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Creston Police report a man and woman from Creston were arrested Monday night on separate charges. Authorities say 37-year-old Alexander King was arrested at around 7:21-p.m., for Driving While Barred and OWI/2nd offense. He was being held on $3,000 bond in the Union County Jail. And, at around 11:20-p.m., 47-year old Jennifer White was arrested for Public Intoxication. She was being held in the Adams County Jail on a $300 bond.
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A man from Polk County tried to board an airplane with a carry-on bag containing a loaded handgun, Sunday. KCCI says Transportation Security Administration officers prevented the man from bringing his .45 caliber handgun loaded with five bullets. TSA officers alerted Des Moines police, who confiscated the firearm before citing the man.
(File Photo image from tsa.gov (Not the actual gun seized at Dsm Int’l. Airport)
TSA Federal Security Director for Iowa John Bright reminds Iowans and others NOT to bring your gun to an airport security checkpoint. Regardless of whether or not you have a concealed carry permit, it is NOT allowed. If you want to travel, you must pack your weapon properly so it can be processed as checked baggage. Failure to comply with regulations will result in a stiff federal civil penalty that may cost you thousands of dollars.
Sunday’s incident was the third time this year a firearm was confiscated at the Des Moines International Airport. In 2020, there were a total of seven firearms confiscated. There were 12 guns confiscated in both 2018 and 2019.
The TSA has details on how to properly travel with a firearm posted on its website.
The Atlantic School Board will meet in a regular session 6-p.m. Wednesday, April 14th. The meeting takes place in the High School Media Center, and will be streamed live on YouTube. During their session, the Board will act on numerous resignations, including:
The Board will also act on the Contract Recommendations for: Holly Esbeck, HS Social Studies Teacher; & Matthew Best, HS Physical Education & Weight Training Teacher/ JV Football Coach. And, HS Assistant Principal Andrew Mitchell will present to the Board his recommendations for the hiring of Winter Sports coaches, to include:
Mitchell is also expected to recommend the Board re-approve sharing agreements for the 2021-22 school year, to include: Girls Swimming – Audubon & Clarinda (Atlantic will act as the host school); Boys Swimming – Audubon, Clarinda & Red Oak (Atlantic will host); Wrestling – CAM (Atlantic hosts); Girls Soccer – CAM, Exira-EHK (Atlantic hosts).
In other business the Atlantic School Board is expected to act on approving a sharing agreement with the Griswold CSD for the services of Transportation Director, with Griswold paying 20% of the costs. They will also discuss and act on Superintendent Steve Barber’s recommendation for the disposal of laptop computers by allowing the Senior class the opportunity to purchase their Apple computers they have used the past four-years, for $125. They will also act on setting May 12th at 6-p.m. as the date/time for a Public Hearing on the 2020-21 Certified Budget.
The Atlantic School Board is expected to receive an update, and discuss, the Facilities Project, and 2019-20 Audit report. The latter shows a discrepancy in the certified enrollment data, which was overstated by 1.00 student (which the District will correct by contacting the Iowa DOE), and instances the auditors detected where the District Board Policies did not appear to have been reviewed and/or updated within the past five-years. The District responded by saying it has created a schedule to review each Board Policy series in a timely manner, beginning in 2021 and continuing until all series are up-to-date. Additional audit information: 
And, the ACSD Board will move to accept a donation of $120,000 from an anonymous contributor, the Washington Technology Upgrade. Superintendent Steve Barber says he received a call from an investment firm that had a person who desired to make the donation. The Board must approve any major donation, per District Policy.
(Radio Iowa) – Republican lawmakers have yet to decide what the 2021 legislature will do on tax policy. Republican Governor Kim Reynolds says the state can easily afford to speed up a series of income tax cuts. While Republicans in the Senate have endorsed that move, Republicans in the House are more cautious. Speaker Pat Grassley says Republicans in the House want to make a sound decision that can be sustained for the long term.
“We’ve been in the majority in the House for 10 years now and I think a lot of that is because of the decisions we’ve made on the budget,” Grassley says, “and the stability that we’ve brought to state government.” Under current law, the cascade of income tax cuts only take effect if state tax revenue is projected to increase at least a four percent — and total tax collections are above eight BILLION. Grassley refers to these requirements as “triggers.”
“The reason the triggers were put in there was that was one of the piece that House wanted to put in during negotiations back in 2018…to make sure that we can stair step our way into it, provide that tax relief we want, without having to put the state budget at risk,” Grassley says. Tax revenue is projected to grow at three-point-eight percent. Majority Leader Jack Whitver says Senate Republicans believe that’s sufficient and agree with the governor on income tax cuts. The Senate G-O-P also wants to reduce county property taxes by having STATE taxes cover mental health system costs.
“Most states across the country use state funds to pay for mental health,” Whitver says, “and we have a system that has locked in mental health funding for over 20 years on property taxes.” Whitver says Senate Republicans are not going to wait to find out if federal pandemic relief money being sent to the State of Iowa prevents the legislature from cutting taxes. “We want to reduce taxes and I don’t want another year. I mean, I don’t think Iowans want us to wait another,” Whitver says. “…We’re not going to let Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden tell us what we can do with taxes in the state of Iowa.”
