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Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Stir together flour, cheese, chives, baking powder, pepper, salt, garlic powder and baking soda in a large bowl. Whisk together buttermilk and mustard in a small bowl. Grate frozen butter into flour mixture using the largest holes of a box grater; stir until well coated. Add buttermilk mixture; stir until just combined.
Drop batter in 2 1/2 to 3 tablespoonful rounds onto two baking sheets lined with parchment paper, leaving 3″ between rounds.
Bake in preheated oven until biscuits are golden brown (14 to 18 minutes), rotating baking sheets between top and bottom racks halfway through baking time. Brush biscuits with melted butter; garnish with sliced chives. Serve warm.
The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast with Jim Field.
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Jim Field visits with Iowa State University Extension Beef Field Specialist Erika Lundy about an Adair County effort to educate consumers on the “Hows” and “Whys” of Iowa Agriculture through the “Who’s Your Iowa Farmer?” facebook page.
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ROBERT “BOB” VOGGESSER, 90, of Atlantic, died Monday, March 18th, at the Heritage House, in Atlantic. Funeral services for BOB VOGGESSER will be held 11-a.m. Tuesday, March 26th, at the Roland Funeral Home, in Atlantic.
Visitation is open at the funeral home on Monday, March 25th, from Noon until 5:30-p.m.; Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.
Burial will be in the Atlantic Cemetery. A time of visitation with the family, and lunch, will be held at the funeral home following burial.
Memorials may be directed to the Atlantic Fire Department.
BOB VOGGESSER is survived by:
His brothers – Harold (Marge) Voggesser, of Bolivar, Missouri and Roy (Ann) Voggesser, of Denison
His nieces and nephews, as well as his sister-in-law, Rosellyn Voggesser of Maryville, Missouri.
The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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Police in Creston report the arrest at around 9:45-p.m. Monday, of 29-year old Matthew Jay Davis, of Creston. Davis was arrested at Levy/Division on a charge of OWI 1st ofense. He was released later on a $1,000 bond.
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A teacher accused of being drunk at her school in Dubuque has pleaded guilty. Dubuque County court records say 38-year-old Erin Ellerbach, of Asbury, entered the plea last week to a charge of public intoxication. She was ordered to pay $135 in fines and $60 in court costs.
She was taken into custody Dec. 17 at Jefferson Middle School. A Dubuque officer sent to the school reported that she had slurred speech, red and watery eyes and smelled of alcohol. A subsequent test showed she had a blood alcohol level of nearly three times the legal limit for driving. The court records also say school officials found cans of flavored alcoholic beverages in her office.
The district says Ellerbach has resigned her position.
Local organizers in Atlantic have put together plans for a welcome home celebration for Brandon Baier this weekend. Baier is participating in the Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Brandon will be arriving home Saturday March 23 and organizers are planning a caravan and presentation. Local supporters are asked to meet at the LDS church east of Atlantic at the intersection of Highways 6 and 71 before 10:30 am. Brandon will be met by an Atlantic fire truck for a ride and caravan into town. They will head to the Nishna Valley Family YMCA for a welcome home reception.
The 27 year old Baier participated in Track & Field at the Special Olympics USA Games in Seattle last July, earning a gold medal and qualifying for the World Games.
Brandon won a bronze medal in the Shot Put earlier this week and will compete in the 100 meter dash and the 4 x 100 meter relay yet this week.
All are welcome and encouraged to turn out Saturday to show support for Brandon on his accomplishments!
(Radio Iowa) — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller filed a lawsuit Monday to shut down an alleged puppy-laundering ring. Spokesman Lynn Hicks says the ring sold nearly 13-hundred puppies. “And what puppy laundering is, basically is and effort to obscure the source of dogs and deceive customers about where the puppies are coming from,” Hick says. He says the pure-bred puppies were sold as rescue animals by non-profit organizations to organizations outside of Iowa. “Especially places like California and Chicago, which have bans on puppy mill dogs,” according to Hicks. “You can’t in those locations, you can’t buy dogs that have come from anywhere else besides animal shelters or rescue groups.”
In addition to California and Illinois, the dogs from Iowa were also sold in Florida and New Jersey. “There is a for-profit breeder based in Britt call J.A.K.’s (Jacks) Puppies. And our lawsuit is alleging that they are essentially serving as the broker, and transferring these dogs through two non-profits — Hobo K-9, and Rescue Pets Iowa — essentially laundering through the non-profits, selling them, and exporting them out-of-state,” Hicks explains. The lawsuit alleges the puppies were sold from September 2016 to July 2018 for 714-thousand-510 dollars. Hicks says they want the operation stopped. “We’re asking the judge to dissolve the non-profits, number one. We are asking them to put a temporary injunction stopping all the defendants in this case from doing any business or charitable activities involving transferring animals and stopping them altogether form doing deceptive practices. And we’d also like to see some civil penalties,” Hicks says.
He says they are also seeking refunds for those who bought these dogs. “These dogs were sold for, in some cases, a few thousand dollars at pet shops in California and Chicago. They thought they were buying rescue pets — and they actually didn’t know where they were coming from,” Hick says. The individuals names in the lawsuit are: Jolyn K. Noethe of Britt, president of Hobo K-9 as well as co-president, secretary and director of J.A.K.’s Puppies; Kimberly Dolphin of Britt, treasurer of Hobo K-9, as well as co-president, secretary and director of J.A.K.’s Puppies; Megan Peterson of Wesley, a manager with J.A.K.’s Puppies and secretary of Hobo K-9; Russell Kirk of Ottumwa, president, secretary, treasurer and director of Rescue Pets Iowa. Hicks says you should know where the animal you are buying is coming from.
He says it is likely not a rescue animal if they are charging you thousands of dollars. “In some cases these dogs were not spayed or neutered. Those are all red flags that this is probably not a rescue dog. Most rescue organizations charge minimal fees,” Hicks says. The lawsuit seeks civil penalties for up to 40-thousand dollars for each violation.