Today: Patchy fog this morning; otherwise Mostly Sunny. High 80. W @ 10.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 58.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cldy w/a chance of afternoon showers. High 77. SE @ 10-15mph.
Friday: Cldy to P/Cldy w/a chance of morning showers & tstrms. High 82.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High 86.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 74. Our Low this morning 51. Last year on this date our High was 76 and the Low was 48. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 100 in 1914. The Record Low was 41 in 1904.
(UPDATED) — Police in Red Oak arrested a man on an arson charge, Tuesday afternoon. 38-year old Luke Daniel Rinehart, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 2-p.m. Officers were sent to a residence in the 300 block of Second Avenue, with regard to a man that had set two lawn mowers on fire on his property. When authorities arrived on the scene, Rinehart was seen pouring gasoline inside of his residence. He was taken into custody before he was able to light the home on fire. Rinehart was charged with Arson in the 2nd Degree, and is held in the Montgomery County Jail on $10,000 bond.
Officials with the Iowa DOT’s Cherokee construction office said Tuesday, a road construction project on U.S. 30 east of the north junction with U.S. 59 in Denison will require closing the roadway to traffic starting at 7 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29, until 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, weather permitting.
During the closure, traffic will be detoured around the work zone using Seventh Street, Avenue C, Iowa 39, and U.S. 59.
The Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive with caution, obey the posted speed limit and other signs in the work area, and be aware that traffic fines for moving violations are at least double in work zones. As in all work zones, drivers should stay alert, allow ample space between vehicles, and wear seat belts.
Authorities in Adams County said Tuesday, that at around 1-p.m. that day, the Sheriff’s Office took a report of a Maroon car or suv stoping near the intersection of 10th Street and Adams, at around Noon, Tuesday. The reporting party stated that a male and female attempted to get a female child into their vehicle.
The child said “No,” and walked away. Later, it was reported that the female child said that the female from the vehicle told her to have some “crushed smarties” candies but the child stated it was white in color and refused.
The alleged incident was under investigation.
(Radio Iowa) — A group of about 400 motorcycles rumbled through northwest Iowa Tuesday morning, as part of a multi-state fundraising ride. The all-veteran American Legion Riders are on their 13th Annual American Legion Legacy Run from Hutchinson, Kansas to Anoka, Minnesota, near Minneapolis. Bob Sussan, the lead rider, says they’re on a mission.
“After Nine Eleven, we started a scholarship to pay for the college education of anybody that lost a parent on active duty since Nine Eleven,” Sussan says. “Now, we’ve opened it up two years ago to children of disabled, 50% or more.”
The needs-based American Legion Legacy Scholarship provides up to $20,000 per student per year for up to six years. Since the program was started in 2002, more than $13-million has been raised. Sussan says the Legacy Run and its riders are responsible for raising every dollar. “They do local rides, poker runs, things in their states, plus people bring donations here and we collect donations every day,” he says.
The American Legion Riders is a motorcycle association made up of more than 120,000 veterans. “They ride for the children, they say, ‘For the cause, not the applause,’ and so they’re riding for the children of the fallen and children of the disabled and they’re passionate about it,” Sussan says. “Most of these people have been on the ride for over ten years.”
