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Court: Officer who stomped on suspect’s ankle cannot be sued

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July 9th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A federal appeals court says a Davenport officer who stomped on the ankle of a suspect used unreasonable force but nonetheless cannot be held liable. The 2015 stomp by officer Brian Stevens allegedly broke the ankle of suspect Juan Shelton, who was pinned down by five officers at the time.

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals says that Stevens enjoys qualified immunity and therefore cannot be sued for excessive force. The court says that it was unreasonable for Stevens to stomp on Shelton’s ankle under the circumstances, but that officers cannot be held liable for such split-second decisions.

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Atlantic Area Chamber Ambassadors Visit Cass County ISU Extension

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July 9th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors were hosted by Cass County ISU Extension on Thursday, July 9, 2020. The Ambassadors heard from Kate Olsen about the many ongoing programs and how those programs have been modified and developed thought COVID-19 including the Cass County Fair. Kate shared that even with the many changes in the fair programming the numbers of 4H participates is just a little shy of normal which is “very encouraging” said Kate Olson.

Ambassador’s Pictured Left to Right: Brad Pellett, Ruth Sears, Bill Saluk, Brian Ruge, Steve Anderson, Lauren Tigges, Rich Perry, Krysta Hanson, Jim Kickland, Dawn Marnin, Kelsey Beschorner, Brigham Hoegh, Wendy Richter, Kate Olson, Shelby Van Horn, Morgan Barkley, Hannah Richter, Lori Anderson, Kerry Jepsen, Michelle Heath, Allen Ladd, Dr. Keith Leonard, Lana Westphalen, Janet Cappel, Donnie Drennan, Jen McEntaffer, Barb Wollenhaupt, Colt Doherty, Dolly Bergmann. (Photo submitted)

The Ambassadors were introduced to Wendy Richter as PROSPER Project Coordinator whose goal is to facilitate interventions specifically aimed at middle school‐aged youth and their families, with an emphasis on building youth competencies, improving family functioning, and preventing conduct problems, particularly substance use. Ambassador’s were also introduced to Brigham Hough in her role as the Cass County Wellness. Brigham is involved in many programs around Cass County such as Grown Another Row, Produce in the Park, Healthy Cass County, Mobile food Pantry and others.

For more information regarding programs and resources, contact 712-243-1132 or visit www.extension.iastate.edu/cass

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Corn crib fire investigation in Cass County

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July 9th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help regarding any information regarding a fire that burned an unused corncrib at 62635 610th Street (northeast of Lewis) on July 8, 2020, at around 1:16 p.m.

If you saw any activity at or around that location about the time of the fire, please contact Sheriff Darby McLaren by phone at (712) 249-2206 or email at dmclaren@casscoia.us.

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Cardinals announce 2021 regular season schedule

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July 9th, 2020 by admin

ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 9, 2020 – The St. Louis Cardinals, in conjunction with Major League Baseball’s league-wide release, today announced their 2021 regular season schedule.  The home opener is set for Thursday, April 8, against Milwaukee as part of a six-game home stand with the Brewers (April 8, 10-11) and Washington (April 12-14).

The Cardinals will open the 2021 season on the road with a three-game series at Cincinnati beginning on Thursday, April 1, followed by a three-game series at Miami (April 5-7).

Among the key home dates for 2021 are a pair of three-game weekend series visits by the Chicago Cubs on May 21-23 and to conclude the regular season on October 1-3.  The Cubs will also visit St. Louis for a four-game series July 19-22.  Additionally, the game against the Milwaukee Brewers in St. Louis on Saturday, April 10, will mark the 15th anniversary of the first game played at Busch Stadium III (also against the Brewers).

The 2021 season will feature 26 home series and 26 road series, including 13 weekend series at Busch Stadium: April 8, 10-11 vs. Milwaukee, April 23-25 vs. Cincinnati, May 7-9 vs. Colorado, May 21-23 vs. Chicago Cubs, June 3-6 vs. Cincinnati, June 24-27 vs. Pittsburgh, July 16-18 vs. San Francisco, July 30-August 1 vs. Minnesota, August 6-8 vs. Kansas City, August 20-22 vs. Pittsburgh, September 10-12 vs. Cincinnati, September 17-19 vs. San Diego, and October 1-3 vs. Chicago Cubs.

