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Event on ISU campus celebrating all things bacon

Ag/Outdoor, News

October 18th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

The smell of bacon will permeate the campus of Iowa State University tomorrow (Saturday). The first ever ISU Bacon Expo is being held in the courtyard of the Scheman  Center. Bacon Expo student co-chair Kristin Liska is a senior at ISU studying animal science, with a minor in journalism.ISU BACON EXPO logo “The idea was founded by our College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Student Council President (Jake Swanson)…bacon is a hot topic right now and it’s just a way to showcase agriculture in general,” Liska says.

Iowa is the top pork producing state in the country. About 30 million hogs are raised in the state each year. Liska says there will be 21 tents filled with vendors and student clubs offering a wide variety of bacon – everything from traditional bacon to bacon cupcakes. “I’ve heard of jalapeño bacon, Cookie’s barbecue bacon, and a maple sugar-pepper bacon that our ISU meat lab is doing,” Liska says.

The event will also include live music and a contest with the theme, “How Do You Wear Your Bacon?”  Liska says the Iowa State Fashion Show has “paired” with the expo and will hold a contest with participants given one hour to construct an outfit made out of bacon on a model. The fifteen-hundred (1,500) tickets for the event went on sale September 6 and sold out in two days.

The inaugural ISU Bacon Expo will run from 1-5 p.m. tomorrow. Liska says discussions are already underway for another Bacon Expo next year.

(Radio Iowa)

North Iowa college board chooses new president

News

October 18th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) – A Des Moines Area Community College administrator has been chosen as president of North Iowa Area Community College.  The Mason City Globe Gazette reports  the North Iowa Area Community College board of directors approved a contract for Steven Schulz on Thursday. His salary will be $165,000. Schulz has worked as provost at the Carroll campus of Des Moines Area Community College since 2006.  He replaces Debra Derr, who left North Iowa for a position in Oregon.

Schulz attended the board meeting with his wife and two daughters, who are students at Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa.  Schulz grew up in Franklin County and says he’s honored to be chosen for the position.

8AM Sportscast 10-18-2013

Podcasts, Sports

October 18th, 2013 by admin

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Man found incompetent to stand Sioux City trial

News

October 18th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A 25-year-old man won’t be prosecuted on charges that he shot a foreign exchange student outside a Sioux City bar last year.  The Sioux City Journal reports that authorities say Solomon Harris has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial.

Harris had yet to enter pleas to the charges, which included assault. Harris is accused of shooting 20-year old Natacha Butera, who is from Rwanda. Police say Harris fired the gun while arguing with another man on Nov. 18, but the bullet struck Butera in the chest and an arm.

Harris’ attorney, Greg Jones, says he and prosecutors met with a district judge on Thursday to discuss where Harris should be committed for treatment and safekeeping. Another judge has ruled that Harris poses a danger to the public.

8AM Newscast 10-18-2013

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October 18th, 2013 by admin

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Heartbeat Today 10-18-2013

Heartbeat Today, Podcasts

October 18th, 2013 by admin

Jim Field recaps some of the local veterans that he has visited with on our Freedom Fridays series. We encourages folks from the area to send in names of those that you think should be interviewed about their time in the service.

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Man admits robbing 2 banks in Nebraska, 1 in western Iowa

News

October 18th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A Lincoln, Nebraska man has admitted robbing two banks in Nebraska and one in western Iowa. The Lincoln Journal Star says 53-year-old Cameron Mitchell made his guilty pleas Thursday in a federal courtroom in Lincoln after making a deal with prosecutors.

While being questioned by U.S. Magistrate Judge Cheryl Zwart, Mitchell acknowledged robbing a Union Bank branch in Lincoln on July 16, 2012, a First National Bank branch in Omaha on Aug. 13, 2012, and an American National Bank branch in Council Bluffs, on Aug. 24, 2012.  Prosecutors say Mitchell carried a small-caliber gun during each robbery.

Mitchell agreed that restitution of more than $74,000 would be ordered as part of his sentence. He’s scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 14.

7AM Newscast 10-18-2013

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Hawkeye 10 XC Meet Results

Sports

October 18th, 2013 by Jim Field

Lewis Central edges Harlan for the girls team title and Shenandoah slipped past Harlan for the boys team crown at the meet Thursday in Red Oak.  The girls champion was Megan Hart of Shenandoah and the boys winner was Cooper McDermott of Creston.  Click the links below for the results of each division.

H-10 XC Varsity Girls

H-10 XC Varsity Boys

H-10 XC JV Girls

H-10 XC JV Boys

H-10 XC MS Girls

H-10 XC MS Boys

Western Iowa Conference XC Meet Results

Sports

October 18th, 2013 by Jim Field

Griswold won the girls title and Riverside was the boys team champ at the meet Thursday.  Michelle Mumm of Tri-Center was the girls individual champion and Wyatt Schulz of Logan-Magnolia won the boys title.  Click the link below to see the entire results.

Western Iowa Conference Cross Country Meet Result