ANITA—Early Sunday morning the city of Atlantic helped Anita Municipal Utilities jet out a plugged wastewater pipe, and notified DNR of a wastewater discharge into a nearby creek. Wastewater backed up into a golf course’s maintenance building and overflowed from a manhole into Turkey Creek, located northwest of the golf course south of White Pole Road. The city of Atlantic removed the plug, stopping the discharge and the sewer backup into the building.

The amount of the discharge is unknown, but early estimates indicate a limited amount of wastewater reached the creek as the manhole was still intact. DNR is monitoring the situation and seeking more information about the extent of the discharge. The DNR will consider appropriate enforcement action.

Wastewater discharges due to mechanical problems must be reported to DNR within 24 hours. They can be reported by calling the 24-hour environmental hotline at 515-725-8694 or the local DNR field office during normal office hours.

CLIVE, Iowa — An Atlantic man said he delivered a late-night wakeup call to his parents as soon as he discovered he’d won a $10,000 lottery prize. “I went and pounded the front door of my mom and dad’s house to tell them the good news,” Chancey Elliott said with a laugh on Friday as he claimed his prize at lottery headquarters in Clive.

Elliott, 25, won the big prize in the Iowa Lottery’s “Jewel Game Book” scratch game. He decided to buy a ticket in the game during a nighttime stop for something to drink at Casey’s, 911 SW Seventh St. in Atlantic. When he scratched the ticket at home, he thought he’d won $75. But when he scanned it with his Iowa Lottery mobile app, he realized the prize was much larger. It didn’t sink in until he returned to the store and an employee verified his win on the store’s lottery terminal.

Chancey Elliott

“It hit me after the guy was like, ‘No, you seriously won $10,000,'” Elliott recalled. “I ran out of the store really quickly and I’m like, ‘I have to go to my mom and dad’s house now. I don’t care what time of night it is. I’m going now!'” He said his parents were just as surprised and excited as he was. And after a fitful night of sleep, Elliott said he was just happy to wake up and realize his big win wasn’t a dream.

“Like I said, I’m a small-time guy and I work for everything I have,” he said. “You hear stories about people winning this kind of money, but I never thought it would be me.” Elliott, a plumber and father of three, said he planned to use his winnings to pay off debt and care for his children.

The Jewel Game Book a $20 scratch game. It features six pages of games, 10 top prizes of $100,000 and overall odds of 1 in 2.52. For more information about this game, and the number of prizes still available, visit ialottery.com.

(Radio Iowa) – The U-S Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision today (Monday) on the pay-for-play lawsuit against the N-C-A-A. The Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that found the federal antitrust law prevents the N-C-A-A from restricting payment to athletes for such things as internships. The N-C-A-A argued that the amateur status of athletes would be impossible to maintain if they could receive payment, even for education-related expenses.

Iowa lawmakers have introduced bills that would allow college athletes to profit from the use of their name, image, and likeness. The bill introduced this year failed to advance out of the legislative session.

In an update to our previous reports, the Mills County Sheriff’s Office, Monday, said that at around 12:01-a.m. Sunday, the Mills County Communications Center received a 9-1-1 call about an active stabbing that took place at 8 Garfield Lane, in Glenwood. Mills County Deputies and Glenwood Police responded and found Joseph Moreno exiting a residence, bleeding heavily from his arm. Moreno identified his alleged assailant as David Duncan.

Law enforcement secured the scene and administered first aid to Moreno. After clearing the residence and checking with witnesses, it was determined Duncan was no longer there. While Glenwood Rescue came to the entrance of the trailer court to provide additional medical aid to Moreno, law enforcement established a perimeter. A K9 unit from the Council Bluffs Police Department and a drone from the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office, along with Omaha Police Helicopter ABLE 1 responded to the scene. Once the K9 was in-place, a track of the suspect Duncan got underway. He was located shortly thereafter.

Authorities say after Duncan refused numerous orders from law enforcement, a Taser was deployed. Duncan was then taken into custody but continued to actively resist arrest. He was cleared by Glenwood Resuce and the transported to the Mills County Jail.  Duncan was charged with Willful Injury causing serious bodily injury.

June 21, 2021, Atlantic, IA – SHIFT ATL has announced their Farm to Table Dinner experience fundraiser event is SOLD OUT! However, there are still unlimited tickets available for the evening entertainment: Pianopalooza dueling pianos and beer garden.