The Cardinals 20-game interleague schedule will feature a pair of three-game home-and-home series with in-state rival Kansas City on consecutive weekends (August 6-8 at Busch Stadium & August 13-15 at Kansas City), marking the first time the Cardinals have hosted a three-game weekend series against the Royals since 2015.  The interleague schedule also features a pair of two-game home-and-home series against the Cleveland Indians (June 8-9 at Busch Stadium & July 27-28 at Cleveland) and the Detroit Tigers (June 22-23 at Detroit & August 24-25 at Busch Stadium).  Additionally, the Redbirds will host a three-game interleague series versus the Minnesota Twins (July 30-August 1) and travel to Chicago for a three-game interleague series against the White Sox (May 24-26).

The Cardinals are scheduled to play 41 of their 81 home games before the July 12-14 All Star Break, playing 13 home games in April, 12 in May, 16 in June, 9 in July, 15 in August, and 16 in September/October.  The club is scheduled to host holiday games on Mother’s Day (May 9 vs. Colorado) and Labor Day (September 6 vs. Los Angeles Dodgers).

The Cardinals longest home stand of the 2021 consists of nine games (July 30-August 8) with three games against each of the Twins, Atlanta Braves, and Royals.  Their longest road trip consists of two 10-game trips from May 24-June 2 and before the All-Star Break from July 1-11.  The team has two stretches that will see them play 17 consecutive games without a day off from April 23-May 9 and May 21-June 6.

The Cardinals will make future announcements regarding game times, ticket pricing and ticket availability for the 2021 season. The complete 2021 regular season schedule can be viewed at cardinals.com/schedule and follows.

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IHSAA releases Class 3A and 4A baseball postseason brackets

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July 9th, 2020 by admin

The brackets for 2020 postseason baseball in Class 3A and 4A were released on Thursday morning by the Iowa High School Athletic Association. First round games will be played on July 17th, Second round July 20th, and Substate finals on July 22nd. Atlantic will be in 3A District 15 and open up at Carroll. Here is a look at area pairings.

Class 3A District 15

Greene County @ Dallas Center-Grimes 7:00 p.m.
Atlantic @ Carroll 7:00 p.m.
District Final at Dallas Center

Class 3A District 16

Creston @ Harlan 7:00 p.m.
Glenwood @ Denison-Schleswig 7:00 p.m.
District Final at Harlan

Class 4A Substate 8

#1 Ankeny bye
#5 Des Moines North vs. #2 CB Thomas Jefferson (@ Lewis Central) 5:00 p.m.
#4 CB Abraham Lincoln @ #3 Lewis Central 7:30 p.m.

Full brackets for all classes can be seen HERE.

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Death on the East Nishnabotna River

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July 9th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

The Page County Sheriff’s Office reports Deputies and numerous rescue crews responded to a call for help early this (Thursday) morning, about a man who was floating on the East Nishnabotna River who had become unresponsive. The 9-1-1 call to the PageComm Dispatch Center came in at around 1:12-a.m., from a 44-year old female. The woman said she had been floating with a 53-year old man on the river since 8-p.m. Wednesday. She said that they were north of Essex.

Numerous agencies were dispatched to this large area. It was determined from the phone calls that the female and the male were on the East Nishnabotna River between the bridges on 110th ST and D Avenue,  north of Essex. Due to accessibility issues associated with the area, the rescue operation took some time, as there is no boat access within several miles.

When the woman and her companion were located at around 3-a.m. Thursday (today), the man was deceased. The Page County Sheriff’s Office was assisted in the search /recovery effort by the Essex Fire & Rescue, Red oak Fire & Rescue, Corning Fire & Rescue, Mt. Ayr Fire & Rescue, Clarinda Fire & rescue, Shenandoah Police Department, Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, Montgomery County EMA, Page County EMA, Midwest Regional Dive Team, Iowa DNR as well as local citizens with knowledge of the river in the area.

The incident remains under investigation at this time. The name of the male was being withheldpending notification of relatives. More information will be released at a later date.