Whitver and Grassley made their comments during separate appearances on “Iowa Press” on Iowa P-B-S.
(Radio Iowa) – Republicans and two Democrats in the Iowa House have voted to let any Iowa parent certify they’ve taught their child to drive, so the teenager can try to get a driver’s license. It would end required completion of driver’s ed courses at their local school, a commercial driving school or the D-O-T’s online courses before a teen is eligible for a driver’s license. Representative Joel Fry, a Republican from Osceola, says as a home schooling parent, a state law passed in 2013 has let him teach driver’s ed to four of his children.
“I can tell you the amount of time that I spent with that child in driver’s education far outweighs the amount of time I received when I went through driver’s education in the school system,” Fry says. Representative Sharon Steckman, a Democrat from Mason City, says licensed instructors teach defensive driving skills in challenging conditions parents often avoid — and driver’s ed vehicles are equipped with an extra brake. “I’m not saying parents are bad teachers,” Steckman says. “I’m just saying they do not have the background and ‘the brake’ to teach their kids to drive.”
Fry says parents who choose this option would have a vested interest in teaching their child to be a safe driver. “Who’s going to pay the insurance and liability and all of the damages that would incur should they get in an accident? It’s me. It’s not the school,” Fry says. “It’s me as the parent.” Iowa is currently among the majority of states that still require completion of driver’s ed courses before student drivers may take the written exam and driving test in order to get their license.
Eight states, including Nebraska, let parents certify their child has completed a period of parent-led practice driving rather than a driver’s ed course.
DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa State Patrol Sergeant Jim Smith #462, a 27-year-veteran of the Patrol, was shot and killed on Friday, April 9, 2021, while attempting to arrest a barricaded subject in Grundy Center. Iowans statewide share the Iowa State Patrol’s grief in the loss of Sergeant Jim Smith. The Patrol and the family of Sergeant Smith have announced the following schedule of public funeral services.
VISITATION:
THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2021
3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Reiff Family Center-Funeral Home and Crematory
216 3rd Avenue SE
Independence, Iowa 50644
*MASKS ARE REQUIRED*
SERVICE:
FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2021
10:00 a.m.
Independence Community High School
1207 1st Street West
Independence, Iowa 50644
*MASKS ARE REQUIRED*
OFFICIAL IOWA STATE PATROL SERGEANT JIM SMITH MEMORIAL FUND:
A memorial fund approved by the family has been established at BankIowa in Independence, Iowa. Interested persons can mail or drop off contributions to the Iowa State Patrol Sergeant Jim Smith Memorial Fund at the BankIowa branch located at 305 Enterprise Drive, Independence, Iowa, 50644, or at any BankIowa branch located in Independence. The family intends to establish a memorial scholarship in remembrance of Sergeant Jim Smith.
(Radio Iowa) – Lawmakers continue to discuss how distribution of the nickel deposits on bottles and cans of beer and carbonated beverages that are sold in Iowa might be restructured. A key senator is expressing doubts, though, that this is the year the so-called Bottle Bill will be changed. Senate Republican Leader Jack Whitver points to April 30th, which is the target date for ending the 2021 legislative session. “There is still progress being made,” Whitver says, “but it will be difficult to wrap that up in the next three weeks.”
Republican Representative Shannon Lundgren of Peosta is among the House members hoping to come up with a compromise by that deadline. “We are probably starting to run out of time,” Lundgren says, “so I think we have to come with some language and get that out there.” Representative Chuck Isenhart, a Democrat from Dubuque, says something must be done to address the declining number of options for consumers who want to return the empties and get their deposits back. “I think we need to be cognizant of consumer convenience,” Isenhart says. But Senator Whitver says no single solution has emerged that has enough support to pass either the House or Senate.
“If there are 12 different ideas, there’s not one and you need one to make it law and I know a lot of legislators, a lot of interests on every side are working on this,” Whitver says. “We haven’t got a whole lot closer than we were in January.” During an appearance on Iowa P-B-S this weekend, Whitver agreed with an interviewer that debates about the Bottle Bill are a bit like “Groundhog Day” since they restart EVERY January when the legislature convenes.
(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa State Patrol tweeted a message today (Monday) from the family of slain Trooper Jim Smith. The message says the Department of Public Safety and Sergeant Jim Smith’s family would like to thank the public for the amazing show of support since he was killed in the line of duty Friday. It says they have quickly realized that many people are grieving with them. The Patrol says they have posted a memorial display of Sergeant Smith’s patrol car at the District 10 Office in Oelwein.
ISP Sgt. Jim Smith
The tweet says anyone wishing to honor Sergeant Jim Smith should feel free to stop by with cards, flowers, and condolences. Smith was shot Friday while trying to help arrest a man in Grundy Center.
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