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RUTH NORMAN, 96, of Atlantic, died Saturday, Jan. 13th, at the Heritage House. Cremation has taken place and a Committal service for RUTH NORMAN will be held at a later date in the Sunnyside Cemetery in Milton, Iowa. Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.
RUTH NORMAN is survived by:
Her niece – Jo (Jack) Wagner, of Atlantic.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources wants to know residents’ thoughts on improving water quality in the state. The DNR is conducting its triennial review of water quality standards. Iowa residents can attend one of three meetings across the state. The meetings allow Iowans the opportunity to provide the DNR with information to help in setting the goals for streams and rivers.
The meetings are set for 4 p.m. on Jan. 23 in Urbandale, Jan. 24 in Washington and Jan. 25 in Harlan. The public can also submit written comments by mail to Matthew Dvorak with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources or by email at matthew.dvorak@dnr.iowa.gov .
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A nine-year study of cereal rye as a cover crop shows it can lead to higher soybean and corn yields. Iowa Learning Farms and Practical Farmers of Iowa compared strips of fields planted with cereal rye in the fall and those without it. The rye helps keep nutrients and soil in place, and also keeps down some weeds. Plus, in areas with multiple years of the cover crop, some farmers reported harvesting slightly more soybeans and corn than in areas without it. Liz Juchems, of Iowa Learning Farms says the only downside is that farmers are dropping out of the study.
“Once we got past the first couple of years of using cover crops, some of our producers said, ‘I don’t need to be convinced anymore, I’m going to use cover crops. I don’t want to have these no cover strips left in my field’,” Juchems says.
She says the yield bump is just a bonus on top of the rye’s environmental benefits. “It will go dormant during this time of the year and once it warms up in the spring, it’ll start growing again. So it helps us bridge those brown months when we don’t have corn or soybeans growing in our fields, so it can be retaining the soil, and then the nutrients through the plant uptake,” Juchems explains.
Juchems says these farmers will become role models and resources for their neighbors who are still weighing whether to invest in cover crops.
(Radio Iowa)
Today: Partly sunny. High 11. N @ 5-10. Wind chill as low as -10.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy w/a 30% chance of snow late. Low 4. S @ 5-10. Wind chill -5.
Tomorrow: A 30% chance of snow through mid-morning. High 27. S/SW @ 10-20. Less than 1/2” of snow is expected altogether.
Sunday night: Cldy w/light snow early. (around 1/2-1”). Low 3.
Monday: Mo. Sunny. High 6.
Tuesday: Mo. Sunny. High 5.
Friday’s High in Atlantic was 10. Our 24 hour Low (ending at 7-a.m.) will be -4 (at 6-a.m. It was 6 degrees above zero). Last year on this date our High was 28 and the Low was 10. The all-time record High in Atlantic on this date was 62 in 1987, and the Low was -24 in 1916.
The 12th MAC Shootout will continue today at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs. Nine Nebraska/Iowa border battle games are on-tap for today (Saturday). Our coverage will start with the Fremont-Mills Knights boys team taking on the Louisville, NE Lions at 1:00pm. That game will be followed by the AHSTW Lady Vikes facing the Bennington, NE Badgers at 2:30pm. Our final coverage game will have the Atlantic Trojans boys squaring off against the Wahoo-Neumann Cavaliers at 7:00pm.
You can catch the games on-air, online, on the mobile app, or watch live on KJANTV.
Tickets for the event are $8 for adults and $6 for students and cover all three days of action. Tickets are available at any ticketmaster location of the MAC box office 712-323-0536.
RUSSELL DALE ADAMS, 91, of Harlan, died Friday, Jan. 12th, at the Elm Crest Retirement Community. Funeral services for RUSSELL ADAMS will be held 1:30-p.m. Tue., Jan. 16th, at the Pauley-Jones Funeral Home, in Harlan.
Visitation will be held at the funeral home, from 11-a.m. until the time of service, Tuesday.
Burial will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery at Kirkman.
RUSSELL DALE ADAMS is survived by:
His wife – Deloris Adams, of Harlan.
His son – David (Peggy) Adams, of San Antonio, TX.
His daughter – Jayne (Gary) Baugh, of Johnston, CO.
5 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.
PHILLIP “BUTCH” FROHLICH, 79, of Coon Rapids, died Friday, Jan. 12th, at the St. Anthony Hospital in Carroll. A Mass of Christian Burial for “BUTCH” FROHLICH will be held 10:30-a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16th, at the Annunciation Church in Coon Rapids. Ohde Funeral Home in Coon Rapids is in charge of the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday, Jan. 15th, from 5-until 8-p.m., with a Prayer service at 7-p.m.; Visitation will resume Tuesday, from 9:30-a.m. until the time of service, at the Annunciation Church in Coon Rapids.
Burial will be in the Union Township Cemetery near Coon Rapids.
PHILLIP “BUTCH” FROHLICH is survived by:
His daughter – Jill Anthofer, of Coon Rapids.
His sons – Scott Frohlich, of Harlan, & Lynn Frohlich, of Coon Rapids.
His sisters – Gayle Olson, of Wisconsin, and Francis Andrusyk, of Colorado.
12 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.