(Atlantic, Iowa) – Classes in the Atlantic Community School District begin in about three weeks (August 23rd), and registration for students is now open. ACSD Communications Specialist Mallory Robinson reminds parents, that the Atlantic Community School District  will continue to utilize the “rollover” online registration process with JMC. All online payments and meal applications are made directly in JMC Parent Portal. If your student(s) attended ACSD last school year (2020-21) and were still in attendance on the last day of school, you need to follow the steps below to verify registration information and pay student fees. Student fees need to be paid by Friday, October 14, 2022.

-Log in to JMC Parent Portal

-Click on Register for 2022-2023 and Start/Continue the Registration process

-View Lunch Account & Make a Payment if needed

-View Tuition/Fees & Make a Payment if needed

-View Downloadable Links such as Athletic Physical Forms, District Calendar, and School Supply Lists

-Complete JMC Online Free/Reduced Form if applicable

–Transportation Request Form (Rural Only)

For more detailed instructions for the registration process, please click here.

To view these registration details on the District’s website, please click here:

Robinson says “Students who are new to the school district and are planning to enroll for the 2022-23 school year will need to contact each student’s school office to make an appointment to begin the enrollment process. 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 any way.”

If you have any questions regarding school registration or the payment of school fees, please contact the age appropriate school for your student(s), at the numbers below.

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

Schuler Elementary School (Grades 4-5): Phone: 712-243-1370; James Northwick, Principal; Hours: 7:30 am – 3:30 pm.

Atlantic Middle School (Grades 6-8): Phone: 712-243-1330; Scott Aden, Principal; Hours: 7:30 am – 3:30 pm.

Atlantic High School (Grades 9-12): Phone: 712-243-5358; Heather McKay, Principal; Andrew Mitchell, Asst Principal/Activities Director; Hours: 7:30 am – 3:30  pm

Transportation (All Grades): Phone: 712-243-3374; Mark Weis, Supervisor

Food Service (All Grades); Phone: 712-243-5369; Natalie Ritter, Supervisor; Hours: 7:30 am- 3:30 pm.

(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Engineer and Secondary Roads Department reports Brown Avenue, between 250th St. & 260th St. in Adair County, will be closed to replace the existing bridge with a box culvert. The project is expected to take 3-to 4-weeks. A detour is in effect (shown in the map below – click to enlarge).

(Radio Iowa) – A published report now says the suspected gunman in the murders of a Cedar Falls couple and their six-year-old daughter last month used a so-called ghost gun. The Des Moines Register quotes the parents of the 23-year-old from Nebraska as saying he ordered the parts for the untraceable weapon online and built it himself at home. The Register says the parents wrote in a letter to the paper that their son wanted the gun as protection for his family from a rising threat of violent crime.

Investigators say he used the gun to kill Tyler and Sarah Schmidt and their girl, Lula, in their tent at Maquoketa Caves State Park, and later turned the gun on himself. No motive is known and there’s no known link between the alleged gunman and the Schmidts. Their nine-year-old boy, Arlo, survived the shootings.

(Creston, Iowa) – The Creston Police Department reports the arrest Friday night, of 18-year-old Jamieson Reed, from Creston. Reed was taken into custody at the Creston Fareway Store, for Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana – 1st offense. Reed was later released from the Union County Jail, on a $1,000 bond.

Saturday morning, Officers with the Creston P-D arrested 38-year-old Amanda Jones, of Creston, on charges that include Driving While Suspended, and Eluding. Jones was transported to the Adams County Jail, and later released on a $2,300 bond.

And, Sunday afternoon, 18-year-old Hunter Tullis, of Creston, was arrested for Driving While Suspended, as well as Failure to File SR-22 Insurance. He was transported to the Union County Jail.

(Des Moines, Iowa) – Police in Des Moines are investigating the Capital City’s 11^th homicide of 2022. Police say the victim was an adult male who arrived at around 6:15-p.m., at a local hospital, suffering from a gunshot wound. He later died. His name was not immediately released.

Police said there was a potential crime scene near the 1300 block of 13th Place in Des Moines.

