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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Good evening. This is maybe Bullings with KSOM and ks
ninety five news. The big equipment moved in and major
construction has started on the Atlantic Downtown Street improvement project.
Dave Sturm of Snyder and Associates engineers for the project.
So the milling work began on Sixth Street this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
And then what their plan is is to just keep
moving south to north, taking Chestnut Street with them while
they go. So they're going to do a couple of
blocks at a time, get it all cleaned up and
reopen to traffic before they move on to the next
two blocks. So that's that's their plan right now.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
The milling portion of the project should be completed in
a couple of weeks, followed by the asphalt overlay project.
Storm doesn't have a timeline for the overlay portion of
the project.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Again weather dependent. You know, it's been raining a lot
this summer, so we'll have to we'll have to work
around the rainfall events.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
But we hope to.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Be done with the asphalt project. I would say sometime
in the early part of September. That's the hope right now, town,
but we'll see how it goes.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Sturm admits the project will give the downtown an entirely
new look.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Well it's all said, I mean, what's it going to
do for the city here. Oh, it's going to be great.
You know, have new streets downtown. You know it's been
full of potholes the last few years at the city
Street Department has been doing a good job keeping up
on But with the new asphalt, everything will be smooth,
new paint, new asphalt, everything will be good to go downtown.
It will really really make the downtown look pretty sharp again.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
That's Dave Storm. The Dair County Board of Supervisors approved
the final grandstands drawings at their meeting this.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
Morning, seating for nine hundred and ninety eight people, fifteen rows,
one hundred and twenty feet long. It's going to have
a rough really learning that we changed as we raised.
We raised the elevation of the the cool grandstands just
to match the elevation for the elevation shorts being put
(02:00):
on this lab. That's only changed.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
The board also approved a bid for concrete by the
Veterans Memorial.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
Yeah, one bid. They contacted three people Derek County Concrete
that is thirty two to fifty. That's still the person
we got to bid.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
The supervisors then approved a funding request presented by Michelle
Dala Riva with Community and Family Resources, a nonprofit behavioral
health agency that provides treatment, prevention, and recovery services for
those seeking help for substance use, mental health, and problem
gambling disorders. Due to some funding changes in fiscal year
twenty six, they are requesting that each of the counties
(02:39):
allocate support from the Opioid Settlement Fund to support the
cost of the detox program.
Speaker 5 (02:45):
This support that we're asking for from Adair County really
is four hundred and fifty dollars. We are uncertain how
many Adair County residents will be coming up to Fort
Dodge or over to our Iola City program, but we
thought we would just ask for the amount that we
needed from the previous fiscal year.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Michelle Dala Reba explained that three Adair County residents participated
in the detox program, and of those three, only one
did not have healthcare coverage to pay for the service.
That individual stayed for only one day. Again, the supervisors
approved the funding request. Autumn County Fair Queen Emily Forren
was honored with the Queen Alumni Award during the Iowa
(03:27):
State Fair Queen Competition on August ninth. The award recognizes
an innovative thinker with an entrepreneurial spirit who demonstrates creativity
and inspires others in her community to embrace opportunities. It
is presented in memory of Julie Walterman, the nineteen ninety
three Iowa State Fair Queen who helped coordinate the Queen
Competition for nineteen years. Foreign is the daughter of Joseph
(03:50):
and Kristen Forren, a long time four h and FFA member.
She plans to attend Colorado State University to study business
marketing in Spanish. She received a five hundred dollars scholarship,
a plaque from the Iowa State Fair, and a bauquet.
The Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce and partnership with Atlantic
High School Alumni SmackDown Committee and Atlantic Parks and Recreation
(04:12):
are pleased to host SmackDown after Dark this Saturday.
Speaker 6 (04:15):
I couldn't be more excited to bring SmackDown after Dark
back with a powerhouse performance from the hometown favorite Gala Vant.
It's the perfect way to wrap up summer. Live music,
delicious food, cold drinks in hand in our community altogether
under the stars, and the best part, it's totally free.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Kelsey Bischener, Program director of the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce.
So The event will take place at Sunnyside Park with
a beer garden organized by the Atlantic Fire Department and
food vendors beginning at five pm. The rock band Galivant
will play from seven to ten pm on the band Shehell.
Beer Tickets will be one for five dollars or five
for twenty dollars. Individuals will purchase tickets when entering the
(04:53):
event via cash check or Venmo checking. IDs will be
required and a risk band will be warned to identify
legal age once at the beer tent. No outside alcohol
is permitted. The event is free admission and is open
to everyone of all ages, not just alumni of Atlantic.
