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Remains of unclaimed Iowa veterans to be laid to rest June 18

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June 10th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Des Moines)- Nine Iowa unclaimed veterans and two spouses will be laid to rest on June 18 at Iowa Veterans Cemetery in Van Meter, and the public is strongly encouraged to attend. KCCI TV reports Hamilton’s Funeral Home, along with the Missing in America Project, will secure their final resting place. The group consists of Army, Navy and Marine Corps veterans. One World War II veteran and his wife will also be laid to rest in the ceremony. Many of those veterans died alone, and had no one to claim their cremated remains, and end up on the shelf of a funeral home. In other instances, the urn of an Army Veteran was stolen from a home and ended up at an intersection in Des Moines. It had been stolen from his sister’s house after she died.

The service will take place at Hamilton’s Funeral Home on Westown Parkway on Friday, June 18 at 12:30 p.m., followed by burial with military honors at 2 p.m. at Iowa Veterans Cemetery. A Patriot Guard procession to the cemetery will go down Westown Parkway, until Jordan Creek Parkway, and then onto Interstate 80 going westbound.

The funeral home’s director says she hopes the public will attend and people will bring their children. She also hopes it will raise the public’s awareness, and the others in her business will check their shelves and make sure that they don’t have people the abanonded cremains of those that have served our country.

New Iowa law enables property taxes to pay for emergency medical services

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June 10th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa counties can now recognize emergency medical services as “essential” and pay for those services through property taxes, under a bill signed into law by Governor Kim Reynolds on Wednesday. Sheila Frink, director of the Anamosa Ambulance Service, says many departments are desperate for funding.“There’s still so many rural services out there that are surviving because they’re having pancake breakfasts and raffles,” Frink says. “I mean, they spend as much time fundraising as they do taking care of patients and that’s sad.”

Unlike fire and police services, local governments in Iowa are not required to provide E-M-S. Under the new law, county supervisors can declare the work essential and seek approval from voters for a new property tax to support those services. Brian Rowe, of the Anamosa Ambulance Service, says many rural services are struggling to retain staff at the same time call numbers are rising.  “We’re seeing sicker and sicker patients,” Rowe says. “Patients sometimes can’t get to a doctor, don’t have a family care provider, whatever the case may be. So they try to stick it out at home and then when they just can’t do it anymore, they call us.”

Rowe says the change is the most significant he’s seen in his 43-year career. Advocates say the shift is sorely needed, especially in rural Iowa communities, where residents often rely on a dwindling number of volunteer E-M-Ts.

(reporting By Kate Payne, Iowa Public Radio)

Atlantic Parks & Rec to present “Jazzercise in Park”

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June 10th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Atlantic Parks and Recreation Department Director Bryant Rasmussen reports Atlantic Parks and Rec is partnering with Atlantic Jazzercise for “Jazzercise in the Park.”  Rasmussen says Tara Zelmer Beatty is offering the program at a discounted rate (Free for current Jazzercise members, or $10 for non-members), if people are wanting to try it out and see what they think.  He says also, “We are excited about the potential here of incorporating some movement activities in the beautiful space we have to offer at Sunnyside Park.”

The program will start at 8:30 am Saturday June 19th in the recreation area, the flat space next to the Park Office at 1200 Sunnyside Lane (essentially, in the Bocce Ball Court).  Bryant says “If you bring a friend, you could win some cool apparel.” If you have questions or if you are interested, you can contact Tara at (402) 680-6906 or email atlanticjazzercise@gmail.com

(Podcast) KJAN 8:05-a.m. News, 6/10/21

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June 10th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

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Atlantic School Board receives student College & Career Readiness update

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June 10th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Members of the Atlantic School Board, Wednesday evening, received a special presentation from High School Principal Heather McKay and Councilors Alyssa Dovenspike and Sarah Rose, with regard to [student] College and Career Readiness. Superintendent Steve Barber explains….

