Coca-Cola Days is coming up on September 27th and 28th, in Atlantic. This year, the event does not coincide with AHS Homecoming, so the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce is encouraging businesses to Paint the Town Red for Coke Days that week. 

If you would like to decorate your window(s) but are lacking some supplies there are a few members of the Coke Days committee that would love to help you out! Please contact Ashley for assistance at the Atlantic Area Chamber at 712-243-3017 or ashley@atlanticiowa.com.

Police in Creston report a man was arrested early this (Thursday) morning, for Public Intoxication. 54-year old Craig Hauser, whose city of residence was not available at the time of the report, was taken into custody at around 1:30-a.m. He was being held in the Union County Jail on a $300 bond.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A former janitor has pleaded guilty to taking pictures of women in an eastern Iowa college locker room. Linn County court records say 46-year-old Jeffrey Pospisil entered the pleas Wednesday to two counts of invasion of privacy. His sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 18.

The investigation began when students at Cornell College in Mount Vernon reported seeing a cellphone held in an open doorway leading to the locker room. A coach found Pospisil in the area. He was an employee with a business that provides custodial service for the college. He told police he had been texting on the phone. But a search of the phone revealed more than 100 images taken in the locker room as students were fully or partially nude.

Pospisil was fired from his job.

The Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund recently donated $500 to the District Special Olympics Bowling Event which will be held in Atlantic on October 4th and 5th.  Fund spokesperson and Trevor’s mom, Melanie Petty said “We are pleased to be able to help with this event again this year and hope that all of the participants have a wonderful weekend of bowling and friendship!”

Grant Petty and Gaylord Schelling are pictured (Photo courtesy Melanie Petty)

The Fund recently held their 11th Annual Golf Tournament and all proceeds from their event will go to things that meant something to Trevor.  Petty says they are looking forward to an amazing year of giving back to the community in Trev’s name.  The fund is a 501(c)3 non profit organization and to date has been able to give back upwards of $220,000.00.  Plans are already in the works for the 12th Annual TFred Memorial Golf Tournament to be held on August 8th, 2020.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Officials say help for Iowa motorists will be available for more hours and at more places along the state’s highways. The Iowa Transportation Department announced Wednesday that it is expanding Highway Helper to the Davenport area and is increasing hours of the free service in Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Des Moines and Iowa City.

Highway Helper workers aid stranded drivers in replacing flat tires, jump-starting vehicles and obtaining fuel for empty tanks. The workers will transport stranded drivers to safe locations to make arrangements if extensive repairs are needed.

Highway Helper vehicles patrol high-traffic roadways looking drivers who need help. The department also uses traffic cameras to spot stranded drivers. The department said in a news release that if people are stranded and need assistance, “the safest thing to do is call 911.”