ANKENY – Iowa 3rd District Congressional Representative Cindy Axne has announced she will host two Connect With Your Congresswoman a town hall meeting in Guthrie County next Friday, July 9th. The event will be held at the Casey Creamery at 103 E. Logan St. in Casey, beginning at 1:30 p.m.
Rep. Axne will provide attendees an update on her legislative work in Congress and hear concerns directly from her constituents.
Cindy Axne
PALO, Iowa – Two deceased individuals were found inside a parked vehicle at Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area on Friday, July 2, 2021 around 10:45pm, when DNR parks staff were conducting routine patrols.
A DNR Park Ranger noticed a parked car in the first lot on the north side of the dam, an area that closes nightly at 10:30pm, and approached the vehicle. The ranger discovered one male and one female, both deceased, inside the vehicle.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is conducting a death investigation into this incident. Authorities believe this is an isolated incident and do not believe the public is any danger. Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area remains open for visitors and all recreational activities.
The DNR will issue a press release when more information is available.
AFTON, Iowa–The Iowa DNR received a call on Friday, July 2, 2021 regarding a milky white substance and chemical odor in an unnamed tributary that runs into Star Branch near the east edge of Afton in Union County.
DNR investigated the spill and found a milky white liquid flowing north in the small stream. Upon further investigation, a tile outlet located approximately 600 feet upstream had discharged approximately 250 gallons of Boundary herbicide. It is believed to have come from the chemical shed at United Farmers Coop located in Afton, Iowa. Water samples were taken and will be analyzed.
A dirt berm was constructed downstream to contain the flow. An environmental contractor was contacted to assist with the cleanup. No dead fish were observed. The DNR will continue to monitor the site and consider appropriate enforcement action.
(Radio Iowa) – A donor is giving 300-thousand dollars to finance improvements at the Prairie Heritage Center in northwest Iowa. The center showcases Iowa’s tall grass prairie and features live buffalo. It’s located just off Highway 10, between Sutherland and Peterson. Gregg Struve says his donation is in honor of his parents Dan and Jean Struve. “My father was a county supervisor for 32 years here in O’Brien County and during his time the Prairie Heritage Center fundraising occurred to build the place in 2006. He was part of that, was very passionate that the center should be built down here in the southeast corner of O’Brien Country where it sits today.”
Two-hundred thousand dollars of Struve’s donation to the center is creating an endowment and the other 100-thousand is going into a fund named after his parents. There are nine miles of walking trails around the center, canoe access to the Little Sioux River and a building that houses educational displays about Iowa’s tall grass prairie. Abbie Parker, a naturalist with O’Brien County Conservation, says they are currently working on the design process for new exhibits.
“Hopefully an exhibit that will focus on the glacier times, you know, how our land was formed; Native American culture, which was super important to this area, and then how the prairie people got here as well,” she says ,”so having a sod house and a wagon that you can interact with as well as celebrating the flora and fawna of the local area as well as Iowa in general.”
Parker says they hope to start these projects in the spring of 2023. The center is open Wednesday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. and on Saturday afternoons from 1 to 4.
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Additional details have been released with regard to a near head-on collision on Highway 71 Friday morning, just south of Galveston Road. The crash took place at around 10:37-a.m. Atlantic Police Lt. Paul Wood describes what happened.
The driver of the cargo van was identified as Michael Jones, from Nebraska. Both drivers were transported by private vehicle to Cass Health, to be checked for injuries. Lt. Wood said they suffered minor bumps and bruises, a majority of which apparently came from the use of their seat belts. He said Guyer was cited for Passing in a No Passing Zone. Atlantic Fire and Rescue and Cass EMS responded to the scene.
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DAVID KRAUTH, 74, & JULIANA KRAUTH, 69, of Massena died Friday, July 2, 2021, from injuries they sustained in an automobile accident north of Massena. Funeral services for DAVID AND JULIANA KRAUTH will be held 2-p.m. Friday, July 9th, at the Community Building in Cumberland. Steen Funeral Home in Massena has the arrangements.
Visitation will be held at the Community Building in Cumberland on Thursday, July 8, 2021, from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., with the family greeting friends from 5-until 7-p.m.
Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com
Burial is in the Victoria Township Cemetery south of Massena.
Memorials may be directed to the David and Julie Krauth Memorial Fund to be established by the family at a later date.
DAVID AND JULIANA KRAUTH are survived by:
Their sons – Brian Peterson,of Adair; Jamie (Shannon) Peterson, of Polk City; Todd (Shelly) Krauth, of Carlisle, and Brian Krauth (fiancée Kelsey Schmidt), of Massena.
Their daughters – Michele (Ricky) Hays, of Adair; Joni Peterson, of Surprise, AZ; Alisha Millslagle, of Bridgewater, and Amber (Brent) Arnold, of Omaha.
Three sisters – Marcia (Dick) Larson, of Afton; Cindy (Delmar) Gries, of Elk Horn, and Sondra (Vance) Griffith, of Atlantic.
Two brothers – David Winther and Danny (Dana) Winther, all of Anita.
14 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends.
Today: Partly-to-Mostly Sunny. High 91. S at 10 mph.
Tonight: Fair to P/Cldy. Low 67. S @ 5.
Tomorrow (Independence Day): P/Cldy. High 92. S @ 10-15.
Monday: P/Cldy w/isolated showers & thunderstorms. High 91.
Tuesday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. High 87.
Friday’s High in Atlantic was 89. Our Low this morning, 60. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 91 and the Low was 62. The Record High on this date was 107 in 1936. The Record Low was 43 in 1967 & 1968.
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