Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High around 80. NE @ 10-15.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy w/rain & tstrms. Low 59. N @ 10-15.
Tomorrow: Mo. Cldy w/rain ending in the morning; High 71. NW @ 20-35.
Thursday: Mo. Sunny. High 80.
Friday: Mo. Sunny. High 82.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 92. Our Low this morning, 71. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 72 and the Low, 48. The Record High was 101 in 1985. The Record Low was 38 in 1915.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
UNDATED (AP) — Iowa football players returned to campus to prepare for voluntary workouts amid an uproar. Former players over the past several days alleged systemic racism and other mistreatment in the program. The team’s strength coach, Chris Doyle, has been placed on administrative leave and coach Kirk Ferentz’s leadership was called into question. About two dozen current players took to social media to voice messages of unity. None complained directly about his treatment.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska says receiver JD Spielman has put his name into the transfer portal. Spielman is the first player to put together three straight 800-yard receiving seasons for the Cornhuskers and leaves No. 3 in career receptions and yards. Nebraska coach Scott Frost announced in March that Spielman had left the team to deal with an unspecified health matter and probably would miss all of spring practice. Spielman would have been a senior in eligibility this fall. It was unclear if he’s on track to graduate this summer, which would make him immediately eligible at his next school. He is the son of Minnesota Vikings general manager Rick Spielman.
NEW YORK (AP) — Over the years, baseball’s amateur draft has featured big hits, bad calls and even back-to-back home runs. Now, it’s about to enter the next phase of an ongoing development — same as all those young prospects who get picked every year. This year’s event, which begins Wednesday night, was slashed from 40 rounds to five because of the coronavirus pandemic. And with more permanent changes possibly coming, including a new home on the horizon, the June draft that began in 1965 might never look the same.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:50 a.m. CDT
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A leader of recent protests against police brutality and racial injustice in Iowa City has been ordered jailed on a probation violation after police charged him with unlawful assembly. Police arrested 20-year-old Mazin Mohamedali on Sunday evening on charges of unlawful assembly and disorderly conduct for his role in a June 3 protest near Interstate 80 that ended with officers using tear gas and flash grenades to disperse the crowd. Mohamedali has been an outspoken member of a group calling itself the Iowa Freedom Riders. He has delivered speeches ad led chants during several days of marches and gatherings throughout the city.
ELKADER, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a motorcyclist has died in a crash with a farm tractor on a northeastern Iowa highway. The Iowa State Patrol says the crash happened just before 6:30 p.m. Saturday when 50-year-old David Bushaw, of Oelwein, was traveling westbound on Clayton Road and crossed the center line when he entered a curve in the highway. The patrol says Bushaw’s motorcycle encountered the tractor in the eastbound lanes, colliding head-on with it. Bushaw died at the scene. Investigators say the 18-year-old driver of the tractor was not hurt.
UNDATED (AP) — Police in Iowa are investigating after a black man found the initials for the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan organization scrawled on his vehicle. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports the initials KKK were written in a waxy substance on the back and front passenger side, apparently while the vehicle was parked at the Baymont Inn in Waterloo sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning. No arrests have been made in the case.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Public outrage over the death of George Floyd is spilling over into small town America. Rallies have surfaced in places such as Norfolk, Nebraska, and Sioux City, Iowa, drawing hundreds of people in communities that are mostly white. Experts who study race relations say the protests illustrate the degree to which the movement demanding social justice has spread, fueled by social media and persistent but less visible racism experienced by minorities in smaller cities. The gatherings have been largely peaceful although some turned to violence and vandalism.
The Iowa State Patrol reports six people were injured in a crash at around 7:25-p.m Sunday, in Harrison County. Authorities say when a 2014 Chevy Impala driven by 21-year old Ruby Lopez-Milagros, of Omaha, failed to navigate a curve on Highway 30, east of 9th Street in Missouri Valley. the car crossed the center line of the road and struck an eastbound 2012 GMC Yukon, driven by 35-year old Stephanie Renee Martindale, of Turin (IA).
Lopez-Milagros and four passengers in her car, 25-year old Armando Rodriguez, 19-year old Kevin Lucio, and 18-year old Hector Jose De Jesus Ramirez, all of Omaha, along with 19-year old Kevin Suria, of Bellevue, NE., were transported to the hospitals in Omaha or Missouri Valley. Their injuries ranged from minor to serious. Three of the injured, Suria, Lucio and Ramirez, were not wearing a seat belt.
