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Supply Chain issues affecting School Lunch Menus
(Atlantic) The supply chain crisis affects just about every U.S. enterprise, and school lunch programs are no exception. Atlantic Schools Superintendent Steve Barber says the school lunch menu is goin...
Tom Robinson Nov 07, 2021

Atlantic Area Chamber Ambassadors Visit GracePoint Church
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors were hosted by GracePoint Church, formerly known as E-Free Church, on Thursday, November 4th, 2021. The Ambassadors learned about the recent name change and...
Tom Robinson Nov 07, 2021

Atlantic City Council sets Public Hearing Date for Sale of Property
(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council set a public hearing for November 17 for the sale of city-owned real estate. The Council met this past week, and City Administrator John Lund said a citizen reques...
Tom Robinson Nov 07, 2021

Red Oak Police Report
(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department reports two arrests. James Leroy Shirley, 42, of Red Oak, was arrested Friday evening for Driving While Suspended. Shirley was transported to the Montgomery Cou...
Mandy Billings Nov 06, 2021
Trapping season opens in Iowa this weekend
(Area) It is opening weekend of trapping season. Bryan Hayes with the Iowa DNR says most of the regulations have remained the same as in the past with the exception of adding two counties to the bobca...
Western Iowa Today Nov 06, 2021

Atlantic receives Large Interest Rate Reduction on 26-year Loan
(Atlantic) Thanks to the State Revolving Loan Fund, Atlantic is saving over $900,000 on the Waste Water Treatment Plant loan. In 2011, the City of Atlantic issued an $11.8 million 26-year loan for the...
Tom Robinson Nov 06, 2021
After long COVID battle, Iowa man decides to wed in hospital
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) - Jonathan Johnson spent weeks on a ventilator battling COVID-19, then decided to get married - in the hospital. The Omaha World-Herald reports that the 28-year-old man surpr...
Mandy Billings Nov 06, 2021
FCA Chairman Glen Smith to moderate symposium for young, beginning, and small farmers in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Nov. 8.
(McLean, Virginia) On Monday, November. 8, Farm Credit Administration Board Chairman and CEO Glen Smith will co-moderate several panels during a symposium for young, beginning, and small (YBS) farmers...
Tom Robinson Nov 05, 2021

Atlantic Police Department and Reserves are gearing up for Family Dreams Christmas and Shop with a Cop programs
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Police Department and Atlantic Police Department Reserves are gearing up for their Christmas Programs. Atlantic Police Lt. Devin Hogue said the Reserves will host Family Dreams...
Mandy Billings Nov 05, 2021
CAM Gridiron Hamburger Feed and Pep Assembly
(Anita) The CAM Gridiron hamburger feed and pep assembly for the CAM Football team will be held Sunday, November 7 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the CAM High School. The Cass County Beef Producers will be...
Mandy Billings Nov 05, 2021







