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Threatening note found on a Ft. Dodge Walmart restroom stall

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November 29th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

FORT DODGE, Iowa — Fort Dodge police are working to figure out if a threat made at Walmart is credible. Police confirm a picture was posted on social media, showing a threat written on a bathroom stall. The threat says they will “shoot it up tomorrow” (with Tuesday’s date). It also said “good luck” and included vulgarity. Investigators are working to find out who wrote the message. They have extra patrols at the store.

Iowan missing for 49-years is identified as a California homicide victim

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November 29th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

SANTA ANA, California (KCRG) – A John Doe homicide victim who was discovered 49 years ago in southern California has finally been identified. KCRG reports the victim was from eastern Iowa.  Authorities in California, say that on September 14th, 1974, a deceased teenage male was located near an off-road. Authorities at the time determined his death to be accidental, due to alcohol and diazepam intoxication in his system. They also determined he died 3 to 5 days before his body was found. At the time, officials were unable to establish his identity. Then, in 1980, Orange County, California, Homicide investigators noted that there were other young male deaths in 1978 due to alcohol and diazepam intoxication in that same area. The deaths were classified as homicides.

In 1983, Randy Steven Kraft, later known as the “Scorecard Killer” was arrested for murder after a highway patrol officer conducted a traffic stop on Kraft and located a deceased male in the front passenger seat. In the trunk of Kraft’s vehicle was a coded list believed to be upwards of 67 victims. John Doe was believed to be an early victim of his. Kraft was eventually convicted of 16 murders and sentenced to death. He is currently incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison.

Michael Ray Schlicht was found dead on the side of a freeway in 1974 in Orange County. He is believed to be among the first victims of Randy Kraft — a notorious 1970s-era serial killer dubbed the “Scorecard Killer” — according to law enforcement. (Photo via the Orange County [CA] Sheriff’s Dept.)

In November 2022, Orange County investigators submitted tissue samples for John Doe to a private forensic biotechnology company to develop a DNA profile. In October 2023, after months of work building the genealogy database, investigators identified the possible grandparents of John Doe. After obtaining a DNA sample from a woman believed to be the mother of John Doe, investigators were able to positively identify John Doe as Michael Ray Schlicht, of Cedar Rapids, IA.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department says that family members have been notified and are in the process of having a headstone installed to mark his final resting place. Investigators are continuing to work on Michael’s case. Anyone with information related to this case is encouraged to contact Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1-855-TIP-OCCS or crimestoppers.org.

Tuesday HS Wrestling Results

Sports

November 29th, 2023 by Jim Field

Boys Wrestling Results

AT SOUTHWEST IOWA

  • Treynor 48, Southwest Iowa 23
  • Treynor 40, Tri-Center 39
  • Treynor 46, Woodbine 18
  • Tri-Center 39, Southwest Iowa 33
  • Southwest Iowa 46, Woodbine 18
  • Woodbine 36, Tri-Center 36 (Woodbine wins on criteria)

Girls Wrestling Results

AT RIVERSIDE

  • Missouri Valley 51, ATU 18
  • Missouri Valley 42, Riverside 22
  • Missouri Valley 45, SWAT 30
  • SWAT 72, ATU 6
  • SWAT 54, Riverside 27
  • Riverside 54, ATU 12

Tuesday Girls HS Basketball Scores

Sports

November 29th, 2023 by Jim Field

HAWKEYE TEN CONFERENCE

  • Harlan 48, St. Albert 44
  • Clarinda 65, Red Oak 34

WESTERN IOWA CONFERENCE

  • AHSTW 47, Riverside 35
  • Underwood 49, IKM-Manning 36
  • Tri-Center 36, Logan-Magnolia 31

ROLLING VALLEY CONFERENCE

  • Woodbine 58, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 50
  • Glidden-Ralston 41, West Harrison 33
  • Boyer Valley 59, Paton-Churdan 13
  • Coon Rapids-Bayard 60, Ar-We-Va 14

NON-CONFERENCE

  • ACGC 63, Atlantic 44
  • Carroll 51, Kuemper Catholic 47 (OT)
  • Shenandoah 60, Southwest Valley 34
  • Nodaway Valley 52, Treynor 40
  • Abraham Lincoln 53, Glenwood 47
  • Creston 53, West Central Valley 46
  • Denison-Schleswig 63, OABCIG 39
  • Bedford 49, Essex 32
  • Orient-Macksburg 51, Hamburg 44 (OT)

