Deputies in Pottawattamie County who were dispatched to the 34 mile marker on Highway 6, Thursday, arrested a man in Oakland associated with an accident. Officials say 25-year old Jacob Ryan Craft, of Council Bluffs, was taken into custody for providing False Identification Information. He was transported to the Pott. County Jail.
LAKE PANORAMA – DNR conservation officers held a special enforcement project on Lake Panorama on July 7 coming in contact with 51 boats with a total of 206 individuals. The specialized enforcement project took place from 4:00pm to 10:30pm and involved 11 DNR conservation officers and water patrol officers and resulted in the following:
By the numbers:
7 Citations
4 No Personal Flotation Device
1 Overloaded Vessel
1 Speed and Distance
1 No fire extinguisher
18 Warnings
3 Blue lights on boat
5 No capacity number displayed
3 Registration Violations
1 Speed and Distance
3 No Type IV (throwable flotation device)
3 Fire extinguisher violations
10 field sobriety tests were performed, resulting in 3 BWI arrests
1 count of Child Endangerment
1 stranded motorist assist
1 assist county sheriff deputy with burglar alarm
Jeremy King, DNR conservation officer, said “This was an extremely successful project and I have no doubt this project saved lives and deters unlawful activity on the lake in the future. We’ve heard from numerous boaters and others around Lake Panorama that were very pleased to have the heightened enforcement project and extra law enforcement presence.”
The Atlantic Parks and Recreation Department-sponsored “Movies in the Park” for tonight, has been cancelled. Parks and Rec Director Seth Staashelm reports the event was cancelled due to the expected rain and possible flash flooding. The Parks Department apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause, and they invite you to join them August 17th at the Rotary Sheltger in Schildberg Park, to watch “Jumanji – Welcome to the Jungle.”
The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports two separate arrests took place, Thursday. At around 7:05-p.m., 33-year old Jamie Lea Petersen, of Council Bluffs, was arrested on a warrant for Compulsory Education Violation. And, at around 11:45-a.m., 26-year old Travis Carl Boyer, of Canyon Lake, TX, was arrested at the Douglas County, NE. jail, on a warrant for Fugitive from Justice and for being a Fugitive from Justice. He was being held without bond.
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Officials at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic report “Dry needling” is the topic for the next session of Healthy U, scheduled for noon on July 19th at Cass County Health System. Ryan Legg, DPT, CLT and Dan Vogel, DPT, will present together on what dry needling is, what it is used for, and the science and training behind it. Vogel says “Dry needling is performed by a physical therapist to treat pain. Most patients have great success with dry needling and feel relief right away.”
Ryan Legg, DPT, performs dry needling on a patient’s hip.
Healthy U is a free educational lunch series at Cass County Health System held monthly in Conference Room 2. The public is invited and welcome to attend, but reservations are required as lunch is provided for all attendees. Call 712-243-7479 to reserve your seat.
Numerous law enforcement agencies are currently in a high speed pursuit of a man on a “crotch rocket” type motorcycle. The chase entered the northern limits of Atlantic past the KJAN studios at around 9:25-a.m. The rider got to about the Troublesome Creek bridge on Olive Street, where a road block was set up. He turned around and went north on Olive to the interstate. Speeds were estimated at 125-to 130 miles per hour. When he flew past KJAN the man was wearing a white shirt, shorts or blue jeans, and was carrying a backpack. He was also wearing a helmet. Law enforcement entities involved in the chase include Iowa State Patrol, Cass County Sheriff’s Department, Atlantic Police, Iowa Dept. of Motor Vehicle Enforcement and Iowa DNR.
The chase was still underway on I-80 westbound near Shelby, at 9:45-a.m. It’s not clear what precipitated the pursuit or why the man is running.
The founder of Sukup Manufacturing in Sheffield died Thursday at a Mason City hospital at the age of 89. According to the company’s history, Eugene Sukup developed the company in 1962 after looking for a way to improve the grain drying process inside grain bins. He developed and patented the Stirway stirring machine at a local welding shop in Sheffield and began selling the product. Since then, Sukup’s innovative thinking led to him being awarded over 80 patents and numerous awards for the company’s innovations. Sukup served as company president for 32 years before turning the position over to his son, Charles, in 1995. Sukup’s family members now run the business , which employs more than 600 people.
(Radio Iowa)
With hundreds of Iowa homes damaged or destroyed by flooding just this month, the director of the National Flood Insurance program is launching a campaign to get more people to buy flood insurance and to focus on addressing hazards ahead of time. Dave Maurstad says the effort is working to close the insurance gap. “We estimate that 40% of the properties in the high-risk area have flood insurance coverage and we need to do much better than that,” Maurstad says. “We’ve set a goal within the Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration to double the number of properties covered by flood insurance by 2022.”
Difficult, back-to-back hurricane seasons and events such as inland flooding, wildfires and mudslides helped shape the new strategy. Maurstad says the highest priority of the strategic plan is to develop what he calls a “culture of preparedness.” “When we look at how the nation responds to natural disasters, insurance is a key part of it,” Maurstad says. “Event after event shows not enough people have the right kind at the right limits of insurance that could really help them and their communities recover so much faster.”
There are now about five-million flood insurance policy-holders in the nation, generating about five-billion dollars in revenue. For homeowners in low- to medium-risk areas, preferred-risk flood insurance policies can cost around $500 a year. For those in high-risk flood zones, the cost can rise to around $2,000. Maurstad says homeowners need to become better informed about the areas where they live and make changes before the next storm hits. “Part of it is how we can make sure people know what their risk is, so they can take the right steps to mitigate their properties,” Maurstad says. “They can either elevate them, storm-proof them or do something to help minimize the damage, and in some cases, identify areas that maybe we shouldn’t be developing in.”
Maurstad says one goal of FEMA and the National Flood Insurance Program is to quadruple the amount of investment in mitigation by 2022. He says that would allow the nation to bounce back faster from natural disasters.
(Radio Iowa)
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