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Planting moves forward quickly with a dry week

Ag/Outdoor

May 17th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Farmers finally got a chance to spend some extended time pulling their planters last week. The U-S-D-A reports dry warm weather gave farmers five days suitable for fieldwork and they made use of them. Corn planting advanced from 14 percent to 57 percent completed. Soybean planting went from seven percent in the ground to thirty-four percent. Corn and soybean planting are both still two weeks behind last year’s progress. Beans are a full two weeks behind the average planting schedule and corn is nine days behind.

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Pott. County man arrested in Red Oak Monday evening

News

May 17th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – A traffic stop at around 7:40-p.m. Monday, in Red Oak, resulted in the arrest on a warrant, of a man from Pottawattamie County. Red Oak Police report 50-year-old Brian John Beebe, of Carson, was taken into custody on an active Pott. County warrant for Theft in the 3rd Degree. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $2,000 cash bond, or extradition to the Pott. County Jail.

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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area: Tue., May 17, 2022

Weather

May 17th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

Today: Partly cloudy-to-cloudy, w/scattered showers & thunderstorms (mainly this afternoon). High 77. S @ 10-15.

Tonight: Mo. Cldy w/scatt. shwrs & tstrms. Low 62. S-NW @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: Shwrs ending early; Becoming P/Cldy. High 77. NW @ 10-15.

Thursday: P/Cldy. High 85.

Friday: A chance of morning showers; P/Cldy. High 65.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 82. Our Low was 46. Last year on this date, the High was 71 and the Low 58. The Record High was 92 in 1908 & 1939. The Record Low was 32 in 1912 & 1973.

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Brock Purdy talks 49ers mini camp

Sports

May 17th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

Former Iowa State quarterback Brock Purdy says he leaned on a former Cyclone and NFL signal caller as he got ready for rookie mini camp. Purdy was taken by the San Francisco 49ers with the final pick in the NFL Draft.

Rosenfels spent 11 years in the NFL. Purdy says the first chore has been to learn the 49ers offense.

Purdy on learning a new offense

Purdy says consistency will be a key but believes his mobility is a strength.

Purdy was a four year starter for the Cyclones

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Reynolds to sign E15, B20 bill later this morning

Ag/Outdoor

May 17th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Governor Kim Reynolds is expected to sign a bill into law at around 10-a.m. today (Tuesday), that establishes an IOWA Renewable Fuels Mandate. Legislators provided some exceptions for small gas stations and those that have older equipment. However, most Iowa gas stations with storage tanks and pumping systems that can handle higher blends of ethanol will have to offer E-15 from at least one pump by 2026.

New gas stations that open after January 1st of 2023 will have to sell E-15 from at least half of their dispensers. Governor Reynolds first proposed the concept last year and, after changes, it got bipartisan approval in the legislature this spring — with 123 legislators voting for it. Just 16 legislators voted against the bill. One critic said forcing a business to sell a product violates the principles of free enterprise. Backers designed the bill to boost sales of soybean based biodiesel as well.

Any diesel fuel pumps installed after January 1st of next year will have to be able to dispense diesel that contains 20 percent of a soybean-based additive. It’s called B-20. Federal records indicate there are about three-thousand gas stations in Iowa and about 300 stations sell E-15 according to the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association. B-20 is sold at about 100 locations in the state.

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12,300 Iowans have registered to buy medical marijuana

News

May 17th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – New data shows slow but steady growth in the number of Iowans planning to buy products from Iowa’s medical cannabis dispensaries. About half a percent of Iowans who are 21 years of age or older had a state registration card and could buy medical cannabis products at the five state licensed dispensaries in April. A doctor, P-A or an advanced registered nurse practitioner has to recommend medical marijuana as treatment for an illness.

According to the Iowa Department of Public Health, nearly 97-hundred patients had state-issued cards in April. That’s a 36 percent increase since May of last year. About 26-hundred Iowa caregivers have registered to buy cannabis products for someone who is too young or too ill to buy it for themselves. That’s a 26 percent increase in caregiver registrations from a year ago.

Some Iowans are driving to Illinois, where businesses opened in 2020 to sell recreational marijuana. Illinois law requires purchasers to be 21 and to consume the marijuana products at an Illinois residence.

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Iowa-UIC call off Tuesday game

Sports

May 16th, 2022 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The head coaches for the University of Iowa and UIC have mutually agreed to cancel Tuesday’s game that was scheduled to be played at Granderson Field in Chicago.

The game will not be made up this year but will be played during the 2023 season as part of a home-and-home agreement.

The Hawkeyes will close out the regular season with a three-game series against Indiana from Thursday through Saturday at Duane Banks Field.  Thursday’s series opener is set for 6:05 p.m. (CT).

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High School Baseball Scoreboard 05/16/2022

Sports

May 16th, 2022 by admin

BASEBALL SCORES

Atlantic 18, Riverside 6 (A: Lane Nelson 2-2 with a double and 2 RBI, Wyatt Redinbaugh 2-4 with a single, triple, and 3 RBI.)
Audubon 10, Glidden-Ralston 5
CAM 10, Bedford 0 (4 innings)
Carlisle 6, Creston 3
Denison-Schleswig 14, Greene County 2
Des Moines Christian 15, Kuemper Catholic 7
Dowling Catholic 3, Lewis Central 2
Harlan 19, Sioux City North 1 (Game 1)
Harlan 14, Sioux City North 9 (Game 2)
Southeast Warren 14, Mormon Trail 2
Woodward-Granger 7, ACGC 1

 

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High School Soccer Scoreboard 05/16/2022

Sports

May 16th, 2022 by admin

GIRLS SOCCER

Atlantic 1, Carroll 0 (A: Dayna Dreager goal)

1A Region 3: Nodaway Valley/West Central Valley 3, Greene County 1

BOYS SOCCER

Kuemper Catholic 4, Atlantic 3
Glenwood 2, Denison-Schleswig 1
Greene County 8, Panorama 1
Harlan 1, Creston 0
Lewis Central 5, St. Albert 0
Underwood 4, Carroll 1
West Central Valley/Nodaway Valley 6, PCM 0

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Atlantic girls golf beats Harlan on tiebreaker

Sports

May 16th, 2022 by admin

At Harlan Country Club, par 36

Atlantic 214, Harlan 214
Tiebreaker to Atlantic
Medalist: Macy Mueller, Harlan – 52
Runner-up: Timber Svendsen, Harlan – 52

Atlantic scores: Belle Berg – 53. Abby Smith – 53. Lexi Noelck – 54. Reagan Leonard – 54. Abby Muller – 57. Nissa Molgaard – 79.

Atlantic Head Coach Kathy Hobson: “This was the most interesting scoring I can remember in a meet. Between the two teams, there were two 52’s, two 53’s, two 54’s and two 55’s in the top four golfers. Was hoping we’d score better with our next meet being regionals.”

 

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