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Postville forfeits tonight’s football game to North Linn

Sports

September 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Officials in the Postville School District are forfeiting tonight’s (Friday’s) football game, due to health concerns. Postville superintendent Tim Dugger. “We’ve had several cases of confirmed impetigo this week,” Dugger says. “In order to protect our students and protect the students of the North Linn School District, we have offered to cancel the game.”

Impetigo is a highly-contagious skin condition. It usually occurs in children under the age of five and is rarely found in adults. The superintendent says there is NO health threat to the general student population in his district. “The issue is with a few of the football players and the close quarters when it comes to athletics,” Dugger says, “so it is particularly confined to that group of students.”

Dugger says students who’ve contracted impetigo are undergoing the standard treatment. “They are on antibiotics and then we are requiring potential cases to be reviewed by a doctor,” Dugger says, “to be cleared by them.”

Health officials say the recovery time for impetigo is usually three days, so Dugger is confident all cases will be cleared by next week. According to the Mayo Clinic’s website, someone with impetigo is no longer contagious about 24 hours after they start taking antibiotics. The rash from impetigo typically heals without scarring. Postville’s homecoming game is NEXT Friday.

(Radio Iowa)

RONALD G. HALLETT, 80, of Audubon (Svcs. 9/27/16)

Obituaries

September 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

RONALD G. HALLETT, 80, of Audubon, died Wed., Sept. 21st, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha. A Celebration of Life service for RONALD HALLETT will be held 10:30-a.m. Tue., Sept. 27th, at St. Patrick’s Parish Center, in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is from 6-until 8-p.m. Monday (9/26).

Burial will be at a later date.

RONALD HALLETT is survived by:

His wife – Delores Hallett, of Audubon.

His children – Sandy Bierbaum, of Griswold; Sharon (Todd) Weist, of Erie, CO; Patty (Kelvin) Smith, of Locust Grove, AR; Kim Hallett, of Des Moines; Kathy (Terry) Pedrin, of Audubon, and Troy (Bobbi) Hallett, of Percival.

His sister – Joy (Jim) Smith, of Griswold.

7 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, other relatives & friends.

PATTY STOCKHOLM, 96, of Anita (Svcs. 9/26/16)

Obituaries

September 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

PATTY STOCKHOLM, 96, of Anita, died Wed., Sept. 21st, at Caring Acres Nursing & Rehab in Anita. Funeral services for PATTY STOCKHOLM will be held 11-a.m. Monday, Sept. 26th, at the Hockenberry Funeral Home in Atlantic. Iles Funeral Home in Des Moines is assisting with the arrangements.

Friends may call at the Hockenberry funeral home on Sunday, Sept. 25th, from 2-until 4-p.m.

Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery at Anita.

PATTY STOCKHOLM is survived by:

Her daughter – Kathy Stockholm, of Omaha.

 

Man & woman from rural Stanton arrested Thu. night on assault charges

News

September 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s deputies in Montgomery County arrested two people from rural Stanton on assault charges late Thursday night. 50-year old Tony Wayne Ruple and 45-year old Tina Marie Seiler were taken into custody at around 10:35-p.m. in the 2800 block of 200th Street. Ruple and Seiler were charged with Domestic Abuse/Simple Assault, and brought to the Montgomery County Jail where they were being held without bond.

KJAN listening area forecast: updated 3:37-a.m., 9/23/16

Weather

September 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Early This Morning: Partly cloudy. South wind around 5 mph.

Today: Mostly sunny. High in the upper 80s. South wind 5 to 15 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear. Low in the mid 60s. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny through mid morning…then a slight chance of thunderstorms before noon. Mostly cloudy with thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. High in the mid 80s. South wind 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of thunderstorms 60 percent.

Saturday Night: Thunderstorms. Low around 60. South wind 5 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest after midnight. Chance of thunderstorms 80 percent.

Sunday: Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms in the morning. Breezy…cooler. High around 70. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.

Monday: Mostly sunny. High in the upper 60s.

