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The Cass and Adair County Farm Bureaus are partnering with other ag organizations to put on Ag Adventure at the July 4th celebration in Massena. A highlight of the Ag Adventure is the Iowa State University “Conservation Station,” an engaging learning center that educates persons of all ages about the importance of clean water and healthy soil.
Visitors to the Conservation Station can partake in free, fun, hands-on activities and demonstrations. You can play the watershed game and learn how water flows in a watershed, as well as how all Iowans can make a difference for water quality. There’s a rainfall simulator, that shows how water can run off or infiltrate into surfaces, both in agriculture and urban environments. The water runoff and subsurface drainage is collected in jars to show how different land management choices can impact water and soil movement.
The Conservation Station is sponsored by the Water Rocks! and Learning Farms programs. The Station is one of just 10 stations that make up this year’s Ag Adventure, which allows attendees to meet local farmers and learn about agriculture through hands-on experiences. The event was successfully hosted last year in Greenfield, and moves to Massena this year.
The site will open immediately after the 4-p.m. 4th of July parade in Massena and remain open until 7-p.m. Many of the popular stations will feature live animals. Participants will be treated to home-made ice cream, once they’ve completed the adventure.
For more information, check out “Who’s your IA Farmer” on Facebook, or contact the Adair or Cass County Farm Bureau offices.
The area’s top news at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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AMES, Iowa (AP) – A jury has convicted an Ames woman of voluntary manslaughter for killing her husband. The Story County jury returned the verdict Wednesday against 36-year-old Candace Cummings in the second day of deliberations. Cummings was charged with first-degree murder for killing 36-year-old Harland “Jesse” Cummings. Prosecutors say she shot him as he slept.
Her sentencing is scheduled for July 17. Candace Cummings told investigators she killed her husband because of stress in their marriage and the years of abuse she’d suffered at his hands.
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst’s (R-IA) regional directors will hold traveling office hours throughout the month of July in all 99 counties in Iowa. Representatives from Senator Ernst’s office will be available in counties throughout the state to assist Iowans with problems or questions about eligibility involving issues like Social Security, veterans’ benefits, military affairs, passports, immigration issues, and other federal programs. The Senator herself will NOT be at the traveling office hours.
If you are unable to attend the traveling office hours and are seeking assistance with federal agencies, please visit Ernst.Senate.Gov to contact one of her offices or submit a casework request.
Locally, Ernst’s traveling office will be held in the following counties, dates/times/places…
Adair County: Thursday, July 20, 2017, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM, Adair County Courthouse Jury Room (400 Public Square, Greenfield, IA)
Adams County: Thursday, July 20, 2017, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM, Corning Public Library (603 9th Street, Corning, IA)
Audubon County: Tuesday, July 25, 2017, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM, Audubon Public Library (401 North Park Place, Audubon, IA)
Cass County: Thursday, July 13, 2017, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM, Atlantic Public Library Community Room (507 Poplar Street, Atlantic, IA)
Guthrie County: Wednesday, July 5, 2017, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM, Guthrie County Courthouse Public Meeting Room (200 North 5th Street, Guthrie Center, IA)
Montgomery County: Thursday, July 13, 2017, 12:30 PM – 1:30 pm, Montgomery County Extension Office Suite #2 (400 Bridge Street, Red Oak, IA)
Pottawattamie County: Thursday, July 20, 2017, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM, Walnut City Hall (229 Antique City Drive, Walnut, IA).
Shelby County: Tuesday, July 25, 2017, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM, Harlan Public Library (718 Court Street, Harlan, IA)
A complete list of all upcoming dates can be found here:https://www.ernst.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/traveling-office-hours
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Eric Thames homered and drove in three runs, Matt Garza pitched five innings in his first start after a short stint on the disabled list, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-6 Wednesday night.
Eric Sogard added a two-run double to lead a four-run second inning as Milwaukee improved to 18-13 on the road.
Aledmys Diaz hit a two-run homer for the Cardinals, losers of two in a row after winning four straight.
Closer Corey Knebel came on with two outs in the top of the eighth after a one-hyour rain delay and got the last four outs for his 10th save in 13 chances.
Thames, who entered the game in a 1-for-15 skid, had a two-run homer in the first and an RBI double in the second against starter Mike Leake (5-6).
Garza (3-2) allowed four runs and five hits.
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Authorities have been searching for the driver of a car that crashed into a family burial site that sits in the middle of a West Des Moines roundabout. The Des Moines Register reports police were dispatched to Huston Cemetery around 3:30 a.m. Saturday. The driver had abandoned the car, which had damaged the fence, landscaping and some headstones before coming to rest.
Huston Cemetery is named for James B. Huston, patriarch of one of the first families to settle in Dallas County. The city website says the first two people buried there were former slave girls with the last name of Harper who “died on their way to freedom.”
The once rural site has been overtaken by West Des Moines’ expansion. The city now owns the parcel.
AHSTW 10, Essex 2
Atlantic 2, Lewis Central 0 (2 runs scored in the bottom of the 2nd held up for Atlantic. Catherine Leonard singled. Reagan Pellett walked. Leonard scored on a single by Alyssa Derby and Pellett scored on a fielders choice hit by Olivia Engler. Aly Anderson threw a 2 hit, 2 strikeout shutout)
Boyer Valley 4, Ar-We-Va 3
Carroll 4, Kuemper Catholic 3
Exira-EHK 9, Coon Rapids-Bayard 6
Lawton-Bronson 10, Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 5
Perry 7, A-D-M, Adel 5 (8)
Red Oak 11, CB Abraham Lincoln 0 (6 innings)
River Valley 8, West Monona 4
Shenandoah 6, Sidney 5
Underwood 15, Griswold 2
Westwood, Sloan 8, OA-BCIG 1
Winterset 11, Boone 8 (10)
Orient-Macksburg Tournament
Lenox 17, Orient-Macksburg 1
Diagonal 5, East Union 3
Nodaway Valley 4, Melcher-Dallas 1
Murray 20, Mormon Trail 3
AHSTW, Avoca 17, Essex 2 (4 innings)
Ar-We-Va, Westside 14, Boyer Valley, Dunlap 1 (5 Innings)
Ballard 15, Carroll 0
CAM 12, West Harrison 3
Clarinda 17, Southwest Valley 0
EHK-Exira 3, Coon Rapids-Bayard 2 (9 innings)
Earlham 3, Winterset 2
Lewis Central 5, Atlantic 3
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 12, Lawton-Bronson 7
Mount Ayr 17, Murray 2 (4 innings)
Orient-Macksburg 12, East Mills 9
Shenandoah 6, Fremont-Mills 1
Tri-Center 13, Logan-Magnolia 2
Today: Areas of morning fog; Mo. Sunny w/a slight chance of day afternoon showers & thunderstorms. High 92. SW @ 10-15.
Tonight: P/Cldy to Cldy w/a 40% chance of shwrs & tstrms. Low 68. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Variably Cldy w/scatt. showers & tstrms. High 88. SE @ 10-15.
Saturday: P/Cldy w/scatt. Afternoon Shwrs & tstrms. High 91.
Sunday: P/Cldy, cooler & less humid. High 82.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 85. Our Low this morning was 58. We received .68” rain from 7-a.m. Wednesday through Noon (for a storm total of 1.39”) at the KJAN studios. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 95 and the low was 64. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 99 in 1918. The Record Low was 40 in 1906 & 1969.
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