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ISU survey shows land rent bounced 4.5% this year

Ag/Outdoor

June 10th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A new report finds many Iowa farmers are having to shell out more money to cover a significant increase in land rent rates this year. Iowa State University Extension ag economist Wendong Zhang says it’s the first big boost in rental rates in eight years. “What we saw is a 4.5% growth to about $232 per acre,” Zhang says. “What is noticeable is that this is probably the first major increase in cash rent since 2013 when we had the land value peak.”

Better crop and land prices, along with lower interest rates and government payments were all factors, he says, in generating the land rent rate increase. Zhang says the rates vary based on the region. “In northwest Iowa, they’re seeing the average cash rent essentially show modest increase of $239 to $242, but in north-central Iowa, the increase is more, from $225 dollars to $238,” he says.

The 2021 cash rent survey is based on more than 13-hundred responses from Iowa producers and landowners.

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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area: Thursday, June 10, 2021

Weather

June 10th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Today: Party-to Mostly Sunny. High 94. S @ 10-15 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 70. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy to cldy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High around 86. S winds shifting to the N @ 10-15.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High 88.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High 89.

Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 94. Our Low this morning, 66. Last year on this date, the High was 75 and the Low was 56. The Record High was 104 in 1933, and the Record Low was 40 in 1966.

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Stanton man arrested on a harassment charge

News

June 10th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak have arrested a man from Stanton on a harassment charge. Authorities say 46-year-old Marshall Larry Adams was arrested late Wednesday afternoon, on a charge of Harassment in the 2nd Degree. Adams was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail, pending an appearance before the magistrate.

Marshall L. Adams

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Atlantic Superintendent hopes baseball/softball fields to be ready by play on Tues.

Sports

June 10th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(updated) Atlantic School District Superintendent Steve Barber reported during a meeting of the School Board Wednesday evening, that work is on track for play to begin in the next five-days or so, at the renovated baseball-softball fields

That includes installation of padded backstops on both the baseball and softball fields. Those are currently are on back order out of New York. Barber said it’s not clear when they will arrive.

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Black bear sightings rise in northeast Iowa

Ag/Outdoor, News

June 10th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Officials say two employees recently saw a bear on John Deere’s property north of Dubuque and Vince Evelsizer of the Iowa Department of Natural Resource suspects it was a male bear — since this is breeding season for bears. “It’s usually young males — 2-4 year old males — moving around and actively looking for females this time of the year,” he says, “even though it’s so hot out.” The bears tend to move at night, though, when it’s cooler, he says. There have been several recent black bear sightings in Dubuque County. “Even a couple of sightings where we got trail camera photos,” Evelsizer says.

Evelsizer, a furbearer biologist, says the animals are likely coming from Minnesota and Wisconsin. If they’re not looking for a mate, Evelsizer says they’re probably looking for food. “They’re most likely at this time of year to get into bird feeders or smelly garbage or people’s barbecues, that type of thing,” Evelsizer says.

As Radio Iowa reported last month, experts like Evelsizer say it’s likely black bears will start to have cubs in Iowa and groups of bears eventually will repopulate in the state. There’s been no recent confirmation baby bears have been born in Iowa, however. “We anticipate getting some more bears,” Evelsizer says. “There’ll be problems at times with them, but there’ll be fewer problems if we all kind of get used to the idea of living with more bears or trying to coexist.”

Evelsizer says over the next few years the Department of Natural Resources plans to use information from a program called “Bear Wise” to help Iowans get used to having black bears in their neighborhood.

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Burmeister will stay on as Nodaway Valley boys cross country coach

Sports

June 10th, 2021 by admin

The Nodaway Valley School District confirmed at their Wednesday School Board meeting that Darrell Burmeister will return as the boys cross country coach this upcoming fall. The confirmation follows some miscommunication and a bit of controversy after Burmeister retired from teaching this spring. The board issued the following statement after the meeting:

Burmeister has led the cross country program to five state championships. Four of of those titles for the boys in 2002, 2015, 2016, and 2017 and one for the girls in 2009. Chase Green will now serve as the girls cross country coach. Burmeister had a legendary 600+ win career as the head boys basketball coach. He is stepping aside from that post and Jeremy Blake of Atlantic was recently hired to take over that program.

