Jim Field visits with Deacon Jim Houston about his journey and about an informational meeting in Atlantic for Catholic men who might be considering becoming a Deacon.
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Jim Field visits with Deacon Jim Houston about his journey and about an informational meeting in Atlantic for Catholic men who might be considering becoming a Deacon.
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(Creston, Iowa) – A woman who said she was distracted by her cell phone, failed to stop at an intersection in Creston, Wednesday night, causing her vehicle to rear-end a pickup truck. No injuries were reported. Creston Police report 67-year-old Ricky Ramaeker, of Creston, was driving a 1999 Dodge pickup truck on southbound Sumner Street, and stopped at the red light with Adams Street, when his vehicle was struck from behind by a southbound 2004 Pontiac. The accident happened at around 10:15-p.m. Authorities identified the driver of the car as 19-year-old Katilina Bozwell, of Creston.
Damage from the collision amounted to $4,000, with damage to the Pontiac amounted to $3,000. Bozwell was cited for having no insurance.
When Iowa visits second ranked Ohio State on Saturday It will be a homecoming for Hawkeye tight end Luke Lachey. The sophomore is a native of Columbus and his father is the color analyst on the Buckeye radio broadcast. Jim Lachey was an All-American offensive lineman at Ohio State and spent 10 seasons in the NFL.
Lachey grew up going to Ohio State games and was disappointed when the Buckeyes did not offer him a scholarship.
Lachey is not sure he will get the chance to visit with his dad.
An Iowa offense that is struggling in every phase faces a difficult challenge on Saturday at second ranked Ohio State against a Buckeye defense that is ranked in the top 10 nationally. An efficient run game would help the offense at least stay on the field a little longer but the Hawkeyes are ranked near the bottom nationally by averaging less than 83 yards per game.
That’s sophomore tackle Mason Richman who is the most experienced member of an offensive line that has been overmatched in nearly every game this season.
Freshman running back Kaleb Johnson is a native of Ohio and this will be his first visit to Ohio Stadium.
The goal for the Iowa defense is to make second ranked Ohio State drive the ball. The Buckeye offense ranks second nationally by averaging over 543 yards per game. Ohio State has scored 41 touchdowns in six games. Iowa has seven.
That’s senior corner Riley Moss who says a talented receiving corps is a threat on every play.
Hawkeye safety Kaevon Merriweather says limiting big plays is a must.
Merriweather says Ohio State’s balance on offense is a concern.
Merriweather says the Hawkeyes know they are a huge underdog.
(Radio Iowa) – A study finds the average rate of family premiums for health insurance offered by private employers in Iowa has risen significantly. The report from the State Health Access Data Assistance Center at the University of Minnesota found the average premium rate for Iowa families jumped about nine percent from 2020 to 2021, while the national average is only three percent. Robert Hest, a research fellow at the center, says Iowa’s relatively small population may be a factor.
Hest says, “It’s also kind of a statistical thing where, because there’s a smaller sample size in Iowa, that those estimates just tend to be less stable over time than you would see in a state with a larger population and a larger sample size.” Iowa has nearly three-point-two million residents, ranking it the 31st most populous state in the U-S. 
“Because there’s a smaller population, it doesn’t take as many employers, large employers to make changes to the types of plans they’re offering, or to the cost of those plans to really swing these statistics,” he says. The report found about 87-percent, or one-point-two million Iowans, who work in the private sector were offered employer-sponsored insurance last year.
(by Natalie Krebs, Iowa Public Radio)
Class 4A
Region 1
Sergeant Bluff-Luton @ Norwalk
Bishop Heelan @ Lewis Central
Region 3
Carroll @ North Polk
Humboldt @ Bondurant-Farrar
Class 5A
Region 1
Des Moines Lincoln @ Ankeny
Southeast Polk @ CB Abraham Lincoln
Today: Partly cloudy. High 66. W/SW @ 10-20 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 43. SW @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 75. SW @ 10-20.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High 78.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High near 80.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 55. Our Low was 12 (that tied the old, 24-hour Low of 12 set in Oct. 19, 1972). Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 64 and the Low was 41. The Record High on this date was 87 in 1947 & 2003. The Record Low for Oct. 20th, was 14 in 1960.
(Radio Iowa) – Winnebago Industries reports record revenue for its just-completed fiscal year. The outdoor lifestyle products manufacturer with Iowa factories in Forest City, Lake Mills, Charles City and Waverly reports revenues of five-billion dollars for Fiscal Year 2022, rising almost 37-percent from three-point-six billion in Fiscal ’21. C-E-O Michael Happe says that was driven by the recently-acquired Barletta boats, pricing actions, and strong consumer demand for the company’s products.
“Over the past seven fiscal years, we have been laser focused on enhancing and strengthening our enterprise portfolio,” Happe says. “The success that those initiatives has created a more diversified, resilient, competitive, and profitable Winnebago Industries. This was never more evident than in Fiscal Year 2022 when our company achieved record revenue, profitability, and overall outdoor market share.”
The outdoor lifestyle product market boomed beginning with the start of the pandemic as more people turned to the outdoors, and Happe says the company continues to benefit from that increased demand for the Winnebago, Grand Design and Newmar recreational vehicle brands as well as Chris-Craft and Barletta boats. “It is no secret that demand for outdoor products exploded in the last two years, and that new consumer trends have emerged which will impact our industries forever,” he says. “Thanks to the relentless focus, commitment and heart of our world-class team here, we’ve delivered on unprecedented levels of demand for our premium products as new and existing consumers embrace the outdoor lifestyle.”
Happe says the results for the fourth quarter and the fiscal year overall show the company’s flexibility and ability to deliver in a volatile economic climate. “Winnebago Industries’ fourth quarter results were a strong finish to an outstanding year in which we delivered record revenue and profitability,” Happe says. “We recorded fourth quarter net revenues of $1.2 billion, which represent a 14% increase over the same period last year.”
Winnebago Industries’ net income for the fourth quarter was $82.6 million, and for the year, the company reported a profit of $390.6 million.
(Radio Iowa) – Staff in the Iowa Department of Natural Resources have drafted tougher rules for manure storage at any new livestock confinements or cattle feedlots in parts of northeast Iowa. The regulations would apply in areas where the bedrock is closer to the surface and it can be porous. Under current rules for these areas, manure from livestock operations must be stored in concrete structures. If the changes are adopted, the distance from the concrete bottom of any NEW manure pit and the bedrock would have to triple from at least five feet to 15 feet.
Attorney Eldon McAfee represents the Iowa Pork Producers and the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association. He says the changes could end expansion of livestock operations in northeast Iowa. “We could have producers who can’t build livestock operations with concrete manure storage on their farms,” McAfee says, “and that is very important to that area.” More than a dozen environmental groups say the proposed changes don’t go far enough. Michael Schmidt is a staff attorney with the Iowa Environmental Council.
“We are calling on DNR to do a better job regulating all of this manure to reduce the nitrogen, phosphorus and bacteria that enters our drinking water sources, our groundwater, our lakes, rivers and streams,” he says. It will be a few months before any proposed rules — whatever they may be — could be presented to the legislative committee that approves or blocks all state regulations.
The D-N-R is accepting informal comments on the proposed changes until late Friday afternoon. After that, there’s a formal public comment period and a possible rewrite of the proposed rules. The Iowa Environmental Protection Commission has to vote on any changes. Finally, a committee in the legislature that reviews all state regulations will either approve or block any proposed changes.
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