Perry 3, Atlantic 1
Boone 2, Carroll 1 (2OT)
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 4, Treynor 0
Denison-Schleswig 5, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 1
Lewis Central 7, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 0
Nodaway Valley/ACGC/WCV 3, Harlan 2 (OT)
Tri-Center, Neola 2, Glenwood 1
A new survey of rural bankers in Iowa and several other Midwest states suggests the ag economy is improving. Creighton University’s “Rural Mainstreet Index” hit a two-year high in May. Economist Ernie Goss conducts the monthly survey and says lender confidence levels on the rural economy for May inched into positive territory for the first time since August 2015. Farm land prices and ag equipment sales were still negative, but they moved in a positive direction.
“It was still not a great report, but we’re talking about many months, in this case 20 straight months, of the overall index being below growth neutral. Moving above growth neutral was certainly good news,” Goss said.
Survey participants said, over the next five years, rising regulatory costs will be their top challenge. The number of rural bankers reporting farm foreclosures was the biggest risk doubled to one in ten, but Goss says it would take even lower commodity prices for that to be a major concern.
“At this point in time, agricultural commodity prices have at least stabilized. They’re not growing, but what we need to see of course is a good 20-to-25 percent increase in grain prices and livestock prices,” Goss said.
Nearly 90 percent of bankers said low commodity prices were the biggest threat to the rural economy, slightly less than last year. Participants surveyed were located in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.
(Radio Iowa)
Baseball
ADM, Adel 8, Des Moines, Roosevelt 2
Glenwood 8, Creston 2
Harlan 8, Kuemper Catholic 0
IKM-Manning 3, AHSTW, Avoca 1 (called in 5th inning due to rain)
Lenox 6, Sidney 5
Lewis Central 10, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 6
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 12, OA-BCIG 4
Martensdale-St. Marys 11, Coon Rapids-Bayard 0 (5 Innings )
Martensdale-St. Marys 6, Coon Rapids-Bayard 2 (10 Innings )
Missouri Valley 19, Riverside, Oakland 2
Mount Ayr 21, East Mills 11
Norwalk 9, Nodaway Valley 0
Shenandoah 6, Red Oak 2
Spencer 8, Denison-Schleswig 0
Treynor 26, Griswold 1 (5 innings)
Softball
ADM 10, Des Moines, Roosevelt 0
Bishop Heelan, Sioux City 16, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 3
Denison-Schleswig 4, Carroll 0
Glenwood 19, Creston 1
Glidden-Ralston 11, South Central Calhoun 0 (5 innings)
IKM-Manning 6, AHSTW 0
Lenox 3, Sidney 2
Lewis Central 16, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 0 (3 innings)
Missouri Valley 14, Riverside, Oakland 0
Mount Ayr 12, East Mills 0
Orient-Macksburg 9, East Union 7
Red Oak 12, Shenandoah 9
Treynor 12, Griswold 0
Iowa junior Jake Adams is the Big Ten player of the year. Adams is a rare combination of average and power. He finished fourth in the conference with a .344 average and led the Big Ten in home runs and RBI. His 24 homers broke Iowa’s single season record. His numbers also show how far the Iowa program has progressed. Four years ago the Hawkeyes had two home runs, as a team.
Iowa coach Rick Heller says Adams is a complete hitter. He says Adams is a professional level hitter already. The Hawkeyes are 34-19 and open the Big Ten Tournament tonight (Wednesday night) in Bloomington, Indiana against fourth seeded Maryland.
(Learfield Sports)
Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy w/Spotty showers possible early this morning and again this afternoon. High 64. NW @ 10-20.
Tonight: Clear to P/Cldy. Low 42. Winds light & variable.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 75. S @ 10-20.
Friday: Cldy to P/Cldy w/a slight chance of morning shwrs & tstrms. High 75.
Saturday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered showers & tstrms. High 68.
Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 61. We received .02” of rain here at the KJAN studios. Our Low this morning (as of 5:30-a.m.) was 48. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 83 and the low was 61. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 101 in 1939. The Record Low was 33 in 1924.