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High School Baseball/Softball Scoreboard 06/09/2021

Sports

June 10th, 2021 by admin

SOFTBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Riverside 7, Shenandoah 0 (R: Kenna Ford threw a 2-hitter)
Soutwest Valley 11, Red Oak 5
St. Albert 5, CB Thomas Jefferson 1
Underwood 4, Harlan 2

Rolling Valley Conference
Exira-EHK 3, CAM 0 (E: Macy Emgarten fired 3-hitter with 12 K’s)
Ar-We-Va 9, Whiting 1
Boyer Valley 4, Woodbine 1
West Harrison 9, Glidden-Ralston 0

Corner Conference
Griswold 7, East Union 3 (G: Makenna Askeland 3-run HR)
Stanton 5, Orient-Macksburg 4

Pride of Iowa Conference
Earlham 12, Nodaway Valley 0
Grand View Christian 2, Central Decatur 0
Lenox 15, East Mills 0
Martensdale-St. Marys 6, Panorama 1
Southeast Warren 13, Murray 4
Wayne 11, Interstate-35 0

Other Scores
ADM 6, Winterset 2
Perry 5, Carroll 4

BASEBALL

Western Iowa Conference
Riverside 9, East Mills 8 (HC Cole Chapin’s first career win)
Tri-Center 12, SW\outhwest Valley 2
Underwood 6, Kuemper Catholic 5

Rolling Valley Conference
Ar-We-Va 15, Whiting 1
Boyer Valley 9, Woodbine 6
CAM 10, Exira-EHK 5 (C: Lane Spieker 3-run HR in late innings)
Coon Rapids-Bayard 10, IKM-Manning 4
Coon Rapids-Bayard 5, IKM-Manning 0

Corner Conference
Stanton 22, Orient-Macksburg 9

Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur 7, Pleasantville 3
Nodaway Valley 9, Earlham 1 (N: Caelen DeVault complete game with 8 K’s)
Panorama 15, Martensdale-St. Marys 7
Southeast Warren 14, Murray 1
Wayne 17, Melcher-Dallas 5

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Derek Hall hired to be new Atlantic boys basketball head coach

Sports

June 10th, 2021 by admin

(updated) The Atlantic School Board, Wednesday evening, approved the hiring of the next boys head basketball coach.

That’s Atlantic School District Superintendent Steve Barber. Derek Hall takes over the position from Jeff Ebling, who recently resigned to take the head coaching position at Indianola High School. Hall was an All-State basketball player at Denison High School, where he graduated in 2013. Hall went on to play college football at Morningside College. He was hired by the Atlantic School District the year of his graduation.

Hall teaches 6th grade science at the Atlantic Middle School. His immediate family lives in Harlan where his sister Ashley just graduated and his brother Aidan is entering his junior year. He also has another brother Luke that has graduated college.

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DELBERT E. KING, 81, of Hancock (Svcs. 06/15/2021)

Obituaries

June 9th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

DELBERT E. KING, 81, of Hancock, died Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in Bellevue, NE. Funeral services for DELBERT KING will be held on Tuesday, June 15th at 10:30 a.m. at the Hancock United Methodist Church in Hancock. Rieken Vieth Funeral Home in Oakland is assisting the family with arrangements.

Visitation with family will be held on Monday, June 14th from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Rieken-Vieth Funeral Home in Oakland.

Interment will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery, east of Hancock.

DELBERT E. KING is survived by:

Sons: Robert (Darlene) King of Bellevue, NE. David (Cindy) King of Onawa. Stephen (Tracy) King of Omaha, NE.

Sister: Shirley Mae Jefferson of Oakland.

8 Grandchildren

Many other relatives and friends.

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Ernst blasts Biden’s proposed military budget

News

June 9th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Republican Senator Joni Ernst says President Biden has proposed a federal budget that would spend too little on the military and too much on the Internal Revenue Service. “Who does the president think he will be able to call on should we need to fight off foreign threats? His new army of IRS agents?” Ernst asks. “…Americans may fear an IRS audit, but ‘Red China’ won’t.”

Biden has proposed increasing the number of I-R-S agents by 15 percent in each of the next 10 years in order to beef up efforts to catch Americans who aren’t paying what they owe in taxes. Ernst, the first female combat veteran elected to the U-S Senate, says Biden’s proposed budget is far less generous to the military.

“The small number of new ships added to the Navy will not keep pace with the growth of communist China’s ship building,” Ernst says. “This is especially concerning since the CCP now boasts the world’s largest Navy and is attempting to expand its Naval presence in the Atlantic.”

Reports indicate China is trying to establish a port on the west coast of Africa that would be home base for Chinese submarines and air craft carriers. Ernst made her comments this (Wednesday) afternoon during a speech on the Senate floor.

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