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Study finds few millenial farmers, but they’re having big impact

Ag/Outdoor, News

December 14th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The president of a research firm devoted to agriculture says while the number of millennial farmers is small, their impact on farming operations is surprisingly large. Jan Johnson of Millennium Research says producers between the ages of 18 and 34 aren’t always recognized for the important decisions they’re making “Even though they’re young and might actually still have a job off the farm, they’re making a lot of the decisions regarding seed, feed, fertilizer, crop protection, technology and all those sort of day-to-day or seasonal decisions that farmers make,” Johnson says.

With the majority of U.S. farmers over the age of 55, Johnson predicts fewer farmers will control more land. “From the work that we do, which tends to concentrate on commercial-sized operations, we find that farmers under 44 years old tend to control farming operations of almost twice the size of older farmers,” Johnson said.

Johnson’s research also finds “technology adoption” high on the list of priorities for millennial farmers, and most are extremely well-educated.

(Reporting by Mark Dorenkamp, Brownfield Ag News)

DANNY “PAPA BEAR’ COLEMAN, 67, of Yale (Svcs. 12/16/16)

Obituaries

December 14th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

DANNY “PAPA BEAR’ COLEMAN, 67, of Yale, died Monday, Dec. 12th, at the VA Central Iowa Health Care Hospital, in Des Moines. Funeral services for DANNY “PAPA BEAR’ COLEMAN will be held 10:30-a.m. Friday, Dec. 16th, at the Twigg Funeral Home in Panora.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday, Dec. 15th, from 5-until 7-p.m.

Burial will be in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery near Van Meter.

DANNY “PAPA BEAR’ COLEMAN is survived by:

His wife – Patsy Coleman, of Yale.

His daughters – Connie (James) Daggett; Lorie Sheets; Jennifer (Karl) Andrews, and Nancy Harvey.

His brothers – Marshall (Mary Katherine) Bassett, and Lenny (Pam) Coleman.

His sister – Sharon Coleman.

8 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

KJAN listening area forecast from the NWS (3:48-a.m, 12/14/16)

Weather

December 14th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Early This Morning: Mostly cloudy. Southwest wind near 5 mph.
Today: Mostly sunny. Breezy. High around 20. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low zero to 5 above. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
Thursday: Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of light snow in the afternoon. High 15 to 20. Southeast wind near 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy. Low around 15. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph.
Friday: Cloudy. A slight chance of light snow in the morning, then a chance of freezing drizzle and snow in the afternoon. High in the upper 20s. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Friday Night: Cloudy. Light snow likely possibly mixed with freezing drizzle through midnight, then a chance of light snow after midnight. Low 10 to 15. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
Saturday: Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of light snow. Breezy, colder. High 10 to 15.

Area boys/girls basketball scores from Tuesday, 12/13/16

Sports

December 14th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

BOYS BASKETBALL

Atlantic 72, Glenwood 67
Audubon 68, Treynor 61
Boyer Valley, Dunlap 82, West Harrison, Mondamin 41
CAM, Anita 66, Charter Oak-Ute 45
Carroll 69, South Central Calhoun 33
Coon Rapids-Bayard 61, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 54
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 74, Sioux City, North 53
Creston 61, Harlan 60, OT (Kylan Smallwood 27points and Game Winning 3 pointer)
Denison-Schleswig 72, Red Oak 42
Des Moines Christian 71, Earlham 34
East Union, Afton 60, Bedford 50
Glidden-Ralston 59, Paton-Churdan 43
IKM-Manning 79, Griswold 30 (Jon Brant 22, Ben Wegner 21)
Lenox 52, Southwest Valley 49
Lewis Central 77, Shenandoah 35
Logan-Magnolia 61, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 59 (Jesup Lake 21 points L-M, Blaine Lees 16 AHSTW)
Madrid 54, Panorama, Panora 45
Newell-Fonda 68, OA-BCIG 50
Nodaway Valley 48, Mount Ayr 46
Riverside, Oakland 56, Missouri Valley 54 (Brent Pendgraft Full Court Buzzer Beater for the win)
Sidney 52, East Mills 44
Sioux City, West 90, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 50
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 61, South Page, College Springs -Clarinda 33
Stanton 84, Essex 44
Underwood 62, Tri-Center, Neola 52
Van Meter 69, West Central Valley, Stuart 40
West Monona, Onawa 46, Ridge View 36
Westwood, Sloan 51, Lawton-Bronson 43
Woodbine 56, Heartland Christian 29
Woodbury Central, Moville 75, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 73

