FOR SALE: 3 lawn mowers: a 22″ Craftsman self-propelled for $125. A 22″ Yard Machine push mower for $60. A 20″ DynaMark push mower for $60. All work well. Call 712-304-4998 in Hamlin.
FOR SALE: 3 lawn mowers: a 22″ Craftsman self-propelled for $125. A 22″ Yard Machine push mower for $60. A 20″ DynaMark push mower for $60. All work well. Call 712-304-4998 in Hamlin.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa-based utility is proposing a massive wind turbine project that would be the nation’s first investor-owned electric utility to generate all of its customer demand from wind energy.
Des Moines-based MidAmerican Energy said Wednesday that it’s submitting its proposal for a $922 million wind project to the Iowa Utilities Board. The utility says the project would generate 591 megawatts of power, or enough electricity to power 2.4 million homes. If approved, the proposal would mark MidAmerican’s 12th wind project.
MidAmerican is a subsidiary of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. It already has 2,189 wind turbines on 27 wind farms in Iowa, producing 4,400 megawatts of power.
If the latest project is approved and completed, the utility’s total investment in wind will total more than $12 billion. The project is slated for completion in late 2020.
Creston Police said today (Wednesday), 22-year old Fransisco Martinez, of Creston, was arrested this (Wed.) morning, at the Union County Law Enforcement Center. He was taken into custody on a warrant for Violation of Parole. Martinez was being held in the Union County Jail without a bond until seen by a magistrate.
BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A man already given a life sentence for murder in Iowa has pleaded guilty to assaulting two guards in the Des Moines County Jail in Burlington. Court records show Jorge Sanders-Galvez, of St. Louis, entered pleas Tuesday to willful injury and to assault on a correctional officer. He’s scheduled to be sentenced Monday. Sanders-Galvez was given a life sentence for his role in killing a gender-fluid Burlington teenager, Kedarie Johnson.
The two officers were attacked Dec. 10 by Sanders-Galvez and two other inmates. Court records say the two other inmates, Earl Booth-Harris and Bobby Morris, also pleaded guilty. Each was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years. Booth-Harris is serving a life sentence in a different slaying.
Iowans who love to fish or who want to learn will be able to fish for free this coming weekend. The state is holding its annual opportunity to see what the fishing fuss is all about, according to Joe Larscheid, chief of the Iowa D-N-R Fisheries Bureau. “Currently in Iowa, anybody under 16 years old can fish for free but this allows all residents to try fishing for free,” Larscheid says. The event runs Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Given the warm weather, Larscheid says the fish should be biting across the state. “It’s a great time to go fishing,” he says. “The crappies and the bluegills are close to shore, so there’s shore fishing and lakes and ponds and impoundments across Iowa should be very good this coming weekend.”
You don’t need to invest in expensive equipment to give the sport a whirl. “If you go to our Special Events Calendar on the DNR website, you can find events close to where you live,” Larscheid says. “At these events, there’s usually people there to help you fish, even provide fishing tackle, rods and reels to go fishing.”
A fishing license for Iowa residents costs $19 a year, which Larscheid says is a good bargain, as that pays for the state to stock 150-million fish every year, in addition to running the hatcheries and staffing biologists and enforcement personnel.
The Class 1A Girls State Golf Tournament battled through a lengthy weather delay to complete round 1 on Tuesday at American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown. Lightning delayed the tournament from around 1:00pm-6:00pm but the round did get completed. The Girswold Tigers sit in 8th place after the first round in the team race. They shot +113 on the first day. New London was the first round leader with a +83 Tuesday.
Individually CAM’s Sammi Jahde and Treynor’s Kayla Champman were tied for 6th place with opening rounds of +12, 82’s. Exira-EHK’s Jacey Anthofer carded a +17, 88 to put her in 11th place. Mateya Peters of Griswold led her team with an +18, 89 to sit in 12th individually. Mount Ayr’s Abbey Schafer was in 2nd place after the first day with a +9, 80.
The second round got underway this morning at 8:30am with a shotgun start.
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Waterloo officials have chosen a kombucha tea company over a brewery and bicycle business as the new occupant for a downtown development. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that City Council members unanimously voted Tuesday to approve a seven-year lease with Verve Kombucha. The company will operate a bistro and brewery for the fermented tea product in the RiverLoop Public Market Building.
The lease agreement says Verve will receive free rent for one year while it renovates the building. Rent will be $1,000 a month during the second year and increase to $4,000 in the seventh year. Lark Brewing Co. and Waterloo Bicycle Works had also submitted proposals to lease the facility. The city used a state grant to turn a lawn care building into the Public Market.
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Clarinda at Creston SUSPENDED
Glenwood 7, Abraham Lincoln 0
Lewis Central 13, Kuemper Catholic 3 — 5 inn
Shenandoah 10, Fremont-Mills 3
Western Iowa Conference
Audubon at Griswold PPD
IKM-Manning at CAM, Anita PPD
Logan-Magnolia 13, Missouri Valley 1 — 5 inn
Tri-Center at Treynor PPD 5/30
Underwood 9, AHSTW 8
Rolling Valley Conference
Greene County at Coon Rapids-Bayard PPD
Whiting at Boyer Valley PPD
West Monona 16, West Harrison 6
Pride of Iowa Conference
Bedford at Nodaway Valley PPD 6/28
Central Decatur 17, Wayne 5 — 5 inn
Lenox 4, East Union 0
Pleasantville 9, Martensdale-St. Marys 2
Southeast Valley at Mount Ayr PPD
Southeast Warren at Interstate 35, Truro PPD
Bluegrass Conference
Orient-Macksburg at Diagonal PPD
Moravia 17, Lamoni 0
Murray at Mormon Trail PPD
Twin Cedars 1, Seymour 0
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Atlantic at St. Albert PPD
Clarinda at Creston SUSPENDED
Harlan at Denison-Schleswig PPD
Kuemper Catholic at Lewis Central PPD
Shenandoah 12, Fremont-Mills 2 — 6 inn
Stanton at Red Oak PPD
Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW at Underwood PPD 5/30
Audubon at Griswold PPD 6/14
Missouri Valley 8, Logan-Magnolia 4
Tri-Center at Treynor PPD 5/30
Rolling Valley Conference
Coon Rapids-Bayard at Greene County PPD
Glidden-Ralston at St. Mary’s, Storm Lake PPD
Whiting at Boyer Valley PPD
Corner Conference
West Harrison at East Mills PPD
Pride of Iowa Conference
Bedford at Nodaway Valley PPD 6/28
Central Decatur 17 Wayne 0 — 4 inn
Lenox 11 East Union 1
Pleasantville 10 Martensdale-St. Marys 0 — 6 inn
Southeast Warren at Interstate 35, Truro PPD
Southwest Valley at Mount Ayr PPD
Missouri River Conference
CB Thomas Jefferson at Sergeant Bluff-Luton (DH) PPD
A man from Pottawattamie County was arrested Tuesday in connection with the theft of a stop sign. The Pott. County Sheriff’s Office says a Deputy responded Sunday evening to the area of 350th Street and Idlewood Road, after the Pott. County Roads Division received a report someone hit a stop sign at the intersection, and took the sign with them. The sign was valued at $350. An investigation resulted in the arrest of 28-year old Cody Dean Canfield, of Oakland, for 4th Degree Theft. Canfield was cited for the offense and released. And, a Council Bluffs man was arrested Tuesday morning following a traffic stop. 26-year old Antoine Deante Cox, was taken into custody for Driving While Barred.