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Fremont County Fair Board President faces multiple charges

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June 26th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

(Sidney, Iowa) – Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope, this  (Thursday) evening reported Fremont County Sheriff’s Deputies had arrested the current Fremont County Fair Board President, 42-year-old Troy Allen Adkisson, of Tabor, on three felony and two additional, charges.

Deputies allege beginning in the fall of 2024, Adkisson, acting as the Fremont County Fair Board President, provided false documentation of purchases to the Fremont County Fair Board, resulting in the payments of over $15,000 to Adkisson. Deputies also allege Adkisson fraudulently used a debit card issued to him by the board at least once in the fall of 2024.

In June of 2025, Adkisson then made a false report to law enforcement, claiming the items he purchased on behalf of the fair board were stolen in an effort to conceal the theft.

Troy Allen Adkisson

Adkisson is charged with:

  • Ongoing Criminal Conduct, Class B Felony
  • Theft 1st Degree, Class C Felony
  • Fraudulent Practices 1st Degree, Class C Felony
  • Unauthorized Use of a Credit Card under $1,500, Aggravated Misdemeanor
  • False Report to a Public Entity, Serious Misdemeanor

Adkisson was being held at the Fremont County Jail on a $48,000 cash/surety bond.

It should be noted that a criminal charge is merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Unemployment rate up slightly in May as more people enter the workforce

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June 19th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says the state unemployment rate increased again slightly in May as more people starting looking for a job. “More people are rejoining the workforce, which if they’re not employed when they rejoin, then that’s going to, you know, slightly increase your unemployment rate. But that’s fine. I will take a tenth of a point increase in unemployment rate to get 39-hundred Iowans back in the workforce any day of the week,” Townsend says. The unemployment rate was three-point- six percent in May. There have been continued layoffs in manufacturing, which is down 84-hundred jobs this year and in the professional and business service, and financial industries. Townsend says the Iowa economy is still doing well.

“We still have 18-thousand more workers in the workforce than we did a year ago, so that’s a positive sign. It’s also a good indication that even the folks that are getting laid off are finding new jobs,” she says. “Our average duration is up a little bit, it’s closer to ten weeks than nine weeks, but that’s still really low and it it’s a good indication that people can find that next job relatively quickly.” Townsend says those coming back into the job market recently have been women. “Primarily older women reentering the workforce. So you know, we saw a lot of women, older women leave the workforce during the pandemic to take care of children or parents as the case may be,” Townsend says. She says the labor market can handle people coming back to work, and those who have lost a job.Iowa Workforce Development

“We still have you know 49-thousand open jobs. So there’s jobs to be had for those who want to come back, so they’re encouraged to come back because there are jobs available. It would be a much worse situation if people were in the workforce, but we just didn’t have the jobs, you know, to give them,” she says. Townsend says Iowa has a labor participation rate that’s five points higher than the national rate, and also higher than some of the other states which have a lover unemployment rates.

Heartbeat Today 7-3-2024

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July 3rd, 2024 by Jim Field

Jim Field visits with Iowa DNR State Deer Biologist Jace Elliott about a deer population meeting in Atlantic on July 8 at 6:30 pm at the Venue.

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Cass County Extension Report 7-3-2024

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July 3rd, 2024 by Jim Field

w/Kate Olson.

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Heartbeat Today 7-2-2024

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July 2nd, 2024 by Jim Field

Jim Field visits with Greg & Char Bintner, who have been parade announcers for many years and are the grand marshals for the Exira July 4th parade this year.  They help to preview the celebration.

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Heartbeat Today 7-1-2024

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July 1st, 2024 by Jim Field

Jim Field visits with Mike Rau and J. T. Altman about the Oakland Independence Day Celebration.

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Heartbeat Today 6-28-2024

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June 28th, 2024 by Jim Field

Jim Field visits with Museum of Danish America Genealogy & Education Center Youth and Community Educator Alissa LaCanne about July events sponsored by the museum.

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Heartbeat Today 6-27-2024

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June 27th, 2024 by Jim Field

Jim Field visits with Carole Schuler about the Cass County Relay for Life event on Sunday, June 30 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Nishna Valley Family YMCA.

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Heartbeat Today 6-26-2024

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June 26th, 2024 by Jim Field

Jim Field visits with Dolly Bergmann about the Atlantic Rotary Club Pancake Flight Breakfast on July 4th.

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Cass County Extension Report 6-26-2024

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June 26th, 2024 by Jim Field

w/Kate Olson.

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