New census data details Latino population in Iowa

News

September 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

New census data shows the Latino population in Iowa increased by 116 percent from 2000 to 2015 which is a little more than 96-thousand (96,147) people. Latinos make up just under six percent of Iowa’s population, making them the largest minority group in the state. Thirty-two percent of the Latinos in Iowa were not born in this country. Seventy-eight percent of them came to Iowa from Mexico.

The median age of Latinos in Iowa is 22-point-two, while the state median age is thirty-eight-point-one. The median income of Latino households in 2015 was a little more than 38-thousand dollars, while the statewide median household income was nearly 55-thousand dollars (54,736.) The poverty rate was 25-point-six percent, while the corresponding rate for Iowa is 12-point-two percent.

The average family size for the Iowa Latino population in 2015 was three-point-eight-two, compared to the overall average family size in the state of two-point-nine-nine (2.99) Over half of the growth in Iowa’s Latino population from 2000-2015 occurred in seven counties: Polk, Woodbury, Johnson, Marshall, Scott, Pottawattamie, and Linn.

Polk County had the largest overall population of Latinos at 21-point-four percent. The Latino population in Ringgold County increased by 731 percent and by 652 percent in Lyon county between 2000 and 2015. When it comes to the overall population, 27-point-four percent of all residents of Crawford County were Latino, followed by Buena Vista (24.6%), Marshall (20.7%), Muscatine (17.5%), and Louisa (16.2%).

(Radio Iowa)

Magic mushroom case in Storm Lake High School

News

September 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

A northwest Iowa teenager faces a felony drug charge for allegedly distributing what are sometimes called “magic mushrooms.” A Storm Lake teen has been charged after police investigated a report of a boy ingesting illegal, hallucinogenic mushrooms at the Storm Lake High School. Police learned the juvenile allegedly acquired the illegal mushrooms at the high school from another student, a 16-year-old male from Storm Lake.

The victim was taken to the hospital in Storm Lake for treatment and later released. Police charged the 16-year-old with delivery of a controlled substance, a Class C felony. He was taken to the youth detention facility in Cherokee, awaiting an appearance in juvenile court.

(Radio Iowa)

Senator Ernst calls out Ag Secretary on happy portrayal of farm situation

Ag/Outdoor, News

September 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says she called out U-S Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack over the happy picture his department is portraying when it comes to the current state of the farm economy. “A week or so back he had met with a group and was trying to paints a very rosy picture of the farm economy — but that’s not what I am hearing — and I really did press him on that issue,” Ernst says.

The Republican from Red Oak says the things she sees in the state goes against what the former Democrat Iowa governor is saying about the farm situation.”Right now we see corn is at three dollars and under ( a bushel), I’ve seen that at my own hometown at the Merch in Red Oak. It is really hard for our farmers to get ahead with commodity prices being so low,” Ernst says. ” So, I will continue to press him on that.”

Ernst says her concern is the U-S-D-A regulations and programs aren’t helping smaller farmers. “He tried to tout a number of programs that U-S-D-A has, but again I think the things that they promote — the GIPSA (Grain Inspection, Packers & Stockyards Administration Rule) is a great example of that — it really does inhibit some of those small beginning farmers from even getting a fair start,” Ernst says. Ernst was asked if Vilsack is doing a good job as Ag Secretary.

She focused her answer on the department and not Vilsack. “I’m not going to say yes or no about his role as ag secretary,” Ernst says. “But what I will say is that I think U-S-D-A as a whole is trying to paint an optimistic rosy picture of what is going on, but in reality that is not what is going on. And I hear that every day in Iowa.” Ernst says farmers need less government regulation not more. She referred back to the GIPSA Rule.

“What I fear is that this will cut out those small farmers, those small operations, they won’t be able to engage in the contracts like we see some of the larger packers doing. So, this is an issue that has been brought up by the Iowa Pork Producers, they have spoken to me about this, they have great concerns there. As, well as some of those packing houses,” according to Ernst. She says the packing houses want to have a supply of livestock from a variety of sources and are worried the rule will prevent that. Ernst made her comments during her weekly conference call with reporters.