The group made stops in several Iowa communities, including Audubon, Carroll and Spencer. The full ride will run about 11-hundred miles through Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. The 2018 American Legion Legacy Run is expected to raise more than $1.5 million. (Learn more at https://www.legion.org/riders/legacyrun)
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yadier Molina and Marcell Ozuna slugged two-run homers, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 to improve to a major league-best 16-4 in August. The Cardinals have homered in 14 straight games.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matt Adams is bringing his power bat back to the St. Louis Cardinals after they traded him to Atlanta more than a year ago. The contending Cardinals got the 29-year-old first baseman and left fielder in a deal with Washington.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Blake Snell helped Tampa Bay match a team record with 27 consecutive shutout innings and the Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 4-1. The scoreless stretch ended when Snell allowed a fifth-inning solo homer to Ryan O’Hearn. Snell struck out 11 and gave up four hits in six innings. The left-hander has 13 straight home starts of allowing one earned run or fewer, which is longest stretch in the majors since 1913, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Nationals have traded second baseman Daniel Murphy to the Chicago Cubs and first baseman Matt Adams to the St. Louis Cardinals. The Nationals are essentially throwing in the towel on a disappointing season with the moves. They have a losing record despite a roster that boasts such stars as Max Scherzer and Bryce Harper. Washington is in third place, 7½ games behind the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs signed Orlando Scandrick over the weekend in the hopes of helping their shaky secondary. There are injuries to safety Daniel Sorensen and cornerback Steven Nelson, and the uncertain health of Eric Berry. So there are still plenty of questions about what is already a questionable defensive backfield.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sophomore Ivory Kelly-Martin will likely start the season as Iowa’s top running back, according to offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz. The move could be categorized as a mild surprise given that fellow sophomore Toren Young was listed ahead of Kelly-Martin on a depth chart released in fall camp. But Kelly-Martin has shown Iowa’s coaches he has the potential to become an every-down back.
MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — The immigrant from Mexico charged in the kidnapping and murder of an Iowa college student worked at a dairy farm owned by the family of a prominent state Republican leader. Yarrabee Farms said in a statement that Cristhian Bahena Rivera had worked at its farms for the last four years and was an employee in good standing. The company said it was shocked to hear that Rivera had been charged in the death of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts. Spokesman Dane Lang said Tuesday night that Yarrabee Farms is a “small family farm” owned by him and his father, Craig Lang, who has long been a prominent Iowa farmer and political figure. Craig Lang previously served as president of the Iowa Farm Bureau and president of the Iowa Board of Regents, which governs the state’s public universities. In June, he lost a close GOP primary in the race for state agriculture secretary.
MANCHESTER, Iowa (AP) — A driver whose passenger drowned after the vehicle they were in broke through ice in eastern Iowa has been sentenced to up to 15 years. Television station KCRG reports that 37-year-old Joshua Juengel, of Manchester, was sentenced Tuesday. A witness spotted Juengel’s vehicle doing doughnuts on the ice before it plunged into the frigid water of Lake Delhi on Jan. 8. The body of 23-year-old Alex Salow was found in the vehicle.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha World-Herald is eliminating 23 positions from its staff, including 10 employees who were laid off. The layoffs were announced in a memo sent to the newspaper’s staff. The company will also leave eight jobs unfilled, and five other employees will retire. Omaha World-Herald President Phil Taylor says in the memo that the newspaper’s print advertising revenue continues to decline in certain categories, specifically among large national retailers.
(DES MOINES) – Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announced Tuesday, 49 Iowa school districts and schools will receive money from a new $1 million fund to build their computer science teacher workforce. The funding is part of a broader effort to expand computer science education in schools across the state. This effort is in line with the Future Ready Iowa initiative, which is about preparing more Iowans for rewarding, high-demand jobs and getting employers the skilled workers they need.
Among the school districts (locally), was: Hamburg; Nodaway Valley; and West Central Valley. Schools will use the incentive fund to pay for professional learning or university coursework for teaching endorsements in computer science.
The new computer science professional development incentive fund, along with new voluntary statewide computer science standards, were established as part of a 2017 bill that encourages high-quality computer science instruction in every elementary, middle and high school.
The incentive fund, announced in June, drew 29 applications representing 49 public school districts and nonpublic schools in urban, rural and suburban parts of the state. One application represented a team of rural elementary, middle and high schools within Keystone Area Education Agency in northeast Iowa.
All 49 schools and districts will receive funding to pay for a range of teacher preparation, including courses for teaching endorsements, intensive training, conferences and professional learning programs that prepare educators to provide high-quality instruction in computer science. Award recipients will report on their progress by the end of the 2018-19 school year.
