CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (AP) – Officials say a pharmaceutical supply company plans to hire 100 more workers for its Clear Lake operation. McKesson Distribution Center opened in May and currently employs 120 workers. Director of operations Chris Van Norman told the Mason City Globe Gazette that the center serves 2,500 pharmacies in the Midwest and north-central Plains.
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Jim Field visits with Delmar Kopp of the Anita Fire Department about their 50th annual Steak Fry and Dance Saturday, August 6.
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FOR SALE: A 3-foot long, 3/4″ breaker bar. $25. Call 243-2860.
FOR SALE: a heavy duty power wheelchair. Asking $450 or would be willing to trade for a riding lawn mower. Call 243-2361.
FOR SALE: light weight 4-drawer dresser 10$; office chair, dark gray, lightly used 25$ SOLD! Call 712-254-2254.
FOR SALE: 2 body harnesses (like you would use in construction) $20 each – 1 SOLD, HAVE 1 LEFT!!; Knights of Columbus 4th degree cape $20; Knights of Columbus 4th degree chapeau $20. SOLD! 243-2860.
WANTED: small dog male dog for free, not mixed, rat terrier. 243-5153. Leave a message.
FREE: kittens, 2 1/2 months old, friends, located in the Atlantic area. 712-249-3856.
FOR SALE: SunQuest Pro by Wolff Systems Tanning Bed. $600. Call 712-268-9952.
STORM LAKE, Iowa (AP) – A northwest Iowa woman accused of stealing a winning lottery scratch game ticket has pleaded not guilty. The Sioux City Journal reports Ashley Bosler, of Sioux Rapids, entered the pleas Monday in Storm Lake to charges of theft of a lottery ticket or share and abetting theft of a lottery ticket or share. Her trial is to begin Nov. 15th.
Prosecutors say Bosler was working at a convenience store when she found the winning ticket by scratching off a corner and scanning the bar code that confirmed it was a winner of a $250,000 prize. Prosecutors say she hadn’t paid for the ticket and was too young to play, so she asked a co-worker to sign it and eventually her boyfriend, who tried unsuccessfully to claim it.
Local farmland owners, producers and other interested parties are invited to join Cass County Extension for the 2016 Farm Leasing Arrangements meeting, set for August 8 in Atlantic from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Cass County Community Center at 805 West 10th Street.
Besides the standard topics of land value and cash rental rate trends, this year’s special topic is costs of production. Landlords and tenants are more interested in costs when farming is not as profitable. They have to figure out how much money is available and decide where cuts can be made.
In January 2016, participants from last year’s Farm Leasing Arrangements meetings across Iowa completed a follow-up evaluation. According to the results, people attended to get an update on the rental market. One participant wrote, “The meeting helps me have informed discussions with the farmer, hopefully arriving at a fair price on the rent and being good custodians of the land.” Participants’ most requested topic for 2016 was costs of production.
Tim Eggers, Iowa State University Extension Field Agricultural Economist, said, “With last year’s participants requesting more information on the tenant’s costs of production, I wanted a hands-on activity instead of more slides.” He continued, “We’re going to play a game so participants experience decisions tenants make every year.”
The Farm Leasing Arrangements meeting will give landowners, tenants, and agri-business professionals information and materials they need to make decisions regarding farmland ownership, management, and leasing practices.
The Farm Leasing Arrangements meeting costs $15 per person, which includes the 100-page Farm Leasing Arrangements booklet and a copy of the presentation. Pre-registration is required and limited to 30 people. To register, call the Cass County Extension office at 712-243-1132 or email xcass@iastate.edu.
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Cass County Auditor/Election Commissioner Dale Sunderman reports Monday, Aug. 8th, is the first day for non-party organizations and candidates nominated by petition, to file nomination papers for county or township offices. The petitions may be filed with the County Auditor’s Office. The last day to file, is Aug. 31st. Nomination petitions and other election forms are available at the office of the Cass County Auditor, as well as from the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office at sos.iowa.gov.
Non-partisan positions scheduled to appear on the Nov. 8th General Election ballot in Cass County, include:
Nomination petitions must include the following number of signatures: 25 each for the Ag Extension and Soil and Water Conservation seats and 50 for Hospital Trustee. Township Trustees candidates do not need nomination papers. You only need to file an Affidavit of Candidacy. Only Edna and Union Townships will fill their positions by election. The other 14 townships’ officers are appointed by the Cass County Board of Supervisors.
Incumbents for the aforementioned positions set to appear on the ballot include:
Cass Co. Hospital Trustee/NW District: John Molgaard
Cass Co. Hospital Trustee/SE District: Phyllis Stakey
S&W Conservation District Commissioner: Curt Behrends; Chase Wheatley & Norbert Ray Wilson.
Co. Ag. Extension Council: Julie Aupperle; Darrin Petty; Marcy Jo Dorsey & Malena Sothman.
Incumbents Township Officers: Edna – Trustee: Keith Nelson; Trustee (Vacancy Term) Kevin Stender; Union Township – Trustee: Delmar South; Trustee (Vacancy term) Richard Hoffman. For additional information, call Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman at 712-243-4570, or e-mail auditor@casscoia.us.
Today: Partly cloudy, warm & humid w/a 30% chance of scattered showers & thunderstorms late this afternoon. High 92. SW @ 10-20. Heat Index 100-103.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy w/a 60% chance showers & tstrms. Low 68. NW @ 10.
Tomorrow: Cloudy to P/Cldy, w/showers ending in the morning. High 80. N @ 10.
Saturday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/a 30% chance light rain. High 78.
Sunday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/a 30% chance of morning showers. High 78.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 87. Our 24-hour Low ending today at 7-a.m., was 65. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 76 and the low was 64. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 110 in 1918. The Record Low was 38 in 1978.
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