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Cyclones to Don White Uniforms for UConn Game

Sports

September 15th, 2011 by Jim Field

     DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Iowa State will embrace the national spotlight with a new look: all-white uniforms.  Cyclones spokesman Tom Kroeschell says the team plans to wear white pants and white jerseys when they face Connecticut in Friday night’s nationally-televised game.  It’s the first time Iowa State has worn all white since 2006,
before the university redesigned the school’s logo and updated its uniforms.  Those hoping the Cyclones will top the look off with white helmets won’t get their wish, though.
     Kroeschell says the team will wear its familiar cardinal helmets against the Huskies.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th

Trading Post

September 15th, 2011 by Jim Field

FOR SALE: hosier cabinet, in good condition- pale green in color, asking 500.00, price negotiable.  2 antique school desk-50.00  each, call 712-210-4625

WANTED: Large Indian corn. 712-268-5330

FOR SALE: Large box of old Lincoln logs $20 obo; Smith Corona Electric type writer, works perfect $20 obo. 243-7124

FOR SALE: 2 4×8 trailers, new lights  $225 each. 243-7734

FOR SALE: CB Equipment hand held mikes, 2 mobile kickers, 2 bay stations, 1,23 channel, 1, 40 channel, 1 amtron antenna with 100 ft. coax, mobile radios 40 channel. $500 obo 712-326-4990.

WANTED: good solid wood stove reasonably cheap  and looking for some miscellaneous sheets of tin for free or reasonably cheap, call 712-249-1891.

FOR SALE: Weslo Cadence 930 Treadmill, digital display, space saver design, $60.  Also, Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia set, $20.  My contact number is 712-249-3863.

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Ag/Outdoor, Podcasts

September 15th, 2011 by admin

Max Dirks at the Cass County FSA office.

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Iowa hosts American Wind Energy Association conference

News

September 15th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Many of the top players in the wind energy industry from around the world are gathered in Iowa this week. Harold Prior, executive director of the Iowa Wind Energy Association, says Des Moines was selected as the site for the industry’s largest conference because Iowa recently became the first state to generate at least 20 percent of its electricity from wind power. “The American Wind Energy Association really wants to showcase Iowa’s success and Iowa as an example of what the nation would look like, in terms of job creation and enhanced economic development potential, if we can get the entire nation to 20-percent of our electric generation portfolio coming from the wind energy industry,” Prior said.

Iowa currently has more than 2,500 wind turbines creating over 4,000 megawatts of electricity. Projects that are underway are expected to boost that energy output to 5,000 megawatts by the end of 2012. In December 2010, MidAmerican Energy announced a 593.4-megawatt expansion. That includes 193, 2.3-megawatt turbines, which are currently being erected in east- and southeastern- Cass, northeastern Adams, and southwest Adair counties as part of the “Rolling Hills Wind Project,” which is expected to be finished by the end of the year. Those turbines will produce enough energy to power 190,000 homes. The project is one of the largest Mid-American has developed, and likely one of the largest in the country, according a company spokesman.

Other turbines in the company’s expansion project are being built in Marshall and Calhoun Counties. When the project is complete, approximately 26 percent of MidAmerican Energy’s total generation capacity will come from wind. Prior says one of the biggest challenges facing the wind industry involves transmitting the energy from where it’s generated to where it can be used. “The transmission grid in the United States, as a whole, has not seen really significant upgrades in 50 years,” Prior said. “We’re going to have to modernize the electrical transmission grid one way or another.” He notes several large transmission projects are already planned or are under construction.

Another critical issue to continued growth, according to Prior, is the extension of a federal production tax credit for the wind energy industry. The credit is set to expire in December 2012. Prior says all forms of energy production are given tax credits, but some industries enjoy better terms. “The advantage that the older carbon-based forms of generation have is they’re subsidized through the tax code,” Prior said. “Their subsidies don’t come up for consideration and renewal because they’ve been in the tax code, in some cases, for 90 years.” The American Wind Energy Association reports the industry is on track to reach a goal of 20-percent of the country’s electricity coming from wind by the year 2030. In order to reach that goal, the industry will need to install an additional 60-thousand (60,000) wind turbines over the next 18 years.

(Radio Iowa/file data)

CALVIN E. CAMPBELL, 90, formerly of Audubon (svcs 9-17-11)

Obituaries

September 15th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

CALVIN E. CAMPBELL, 90, of Richfield, MN (& formerly of Audubon), died Sat., Sept. 10th, in Richfield. Funeral services for CALVIN CAMPBELL will be held 10:30-a.m. Sat., Sept. 17th, at the Assembly of God Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family will be present from 6:30-8:30pm Friday (9/16). 

Burial is in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon.

CALVIN CAMPBELL is survived by:

His sons – David (Lesya) Campbell, of Eden Prairie, MN; Eugene (Esperazza) Campbell, of Tucson, AZ; Neal (Laurie) Campbell, of Lakeville, MN; and Paul (Melinda) Campbell, of Amsterdam, Holland.