Speaker 6 (05:10):
It's important to stress that you don't have to be
a graduate from the Atlantic High School to come to
this concert. We want this to be a community experience
while also giving the alumni in town a chance to
catch up with old friends.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
The eleventh annual AHS Alumni SmackDown Tournament will be held
Saturday morning. The event will take place at both NASA
Hills Golf Course and Atlantic Golf and Country club. More
than sixty teams are registered to play. Sixty two riders
participated in the seventeenth annual Redneck Poker Run last Saturday
and raised one three hundred and eighty dollars for the
(05:43):
Lewis Fire Department. Rob Stamp says day friend organizes the
event and along with Brett and Shelley Pellett, Rob and
wife Marlow have kept the fundraiser active over the past seventeen.
Speaker 7 (05:54):
Years together and it's just grown over the years. And
this is our seventeenth annual. We had sixty two red
Writers and every year we pick out a nonprofit somebody
that you know could use the money. And we've done
the backpack program at school, and we've done food pantries
and things like that, and this year we picked the
Lewis Fire Department.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Stamp appreciates the support of everyone involved in this ride
that is for a great cause.
Speaker 7 (06:19):
The people that come are just wonderful people. What we
actually do is, you know, we have a folker run,
so we.
Speaker 8 (06:24):
Take half the money and we tell them we're going
to donate the half and then pay out the other half. Well,
the people that win, they always turn it back in
to donate back and so everybody is wonderful and it's
a really good it's a good group, good people, and
they enjoy they.
Speaker 7 (06:42):
All enjoy helping it.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Lewis Fire Chief Terry Ericson appreciates the donation that will
go toward training and the purchase of equipment.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
Really appreciate when Rob give us a call and said
they've chosen our department and all donations are great. Could
be used for future training and some equipment we need
to purchase. Everyone knows all all equipments expensive and it
has a date on it, so we have to refresh
our equipment quite often.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
Lewist Fire Department consists of fourteen volunteers. Chief Ericson said
they're always looking for new members. Sunnyside Pool is inviting
the community to kick back and relax at its Sip
and Dip event tomorrow night, Offering an adults only evening
of summer fun from seven to nine pm, Guests twenty
one and older can enjoy tasty dips, wine, slushies and
(07:28):
beer for sale, pool side games and music in a
laid back, blue out inspired atmosphere. One of the evenings
highlights will be the Human Slot Machine fundraiser, a quirky
and entertaining way to raise money for the pool while
sharing some laughs with friends. Admission is five dollars per
person at the gate. The event will be held at
(07:48):
Sunnyside Pool. Organizers recommend bringing cash for certain activities and purchases.
More news online at Western Iowa today dot com. I'madi
Bellings with KSI and ks ninety five News
Good evening. This is maybe Bullings with KSOM and ks
ninety five news. The big equipment moved in and major
construction has started on the Atlantic Downtown Street improvement project.
Dave Sturm of Snyder and Associates engineers for the project.
So the milling work began on Sixth Street this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
And then what their plan is is to just keep
moving south to north, taking Chestnut Street with them while
they go. So they're going to do a couple of
blocks at a time, get it all cleaned up and
reopen to traffic before they move on to the next
two blocks. So that's that's their plan right now.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
The milling portion of the project should be completed in
a couple of weeks, followed by the asphalt overlay project.
Storm doesn't have a timeline for the overlay portion of
the project.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Again weather dependent. You know, it's been raining a lot
this summer, so we'll have to we'll have to work
around the rainfall events.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
But we hope to.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Be done with the asphalt project. I would say sometime
in the early part of September. That's the hope right now, town,
but we'll see how it goes.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Sturm admits the project will give the downtown an entirely
new look.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Well it's all said, I mean, what's it going to
do for the city here. Oh, it's going to be great.
You know, have new streets downtown. You know it's been
full of potholes the last few years at the city
Street Department has been doing a good job keeping up
on But with the new asphalt, everything will be smooth,
new paint, new asphalt, everything will be good to go downtown.
It will really really make the downtown look pretty sharp again.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
That's Dave Storm. The Dair County Board of Supervisors approved
the final grandstands drawings at their meeting this.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
Morning, seating for nine hundred and ninety eight people, fifteen rows,
one hundred and twenty feet long. It's going to have
a rough really learning that we changed as we raised.
We raised the elevation of the the cool grandstands just
to match the elevation for the elevation shorts being put
(02:00):
on this lab. That's only changed.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
The board also approved a bid for concrete by the
Veterans Memorial.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
Yeah, one bid. They contacted three people Derek County Concrete
that is thirty two to fifty. That's still the person
we got to bid.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
The supervisors then approved a funding request presented by Michelle
Dala Riva with Community and Family Resources, a nonprofit behavioral
health agency that provides treatment, prevention, and recovery services for
those seeking help for substance use, mental health, and problem
gambling disorders. Due to some funding changes in fiscal year
twenty six, they are requesting that each of the counties
(02:39):
allocate support from the Opioid Settlement Fund to support the
cost of the detox program.
