More area and State news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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You might want to plan an alternate route of travel this morning if you’re planning on using I-80 westbound just south of the Mall of the Bluffs. The Iowa DOT reports a multi-vehicle crash has occurred near Madison Avenue, involving a semi. A detour is in place. The accident happened at around 7:30-a.m.
Jim Field speaks with Rich Perry about mission trip work in Haiti
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w/ Cass County Extension Program Coordinator Kate Olson
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Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey says farmers have been able to catch up quite a bit in their planting with some days of dry weather. But he says some of the corn that’s already emerged may have been in too much water to make it. “They’ll be a little bit of replant where some water has been standing. Most of the rest of the crop it sounds like is up and going,” Northey says. “There’s still some beans to be planted yet….and it is wet enough across Iowa it’s going to take a little while in some places to be able to get back in the field.”
It’s preferred to get the corn all planted by mid-May to avoid any loss in yield. While 92 percent of the corn was planted by the start of this week, Northey says there’s still plenty to be concerned about. “Even just eight percent of the corn means we have a million acres of corn yet to plant — and that’s not in here by the end of May — so we’ll see,” Northey says. “That starts to lose a little yield. Certainly some replants in some bottoms that’ll need to happen, that’ll probably be a little lower yield expectations for producers as well.”
Northey says farmers were busy at the various times when the weather was dry. He says there was one in April, one in early May and then the middle of May, so the planting times have been spread out and it is kind of an experiment in different planting times.
Northey says he’s gotten all his corn planted, but like other farmers, he needs some heat to get it growing. “We do need some warm weather to get it up and going. Most of it has emerged across the state, but it’s still coming yet,” Northey says.
He farms near Spirit Lake and says he still has some beans to get planted.
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The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Chris Parks.
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Police in Creston say two people were arrested Tuesday afternoon for Violating Protection Orders. 34-year old Erin Marie Wallace, and 35-year old Kevin Lee Cottrell, both of Creston, were arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center on Union County warrants for Violating the Protective Order. Wallace was being held in the Ringgold County Jail, and Cottrell was being held in the Union County Jail, both while awaiting an appearance before the magistrate.
The area’s top news at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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Some Regional Girls Team Tennis matches were completed on Saturday around the state but some sites were impacted by rainy weather and moved to Monday. Due to the delays First-Round State matches have been moved to Tuesday, May 23rd so that Regional Finals can be finished on Monday.
Saturday, May 20th Scores
1A Region 1 @ Harlan: Shenandoah 5, Denison-Schleswig 0
1A Region 2 @ Atlantic: Glenwood 5, Clarke 1
2A Region 2 @ West Des Moines Valley: Urbandale 5, Abraham Lincoln 0
2A Region 2 @ Pleasant Hill: Dowling Catholic 5, Lewis Central 0
Monday, May 22nd Regional Finals
1A Region 1 @ Spencer: Spirit Lake/Okoboji 5, Cherokee 1
1A Region 2 @ Decorah: Waverly-Shell Rock 5, Decorah 0
Tuesday, May 23rd First Round State
1A Region 1 @ Denison/Red Oak (Moved mid-match due to rain): Shenandoah 5, Spirit Lake/Okoboji 1
1A Region 2 @ Johnston (Moved due to Rain): Waverly-Shell Rock 5, Glenwood 0
Shenandoah advances to the Class 1A Team State Final Four on June 3rd at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex in Iowa City. Play will begin at 9:00am that morning for Semifinal matches, with Finals being played at 2:00pm or an hour after the end of Semifinals.
1A Final Four: Shenandoah, Waverly-Shell Rock, Waterloo Columbus, Dubuque Wahlert.
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