The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office is requesting motorists refrain from driving on Waubonsie Avenue, between Bluff Road and Bartlett. Authorities say numerous drivers have gone through the construction site, and it has become dangerous for construction workers. Drivers’ actions are also hindering progress on and completion of, the road.
The only access to Bartlett is via Interstate 29. Citations will be issued to all non-construction vehicles entering the construction site.
(Radio Iowa) — Upper Iowa’s football season opener will now be September 12th at Concordia University in St. Paul. The move comes after NCAA Division II approved a 10 game schedule for the upcoming season. The Peacocks original opener against Minnesota-Duluth has been moved to the end of the season.
That’s Upper Iowa coach Jason Hoskins, who says the change means they will not play all the other teams in the south division.
Hoskins says they are thrilled to have a season to prepare for.
(Radio Iowa) – Iowa has announced a pause in ticket sales for the upcoming football season. Athletic director Gary Barta says ticket sales are paused until there is a clearer picture of what Kinnick Stadium will look like for the September fifth season opener against UNI.
That was Barta in May discussing options. Only season ticket holders who have renewed by June 30 will be included in potential seating plans. Barta says they are looking at several reduced seating models.
Barta says they hope to finalize a seating model by late July.
The Hawkeye Express, which has provided fans train transportation from a satellite parking lot in Coralville to Kinnick Stadium since 2006, will not be operational for the 2020 football season because of the potential of reduced capacity. Fans who had purchased tickets for the Hawkeye Express will have an opportunity for a refund or credit toward other parking options
The Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund has donated $500 to the Atlantic Kiwanis Club. The funds will be used for the Kiwanis’ bike helmet project. Fund spokesperson (Trevor’s mom) Melanie Petty says, “Even with the craziness of schools closing in mid March due to COVID the Kiwanis members were able to safely supply each 3rd grader with a helmet to keep them safe while out riding their bikes. This project is special to the fund as Trevor was a recipient when he was in grade school. We are happy to help keep this long standing tradition of giving the gift of safety going!”
Kiwanis member Deb Schuler with Smith Land Service receives a check for $500 from Grant Petty w/the Frederickson Fund.
The Trevor Frederickson fund which was started in 2009 when Trevor suddenly passed away, has been able to give back over $250,000.00 to the community and things he loved. All funds are raised during the annual TFred Memorial Golf Tournament. This years tournament will be held on Saturday, August 8th at Nishna Hills.
Petty says “We are looking forward to another great day of golf and friendship.” If you are interested in golfing, becoming a hole sponsor and donating an item to our silent auction please contact Melanie Petty at 712-249-3696.
Mills County Public Health officials today (Monday), reported two new, positive cases of COVID-19. The total number of positive cases in Mills County now stands at 31, with 23 of those affected persons, having recovered from the virus. A total of 1,761 residents of the county have been tested for COVID-19.
The latest cases are adults. One is age 41-to 60. The other is 19-to 40-years of age. One case was the result of community spread. The other through close contact. Mills County Public Health reminds residents “It is now more important than ever to practice social distancing, frequent hand washing with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, and to cover coughs and sneezes with either a tissue, your elbow and/or upper arm. Also, please stay home if you are ill.
Here’s a reminder: As part of the effort to expand COVID-19 testing across the state, Test Iowa will open a new site in Atlantic, Tuesday (June 23). The site will be operated by Cass County Health System. All Test Iowa tests are performed as a drive-thru service on the northwest side of 1500 East 10th Street.
Individuals who wish to get tested at the Test Iowa site must follow these steps:
You will receive an email from Test Iowa with a link to your test results as soon as they are ready. The information will be sent to the email address you provided when answering the survey. Clinic sites are partnerships between the State of Iowa and local health care providers to increase access to testing in their communities. Clinics operate and staff the test sites. The state provides testing supplies and processes the samples through the State Hygienic Lab. Locations and hours of operation for all test sites can be found at testiowa.com or coronavirus.iowa.gov. More information about testing at the Atlantic site can be found at casshealth.org/testiowa.
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(Radio Iowa) — Republican Senator Joni Ernst posted a short video online this (Monday) morning, challenging Democratic opponent Theresa Greenfield to half a dozen debates before the November election. “You know, I haven’t heard Theresa Greenfield say one thing that Chuck Schumer hasn’t told her to say and that’s not what Iowans expect in a leader, so I’m challenging Miss Greenfield to six debates, two each month, starting in August,” Ernst said. “Let’s let Iowans hear what we have to say.”
Schumer is the Democratic leader in the U.S. Senate. A spokesman for Greenfield’s campaign says after a new poll shows Ernst trailing Greenfield, Ernst is following Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s desperate playbook for failing senators around the country. One of Ernst’s top advisors amplified the senator’s message on Twitter when the man who founded Iowa Starting Line commented on Ernst’s video, suggesting that once again, a man was stepping in trying to speak for Greenfield.
Sam Newton, a spokesman for the Greenfield campaign, says Greenfield participated in three televised debates and six public forums prior to this month’s primary and looks forward to debating Ernst this fall.
(Radio Iowa) — The Iowa D-N-R is offering a course again this year designed to teach all you need to know about hunting deer from start to finish. The D-N-R’s Jaime Cook oversees the “Field to Fork” program. “It’s a program designed for adults who have very little or no hunting experience to get a chance to get out and try it in the field,” he explains. You are taught how to use a compound bow to hunt deer and are also taught how to dress the deer and prepare the meat to put in your freezer. Cook says the shows on T-V make it seem like a simple thing to do. “Looks can be very deceiving, you can watch a ten-minute YouTube video and feel like you are ready to take it on,” Cook says. “I am relatively new to deer hunting myself — just been hunting about five years — you know it’s tiresome by the time you get your animal down, you find it you trail it and then you start to field dress it.”
He says the course takes you through the whole process with experts. “As we approach the fall they are going to have some study at-home lessons, we’ll be providing some printed material as well as some online video supplements,” according to Cook. “They’ll all need to make sure they have hunter education requirements satisfied her in the state as well. We’ll have some online zoom meetings or video chats to have some Q&A as well.” The D-N-R will also provide some in-person instruction in how to best prepare the venison for storage and eating. “We will have someone on hand that will walk them through how to field dress, how to butcher, how to prepare their meet for freezer storage, and then we are going to be working with a local chef,” Cook says.
He says the idea is to get more people into hunting and also fill the need for those who want to bring home their own meat. “Quite the freezer filler I should say in terms of being able to go out and do it yourself. And that’s also a bit thing, people are really concerned about where their meat comes from these days and they want to have an active part in procuring it and bringing it home,” Cook says. The Ames classes for the Field to Fork program have already filled, but they are accepting applications for Waterloo classes.
The program is limited to ten people at each site, and you can learn more details online or fill out an application at IowaDNR.gov.
(Radio Iowa) — Former Vice President Joe Biden will be the keynote speaker at the Iowa Democratic Party’s “virtual” fundraiser next week. Due to the pandemic, the annual event will be livestreamed. The Hall of Fame dinner honors Iowa Democratic Party volunteers and elected officials. This year’s dinner will be held on Sunday evening, July 26th. Biden will formally be named the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nominee at the party’s national convention, which has been delayed until mid-August.
In early June of LAST YEAR, the Iowa Democratic Party’s Hall of Fame dinner featured 19 of the party’s presidential candidates. Biden was not among them. He attended a grandchild’s graduation that weekend.
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