(Clarifies service is May 27th)
Officials with the Twigg Funeral Home in Guthrie Center have announced Memorial Services will be held this Saturday, May 27th, for two teens who died in a May 15th arson fire at their home. Services for 16-year old Shakiah Marie Cockerham and 12-year old Melanie “Paige” Exline, of Guthrie Center, will take place in the Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center High School Auditorium in Guthrie Center, beginning 10:30-a.m. Saturday. No visitation is planned.
Shakiah and Paige’s uncle, 54 year old William Long, III suffered severe burns to his upper body and was flown to an Omaha hospital for treatments. Their grandmother, 74 year old Shirley Exline, suffered minor injuries.
The Iowa State Fire Marshal’s Office concluded that the house fire was a result of Arson. No arrests have been made in connection with the ongoing investigation.
A traffic stop Tuesday night in Adams County resulted in the arrest of a man from Union County on drug and other charges. The Adams County Sheriff’s Department reports 47-year old Tony Dean Fizer, of Creston, was taken into custody at around 9:42-p.m. following a traffic stop on Highway 25 at 240th Street.
Fizer was found to be driving on a suspended license with nine withdrawals in effect. He was arrested for DUS, and upon further investigation, was charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Unlawful Possession of Prescription Drugs.
His bond was set at $1,300.
Police in Red Oak report a Red Oak woman was arrested Tuesday afternoon. Authorities say 31-year old Colbie Jo Sue Fike was taken into custody at around 3:25-p.m., for Driving While Suspended. Fike was also cited for Operating a Motor Vehicle without Registration. Bond was set at $300.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Logan Forsythe doubled in a run in the 13th inning to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers over the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 on Tuesday night after a stellar duel between starters Clayton Kershaw and Lance Lynn.
Forsythe played for the first time in a month and struck out in his first four at-bats before walking in the 11th and delivering the winning hit in the 13th. His double off Jonathan Broxton (0-1) scored Enrique Hernandez.
Kershaw and Lynn struck out 10 batters and allowed a run each, with Kershaw going nine innings and Lynn pitching eight. The Cardinals got just three hits against Kershaw, and the Dodgers had two off Lynn, including Yasmani Grandal’s homer in the first inning.
Kershaw missed out on his majors-leading eighth victory by giving up a run in the ninth. Randal Grichuk singled, advanced to second on a groundout then scored on a wild pitch to tie it at 1.
Josh Fields (1-0) pitched the 13th for Los Angeles.
Joc Pederson left the game after a frightening collision with Yasiel Puig in the 10th inning.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:45 a.m. CDT
MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A judge has ruled a man accused of killing two people in Mason City is now mentally competent to stand trial. The Globe Gazette reports that the judge issued the ruling Tuesday in the case against Peter Veal. Veal has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the November deaths of Caleb Christensen and Melinda Kavars.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine U.S. Sen. Susan Collins is among a group of senators that is trying to make some types of hearing aids more easily accessible and more affordable. Collins, a Republican, is sponsoring the Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017 along with Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Iowa Republican Sen. Charles Grassley. The senators say only about 14 percent of people with hearing loss use assistive hearing technology such as hearing aids, and one of the biggest obstacles is price.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A quick transition is expected for Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds to take over as governor now that Terry Branstad has been confirmed as the next U.S. ambassador to China. Branstad will resign as governor Wednesday in his formal office at the Capitol. Reynolds will then be sworn in as governor in the Capitol rotunda. Reynolds will inherit a range of issues, including a constrained state budget and questions about the future of water quality initiatives.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a sentencing appeal by a father and son whose Iowa-based egg production company caused a massive 2010 salmonella outbreak. The rejection Monday means Austin “Jack” DeCoster and his son Peter DeCoster will be required to serve prison time for misdemeanor food safety violations. The appeal was denied without comment. The DeCosters were sentenced to three months in prison in 2015.
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