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Boyer Valley 65, West Harrison 33
CAM, Anita 61, Charter Oak-Ute 41
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 49, Sioux City, North 48
Denison-Schleswig 55, Red Oak 47
Essex 50, Stanton 37
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 73, Coon Rapids-Bayard 31 (Maggie Rasmussen 20 points)
Glenwood 55, Atlantic 44
Glidden-Ralston 67, Paton-Churdan 24
Harlan 58, Creston 43 (Allison Bruck 29 points)
IKM-Manning 65, Griswold 35
Lewis Central 60, Shenandoah 53
Logan-Magnolia 54, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 36
Missouri Valley 43, Riverside, Oakland 31
Mount Ayr 35, Nodaway Valley 33
Newell-Fonda 47, OA-BCIG 45
Orient-Macksburg 72, Iowa Christian Academy 27
Panorama, Panora 55, Madrid 31
Ridge View 48, West Monona, Onawa 25
Sidney 53, East Mills 21
Sioux City, West 59, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 51
Southwest Valley 54, Lenox 32
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 77, Clarinda 39
Treynor 74, Audubon 30
Underwood 71, Tri-Center, Neola 37
Westwood, Sloan 61, Lawton-Bronson 37
Woodbine 57, Heartland Christian 38
Woodbury Central, Moville 72, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 28

Iowa early News Headlines: Wed., Dec. 14th 2016

News

December 14th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former Drake University student is challenging a federal government policy that he says discriminates against men in campus sexual assault cases. He claims the Des Moines-based university failed to consider his allegations of sexual assault by a female student but believed her allegations against him and expelled him. The case is one of several filed in recent years claiming federal guidance from 2011 has resulted in reverse discrimination.

HIAWATHA, Iowa (AP) — A man police found earlier this month wandering naked on an eastern Iowa street has been charged with second-degree murder in his mother’s death. Hiawatha Police said Tuesday that 32-year-old Joseph Hubbard faces the murder charge in addition to other charges levied against him earlier. Officers found him wandering naked on a Hiawatha street on Dec. 2 after they say he broke into a church, poured gasoline inside and punched a man. They then found the body of his mother at the home they shared.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified a woman killed at a northeast Des Moines home. The Des Moines Register reports that Polk County deputies called to the home for a domestic disturbance on Monday found 19-year-old Katelynn Rose Gould, of Urbandale, injured in the garage. She died at the scene. Officials have not detailed the nature of her injuries.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Sioux City lawyer has been sentenced to 15 days in jail for a hit-and-run that injured two pedestrians and damaged a vehicle. Television station KTIV reports that 32-year-old Thomas Farrens was sentenced Friday after entering an Alford plea to leaving the scene of a serious injury accident. Court documents say Farrens didn’t stop after his car hit two pedestrians and sideswiped another vehicle on April 4.

SHARON KAY OLES, 74, of Griswold (Svcs. 12/17/16)

Obituaries

December 14th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

SHARON KAY OLES, 74, of Griswold, died Monday, Dec. 12th, at the Griswold Care Center. Funeral services for SHARON OLES will be held 10-a.m. Saturday, December 17th, at the Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold.

Visitation with the family will be Friday, December 16, 2017 from 5:30 until 7:30 at the funeral home.

Interment will be in the Griswold Cemetery.

SHARON KAY OLES is survived by

Her children: Jeff Oles and wife Ida, of Hamlin; Terri Kimpson and husband Mike, of Griswold, and Mary Perdue and husband Brent, of Elliott.

Her brothers – Jerry Putnam and wife Shiona, and Leon Putnam Jr. and wife Marla.

Her sisters – Judy Robberts and husband Kenny, and Debbie McAfee and husband Ralph.

8 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, her in-laws, other relatives and friends.

