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IATC Final Cross Country Team Rankings 10/29/2019

Sports

October 30th, 2019 by admin

The Iowa Association of Track Coaches released their final team and individual cross country rankings for the 2019 season on Tuesday. The State Cross Country Meet will be held on Saturday at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course in Fort Dodge. Here is a look at the area teams in the final team rankings.

Class 1A Girls

1 Logan-Magnolia
5. AHSTW
10. Nodaway Valley

Class 1A Boys

2. Nodaway Valley
11. Tri-Center
15. St. Albert

Class 2A Girls

10. AC/GC

Class 2A Boys

15. Treynor

Class 3A Girls

5. Harlan
13. Glenwood

Class 3A Boys

14. Atlantic

Check out the full rankings HERE.

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Cass County Extension Report 10-30-2019

Ag/Outdoor, Podcasts

October 30th, 2019 by admin

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Iowa puppy mill operator gets 2 years of probation

News

October 30th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

NORTHWOOD, Iowa (AP) — The owner of a northern Iowa dog breeding operation who was convicted of animal neglect has been given two years of probation. Worth County court records say 66-year-old Barbara Kavars, of Manly, also was sentenced Tuesday to 420 days in jail, suspended, and fined $65 on each of 14 counts. She was found guilty Oct. 18. Kavars is prohibited from owning and breeding any dogs and can only own one cat during her probation.

Prosecutors say Kavars was holding Samoyed dogs in inhumane conditions when officials raided her operation on Nov. 12 and took about 150 dogs. Court records say 17 dogs had fur matted by feces, skin conditions leading to fur loss, painful wounds, intestinal parasites and other maladies. One dog had to be euthanized. Kavars denied wrongdoing and testified she fed and gave water to the dogs every day.

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State plan for industrial hemp production still in the works

Ag/Outdoor, News

October 30th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — The U-S-D-A unveiled its rules for the production of industrial hemp Tuesday and now the state of Iowa can move forward with its plan. Robin Pruisner is putting together that state plan and says they now have the 161-page federal plan that has sections dictating the state plans. “We need to digest those. We had drafted up some rules that we thought was probably the direction that the U-S-D-A was gonna go,” Pruisner. She says the one key part of the plan is how to test the hemp to be sure it is legal. “What I’ve really been looking for is any protocols they have for sampling and testing. In an ideal world all the states would do it the same — instead of the situation we are in now where the states at times are at times wildly different from one another,” Pruisner says. So I am glad that they did lay down some sort of protocol that will help make the process uniform.”

The testing is one of the final steps in the hemp season. “Before a farmer can harvest the hemp, we need to officially sample it and test it and make sure that it is below that point-three percent T-H-C. And once that happens — the producers then can harvest it and process it,” she says. She says on her first look at the U-S-D-A plan, there don’t appear to be a lot of issues. “I think much of what is in that U-S-D-A document aligns with the stature that the governor signed in May here in Iowa,” according to Pruisner.

Pruisner says the prospect of growing hemp has piqued a lot of interest. “I speak to many people about hemp every day. My new hobby is talking on phone,” Pruisner says, “and I think we have a lot of people out there who are giving really serious thought to this. And then there are other people who have maybe read a short article on this or have seen something online, and they don’t have a lot of information.” She says she tells those considering hemp production one thing. Pruisner says the number one piece of advice is you should not plant hemp until you have a contract to sell it. “This isn’t like corn or soybeans where there is an open market and you can sell it to this grain elevator or that ethanol plan. You need to know what your final buyer wants and grow accordingly,” Pruisner says.

She says the release of information for the U-S-D-A now lets them get the Iowa plan completed. “I would say that we’re over halfway there, but there’s a lot of details in this plan from the U-S-D-A that we have to address,” Pruisner says. She says the U-S-D-A will have 60 days to review the plan and give their approval once they complete and submit it.

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Regional Volleyball Semifinal scores from Tue., 10/29/19

Sports

October 30th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Class 3A – Region 2
(3-0) #2 Kuemper Catholic over OABCIG, (25-23, 25-17, 25-13)

Class 3A – Region 3
(3-0) #3 Red Oak over Shenandoah, (25-14, 25-10, 25-9)
(3-1) #11 DM Christian over Creston, (25-14, 27-25, 21-25, 25-14)

Class 4A – Region 1
(3-0) #1 Sergeant Bluff-Luton over LeMars, (25-17, 25-16, 25-9)
(3-0) Carroll beat Denison-Schleswig, (25-14, 25-6, 25-22)

Class 4A – Region 2
(3-0) #6 Lewis Central over Harlan, (25-17, 25-14, 25-19)
(3-1) Glenwood over Norwalk, (11-25, 25-16, 25-18, 25-16)

Class 5A – Region 1
(3-0) #5 Council Bluffs/Abraham Lincoln defeated #15 Sioux City East, (25-14, 25-20, 25-14)
(3-0) #9 Ankeny Centennial beat Fort Dodge, (25-10, 25-13, 25-12)

Class 5A Region 2
(3-0) #3 Valley over Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson, (25-15, 25-17, 25-6)

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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area: 10/30/2019

Weather

October 30th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Today: Cloudy w/light snow developing this morning. High 32. N @ 10-15.