Tuesday Boys HS Basketball Scores

Sports

November 29th, 2023 by Jim Field

HAWKEYE TEN CONFERENCE

  • Clarinda 62, Red Oak 60 (OT)

WESTERN IOWA CONFERENCE

  • Riverside 71, AHSTW 50
  • Audubon 61, Missouri Valley 54
  • Underwood 72, IKM-Manning 37
  • Tri-Center 56, Logan-Magnolia 43

ROLLING VALLEY CONFERENCE

  • Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 76, Woodbine 60
  • Glidden-Ralston 71, West Harrison 36
  • Boyer Valley 66, Paton-Churdan 39
  • Coon Rapids-Bayard 49, Ar-We-Va 24

NON-CONFERENCE

  • ACGC 77, Atlantic 60
  • Southwest Valley 70, Shenandoah 29
  • Thomas Jefferson 66, Glenwood 62
  • OABCIG 77, Denison-Schleswig 66
  • Carroll 56, Kuemper Catholic 55
  • Bedford 69, Essex 24
  • Bishop Heelan Catholic 81, Treynor 63
  • West Central Valley 51, East Union 38

ISU has grants to grow vegetables for food banks

Ag/Outdoor, News

November 29th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa State University’s Extension Department has grants available for organizations to use to grow vegetables for food banks. Katie Sorrell is the coordinator for the “Growing Together Iowa” grant program. “Communities either start a garden or they convert a previous community garden. And all of the produce grown at these gardens is donated to local food pantries, along with nutrition education materials,” she says. Sorrell says Grow Together was created after they got a grant to educate people on the SNAP program, which used to be known as food stamps.

“Back in 2016, we were brainstorming how can we combine this nutrition education grant we have along with the Master Gardener Program. And that’s where we dreamed up this growing together Iowa program” Sorrell says. “So it’s been going on, this will be our eighth year as we enter into 2024.” The funding from the U-S-D-A provide for grants of up to four-thousand dollars. “The county extension office staff work closely with Master Gardeners and with staff at the local food pantry, and usually they create a new garden, whether that’s with raised garden beds or an in-ground garden, specifically for that donation piece,” she explains. Sorrell says the food grown in the gardens is popular.

“When we asked food pantry clients, what would you most like to see in the food pantry? Like what foods would you most want to have? Fresh fruits and vegetables are almost always at the top of the list because all cultures use fresh fruits and vegetables. It’s not tied with a certain culture,” she says. Sorrell says having the fresh fruits and vegetables at the food pantries gives people a healthy option, and it frees up food dollars they can spend on other items. They had 33 Growing Together Iowa county projects in 2023. “And they donated to 100 pantries. And you won’t believe this, they donated 103-thousand pounds of fresh produce to local pantries,” Sorrell says.

December 18th is the deadline to sign up. You can find the application on the I-S-U Extension website.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley: Wed. Nov. 29, 2023

Weather

November 29th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

Today: Sunny, with a high near 46. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. West southwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming north northeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tom. Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. North northeast wind 10-20 mph.
Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 37.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 36. The Low was 5. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 36 and the Low was 15. The Record High on Nov. 29th in Atlantic, was 71, in 1998. The Record Low was -8 in 1891. Sunrise is at 7:24. Sunset at 4:51.

Taylor will not resign as county supervisor after his wife’s election fraud conviction

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November 29th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The husband of a Sioux City woman convicted of voter fraud says he intends to complete his term on the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors. Jeremy Taylor’s term ends next year. His wife was convicted last week of illegally collecting votes in Sioux City’s Vietnamese community for her husband when he was running for office in 2020. Mathew Ung, chairman of the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors, is among those who’ve called on Taylor to resign.

“Three of us have made public comment on this matter,” Ung says, “which is as good as a proclamation at a board meeting.” During Tuesday’s Woodbury County Board of Supervisors meeting, Ung again questioned whether Taylor was unaware of his wife’s election-related activities. “It’s hard to imagine a world where what actions and steps that were taken by one were not known by the other and that is where there’s a lot of public heartburn,” Ung says. Taylor has agreed to step down from his role as vice chair of the county board.

