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Three people from Clinton (in eastern Iowa), were injured during a single-vehicle accident at around 1:35-p.m. Friday. The Iowa State Patrol says a 2000 Pontiac Montana van driven by a 27-year old from Clinton, was westbound on 292nd Street, when the driver lost control. When the van entered the south shoulder, the driver over-corrected, causing the vehicle to rollover before landing on its passenger side in the westbound lanes. The driver and his two passengers, one of whom is 24 and who was not wearing a seat belt, were injured and transported to Genesis East Hospital, by DeWitt Ambulance. The names of the injured during being withheld by authorities, pending an investigation. The driver and the other passenger were wearing their seat belts, according to the Patrol.
A single-vehicle accident in southeast Iowa’s Van Buren County has claimed the life of an Ottumwa man. The Iowa State Patrol reports 55-year old Michael Dewayne Lawson was driving a 2015 Chevy northbound on County Road V-56 at around 11:30-p.m., Friday, when he ran the stop sign at the intersection of V-56 and J-40. His vehicle crossed through the intersection and entered the north ditch, striking the embankment. Lawson, who was not wearing a seat belt, died from his injuries at the scene.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is looking for help with its annual turkey population estimates in July and August. Participation is easy – just note the date and county in which the turkey was seen, if it was an adult female or adult male – males have beards on their breast – and whether there were young poults (baby turkeys). There is a link to an online survey and survey card at http://www.iowadnr.gov/Hunting/Turkey-Hunting for those willing to help.
The DNR has mailed survey cards to select turkey hunters who are asked to provide the date and county in which the turkey was seen. If you did not receive a survey card, you are still encouraged to report turkey sightings using the Iowa DNR webpage link. An excellent video of hen turkeys with poults can be viewed on the Iowa DNR’s Facebook page.
Annual population surveys conducted by the DNR are an important component of the species management plans, which includes providing hunting opportunities. All participation is appreciated.
(Radio Iowa) — Farmers who are being financially hurt by international trade disputes will be able to apply for a second round of payments from the federal government starting Monday. Unlike last year, row-crop farmers will get payments based on their county, not the specific crop they planted. Former Iowa ag secretary, now an undersecretary with the U-S-D-A, Bill Northey says checks will start going out next month. “Payments we expect to start mid- to late-August and will be made to three groups of folks,” Northey says. “We have the non-specialty crops, that county payment rate, specialty crops, and then to our dairy and hog producers.”
County rates reflect how much money the U-S-D-A calculated an area lost due to reduced exports and range from 15 to 150 dollars per acre. U-S Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says the payments are meant to help, but won’t make anyone whole. Perdue says, “President Trump understands that these are the people who are producing and they are the disproportionate bearers of the trade disruption.”
Pork and dairy farmers, and producers of specialty crops like fruits and nuts, will be paid separately. The U-S-D-A raised the amount a farmer can get from the payouts to 500-thousand dollars, if they’re eligible for payments in two or three categories. Perdue says it’s all in keeping with President Trump’s promise.”His administration’s not going to stand by while our productive farmers are treated unfairly by countries acting in bad faith,” Perdue says. “These are the men and women, year after year, who put their equity on the line, assume the financial risk, and every time, they plant a new crop and keep going.”
Iowa State University ag economist Chad Hart says the change from the 2018 payment program will eliminate complaints that soybeans got a much bigger payout than corn. “It’s still targeted by crop even though the crop does not directly factor into the mix of how big your payment is,” Hart says. Overall, the government plans to distribute more than 14-billion dollars in aid to farmers and ranchers through the Market Facilitation Program, or M-F-P. Sign-ups will be taken through December 6th.
More at farmers.gov/mfp
(Thanks to Amy Mayer at Iowa Public Radio, and Gina Cerrentano, KICD, Spencer)
Today: Partly cloudy. High 89. SW @ 10-20.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 70. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy w/isolated thundershowers late. High around 90. SW @ 10-20.
Tom. Night: A 50% chance of showers & thunderstorms thru midnight. Low around 65.
Monday:P/Cldy. High 83.
Tuesday: P/Cldy to Cldy. High around 83.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 85. Our Low 67. Last year on this date our High was 79 and the Low was 52. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 105 in 1930. The Record Low was 41 in 2013.
Class 1A
#6 Don Bosco 3, #9 Coon Rapids-Bayard 1
#1 Newman Catholic 8, Pekin 7
Class 3A
Championship
#1 Davenport/Assumption 7, #2 Louisa-Muscatine 4
3rd Place
#4 West Liberty 8, #6 Columbus Catholic 3
Class 4A
Championship
#1 Carlisle 1, #3 North Scott 0
3rd Place
#4 Charles City 6, #6 West Delaware 5
Class 5A
Championship
#8 Valley 8, #1 Waukee 5
3rd Place
#6 Iowa City High 6, #5 Johnston 3
A 19-year old woman who was struck by a pickup truck Friday night while crossing a street, has died. The Iowa State Patrol reports the woman was crossing Hubble Avenue at Tallgrass Parkway in Altoona, when she was struck by a 2002 Chevy pickup driven by 31-year old Andrew W. Reed, of Altoona. The accident happened at around 9:40-p.m., Friday.
Authorities say Reed had a green light at the intersection. The accident victim’s name was being withheld pending notification of family.
Three people were injured during a collision Friday afternoon on Interstate 80 in eastern Iowa, including two from western Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2019 Kenworth semi tractor was traveling east on I-80 in Johnson County, and had slowed for traffic ahead that had stopped due to a previous accident. A 2000 Ford Windstar van also traveling eastbound on I-80, rear-ended the semi’s trailer. The crash occurred at around 2:35-p.m., Friday.
Following the collision, both vehicles came to rest in the lane of traffic. The Patrol said two of the crash victims, a 52-year old and a 16-year old in the van, were from Carroll. They were transported by ambulance to the University of Iowa Hospitals/Clinics in Iowa City, with the 52-year old flown by helicopter to the facility. The third victim was the 46-year old truck driver, from Baltimore, Maryland. He was transported by an Iowa DOT Enforcement Officer to the hospital. All three crash victims were wearing their seat belts.
Their names were being withheld, pending completion of the accident investigation.
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