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AMES, Iowa – With fall harvest mostly done and the holidays upon us, Iowans can now sit back, relax and take it easy. Well, sort of. Farmers spent the past few months focused on one primary thing: wrapping up a historically late harvest. Now their focus will turn to family gatherings, gift-giving and making plans for 2020.
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Tammy Jacobs, hotlines coordinator with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, said December is typically a quiet month for calls made to Iowa Concern – the 24/7 hotline available to both farmers and non-farmers, rural and urban Iowans. But in another month or two, Jacobs said the calls and the questions will likely increase.
“What we usually see is a trend in January and February, as we enter tax season,” Jacobs said. “People realize how much they overspent at Christmas, they’re preparing to meet with their lender and they’re making plans for the next growing season.”
Iowa Concern provides access to an attorney for legal education, stress counselors, and information and referral services for a wide variety of topics. To reach Iowa Concern, call 800-447-1985; language interpretation services are available. Or, visit the website, https://www.extension.iastate.edu/iowaconcern/, to live chat with a stress counselor one-on-one in a secure environment. Or email an expert regarding legal, finance, stress, or crisis and disaster issues.
On the website, visitors can also find additional information and publications related to finance, stress, crisis and disaster, and legal referrals. Jacobs said caller information is kept confidential, and the staff of Iowa Concern connects the caller with the kind of help and resources they need. “Each call just kind of depends on what that person is looking to do, and the level of stress they are experiencing,” Jacobs said.
Iowa Concern receives about 15-30 agriculture-related phone calls per month, according to Jacobs. ISU Extension and Outreach has offered the hotline since 1985.
Jacobs is coordinator for Iowa Concern and all Human Sciences Extension and Outreach hotlines at Iowa State. She also suggests visiting Human Sciences Extension and Outreach’s “Finding Answers Now” website, for additional information and resources on dealing with stress.
JIMMY “LOUIE” CHRISTENSEN, 68, of Greenfield died on Friday, December 20th at the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral Services for JIMMY “LOUIE” CHRISTENSEN will be held on Monday, December 23rd at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Greenfield. Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield has the arrangements.
Burial will be in the Greenfield Cemetery. A luncheon will be held at the church following the services at the cemetery.
Family will greet friends on Sunday, December 22nd from 4:00pm-6:00pm at the Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield.
Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.
Memorials may be sent to the Jimmy Christensen memorial fund to be established by the family at a later date.
JIMMY “LOUIE” CHRISTENSEN is survived by:
His two Sisters: Carol (Larry) Woosley of Greenfield. Peggy (Frank) Kinney of Prosper, Texas.
Longtime Companion: Ginger Thompson of Greenfield and all of her family.
Other Relatives and Friends.
Drivers who received tickets from traffic cameras at a notorious speed trap in suburban Des Moines filed a lawsuit Friday alleging that their rights have been violated. The proposed class-action lawsuit seeks damages from the City of Windsor Heights, which announced earlier this month that it would remove the speed cameras on University Avenue this spring. The cameras have brought in millions of dollars for the city since their installation in 2012. But business owners say that they keep away customers. And drivers complained that, until a recent change, the cameras were at a location where the speed limit unexpectedly dropped.
A federal grand jury has indicted a former employee of the organization that collects trash in Des Moines and more than a dozen other communities in central Iowa. Jeffrey Dworek was the director of operations for Metro Waste Authority. He’s charged with 10 counts of mail fraud. U.S. Attorney Marc Krickbaum says in a statement Friday that a trial is scheduled for Feb. 3. The indictment alleges Dworek diverted more than $1 million from the trash collection agency to a company he created for his own benefit. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Iowa Auditor Rob Sand investigated.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Red Oak man on Friday night. At 10:36pm Deputies arrested 27-year-old Dahlton Briggs of Red Oak for Disorderly Conduct following an incident in the 100 block of West Joy Street in Red Oak. Briggs was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $300 bond.
Skyscan Forecast Saturday, December 21, 2019 Dan Hicks
Today: Patchy fog early, then partly sunny. SW @ 10-20. High 50.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. S @ 5-10. Low 28.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. SW @ 10-20. High 55.
Sunday night: Partly cloudy. Low 31.
Monday: Partly cloudy. High 53.
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. High 49.
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The Pride of Iowa Wrestling Tournament was contested on Friday in Martensdale and Bedford/Lenox came away with the team title.
Team Scores
1 Bedford/Lenox 166.5
2 Martensdale-St Marys 163.0
3 Mount Ayr 113.0
4 Central Decatur 111.0
5 Southwest Valley 101.5
6 Nodaway Valley 97.0
6 Wayne 97.0
8 Southeast Warren/Melcher-Dallas 82.0
9 East Union 80.0
Full results can be viewed here: 2019 Pride of Iowa Tounament
Audubon is hosting the WIC Dual Team Tournament and WIC Traditional Wrestling Tournament this weekend. Logan-Magnolia came away as the dual team champion on Friday night with a 56-24 win over AHSTW in finals.
1st Place Match
Logan-Magnolia defeated AHSTW 56-24.
3rd Place Match
Underwood defeated Missouri Valley 48-27.
5th Place Match
Riverside, Oakland defeated Treynor 50-21.
7th Place Match
Tri Center defeated Audubon 54-12.
The traditional WIC tourney gets underway at 10:00am on Saturday.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Lewis Central 57, Atlantic 40 (Megan Witte of LC reached 1,000 career points)
Denison-Schleswig 54, Clarinda 23
Glenwood, 71, Creston, 53
Red Oak 53, Harlan 50
St Albert 61, Shenandoah 36
Western Iowa Conference
IKM-Manning 37, Treynor 32
West Monona 78, Underwood 53
Rolling Valley Conference
Ar-We-Va 62, Glidden-Ralston 47
Boyer Valley 25, Coon Rapids-Bayard 21
Exira-EHK 82, West Harrison 22
Woodbine 60, Paton-Churdan 34
Corner Conference
East Mills 52, Griswold 30
Sidney 67, Essex 41
Stanton 45, Fremont-Mills 33
Other Scores
Bishop Heelan 50, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 29
Carroll 64, Winterset 48
Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 56, Sioux City West 35
Lamoni 50, Diagonal 28
Murray 48, Moulton-Udell 41
Panorama 52, AC/GC 48
Van Meter 48, Earlham 32
West Central Valley 49, Madrid 40
BOYS BASKETBALL
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Lewis Central 51, Atlantic 47
Denison-Schleswig 73, Clarinda 41
Glenwood 59, Creston 52
Harlan 69, Red Oak 17
St. Albert 61, Shenandoah 54
Western Iowa Conference
Treynor 71, IKM-Manning 52
Tri-Center 77, Clarinda Academy 26
Underwood 62, West Monona 36
Rolling Valley Conference
Ar-We-Va 49, Glidden-Ralston 48
Boyer Valley 47, Coon Rapids-Bayard 24
Exira-EHK 55, West Harrison 39
Corner Conference
East Mills 54, Griswold 20
Sidney 81, Essex 19
Stanton 72, Fremont-Mills 39
Other Scores
Carroll 72, Winterset 65
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 59, Sioux City, West 41
Lamoni 48, Diagonal 25 (Stephen Ansong scored his 1,000th career point.)
Madrid 93, West Central Valley 26
Murray 67, Moulton-Udell 48
Panorama 81, AC/GC 66
Woodward Academy 64, Interstate 35 41
Woodward-Granger 58, Ogden 20
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