“But I will work hard to continue to complete my term and then I will focus on my family, because this has been very hard on them,” Taylor said. Taylor and his wife are the parents of six children. Woodbury County Auditor Pat Gill is calling on the board to ask Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird to investigate both Jeremy and Kim Taylor’s activities during the primary and general elections in 2020.

Taylor, who is a Republican, has accused Gill, who is a Democrat, of trying to get him fired from his job in the Sioux City school district while he was deployed to Iraq. Taylor is an Iowa National Guard chaplain. Taylor did resign from the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors in early 2020 after the address listed on his voter registration was successfully challenged. Taylor lost a bid for congress in the June Primary that year, then was reelected to the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors in November of 2020.

Ramaswamy challenges Iowa’s governor, GOP rivals to take a stand on carbon pipelines

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November 29th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says the government should not grant carbon pipeline developers authority to seize land from Iowans who do not want the pipeline on their property.  “You have a lot of other Republicans that have been trained to behave like circus monkeys on this issue. You’re supposed to dance to the tune of certain puppet masters. I refuse to do that,” Ramaswamy says. “Eminent domain should not be an option for anything to do with a carbon dioxide pipeline because it is not necessary.”

On Friday in Des Moines, Ramaswamy will appear at an event with a group of carbon pipeline opponents called the Free Soil Coalition. “Eminent domain is legally inappropriate,” Ramaswamy says. “I believe it is illegal and unconstitutional and I would like for at least Republicans to have the spine to stand up and at least speak that obvious truth.” Ramaswamy says his competitors for the G-O-P presidential nomination should clearly state their views on the issue. He’s also challenging Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, who has endorsed rival Ron DeSantis, to say whether she’s on the side of eminent domain or not.

“Anybody who is implicitly or explicitly supporting the use of eminent domain for this carbon dioxide capture pipeline is on the wrong side of this issue,” Ramaswamy says. “I don’t care if they have an R after their name. I don’t care if they’re a governor you’re supposed to otherwise bow down to in the state of Iowa.” Ramaswamy says the issue exposes what he describes as the broken and corrupt state of the Republican Party establishment.  “And I’m frankly ashamed of a Republican Party that hasn’t had the spine to speak up about an issue that matters to this many constituents,” Ramaswamy says.

Ramaswamy says he’s met with influential Republican donor Bruce Rastetter, who owns Summit Carbon Solutions — the Iowa company seeking a state permit to construct and operate a pipeline to ship carbon out of ethanol plants to underground storage in North Dakota. Ramaswamy says pipeline backers are welcome to show up at Friday’s event to have a civil, open debate about the Summit and Wolf pipelines. Ramaswamy says the projects make no sense and the risks of running liquid carbon through an underground pipeline do not match the purported benefits.

Atlantic Trojans Basketball shows good fight in loss to ACGC

Sports

November 28th, 2023 by Asa Lucas

The Atlantic Trojans basketball team found themselves in a completive game and lost a lead in the third quarter to lose 77-60 at home against the ACGC Chargers. Out of the gate the Trojans came shooting well led by Colton Rasmussen who had 24 points on the night. Rasmussen ignited a Trojans offense that led 13-9 by the end of the first. Going into the second, Atlantic continually applied pressure while switching into zone defenses to confuse ACGC and that created a 27-22 Trojan lead at halftime.

Going into the third quarter the Trojans lost all steam and consistently turned the ball over. Noah Kading also helped the Chargers set the tone in the third quarter making four baskets alone. When the third quarter ended, ACGC was up 50-42. In the fourth quarter not much changed for both teams besides the offensive output from Gavin McLaren. McLaren scored 7 baskets, including a three pointer from the corner. In the end it wouldn’t be enough as ACGC would beat Atlantic 77-60. The win starts the Charger’s season off 1-0.

The Chargers were led by Noah Kading with 26 points and Anthony Solarzano with 15. Atlantic’s top scores was Colton Rasmussen with 24 and Gavin McLaren scoring 17.

In his first game as Head Coach for the Trojans, Coach Dalton Franken explained how the performance and turnovers in the second half cost Atlantic the win.

The Trojans now sit at 0-1 and head to Glenwood on Friday to take on the Rams. The opening tip is set for 6:00 p.m.