Tonight: Cloudy w/light snow ending. (1-2″ total possible). Low 32. NW @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 38. NW @ 10-20.

Friday: P/Cldy to Cldy. High 42

Saturday: P/Cldy. High 44.

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 41. Our Low was 22. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 61 and the Low was 34. The record High for this date in Atlantic, was 84 in 1950. The Record Low was 1, in 1925.

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Red Oak man arrested on felony assault charge Tue. night

News

October 30th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak responded at around 7:30-p.m. Tuesday, to a reported Domestic Assault that allegedly took place in the 2400 block of N. 8th Street. When officers arrived, they were told the male party involved in the incident, 44-year old Jason Beacham, of Red Oak, had left the area on foot.

After a perimeter was set-up, officers made contact with Beacham nearly an hour later. He  was arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault by Impeding air/blood flow (an aggravated misdemeanor), and a Class-D felony charge of Domestic Abuse Assault 3rd or Subsequent Offense.

Beacham was being held in the Montgomery County Jail without bond. Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputies, the Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency and their drone, were utilized in the search for Beacham.

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Creston woman injured in Tuesday afternoon collision

News

October 30th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Police in Creston say a woman was injured during a collision that took place at around 12:50-p.m., Tuesday. Authorities say a 2016 VW Tiguan (SUV) driven by 61-year old Mark Miller, of Winterset, was traveling west in the left lane of Highway 34, when a 2007 Chevy Malibu driven by 84-year old Donna Thaden, of Creston, pulled out of a private driveway and turned right to head west on Highway 34.

When Thaden turned to the outside lane, her vehicle was hit on the left front side by the SUV, causing the airbags on the Chevy to be deployed. Thaden was extricated from her vehicle and transported by ambulance to the Greater Regional Medical Center, in Creston.

Damage from the accident amounted to $1,800. There was no citations issued.

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Temporary shutdown of Siouxland Energy over

Ag/Outdoor, News

October 30th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — A northwest Iowa ethanol plant that was idled in mid-September has resumed production, due to action in California. Kelly Nieuwenhuis, a farmer from Primghar, is president of farmer-owned Siouxland Energy in Sioux Center. “The State of California is using a significant amount of ethanol to meet its requirements under the low-carbon fuel standard and CARB lowered our plant’s carbon score by roughly 10%, giving us a new market opportunity,” Nieuwenhuis says. “As a result, now we’re back on line and operating at 50% capacity.”

CARB stands for the California Air Resources Board which regulates emissions to reduce pollution that causes smog and other air quality problems. Nieuwenhuis testified at a congressional hearing yesterday (Tuesday) about the Sioux Center plant’s temporary shutdown — and its recent re-start. “This small boost came directly from California, not the EPA,” Nieuwenhuis said. “The regulatory attempts by the EPA give us little confidence that we will see the relief that we need.”

This past spring, the ethanol industry urged California officials to approve sales of higher ethanol blends, to reduce carbon emissions. Distillation at the Sioux Center ethanol plant started this past Saturday and fermentation started on Monday.

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Iowa early News Headlines: Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019

News

October 30th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Police in Council Bluffs have identified a person whose body was found wrapped in a sheet near downtown. Police said in a news release Tuesday that an autopsy showed the body is that of 35-year-old William Josephtong Dut, of Council Bluffs. Police have not revealed how Dut died, but have said his death is suspicious and that police continue to investigate.

MARKHAM, Ill. (AP) — An Iowa man with Chicago-area ties has been charged with murder in the shooting death of two people at a suburban shopping mall earlier this month. Prosecutors say 18-year-old Dajon Lewis is was charged in the death of 17-year-old Tyrell Wade and 18-year-old Christin Ross. Prosecutors said Tuesday that Wade, Ross and three other people saw Lewis at River Oaks Center Mall in Calumet City on Oct. 10 and confronted him about robbing Ross’ sister. Lewis was ordered held without bond on Tuesday.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Federal antitrust regulators reviewing the proposed merger of defense contractors United Technologies Corp. and Raytheon have requested that United Technologies unit Collins Aerospace sell its Cedar Rapids-based military GPS business. The Gazette reports that the GPS business employs hundreds in Cedar Rapids. In a Monday email, employees were notified that regulatory agencies asked the company to explore the divestiture of the Rockwell Collins operation.

WAUKEE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating another explosion at an Iowa gender reveal party that happened one day after a blast at a similar gathering killed a 56-year-old woman in a nearby community. Authorities say no one was injured in the explosion Sunday in rural Waukee, a Des Moines suburb, but they are looking into unconfirmed claims that the blast broke a neighbor’s windows.

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