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JAMISON STECKLER, 14, & GAVIN STECKLER, 11, both of Audubon, died Dec. 10th. Funeral services for JAMISON and GAVIN STECKLER will be held 10:30-a.m. Friday, Dec. 23rd, at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.
Friends may call at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon, on Thursday, Dec. 22nd, beginning at 3-p.m., with the family present. A Prayer service will be held at the church beginning at 7-p.m., Thursday.
Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon.
JAMISON and GAVIN STECKLER are survived by:
Their parents – Toby and Pam Steckler, of Audubon.
Their brother – Mason Steckler, of Audubon.
Their paternal grandmother – Nicki Meidinger, of Aberdeen, SD.
Their maternal grandmother – Sandra Bauer, of Mound City, SD.
Other relatives, and many friends.
EDWIN “ED” LARSEN, 96, of Elk Horn, died Tue., Dec. 13th. A Memorial service for ED LARSEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Wed., Dec. 21st, at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church. Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church on Tue., Dec. 20th, from 5-until 8-p.m., with the family greeting friends from 6-until 8-p.m.; Online condolences may be left at www.burmeisterjohannsen.com.
Burial of ashes will be in the Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery.
EDWIN “ED” LARSEN is survived by:
His wife – Bev Larsen, of Elk Horn.
His son – Stephen Peterson, of Elk Horn.
His daughters – Linda (Roger) Jensen, of Atlantic; Marcia (Terry) Nelson, of Kimballton; Christine Jensen, of Boise, ID, and Rachel (Randy) Birks, of Irwin.
8 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, 3 great-great grandchildren, other relatives and friends.
Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County report the arrest Wednesday evening, of 28-year old Cody Davis Sparks, of Villisca. Sparks was taken into custody for Driving While Revoked. He was booked into the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $1,000 cash bond.
(updated 352 AM CST THU DEC 15 2016)
EARLY THIS MORNING…PARTLY CLOUDY. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
TODAY…CLOUDY UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON, THEN A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 15 TO 20. NORTHWEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COLD. LOW AROUND 15. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.
FRIDAY…CLOUDY, WARMER. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 20S. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
FRIDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT, THEN A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. BREEZY. LOW 10 TO 15. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
SATURDAY…CLOUDY. LIGHT SNOW LIKELY IN THE MORNING, THEN A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. BREEZY, COLDER. HIGH 10 TO 15. NORTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 70 PERCENT. WIND CHILL READINGS 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO.
SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. MUCH COLDER. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW THROUGH MIDNIGHT. LOW AROUND 10 BELOW.
SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH AROUND 10.
Two Iowa natives putting together banner senior seasons will be featured Saturday in Des Moines when Iowa plays Northern Iowa in the Hy-Vee Classic. Hawkeye senior guard Peter Jok is the reigning Big Ten Player of the Week. The Des Moines native is averaging nearly 24 points per game and more than six rebounds. Panther senior guard Jeremy Morgan was named the Missouri Valley Player of the Week after pouring in a career-high 38 points in a win over North Dakota. The Iowa City native is averaging more than 18 points and seven rebounds.
The Hawkeyes have battled inconsistency in a 5-5 start and Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery is confident that will change as they gain more experience. McCaffery says inexperienced teams have difficulty putting together complete games and that is why last weeks win over Iowa State was such a positive step.
UNI coach Ben Jacobson says Jok is difficult to cover. Jacobson says they key is to limit the number of open looks Jok gets at the basket. Hesays it will be a difficult assignment. The Panthers are 5-4.
(Radio Iowa/Learfield Sports)
The latest farmland survey by the Iowa State University Extension department showed a third straight year where land values dropped. Some people are worried the quarter-point increase in the interest rate announced Wednesday by the Federal Reserve could hurt land values even more. Economist Wendong Zhang conducts the I-S-U survey and says interest rates are an important part of land values. “Land value can be thought of simply as net income divided by interest rates. So when interest rates rise, land values tend to fall down,” Zhang says.
But Zhang says this increase shouldn’t have much impact. “What we are talking about will be a shift from an historically low environment to a low interest rate environment. So, it will have some impact, but probably not as much as some people are worried about,” He says.
The use of ethanol and its impact on corn prices led to an increase in farm land prices that saw them peak in 2013. But Zhang says the impact of ethanol on land prices is not as strong as it once was. “Comparing the current and future growth to what we experienced in the late 2000’s, the growth is much slower,” Zhang says. “Back in the 2000’s ethanol had been one of the primary factors in driving up the corn prices. I don’t think the factor is that strong (now) — at least compared to a few years ago.”
Zhang expects the drop in land prices to slow and eventually turn around, but he says it could take a few years.
(Radio Iowa)
A new survey ranks Iowa as the nation’s best state for drivers. The personal finance website Bankrate dot com says Iowa motorists pay, on average, just over $647 a year for auto insurance — the least expensive premiums of any state in the country. According to the survey, California is the worst state for drivers.
Car repairs in Iowa average $637 compared to $895 in California. Commutes in Iowa average only 19 minutes. Bankrate.com also based their rankings on gas prices, car thefts and deadly crashes.
(Radio Iowa)
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Legislative Services Agency estimates Iowa faces a shortfall of about $132 million in its current budget. The estimate follows another panel’s forecast of $7.2 billion in revenue for the current budget year, down $96 million. The legislative agency tacked on an extra $22 million in additional Medicaid costs. A separate group previously determined the Medicaid shortage, which includes a decision by officials to pay about $33 million more to three insurance companies that oversee the program.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — A member of the Board of Regents says he would have preferred an outside audit into Iowa State University President Steven Leath’s potential misuse of school planes. Regent Subhash Sahai says he had the stomach flu Monday and missed a special board meeting to discuss an internal audit that detailed dozens of questionable personal flights by Leath. Sahai says an “external audit would have been much more helpful.”
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Linn County plans to enact a new higher minimum wage on Jan. 1, despite a request from one supervisor to delay the move until summer. Cedar Rapids television station KCRG says Supervisor Brent Oleson requested the delay until July 1 because he believes state lawmakers will throw out all county wage ordinances in the upcoming legislative session. Linn County supervisors voted in September to raise the $7.25 minimum wage by a dollar each Jan. 1 until 2019, when it will reach $10.25.
DENISON, Iowa (AP) — A Minnesota man has been sentenced to five years in prison for shooting at two Iowa sheriff’s deputies during a standoff. The Sioux City Journal says 46-year-old James Champion, of Mankato, Minnesota, was sentenced last week in Crawford County District Court. An investigation showed Champion fired a rifle at deputies on March 9. One deputy returned fire, hitting Champion twice.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A nonpartisan agency estimates Iowa faces a shortfall of about $132 million in its current budget. The Legislative Services Agency released the data Tuesday, one day after a panel lowered projections for how much money the state will collect during the budget year that began in July and ends in June 2017.
The panel estimated Iowa’s revenue intake at roughly $7.2 billion and decreased its budget projections by $96 million. The Legislative Services Agency tacked on an extra $22 million in additional Medicaid costs. A separate forecasting group previously determined the Medicaid shortage, which includes a decision by Gov. Terry Branstad and state officials to pay about $33 million more to three insurance companies that oversee the privatized health care program.
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