Speaker 5 (02:45):
This support that we're asking for from Adair County really
is four hundred and fifty dollars. We are uncertain how
many Adair County residents will be coming up to Fort
Dodge or over to our Iola City program, but we
thought we would just ask for the amount that we
needed from the previous fiscal year.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Michelle Dala Reba explained that three Adair County residents participated
in the detox program, and of those three, only one
did not have healthcare coverage to pay for the service.
That individual stayed for only one day. Again, the supervisors
approved the funding request. Autumn County Fair Queen Emily Forren
was honored with the Queen Alumni Award during the Iowa
(03:27):
State Fair Queen Competition on August ninth. The award recognizes
an innovative thinker with an entrepreneurial spirit who demonstrates creativity
and inspires others in her community to embrace opportunities. It
is presented in memory of Julie Walterman, the nineteen ninety
three Iowa State Fair Queen who helped coordinate the Queen
Competition for nineteen years. Foreign is the daughter of Joseph
(03:50):
and Kristen Forren, a long time four h and FFA member.
She plans to attend Colorado State University to study business
marketing in Spanish. She received a five hundred dollars scholarship,
a plaque from the Iowa State Fair, and a bauquet.
The Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce and partnership with Atlantic
High School Alumni SmackDown Committee and Atlantic Parks and Recreation
(04:12):
are pleased to host SmackDown after Dark this Saturday.
Speaker 6 (04:15):
I couldn't be more excited to bring SmackDown after Dark
back with a powerhouse performance from the hometown favorite Gala Vant.
It's the perfect way to wrap up summer. Live music,
delicious food, cold drinks in hand in our community altogether
under the stars, and the best part, it's totally free.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Kelsey Bischener, Program director of the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce.
So The event will take place at Sunnyside Park with
a beer garden organized by the Atlantic Fire Department and
food vendors beginning at five pm. The rock band Galivant
will play from seven to ten pm on the band Shehell.
Beer Tickets will be one for five dollars or five
for twenty dollars. Individuals will purchase tickets when entering the
(04:53):
event via cash check or Venmo checking. IDs will be
required and a risk band will be warned to identify
legal age once at the beer tent. No outside alcohol
is permitted. The event is free admission and is open
to everyone of all ages, not just alumni of Atlantic.
Speaker 6 (05:10):
It's important to stress that you don't have to be
a graduate from the Atlantic High School to come to
this concert. We want this to be a community experience
while also giving the alumni in town a chance to
catch up with old friends.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
The eleventh annual AHS Alumni SmackDown Tournament will be held
Saturday morning. The event will take place at both NASA
Hills Golf Course and Atlantic Golf and Country club. More
than sixty teams are registered to play. Sixty two riders
participated in the seventeenth annual Redneck Poker Run last Saturday
and raised one three hundred and eighty dollars for the
(05:43):
Lewis Fire Department. Rob Stamp says day friend organizes the
event and along with Brett and Shelley Pellett, Rob and
wife Marlow have kept the fundraiser active over the past seventeen.
Speaker 7 (05:54):
Years together and it's just grown over the years. And
this is our seventeenth annual. We had sixty two red
Writers and every year we pick out a nonprofit somebody
that you know could use the money. And we've done
the backpack program at school, and we've done food pantries
and things like that, and this year we picked the
Lewis Fire Department.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Stamp appreciates the support of everyone involved in this ride
that is for a great cause.
Speaker 7 (06:19):
The people that come are just wonderful people. What we
actually do is, you know, we have a folker run,
so we.
Speaker 8 (06:24):
Take half the money and we tell them we're going
to donate the half and then pay out the other half. Well,
the people that win, they always turn it back in
to donate back and so everybody is wonderful and it's
a really good it's a good group, good people, and
they enjoy they.
Speaker 7 (06:42):
All enjoy helping it.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Lewis Fire Chief Terry Ericson appreciates the donation that will
go toward training and the purchase of equipment.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
Really appreciate when Rob give us a call and said
they've chosen our department and all donations are great. Could
be used for future training and some equipment we need
to purchase. Everyone knows all all equipments expensive and it
has a date on it, so we have to refresh
our equipment quite often.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
Lewist Fire Department consists of fourteen volunteers. Chief Ericson said
they're always looking for new members. Sunnyside Pool is inviting
the community to kick back and relax at its Sip
and Dip event tomorrow night, Offering an adults only evening
of summer fun from seven to nine pm, Guests twenty
one and older can enjoy tasty dips, wine, slushies and
(07:28):
beer for sale, pool side games and music in a
laid back, blue out inspired atmosphere. One of the evenings
highlights will be the Human Slot Machine fundraiser, a quirky
and entertaining way to raise money for the pool while
sharing some laughs with friends. Admission is five dollars per
person at the gate. The event will be held at
(07:48):
Sunnyside Pool. Organizers recommend bringing cash for certain activities and purchases.
More news online at Western Iowa today dot com. I'madi
Bellings with KSI and ks ninety five News
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