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DES MOINES – Salute Gymnastics of Atlantic got back into action at the Chow’s Winter Classic, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, after nearly 11 months off due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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IOWA CITY – The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Tuesday the 10 semifinalists for the 2021 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award, which includes University of Iowa sophomore Joe Wieskamp.
Scammers are targeting the elderly again, according to officials with the Cass County Sheriff’s office.
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As the snow piles up, the shovels and the snow blowers start to come out. However, the National Safety Council says moving snow can actually be dangerous for a person’s health, especially those who aren’t normally that active.
ATLANTIC – Atlantic school staff will be eligible to start receiving COVID-19 vaccines starting on Feb. 1, Atlantic Superintendent Steve Barber said Monday.
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DES MOINES – Salute Gymnastics of Atlantic got back into action at the Chow’s Winter Classic, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, after nearly 11 months off due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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IOWA CITY – The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Tuesday the 10 semifinalists for the 2021 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award, which includes University of Iowa …
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CEDAR FALLS – No. 13 Iowa State’s (4-1, 1-0 Big 12) matchup with No. 18 Oklahoma (2-2, 1-1 Big 12) came down to the final bout to determine a winner.
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Carter Cox, Cumberland University wrestling:Ranked eighth nationally at 125, Cox picked up a 12-4 major decision over University of the Cumberlands’ Gage Hudson. It wasn’t enough as the Patrio…
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ATLANTIC – In Dan Vargason’s mind, Urbandale didn’t take control of their game against his Atlantic girls’ basketball team.
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On Dec. 31, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office brought Rex Dean McDermott, 53, of Atlantic, to the Cass County Jail on a court ordered hold. He was released on $22,000 bond on Jan. 4.
Jan Mueller Conn of Griswold will celebrate her 90th Birthday on Jan. 30. Family members suggest a card shower, and cards may be sent to her at 600 5th Street, Griswold, Iowa 51535.
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AUDUBON — A group of volunteers and board members of Audubon County Economic Development were probably tired after they spent time cleaning up a property at 408 Market Street, including moving hundreds of old tires, to prepare it for demolition.
Officials with the Cass/Atlantic Development Corporation are partnering with Iowa Workforce Development and Iowa Economic Development Authority to complete a Laborshed employment study for the Cass area. This study will geographically define which communities contribute to Cass workforce, re…
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CASS COUNTY – There’s a new face at Cass/Atlantic Development Corporation (CADCO). Jessi Klever started as assistant to CADCO Executive Director Jennifer McEntaffer on May 11.
ATLANTIC – The Atlantic Chamber received $2,000 worth of gift cards as part of a $200,000 donation from Fareway Stores, Inc. to Iowa Chamber of Commerce Executives (ICCE. Donations are given to chambers in communities with Fareway stores. They will be given to small businesses in the Atlanti…
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A roundup of legislative and Capitol news items of interest from Tuesday:
Gov. Kim Reynolds is looking forward to “building those same relationships” with President Joe Biden and his Environmental Protection Agency staff that she had with the Trump administration to protect biofuels, Reynolds said during Tuesday’s virtual Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit.
SIOUX CITY -- The number of deaths in Siouxland attributed to COVID-19 grew by just one on Tuesday, public health officials announced, continuing a trend of not only fewer deaths, but also fewer positive novel coronavirus cases and hospitalizations.
SPRINGFIELD -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has launched an investigation to determine whether Illinois has violated federal law by enacting and enforcing the 2019 Reproductive Health Act which, among other things, requires certain health insurance plans to cover abortion services.
Since Democrats gained complete control of the federal lawmaking levers in the 2020 elections, some Congressional leaders from both major political parties have expressed support for the return of earmarks, the practice of funding specific projects in broader spending bills.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Jaden Shackelford scored 21 points to help No. 9 Alabama beat Kentucky 70-59 on Tuesday night and complete its first regular season two-game sweep over the Wildcats since 1989.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Yves Pons scored 13 points and No. 18 Tennessee overcame a miserable shooting night to beat Mississippi State 56-53 Tuesday night.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Armando Bacot scored a season-high 21 points and had 10 rebounds to lead North Carolina to a 75-65 victory over Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyler Burton scored a career-high 25 points on 10-for-13 shooting and Richmond routed Saint Joseph’s 79-56 on Tuesday night.
