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The Cass County Planning and Zoning Commission Thursday (Jan. 24th), approved an amendment to the County’s Zoning Ordinance, which changes the Business District section of the Ordinance to permit businesses that sell and repair firearms, and/or operate an indoor shooting gallery. The Commission will forward its recommendation to the Cass County Board of Supervisors, for the consideration and possible adoption of the amended ordinance.
A Massena man appeared before the Commission Thursday night at the courthouse in Atlantic, to present his plan to open a gun sales and repair shop and indoor shooting range, near Massena. Currently, that type of business is not allowed under the County’s Zoning Ordinance.
If the Supervisor’s approve the Zoning Commission’s recommendation to adopt the amended ordinance, the gun shop near Massena could be open later this spring.
Someone tried to clean-out the Red Oak Washboard Laundromat this week. According to Red Oak Police, a person or persons unknown used a blunt device to gain entry into the supply closet at the business, located in the 1400 block of North 1st Street, in Red Oak. Inside the closet, the thief or thieves removed a security system, a monitor and one of the cameras. The suspects also attempted to remove a change machine from a wall, but their efforts were stymied by some tough to remove bolts. Another change machine was tampered with, but not damaged.
The incident took place sometime between 6 p.m. Wednesday and 11 a.m. Thursday, and resulted in a loss to the business of about $1,055 altogether. Anyone with information about the burglary is asked to contact Red Oak Police at 712-623-6500.
Things weren’t favoring the University of Iowa women’s basketball team with 5:30 remaining in Thursday’s Big Ten Conference clash with Wisconsin, but then Jaimie Printy took over.
Printy, a Hawkeye senior guard whose season ended prematurely because of injury a year ago against the Badgers in Madison, scored 14 consecutive points in a span of 3:33 to lead Iowa from a one-point deficit to a 10-point lead in what turned into a 71-60 Hawkeye victory.
For the season, Printy has made 33-of-33 free throws in the final five minutes of a game and she is 27-of-27 in the final two minutes. Three other Hawkeyes…Melissa Dixson, Bethany Doolittle and Theairra Taylor, scored 10 points apiece.
Iowa improved to 15-5 overall, 4-2 in the Big Ten; Wisconsin is 9-11, 1-6. Iowa travels to Ann Arbor, Mich., on Sunday for a rematch with the Wolverines with a 1-p.m. tip. Michigan won, 68-64, in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Jan. 6th.
(from HawkeyeSports.com)
Despite the severe drought, a new report finds farm equipment sales remained strong across the U-S last year. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers reports combine sales were nearly steady from the previous year, while tractor sales rose ten-percent. The group’s senior vice president, Charlie O’Brien, credits farmers’ confidence in the ag economy. “That drove tractor sales in the smaller units for the smaller farming operations,” O’Brien says. “There was also certainly very good commodity prices which drove the 100-horsepower and four-wheel-drive tractor sales.”
A recent federal report found 60-percent of the lower 48 states are still in drought, including all of Iowa, a figure that’s been virtually unchanged since July. Strong demand around the world for American corn, soybeans and other crops means high commodity prices and that’s helped farmers keep their debt low. The result is there’s money available to buy new machinery. O’Brien’s outlook for this year is “conservative optimism” — conservative because he doesn’t yet know the long-term effects of last year’s drought.
He says, “Talking to some people that were severely impacted by the drought, there were some people in Indiana last week that said they’re still 12-inches below where they need to be from a moisture content perspective and whether or not there’s carryover in 2013 from pulling out of the drought.” There’s also concern about what might happen to the farm bill in Congress. For those reasons, he predicts farm equipment sales this year will be close to last year’s, but O’Brien thinks “flat is good.” The association has been tracking tractor and combine sales since the early 1970s.
(Radio Iowa)
Here’s the podcast forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area from Freese-Notis Meteorologist Harvey Freese, and weather data for Atlantic from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson…
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349 AM CST FRI JAN 25 2013
TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. WARMER. HIGH IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW AROUND 10. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SATURDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 30S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.
SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. NOT AS COLD. LOW IN THE UPPER 20S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.
SUNDAY…LIGHT RAIN AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING… THEN LIGHT RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH AROUND 40. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
SUNDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN. LOW IN THE LOWER 30S.
MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 40S.
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOW IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGH IN THE LOWER 40S.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican lawmakers and Governor Terry Branstad have very different ideas on how to use state budget surplus dollars. Senate Republican leader Bill Dix has proposed a tax credit of $750 per family. Asked yesterday about the legislative Republicans’ proposal, Branstad spokesman Tim Albrecht noted that property tax cuts were the governor’s priority. Albrecht says Branstad would review any tax proposal lawmakers approve.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating the suspicious death of a man whose body was found in a car at a Cedar Falls condo complex parking lot. Cedar Falls Police Chief Jeff Olson says a passer-by spotted the body about 7:30 a.m. yesterday. Chemicals were found in the car, but their type and amount haven’t been released.
BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — Two men convicted in a pair of jewelry store robberies in West Burlington have been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Ramon Cook of Flint, Michigan and Stanley Clark of Coralville, Iowa were convicted in connection with break-ins in August at two jewelry stores in Westland Mall. Both are 40 years old.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A Cedar Rapids man has been given more than five years in federal prison for selling prescription methadone that contributed to two drug overdose deaths. Tim Bowen the Second pleaded guilty in October to one count of distribution of methadone, a powerful pain reliever. Prosecutors say Bowen was sentenced on Wednesday to 63 months imprisonment.
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