His sister – Leone Fulton, of Perry.

13 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren, his in-laws, other relatives, and friends.

Arrest reported in Montgomery County

News

September 15th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Authorities in Montgomery County report the arrest Wednesday nights of a Corning woman. 23-year old Anna Lynn Armstrong was taken into custody at around 9:20-p.m., on a charge of driving while revoked. Armstrong was brought to the Montgomery Coounty Jail in Red Oak, and held on $1,000 cash bond.

Shawn Johnson sprains foot ahead of selection camp

Sports

September 14th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson is back training after spraining her right foot, just a few days before the final world team selection camp. Johnson slipped off the balance beam Tuesday, and agent Sheryl Shade says she was back at practice later that night. Johnson says she’s fine, tweeting Wednesday: “I’m doing ok everyone! Healing fast & still planning on giving it my all!” She leaves Saturday for the final selection camp, and the world team is expected to be named next Wednesday. Worlds are Oct. 7-16 in Tokyo. Johnson made big improvements at last month’s U.S. championships, her second meet since winning four medals at the Beijing Olympics. She was fourth on beam and sixth on uneven bars – the Americans’ weakest event – and planned to upgrade the difficulty of her routines.

 

Iowa Forward Jade Rogers out for ’11-12

Sports

September 14th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa sophomore forward Jade Rogers will miss all of next season to repair her left knee. The Hawkeyes say Rogers will have surgery Thursday to realign her left leg to aid healing in her knee. Rogers tore her anterior cruciate ligament in high school and has had issues with her knee while at Iowa. Rogers had 21 points and 22 rebounds in 13 games last season. Iowa coach Lisa Bluder says the surgery will give Rogers a chance to return to basketball and improve the quality of her life after she’s done playing.

Page County woman sentenced to 7 years in prison on meth conviction

News

September 14th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa says a Page County woman was sentenced Wednesday to seven-years in prison for Conspiracy to Manufacture Methamphetamine. U-S District Judge James Gritzner also ordered 44-year old Shaunna Jaylynn Stanton, of Shenandoah, to serve a four-year term of supervised released following her incarceration.

Stanton entered a plea of guilty to the charge on April 7th, in Federal Court in Council Bluffs. Prosecutors say Stanton conspired to manufacture Meth from January 2009 to July 17th, 2010. On that date, Stanton was found at an active Methamphetamine lab in the residence of co-defendant 48-year old Michael Thomas Shane. Michael Shane was previously sentenced to 12 and a-half years in prison, and a five-year term of supervised release following his incarceration.

Authorities say Stanton and Shane had worked over a long period of time with a group of people, to gather the items needed to make Meth. U-S Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt says Stanton would assist in the manufacture of the drug by purchasing pseudoephedrine tablets and other items, and manufacture Meth at various locations in and around Page County.

The investigation into Stanton’s activities was conducted by the Shenandoah Police Department, the Page and Mills County Sheriff’s Offices,  the Southwest Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Task Force (SWINE), Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, and the Page County Attorney’s Office.

Iowa cropland values up nearly 13-percent over the past 6 months

Ag/Outdoor, News

September 14th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

A recently released survey of Iowa land trends and values shows a statewide increase in cropland values of nearly 13-percent over the past six-months. The survey by the Iowa Farm and Land Chapter number Two of the Realtors Land Institute, shows a 12.9-percent increase in cropland values from March 2011 through September 1st. The estimates are for bare, unimproved land, with a sale price on a cash basis. Pasture and timberland values were requested from participants in the survey, as supplemental information.

In southwest Iowa, the value of High Quality Crop Land increased $643 per acre over the past six-months, to $7,555. Medium Quality Crop Land increased $531, to $5,837 per acre. Even Low Quality Crop Land increased more than $315 per acre, to $4,116. Non-tillable Pasture was valued at $2,328 per acre, which was a loss of $8. And, Timber acreage gained $17, with a value of $1,678 per acre. On average, land values were up 9.3-percent.

In western central Iowa, High Quality Crop land was valued at $9,085 per acre, which is an increase of nearly $1,050 over the past six-months. Medium Quality Crop Land was valued at $7,275, which was a slightly more than $850 increase. Low Quality Crop Land in West Central Iowa saw the least amount of increase per acre, at $316, averaging out to $5,260. Non-tillable Pasture fared better in the valuation in the West Central part of the state as compared to the southwest, by increasing just over $320 per acre, while Timber acreage increased modestly as well, to $2,160 per acre. On average, the West Central part of the state realized a 12-percent gain in tillable cropland values from March through September.

All nine crop reporting districts in the state showed an increase in land values, ranging from 8.5-percent in Southeast Iowa, to as much as 17-percent in northeast Iowa, from March 2011 to September, 2011. The Realtors Land Institute said factors contributing to the increase in farmland values included strong commodity prices, favorable long-term interest rates, and a limited amount of land being offered for sale. For more information, log on to www.rlifarmandranch.com.