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Area baseball and softball schedule Thursday 07/09/2020

Sports

July 9th, 2020 by admin

SOFTBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference 

  • Harlan at Denison-Schleswig

Pride of Iowa Conference 

  • Central Decatur at Bedford

Other Games

  • Missouri Valley at Atlantic – ON KJAN and KJANTV
  • Bishop Heelan Catholic at Abraham Lincoln (DH)
  • Bondurant-Farrar at Martensdale-St. Marys
  • Boyer Valley at Panorama
  • CAM at Southwest Valley
  • Clarinda at Riverside
  • Clarke at Southeast Warren
  • Diagonal at Orient-Macksburg 
  • Earlham at Audubon
  • East Mills at Woodbine
  • Fremont-Mills at Shenandoah
  • Glenwood at Underwood
  • Glidden-Ralston at Kuemper Catholic
  • Knoxville at Creston
  • Lenox at Red Oak
  • Logan-Magnolia at West Harrison
  • Nodaway Valley at West Central Valley
  • Thomas Jefferson at Sioux City North (DH)
  • Tri-Center at Lewis Central
  • Whiting at West Monona

BASEBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference 

  • Glenwood at Atlantic
  • Harlan at Denison-Schleswig

Pride of Iowa Conference 

  • Central Decatur at Bedford

Other Games

  • Bishop Heelan Catholic at Abraham Lincoln (DH)
  • Clarinda at Underwood
  • Creston at Winterset
  • Earlham at Audubon
  • East Mills at Lenox
  • Fremont-Mills at Shenandoah
  • Nodaway Valley at Stanton
  • Pleasantville at Martensdale-St. Marys
  • St. Albert at Hinton
  • Thomas Jefferson at Sioux City North (DH)
  • Wayne at Lamoni

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Atlantic hosts Missouri Valley softball tonight on KJAN and KJANTV

Sports

July 9th, 2020 by admin

Trojan LogoThe Atlantic Trojans softball team will wrap up regular season play tonight against the Missouri Valley Lady Reds and we’ll have coverage on KJAN and KJANTV.

The Trojans are 14-1 and the Lady Reds are 3-10. Atlantic is coming off a win over Shenandoah on Tuesday night 8-3, completing an undefeated sweep through the Hawkeye Ten Conference. The Lady Reds are coming off a 10-2 loss to Woodbine on Wednesday night.

Our pregame coverage will start at about 7:15 p.m. with first pitch set for 7:30 p.m. You can listen on AM 1220, FM 101.1, or online at kjan.com. You can also catch live video of the game tonight as well on KJANTV.

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$100,000 reward offered for information about noose at Altoona construction site

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July 9th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A coalition of trade unions is putting up a 100-thousand dollar reward for tips that lead to an arrest in connection with a noose found hanging at a construction site in Altoona. Earl Agan is president of the Central Iowa Building Trades. “There’s absolutely, positively no place for this kind of behavior in the union construction industry,” Agan says, “and anything at all we can do to help bring whoever’s responsible for this to justice — and send a clear message to everybody else that this is not acceptable — we’re going to do.”

The noose was found at the Facebook Data Center. Investigators believe it was put there on Juneteenth, the holiday that marks the end of slavery in America. “There’s no way shape or form anybody should have to put up with this at the workplace,” Agan says, “and we don’t want anybody to feel unwanted when they come to work in the union construction industry.” The reward money comes from dues paid by construction workers across the country. “The general presidents and business managers of this area just felt strongly enough about it that we felt it was the right thing to do,” Agan says.

The Altoona Police Department is investigating the incident.  Agan says 50-thousand dollars will be paid if a tip leads to the arrest of a person or persons. The other half of the reward will be paid if there’s a conviction. The reward offer expires September 1st.

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2 arrested on warrants in Mills County

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July 9th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Two people were arrested on separate warrants today (Thursday), in Mills County. Authorities say 34-year old Colton Mitch MClain, of Bellevue, NE., was arrested at the Mills County Sheriff’s Office, on a warrant for Failure to Appear on the original charge of Violation of Probation. His bond was set at $1,000. And, 43-year old Michael Raymond Carver, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at the Mills County Jail, on a warrant for Harassment in the 3rd Degree. His bond was set at $2,000.

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