(Atlantic, Iowa) – Another Produce In the Park event in Atlantic heads your way this Thursday, August 28th. Get ready for some spicy fun, as the theme this week is “Salsa Night at Produce in the Park!”  Watch guest chefs in a Chopped-style salsa showdown, then taste their creations. Bring your dancing shoes for salsa-style Jazzercise (all welcome!), plus a salsa-themed kids scavenger hunt and “Blind Date with a Book” with the Atlantic Public Library Friends & Trustees.

Live music will be provided by Jenna Nevins. Vendors this week will be offering fresh produce (peppers, tomatoes, onions, zucchini, and more), local meats, farm-fresh eggs, honey, baked goods, arts and crafts, fresh flower bouquets, handmade soaps, and more. Zipp’s Pizzaria is bringing their food truck to the downtown Atlantic City Park, for Produce In the Park, and visiting community organizations will have booths set up, including: Zion Integrated Behavioral Health Services, Cass Health, Atlantic Public Library, and others.

Thanks to August Sponsors: Zion, Cass Health, Gregg Young Chevrolet of Atlantic, City of Atlantic, 1st Whitney Bank, Cass County Tourism, Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce, and Nishna Valley Family YMCA.

For more information and to apply to be a vendor at our farmers markets visit https://www.produceintheparkatlanticiowa.com. Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/share/1Ark9pVsyG/

(Weekend News) – One person suffered what were described as suspected minor/non-incapacitating injuries during a collision Friday afternoon, in Red Oak. According to Red Oak Police, a 2013 Yamaha moped operated by 42-year-old Nicklaus Lynn Jackson, of Red Oak, was stopped on 1st Avenue at a stop sign, facing east, waiting to turn onto Broadway Street. Jackson looked, by did not see a 2013 Chrysler van driven by 69-year-old Craig Willard Nielsen, of Red Oak, traveling south on Broadway Street.

When the moped turned onto Broadway Street, Nielsen swerved into the middle lane to avoid striking the moped, but the collision occurred, resulting in injuries to Jackson. The accident happened at around 3:05-p.m., Friday. Jackson did not require transportation to the hospital. Both vehicles sustained minor damage.

Nicklaus Jackson was given a written warning for Failing to Yield/Obey a Stop Sign. Red Oak Police noted that a construction area just north of the accident scene in the Casey’s parking lot, slightly protruding into the roadway, that vehicles must move over to avoid, and which may have obstructed Jackson’s vision.

WOODWARD, Iowa [KCCI]— A Dallas County man faces eight counts of sexual exploitation of a minor for allegedly sending sexual videos of children. Court documents show authorities arrested 29-year-old Jayden Bridgeman, of Woodward, on Friday, Aug. 22^nd.

According to court records, Bridgeman sent the videos between November 2024 and June 2025 to “another user” over the social media app known as Kik.

In addition to being charged with eight counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, Bridgeman is also charged with two counts of purchasing/possessing depiction of a minor in a sex act.

Bridgeman was arrested on a warrant and taken to the Dallas County Jail. His preliminary hearing is set for Sept. 2^nd.

(Tripoli, Iowa) – A crash Saturday afternoon in Northeast Iowa’s Bremer County resulted in a death and five persons injured. According to the Iowa State Patrol, that happened at around 1:35-p.m. at the intersection of 190th Street and Piedmont Avenue, south of Tripoli.

Investigators say a 2022 Toyota Tacoma pickup driven by 47-year-old Lal Pui Puia Sai Lo, of Des Moines, went through a stop sign and was hit on the driver’s side by a 2018 Ford F-150 pickup, driven by 82-year-old Trivona Drewis, of Waverly. A passenger in the Toyota, 41-year-old Lungawia Chalthleng, of Urbandale, died at the scene. Authorities say he was not wearing a seat belt.

There were five other people hurt in the crash, and taken to the hospital. The injured were identified as:

• 51-year-old Hming Chunga, and 47-year-old Esther Sui Iang, both of Des Moines.
• 47-year-old Lal Pui Puia Sai Lo, of Des Moines
• 83-year-old Marvin Drewis, of Waverly.
• 82-year-old Trivona Drewis.

The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Denver and Sumner Ambulance Services, Readlyn & Tripola Fire, the Iowa DNR and other agencies.