The event will be held on July 17, 2021, on 4th Street between Chestnut Street and Walnut Street. Gates to enter for the dueling pianos will be on 4th and Chestnut and 4th and Walnut. Featured in the beer garden will be spirits from Revelton Distillery out of Osceola (Iowa). They recently were awarded five top awards from an international craft spirit competition Microliquor Spirit Awards (MLSA) for their honey whiskey and mulberry gin, both of which will be stocked in the bar at the Farm to Table dinner for attendees to try!

Tickets for just the dueling piano entertainment can be purchased before the event for $15/person or they will be $20/person the night of at the door. Gates will open for the dueling pianos at 7:30 p.m., following the Farm to Table dinner. Drink tickets can only be purchased at the event. Funds raised from this event will help support the group in filling their funding gap to complete the renovations at their 14 e 4th Street project. All additional money raised will roll into the organization’s budget to be used for new economic and/or community development projects or events.

SHIFT ATL, a 501(c)3 nonprofit formed in 2019, continues to build upon their broad but straightforward vision for the place they have made home: to shift the direction of Atlantic’s social and economic development opportunities by leveraging partnerships and strengthening social bonds within the community. They intend to revitalize Atlantic through projects, services and programs that will enhance the community and foster a sense of growth. Their inaugural project, renovating The Telegraph (formerly known as the Downtowner), saw construction start in
November of 2020. Werts Construction (Frazer Werts and team), Camblin Mechanical and Berg Electric have been executing against the renovation plan for the past six months and have made great progress.

They have completed demolition, stabilized, plumbed, poured a new floor, roughed in electrical, insulated and hung drywall in the building. The crew is now ready to start on the finishing touches on the upper story. SHIFT ATL will still be completing a 2-bedroom AirBnB on the upper story. The lower level commercial space is currently without a tenant, but the organization has ideas for what they would like to see occupy this space and are excited about the potential this space holds for the community of Atlantic.

To purchase tickets for the dueling pianos, visit shiftatl.org/dinner or visit the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce. To learn more about each project, to donate or to get involved, contact shiftatlantic@gmail.com, visit the website shiftatl.org or facebook page, @shiftatl.

The body of an adult male was discovered in the Missouri River,  Sunday. According to the Monona County Sheriff’s Office, the body was found by a fisherman around noon, near Onawa. The man was only identified as an adult, Black male. The body was recovered and taken to the medical examiner in Sioux City.

No further information was released.

(Radio Iowa) – A former Cedar Rapids hospital employee has been fined a thousand dollars and sentenced to five years of probation for what the judge described as weaponizing her EX-boyfriend’s medical records. Forty-one-year-old Jennifer Lynne Bacor, who now lives in Las Vegas, was a patient care technician at a Cedar Rapids hospital where her former boyfriend was treated in 2017.

Bacor admits she used her login credentials to look at her ex’s health data several times, even though he was not one of her patients. She shared the image of one of his injuries with someone else. That person then used Facebook messenger to send the image to the ex-boyfriend and others — along with taunting emojis and text, according to prosecutors.

Stuart Fire and Rescue personnel responded at around 6:05-p.m. Saturday, to a reported corn crib fire off of 272^nd Street. While en route Stuart Fire requested Redfield fire to assist due to the location and dry conditions. Upon arrival fire crews found a fully involved corn crib along with a boat and a grain bin containing random items that were all also fully involved. Crews made a quick knock down and extinguished the fire before it could spread to any other surrounding exposures.

Stuart police also provided assistance at the scene. There were no injuries reported.

(Photos via Stuart Fire Department’s Facebook page.)

The Creston Police Department reports two arrests and one home break-in. Authorities say at around 9:30-a.m. Sunday, 37-year-old Robert Kingery, of Creston, was arrested in the 200 block of Myrtle, on an Assault charge. Kingery was released from the Union County Jail on a $300 bond. And, at around 7:50-a.m. Friday, Creston Police arrested 41-year-old Bart Dunkerson, of Creston, at his residence. Dunkerson was taken into custody on charges of Possession of a Controlled Substance 1st Offense and Possession of Paraphernalia. He was released from the Union County Jail on a $1,300 bond.

Sunday morning, a Creston woman residing in the 200 block of S. Lincoln Street, reported to Police that sometime over the past week, her home was broken into and numerous items were taken. The items include: 2 Jewelry Boxes with jewelry; 2 Amazon Fire Sticks; a Tablet; 2 suitcases, and a Smith and Wesson .380 with sight in a Sleeve Holster.  The loss was estimated at approximately $2,110.