In other business, the Board approved a phone system upgrade.

The cost of the system is $46,350. And the Board approved the District’s “Return-to-Learn” plan, modifications.

He mentioned also, they are still looking to fill certain positions within the District.

The Board approved the resignations of Elizabeth Reid, TLC Instructional Coach, and, Pamela Klar, Bus Monitor/Car Driver. They also approved Contract Recommendations for: Bryce Smith, Assistant 9th Grade Football Coach, and Derek Hall, Head Boys Basketball Coach.. They also act to approve 2021-22 TLC Contracts for 19 teachers and the TLC roles they will serve in 2021-22, at a cost of $94,985, to be budgeted for through the General Fund for Teacher Leader Compensation Funds.

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June 10th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

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Red Oak man arrested for Harassment

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June 10th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Red Oak Police Wednesday afternoon, arrested 23-year-old Dawson Allen Squires, of Red Oak. Squires was arrested on a Montgomery County warrant for Harassment in the 2nd Degree. His cash-only bond at the Montgomery County Jail, was set at $2,000.

Stanton man arrested on a harassment charge

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June 10th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak have arrested a man from Stanton on a harassment charge. Authorities say 46-year-old Marshall Larry Adams was arrested late Wednesday afternoon, on a charge of Harassment in the 2nd Degree. Adams was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail, pending an appearance before the magistrate.

Marshall L. Adams

Black bear sightings rise in northeast Iowa

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June 10th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Officials say two employees recently saw a bear on John Deere’s property north of Dubuque and Vince Evelsizer of the Iowa Department of Natural Resource suspects it was a male bear — since this is breeding season for bears. “It’s usually young males — 2-4 year old males — moving around and actively looking for females this time of the year,” he says, “even though it’s so hot out.” The bears tend to move at night, though, when it’s cooler, he says. There have been several recent black bear sightings in Dubuque County. “Even a couple of sightings where we got trail camera photos,” Evelsizer says.

Evelsizer, a furbearer biologist, says the animals are likely coming from Minnesota and Wisconsin. If they’re not looking for a mate, Evelsizer says they’re probably looking for food. “They’re most likely at this time of year to get into bird feeders or smelly garbage or people’s barbecues, that type of thing,” Evelsizer says.

As Radio Iowa reported last month, experts like Evelsizer say it’s likely black bears will start to have cubs in Iowa and groups of bears eventually will repopulate in the state. There’s been no recent confirmation baby bears have been born in Iowa, however. “We anticipate getting some more bears,” Evelsizer says. “There’ll be problems at times with them, but there’ll be fewer problems if we all kind of get used to the idea of living with more bears or trying to coexist.”

Evelsizer says over the next few years the Department of Natural Resources plans to use information from a program called “Bear Wise” to help Iowans get used to having black bears in their neighborhood.

Ernst blasts Biden’s proposed military budget

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June 9th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Republican Senator Joni Ernst says President Biden has proposed a federal budget that would spend too little on the military and too much on the Internal Revenue Service. “Who does the president think he will be able to call on should we need to fight off foreign threats? His new army of IRS agents?” Ernst asks. “…Americans may fear an IRS audit, but ‘Red China’ won’t.”

Biden has proposed increasing the number of I-R-S agents by 15 percent in each of the next 10 years in order to beef up efforts to catch Americans who aren’t paying what they owe in taxes. Ernst, the first female combat veteran elected to the U-S Senate, says Biden’s proposed budget is far less generous to the military.

“The small number of new ships added to the Navy will not keep pace with the growth of communist China’s ship building,” Ernst says. “This is especially concerning since the CCP now boasts the world’s largest Navy and is attempting to expand its Naval presence in the Atlantic.”

Reports indicate China is trying to establish a port on the west coast of Africa that would be home base for Chinese submarines and air craft carriers. Ernst made her comments this (Wednesday) afternoon during a speech on the Senate floor.