Martindale suffered minor injuries, and was transported to the Missouri Valley hospital by a family member. The accident remains under investigation.
Officials with Pottawattamie County Public Health, today (Monday), confirmed 18 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, one new case on Sunday, and 30 new cases today (Monday). Of the newly reported cases, two individuals are from Oakland, one each is from Carter Lake, Crescent, Neola, and Underwood. The rest are from Council Bluffs. Two of the individuals were epi-linked, while the others were tested between June 1st and June 7th.
According to the State’s coronavirus dashboard, 4,657 Pottawattamie County residents have been tested for COVID-19 (as of June 8th), with 371 having tested positive. Including epi-linked cases, PCPH reports a total of 412 COVID-19 cases. Of those, 226 persons have recovered, four are hospitalized, and 164 persons are self-isolating. Based on PCPH contact tracing investigations, 109 Pott. County COVID-19 cases are the result of community spread.
Police in Iowa are investigating after a black man found the initials for the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan organization scrawled on his vehicle. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports the initials KKK were written in a waxy substance on the back and front passenger side, apparently while the vehicle was parked at the Baymont Inn in Waterloo sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning. No arrests have been made in the case.
Montgomery County Auditor Stephanie Burke reports an audit of the June 2nd Primary Election will be held this Thursday, June 11th. The Secretary of State’s Office ordered the post-election audit, and by random selection, Precinct 5 will be the precinct audited. The polling place location for Precinct 5 is the Grant Fire Station (which was combined with the Stanton Fire Station this election).
The Montgomery County Auditor’s Office will conduct the audit beginning at 9-a.m., Thursday. The audit will take place in the North meeting room in the Courthouse, in Red Oak. The proceeding is open to the public.
MICHAEL GREGG, 50, of Huntington, W. VA, died May 29th, at home. Funeral services for MICHAEL GREGG will be held 11-a.m. Thursday, June 11th, at the Loess Hills Funeral Home in Carson.
Visitation at the funeral home will be held two hours prior to the service, from 9:00 to 11:00 AM.; Condolences and memories may be left on his tribute page at www.loesshillsfuneralhome.com
Burial will be in the Macedonia Cemetery.
Memorials may be directed to St. Jude Children’s Hospital
MIKE GREGG is survived by:
His parents – Marvin (Pat) Gregg) & Marilyn Edmondson
His wife – Linda (Lindy) Summers-Gregg
His son – Corey Nevenhoven
His daughters – Amber Gregory, Marilee Gregg, and Rayana Gregg.
His sisters – Michele (Pete) Scheldt and Marci (Stacey) Gregg.
2 grandchildren, and his niece Mackenzie Scheldt.
Health officials in Mills County, Monday (Today), confirmed one additional positive cases of COVID-19. The case is an individual between 19 and 40-years old, who contracted the virus by community spread. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Mills County is 21, with all but one of those persons having recovered.
Officials say 1,358 residents have been tested. And, that “With summer all but here, we would like to remind people that public and community swimming pools are allowed to open strictly for lap swim and/or swimming lessons.” Those rules do not apply however, to pools owned by individual families.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A leader of recent protests against police brutality and racial injustice in Iowa City has been ordered jailed on a probation violation after police charged him with unlawful assembly. Police arrested 20-year-old Mazin Mohamedali on Sunday evening on charges of unlawful assembly and disorderly conduct for his role in a June 3 protest near Interstate 80 that ended with officers using tear gas and flash grenades to disperse the crowd.
This June 7, 2020 photo provided by the Johnson County jail in Iowa City, Iowa, shows Mazin Mohamedali. Mohamedali, a leader of protests against police brutality and racial injustice in Iowa City, was charged with unlawful assembly for his role in a June 3, 2020 protest in which activists shut down roadways before facing tear gas. He was ordered jailed Monday June 8, on a probation violation. (Johnson County jail via AP)
Mohamedali has been an outspoken member of a group calling itself the Iowa Freedom Riders. He has delivered speeches ad led chants during several days of marches and gatherings throughout the city.
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