Two people were injured during a collision between a motorcycle and a car Saturday afternoon, in central Iowa’s Warren County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 1999 Honda Trike driven by 69-year old Russell L. Greer, of Grinnell, was headed eastbound on Highway 92 at around 4:05-p.m., when he failed to stop for a 2005 Toyota Corolla driven by 38-year old Rongong Liang, of Ames.  Liang was stopped on Highway 92, waiting to make a left turn.

The Honda Trike struck the rear of the car and rolled onto Johnson Street. Russell Greer, and his passenger, 59-year old Tammi J. Greer, also of Grinnell, were transported by Mercy One helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. A report on their conditions was not immediately available.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa has opened its newest and biggest residence hall to meet its student housing needs for the next few years. The Catlett Residence Hall officially opened Friday, in time to serve students for the fall semester.

The 12-floor, 1,049-bed residence hall is named after world renowned sculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett, a university graduate who was one of the nation’s first students to earn a Masters of Fine Arts degree.

Catlett came to Iowa City in the late 1930s. She lived off campus because university housing was unavailable to African Americans until the desegregation of Currier Hall in 1945. Catlett, who is black, was influenced by Grant Wood, the Iowa painter who urged students to portray the subjects they knew best.

Jackson Kimle, vice-president of Inland Sea, says Reicks View Farms of Lawler, Iowa, recently made an anchor investment in a proposed $50 million salmon aquaculture construction project slated to begin late this year or early 2018. Kimle says Reicks View Farms Investment brings Inland Sea-Harlan LLC closer to their equity capital goal although investment opportunities are still available for accredited investors.

He says the salmon raising facility, as proposed, will have a two-acre footprint in Harlan, chosen due to its readily available, low-cost utilities and water and excellent access to highway, interstate, and air transportation. The proposed facility will include a technologically advanced, highly automated recirculating grow-out tank system designed to capture economies of scale and world-class bio-security.

When fully operational, Inland Sea-Harlan expects to produce and harvest approximately 5.3 million pounds annually. Kimle says the company believes inland salmon production represents a significant opportunity because of its broad market appeal and supply constraints in both wild-catch and seaside aquaculture. Per capita, salmon consumption in the U.S. is second behind shrimp as the most consumed seafood and has the most upside potential.

The primary sources of salmon consumed in the U.S. are Norway, Scotland and Chile with most salmon consumed in the Midwest coming from approximately 4,500 to 6,500 miles away. Inland Seas-Harlan believes there is a global need to increase and shift salmon production to scalable, sustainable methods like those proposed by the company.

(KNOD/Harlan)

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Iowans no longer have to retreat in a public place before using deadly force – that’s the result of a new gun law that took effect in the state this month. But it’s creating an abundance of concern and confusion.

Sheriff Dave Drew of Woodbury County says he’ll continue to enforce a no-guns-allowed policy at the county courthouse, even as the county supervisors insist the courthouse ban should no longer apply. Drew says he is complying with a June order from the Iowa Supreme Court, which limits the ability to carry weapons in justice centers. “I’m an officer of the court, I have been for the 36 years I’ve been doing this job, and I don’t have that luxury to tell the judge, ‘You know, I don’t agree with that,'” he says.     

Opponents of the law are worried that it may actually increase violence in the state.

Meanwhile, the Iowa Legislature has been criticized for the vagueness of the bill. Drew says he’s aware that by limiting where firearms can be carried, he’s opening himself up to lawsuits – but believes he’s on solid legal ground to win such a case.

The state law now says an Iowan can sue any city, county or township that passes a firearms ban if the individual believes they are adversely affected by it. And as county officials butt heads over how to interpret the new law, Drew says the disagreement in his county isn’t personal – just part of the nature of county business. “Each elected official, office holder, is autonomous, in that they don’t answer to the Board of Supervisors – but they answer to the public every four years,” he explains.

Elsewhere in the state, the Plymouth County Board of Supervisors has publicly stated that it will also abide by the state Supreme Court order, noting it will likely take a legal battle to ultimately resolve the issue.

(Iowa News Service)

Officials with the Atlantic Community School District (ACSD) say they will continue to utilize the “rollover” online registration process for the 2017-18 School Year using JMC, the district’s student information system. The online portal for registration will open Tuesday, August 1st. If your student or students attended ACSD last school year (2016-17) and were still in attendance on the last day of school, you need to follow 6 steps to verify registration information and pay student fees (The steps are shown below). Student fees will need to be paid by Friday, October 6, 2017.

Students who are new to the school district and are planning to enroll for the 2017-18 school year will need to register for school at our school buildings. During this time, if administration is available we will be more than happy to give new students tours of their new school. Information about the six quick steps for “Rollover online registration, as well as other information about the district and contact numbers, is listed below. Parents can also access school registration forms by visiting the district’s webpage, www.atlanticiaschools.org.

The 6 Quick Steps for “Rollover” Online Registration.

Log onto Parent Portal
Click on Register for School and Start/Continue Registration Process
View Tuition/Fees In Parent Portal
Set Up Alert Configuration in Parent Portal
Pay Fees and Lunch on RevTrak

Other information is available on the district’s webpage as well, including: Free and Reduced Forms, Physical Forms, Transportation Request (rural only), Yearbook Order, Handbook, Parent Portal Information, and much more).

If you don’t have access to the internet/online, please feel free to stop at your child’s school. The office will be more than happy to assist you in anyway. Should you have any questions regarding school registration or the payment of school fees, please contact the schools at the numbers below.

Washington Elementary School: Pre-K – 3rd grade, 712-243-5234; Stacey Hornung, Principal. Hours: 7:30 am – 4:00 pm

Schuler Elementary School: Grades 4-5; 712-243-1370; James Northwick, Principal. Hours: 7:30 am – 4:00 pm

Atlantic Middle School: Grades 6-8, 712-243-1330; Josh Rasmussen, Principal. Hours: 7:30 am – 4:00 pm

Atlantic High School: Grades 9-12, 712-243-5358; Heather McKay, Principal. Matt Alexander, Asst Principal/Activities Director. Hours: 7:30 am – 4:00 pm

Transportation – All Grades: Phone: 712-243-3374; Dave Eckles, Supervisor

Food Service – All Grades: Phone: 712- 243-5369; DeeAnn Schreiner, Supervisor