(Atlantic, IA) – The Atlantic City Council, during their regular meeting this (Wednesday) evening (March 18th), approved the appointment of Maggie Robinson as the City’s new Parks and Recreation Department Director. Councilman Sean Sarsfield said Robinson should begin her new position on or about April 13th. As previously mentioned, the City’s Personnel and Finance Committee recommended her appointment to the position, which had been eliminated in the Summer of 2023. The City Council authorized the reinstatement of the Parks and Recreation Director position on February 18, 2026, during discussion of the FY2027 Budget.

Atlantic Mayor Rob Clausen expressed his appreciation of all the agencies, local businesses and countless individual volunteers, who stepped-up to help those who were left injured and/or stranded during Sunday’s blizzard that shut-down the interstate, and clogged some streets in Atlantic with vehicles stuck on some roads.

The agencies included the Cass County Communications Center, Iowa State Patrol, Cass County Sheriff’s Department, EMS/Fire personnel, Cass County Emergency Management, Cass Health, SWITA, Red Cross, the local veterinary clinic, DOT crews, Richter and Sons Towing,  and and so many more. Clausen said when the storm victims began to stream into Atlantic, the hotels quickly filled-up and it became readily apparent more needed to be done to provide motorists and in some case their pets, with shelter.

Police and fire department personnel assisted at the Nishna Valley YMCA in setting-up cots and beds for those persons. Mayor Clausen said he “couldn’t be prouder of the way this community responded. I believe we truly do live in one of the best places in Iowa.”

In other business, the Atlantic City Council passed a resolution Adopting an updated 28-E agreement between the Atlantic Volunteer Fire Department, the City of Atlantic, and Grove Township in Cass County. The updated 28E agreement with Grove Township establishes an annual contribution of $14,500, an increase from $7,468.74 under the prior agreement.