A U-S-D-A spokesperson issued this response to Ernst’s comments:
“Secretary Vilsack is a tireless champion for American agriculture, and has said several times recently that ‘it is always the wrong bet to bet against the American farmer, rancher, and producer.’ Median farm family household income has held steady at historic highs for the last two years, as a direct result of the hard work and good management by our farm families. Meanwhile, farm debt-to-asset ratios are near record lows, showing the underlying fundamental strength of the American agriculture.”

“This is why yesterday Secretary Vilsack expressed cautious optimism about the state of the agricultural economy, but at the same time he understands the challenges many producers are going through right now because of prices and oversupply in some parts of the sector. USDA recognizes that 10 percent of U.S. farms are highly or extremely leveraged, and that is why we have used every dollar of our farm loan authority and every last dollar of our CCC authority to provide help and assistance to those who need it. Specifically, USDA enrolled 1.76 million farmers in the new Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs, which have provided $5.3 billion in financial assistance for crop year 2014, to more than one million farms. The past seven years have been the strongest in history for agricultural exports, while the past five years have been the best in history for median farm household income. Census data shows that incomes in rural America grew by more than 3 percent last year, on pace with income in metro areas. Rural communities are also beginning to see population growth, a dramatic fall in poverty and hunger, and more jobs in the last two years than at any point since 2007. There is concern, and the Secretary expressed that, but there is also cautious optimism. And that is why we have invested more resources than any prior Administration in the future of America’ rural communities, especially our young people and our new and beginning farmers.”

(Radio Iowa)

Area Volleyball scores from Thursday, 9/22/26

Sports

September 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

(3-1) A-D-M, Adel 25-24-25-25, Carlisle 17-26-19-12
(3-1) Audubon 25-13-25-25, Logan-Magnolia 19-25-16-17
(3-1) Bishop Neumann 25-24-26-34, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 17-26-24-32
(3-0) Coon Rapids-Bayard 27-27-27, Boyer Valley 25-25-25
(3-0) East Sac County 25-25-25, Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 10-11-3
(2-0) Essex 25-25, Lenox 10-13
(2-0) Essex 25-25, South Page 8-10
(3-0) Griswold 25-25-26, AHSTW 18-18-24
(2-0) Lenox 25-25, South Page 18-12
(3-1) MOC-Floyd Valley 25-19-25-25, Rock Valley 22-25-20-15
(3-0) Treynor 25-26-25, IKM-Manning 21-24-21
(3-1) Tri-Center, Neola 25-25-19-25, Missouri Valley 11-23-25-12
(3-0) Underwood 25-25-25, Riverside, Oakland 11-19-10

High School Football Schedule – Week 5 – 09/23/2016

Sports

September 23rd, 2016 by admin

2016 High School Football Master Schedule
Week 5 – September 23rd

Class 3A, District 7

Atlantic @ Creston O-M
Denison-Schleswig @ Glenwood
Harlan @ ADM
Winterset @ Carroll

Class 2A, District 7

Southeast Valley @ East Sac County
Shenandoah @ Red Oak
Clarinda @ South Central Calhoun
Kuemper Catholic @ Underwood

Class 1A, District 7

AHSTW @ Treynor
IKM-Manning @ Missouri Valley
Logan-Magnolia @ OA-BCIG
Tri-Center @ AC-GC

Class A, District 7

Griswold @ Nodaway Valley
Riverside @ Southeast Warren
Southwest Valley @ Martensdale St. Marys
St. Albert @ Earlham

Class 8-man, District 6

East Union @ Lenox
Mormon Trail @ Lamoni
Murray @ Stanton
Wayne @ Bedford

Class 8-man, District 7

Clarinda Academy @ Exira-EHK
Essex @ Fremont-Mills
Sidney @ CAM
Woodbine @ East Mills

Class 8-man, District 8

Boyer Valley @ Glidden-Ralston
Charter Oak-Ute @ Coon Rapids-Bayard
River Valley @ Audubon
West Harrison @ Ar-We-Va