GREEN BAY — Aaron Rodgers has a gift: the ability to answer a question truthfully, and in a way that placates those who are able to hear what they want to hear in his response — while still not clearly answering the question at hand.
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CASS COUNTY — While Iowa is expanding the groups who can get a COVID-19 vaccination from age 75 to age 65 starting next month, there is still the problem of whether or not those vaccine doses will be on hand as the federal government hasn’t sent the state more doses yet, officials said Thursday.
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ATLANTIC — The vaccine for Phase 1B of the COVID-19 hasn’t arrived in Cass County but the Iowa Infectious Disease Advisory Council (IDAC) has given recommendations on prioritizing vaccinations for Phase 1B to the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH), another step closer to getting all sta…
LC Clinic is holding its annual Diaper Drive from Jan. 17 through Feb. 28. Huggies & Pampers in sizes Newborn,1,2,3,4,5 and 6 are needed for the Atlantic clinic opening soon at 507 Chestnut Street, and for the existing Creston and Stuart clinics. Please deliver diapers to one of the dro…
ATLANTIC – Cass County Health System has been named one of America’s Best Hospitals for Emergency Care by the Women’s Choice Award®, America’s trusted referral source for the best in healthcare. The award signifies that Cass County Health System is in the top one percent of 4,542 U.S. hospit…
Atlantic – Cass County Health System’s Senior Life Solutions, an intensive outpatient group therapy program for seniors, successfully made the transition to providing services remotely due to COVID-19 safety precautions.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two lawmakers announced plans Tuesday to introduce legislation that would put Minnesota among 25 other states and Washington, D.C., in legalizing sports betting, hoping to change their luck after attempts in past years failed to gain support.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are preparing to push ahead quickly on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package even if it means using procedural tools to pass the legislation on their own, leaving Republicans behind.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Janet Yellen, sworn in Tuesday as the nation's 78th Treasury secretary and the first woman to hold the office, said in a message to the department's 84,000 employees that they would play a major role in addressing the country's biggest economic challenges.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Female soldiers can let their hair down, and flash a little nail color under new rules being approved by the Army. But male soldiers will still have to shave.
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia and the United States traded documents Tuesday to extend their last remaining nuclear arms control treaty days before it is due to expire, the Kremlin said.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union called Tuesday on U.S. President Joe Biden to help draw up a common rule book to rein in the power of big tech companies like Facebook and Twitter and combat the spread of fake news that is eating away at Western democracies.
MOSCOW (AP) — A top ally of Alexei Navalny vowed Tuesday to keep up the fight to free the jailed Russian opposition leader and his battle to influence this year's parliamentary election despite a government crackdown on nationwide protests and its attempts to create a climate of fear.
LONDON (AP) — For nine months, Gordon Bonner has been in the “hinterlands of despair and desolation” after losing his wife of 63 years to the coronavirus pandemic that has now taken the lives of more than 100,000 people in the United Kingdom.
President Joe Biden has said repeatedly that he wants unity — its has been a recurring theme throughout his campaign, and one that is repeated by Democrats throughout government. Biden used the phrase 11 times in his inauguration speech alone. The question now is does he really mean it or is…
Some years ago, my wife and I were walking along the edge of a horse pasture when a stampede broke out. We heard them before we saw them. Nine big mares -- Shire/thoroughbred crosses -- went thundering past at a dead gallop, a thrilling and somewhat scary sight.
President Trump is now former President Trump. With Joe Biden now President Biden, Democrats control the White House, the House and the Senate. An ambitious agenda lies ahead for the new Democratic administration. And yet there are signs that some Democrats’ obsession with Donald Trump — the…
“If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.”
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Immigrant rights activists energized by a new Democratic administration and majorities on Capitol Hill are gearing up for a fresh political battle to help push through President Joe Biden's proposed immigration bill. (Jan. 26)
