the season and Dakota Hudson rebounded from a shaky start to lead the St. Louis Cardinals past the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3. Goldschmidt delivered a two-run blast to the left-field seats in the third inning off Chris Archer (3-7). Martínez put St. Louis in front with a solo shot leading off the fifth and Hudson and two relievers shut the Pirates down after spotting Pittsburgh an early 3-0 lead.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs expect wide receiver Tyreek Hill to report to training camp with the rest of the veterans this week, though whether star defensive tackle Chris Jones joins him remains to be seen. Chiefs coach Andy Reid says the organization has been in touch with Jones’ representatives, but he’s unsure where things stand in their contract discussions. Jones is entering the final year of his rookie deal and is seeking a lucrative, long-term extension.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — New Nebraska basketball coach Fred Hoiberg is preparing his team for a nine-day trip to Italy starting Aug. 3. The Cornhuskers will play four games against club and professional teams. Hoiberg is following the plan he used to turn around Iowa State earlier this decade. He’s brought in five transfers from four-year schools and two from junior colleges in addition to four scholarship freshmen.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Reigning world 100-meter champion Justin Gatlin is 37 and still feels like he can keep up with the new kids in the starting blocks. He does feel his age from time to time when he thinks about all the familiar faces that are no longer competing. His biggest rival Usain Bolt is no longer there to challenge him. Arriving on the scene is a slew of 20-somethings who present another challenge for Gatlin.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas defensive lineman Malcolm Lee has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The Kansas City Star reports that logs from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department show that Lee was released on bond shortly after his Saturday morning arrest near the football stadium.

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons and former Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Allen Bailey have agreed to a two-year, $10.5 million contract. The 30-year-old Bailey had a career-high six sacks for the Chiefs in 2018. Bailey, from McIntosh County (Georgia) High School, was not with the team for Tuesday’s practice. Bailey played college football at Miami and spent eight years with Kansas City.

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