Iowa legislators set aside $500,000 for the incentive fund. The rest of the money will come from a 2007 settlement of an Iowa class-action anti-trust lawsuit filed against Microsoft Corp. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Iowans who had bought the company’s programs at allegedly inflated prices, and the settlement agreement included setting aside a portion of unclaimed money for technology in Iowa schools.
The Atlantic School District’s Board of Education met in a brief Special Session, Tuesday evening, at the High School Media Center. During the meeting, the Board approved a Sharing Agreement with the Harlan Community School District for Girls Swimming. Atlantic already shares Girls Swimming with Audubon and Clarinda.
The Board also approved two Open Enrollment’s into- and One Open Enrollment out of- the District. A family from Griswold is in the process of moving to Atlantic with their two sons who had wished to open enroll, while the other family is planning to move to Griswold. The Griswold School Board approved both Open Enrollment applications during their meeting Monday night.
Prior to the vote, Board member Jenny Williams asked “What is the purpose of the deadline…because school hasn’t started yet?” Superintendent Steve Barber said “The deadline for Kindergarten students is September 1st. But it’s March 1st of the previous year for the next year.” Those deadlines are set by State Code. Barber said it’s more of a responsibility on the parent to say “I want my child to go to this school next school year.”
Board member Doctor Keith Swanson said “What we’re here for is to help the kids get an education. I see no reason we can’t transfer those [students].” Board Vice President Kristy Pellett said the only other concern she had was keeping track of where kids are, so kids aren’t lost in the shuffle. Enrollment by the March deadline, it was noted, helps to determine class size.
In other business, the Board contract recommendations for:
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa, in conjunction with the Big Ten Conference, announced its men’s basketball Big Ten schedule for the 2018-19 season Tuesday.
For the first time in league history, the Big Ten schedule consists of 20 games. Of Iowa’s 10 home conference games, eight will be played on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday on Mediacom Court at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Iowa’s two early Big Ten games are home versus Wisconsin on Friday, Nov. 30, and at Michigan State on Monday, Dec. 3. It will mark the seventh time in nine years that the Hawkeyes will open league play at home under head coach Fran McCaffery.
Iowa’s eight weekend home games, include three on Friday evenings (Wisconsin on Nov. 30; Michigan on Feb. 1; Indiana on Feb. 22), three on Sundays (Nebraska on Jan. 6; Illinois on Jan. 20; Northwestern on Feb. 10), and two on Saturdays (Ohio State on Jan. 12; Rutgers on March 2). The Hawkeyes will play their final two Big Ten games away from home (Wisconsin on March 7; Nebraska on March 10), marking just the second time in nine seasons that Iowa’s regular season finale is on the road.
Iowa will play seven teams twice and six teams once. The Hawkeyes will compete against Indiana, Michigan State, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Rutgers, and Wisconsin twice. Iowa will host Illinois, Maryland, and Michigan, and travel to Minnesota, Penn State, and Purdue.
Iowa’s two conference “byes” come between games played Sunday, Jan. 27 and Friday, Feb. 1 and Sunday, Feb. 10 and Saturday, Feb. 16.
Overall, Iowa will play 19 home games in 2018-19, which includes an exhibition game Nov. 4 versus Guilford College, before the regular season tips off Nov. 8, against UMKC.
Iowa returns 12 players, including all five starters, from last year’s squad. The Hawkeyes will be led by juniors Tyler Cook and Jordan Bohannon. Cook led Iowa in both scoring (15.3) and rebounding (6.8), while Bohannon led the team in assists (178) and 3-pointers (96) and was second in scoring (13.5).
Game times and television information for each game will be announced at a later date.
Iowa has ranked in the top 30 in national attendance each of the past six seasons, including placing in the top 25 five of the last six years.
Fans can request season tickets for the upcoming basketball season at the UI Athletics Ticket Office at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, over the phone at 1-800-IA-HAWKS, or online at hawkeyesports.com/tickets.
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