The investigation is ongoing.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic City Council is set to meet 5:30-p.m. Wednesday, in their chambers at City Hall. On their agenda is an Order to approve a change order for the Bull Creek Improvement project, which results in a net change in the amount of just under $6,100. ARPA funds will address the cost of the change order. The Council will also hold a Public Hearing on a proposed amendment to the Southeast Urban Renewal District. The proposed amendment would authorize the undertaking of new urban renewal projects in the Urban Renewal Area (URA), consisting of:

1. Providing Tax Increment Financing (TIF) support to Boose Building Construction, L.C., in connection with the construction of public infrastructure necessary for the development of housing in the Redwood Subdivision; and
2. Using TIF to pay the costs of acquiring property and constructing public infrastructure necessary for the development of the Prairie Hills Development.

Following the hearing the Council will act on passing a Resolution authorizing the amendment. City Administrator John Lund has stated “Passing this amendment does not bind the Council to any debt for the Prairie Hills Addition. The Redwood Subdivision is the same, the amendment is red tape (the Council] must go through,” before it can proceed with binding action. Lund says the Boose Development Agreement WILL bind the Council to the Redwood Subdivision Infrastructure extension, which is a separate Resolution.

In other business, the Atlantic City Council will hold the second reading of an Ordinance pertaining to parking regulations. More specifically, if approved, the amendment would allow parking for two-hours Thursday’s on the west side of Palm Street, between 6th and 7th Streets, for drive-through food distribution from the Atlantic Food Pantry. The hours affected are 11:30-a.m. to 1:30-p.m.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Today is the last FULL day of events at the Cass County Fair. All that remains on Tuesday is the Livestock Sale, beginning at 8-a.m.  On tap for today, though, is the Beef Show, beginning at 8-a.m., followed by the Best of Iowa at 9-a.m., and the Rotary’s Watermelon Feed, at 11. Today’s featured dinner is Roast Beef. The 4-H/FFA Exhibits open at 8-a.m.

The Building Awards will be handed out today at 4 o’clock, followed at 5:45-p.m. by the Parade of Champions and the Bucket of Junk Fundraising Auction. The day concludes with the Grand Champion Beef Selection, at 6:30-p.m. Beautiful weather continues for the Cass County Fair in Atlantic.

Commercial Booths are open from Noon until 9-p.m.  KJAN will be broadcasting live from the Fair in our booth between the Commercial Buildings, from 4-until 7-p.m. (The full schedule can be seen below. Click on the image to enlarge)

(Linden, Iowa) – The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office reports Panora EMS was called into service to assist an individual that had been injured in a horse riding accident along the Middle Raccoon River, Sunday. The incident happened at around 9:47-a.m., when a woman fell off a horse and into a ravine, in rural Linden.

Authorities said “After a tremendous effort by our staff, Panora Fire Dept, Guthrie County Sheriff’s office, and our partners with Lifeflight, the patient was able to be extricated and made it to the hospital safely.”

Panora EMS Facebook photos

The woman’s name was not immediately released.

(Radio Iowa) – National party leaders will decide the fate of the Iowa DEMOCRATIC Party’s 2024 Caucuses AFTER the November election. A group of Democratic National Committee members were to meet this week and recommend which five states should get to host the early voting contests in the next presidential election. That decision is now delayed. Democrats from Iowa, along with 15 states and Puerto Rico are vying to host the opening voting in the party’s next presidential nominating process.

Iowa Democratic Party chairman Ross Wilburn says it’s important for small rural states like Iowa to have a voice in picking the party’s next nominee. Some national party leaders say Iowa lacks the kind of diversity and General Election competitiveness that early voting states should have. The complexity of figuring out which Democratic candidate has won past Iowa Caucuses is also an issue. Iowa Democrats have proposed dramatic changes to simplify their Caucus process.

The Republican National Committee has already decided the Iowa G-O-P’s Caucuses will remain first in 2024. Iowa Republicans take a straw poll at the start of their Caucus meetings. Democrats have required participants to openly declare which candidates they support, with a potential for two rounds of voting if certain candidates lack enough support in a precinct meeting.