Glenwood Girls pull away from Atlantic in second half Tuesday

Sports

December 13th, 2016 by admin

The Glenwood Girls Basketball team picked up their first win of the season with a 55-44 win over Atlantic on Tuesday night.  The Rams took advantage of an ice cold fourth quarter from the Trojans to pull away for the win. Glenwood led by 6 at the end of the first quarter but Atlantic rallied to tie the game at 26 at halftime.  It was a three point Glenwood lead by the end of the third and then mistakes began to mount for Atlantic in the fourth.  The Trojans had multiple turnovers down the stretch and only managed one made field goal in the fourth as Glenwood outscored them 18 to 10 in the quarter.  Atlantic Head Coach Kelly Juhl said the Trojans just aren’t a cohesive team right now.

A bright spot for the Trojans was their foul shooting as they were 20-25 for the game from the stripe. Atlantic was led in the loss by Catherine Leonard with 12 points while Freshman McKenzie Waters dropped in 10. Atlantic falls to 0-6 and will host Shenandoah on Friday night.

Glenwood was led by Baylee Baker with 14 points and Brooklyn Taylor with 13. The Rams are now 1-5 and will travel to Denison-Schleswig on Friday.

Atlantic grits out big home win over Glenwood in Boys hoops

Sports

December 13th, 2016 by admin

The Atlantic Trojans had to fight hard to the end to get a big home win over the Glenwood Rams on Tuesday night 72-67.  Atlantic jumped out to an early lead in the game and had a 36-26 lead at half but the Rams would make multiple runs in the second half.  Glenwood cut the lead to 3 by the end of the third quarter and then scored the first 7 points of the fourth quarter to lead by 4. Atlantic fought back lead by their Senior star Garrett Franken who had 13 points in the fourth quarter and all of Atlantic’s field goal makes in the quarter.  Atlantic Head Coach Alan Jenkins said Franken wanted the ball in that situation.

The rest was done at the free throw line as the Trojans stepped up and knocked down 10 straight in the fourth quarter before two late misses by Franken. The Trojans finished 22-26 from the charity stripe and Coach Jenkins loved how they hit them down the stretch.

Atlantic improves to 5-0 on the season and still have a busy week ahead as they host Shenandoah on Friday night and then take on Nebraska Class C-2 top rated Elmwood-Murdock on Saturday at the Mid America Center.

Atlantic was led in the win by Franken with 27 points. Austin Alexander poured in 19 for the Trojans. Nate Mohr was the leading scorer for Glenwood with 21 points. The Rams fall to 3-2 with the loss and will next play at Denison-Schleswig on Friday.

We’ll have coverage of the Atlantic vs. Elmwood-Murdock game from the MAC on Saturday at 1:00pm.

Griswold City Council Special mtg 12/14 to discuss Mediation w/Rescue Dept.

News

December 13th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Members of the Griswold City Council will hold a Special Meeting Wednesday (Dec. 14th) at the Griswold Community Building. During the 6-p.m. session, the Council will discuss Mediation, with regard to the Griswold Rescue Department.

During a work session held November 30th, the Council agreed to a request for formal mediation from four of the nine members of the Rescue Department who had resigned in November following the resignation of former Rescue Captain Julie Kline.

Kline resigned the day after the Council held a closed session Nov. 12th. At a public meeting held soon thereafter, Mayor Jeb Peck said they had issues with the Rescue Department not following its own By-Laws, and their response time to calls, but nothing has ever been mentioned publicly about why Kline resigned.

Griswold City Attorney David Wiederstein said during the Nov. 30th meeting that a complaint had been filed by Kline with the Iowa Public Information Board (IPIB) following the Nov. 12th closed session. Wiederstein said on behalf of the City, he gave IPIB the materials they requested with regard to that meeting, and that the Board is conducting an investigation into whether there was a violation of the Open Meetings Law. He could say nothing further on that topic.

Sioux City lawyer sentenced to jail for hit-and-run

News

December 13th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Sioux City lawyer has been sentenced to 15 days in jail for a hit-and-run that injured two pedestrians and damaged a vehicle. Television station KTIV reports 32-year-old Thomas Farrens was sentenced Friday after entering an Alford plea to leaving the scene of a serious injury accident.

Court documents say Farrens didn’t stop after his car hit two pedestrians and sideswiped another vehicle on April 4. His car was later found abandoned in Grandview Park. The pedestrians were taken to a hospital for treatment.

Sioux City Police say that after Farrens was found at home later that evening, his blood alcohol level tested above the legal driving limit.