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Dairy producers in Iowa and across the country are getting some help from the USDA. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says revenues for dairy producers have dropped 35 percent over the past two years and that’s led to a surplus of cheese which is at its highest level in 30 years. “So, in an effort to try to provide help and assistance and to complement the work that we’ve done with the Margin Protection Program, we’re announcing a purchase of about 11 million pounds of cheese that will be used for food banks and pantries to help families who are struggling financially with their food assistance and food help,” Vilsack said.
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The purchase is valued at $20 million and should help the market “a bit,” according to Vilsack. The 11 million pound purchase is far less than the amounts recommended by the National Milk Producers Federation and the American Farm Bureau. “This is at the end of the fiscal year. We don’t have as much flexibility in the program, obviously, because we’ve already made commitments to purchase various other products throughout the year that are faced with a similar set of challenges and circumstances as our dairy producers are,” Vilsack explained.
In addition to the cheese purchase, Vilsack has extended the deadline for signup for the Margin Protection Program. Instead of having until September 30, dairy producers now have until December 16. Iowa ranks 7th in the country for cheese production. Wisconsin and California are by far the top two cheese producing states in the U.S.
(Radio IA/Brownfield Ag News)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A Des Moines hospital is alerting about 2,600 people who had open-heart surgery there from 2012 to 2015 that they might have been exposed to a bacterial infection. The Des Moines Register reports that two of the former Mercy Medical Center patients have been diagnosed with an infection with the germs, called non-tuberculous mycobacteria.
Iowa Department of Public Health medical director Patricia Quinlisk described the germ as “a cousin to tuberculosis, but it’s much less potent and much more slow-growing.” She says University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics issued a similar warning earlier this year. Quinlisk says people who undergo the heart procedures tend to have weak immune systems.
Mercy Medical Center says the bacteria could have spread from a heart-lung bypass machine used in heart surgery.
RONALD D. PETERSEN, 87, of Exira, died Monday, Aug. 22nd, at the Exira Care Center. Funeral services for RONALD PETERSEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27th, at the Exira Christian Church. Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation begins 4-p.m. Friday.
Burial will be in the St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery, west of Exira.
RONALD PETERSEN is survived by:
His wife – Isabelle.
His daughters – Tami Trewet-Sloop & husband Kurt, of Atlantic; Teresa (Tom) Christensen, of Audubon and Jennifer (L-D) Rettele, of Omaha.
His sons – Mark (Amy) Petersen, of Libby, MT., & Pat (Mary) Petersen, of Exira.
11 grandchildren, 3 great=grandchildren, other relatives, his sister-in-law, and countless friends.
Today: Areas of morning fog; Mostly cloudy. High near 79. N/NE @ 5-10.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. NE @ 5.
Friday: A 60% chance of showers & thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. High 75. E @ 5-10. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night: An 80% chance of showers & thunderstorms. Low 63. E @ 5-10. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy w/a 60% chance of showers & thunderstorms. High 80. SW @ 5-10. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy w/a slight chance of showers. Low around 62.
Sunday: Partly sunny w/a slight chance of showers & thunderstorms. High near 82.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 85. We received .02″ an inch of rain Wed. afternoon here at the KJAN studios (.71”). Our Low this morning was 55. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 76 and the low was 43. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 108 in 1936. The Record Low was 34 in 1934.
Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman reports a Notice of the Atlantic Community School District Special Election was published Wednesday. Persons desiring to vote prior to election day afternoon may vote an absentee ballot at the office of the Cass County Auditor during regular business hours up thru 11:00 a.m. on Election Day September 13th, 2016. The Auditor’s Office regular business hours are 8-a.m. thru 4:30-p.m., Monday thru Friday. The office will be closed Labor Day, September 5th.
The Public Measure up for vote during the election, asks if the Board of Directors for the Atlantic Community School District is authorized for a period of ten (10) years, to levy and impose a Voter approved Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (V-PPEL) not to exceed 85¢ per $1,000 of assessed valuation of the taxable property within the school district, beginning July 1st, 2017, and, to impose a physical plant and equipment income surtax upon the state individual income tax of each individual income taxpayer resident in the school district, beginning with the 2017 calendar year, with the percent of income surtax not to exceed 20%, to be determined by the board each year.
The ATLANTIC COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT consists of Cass, Audubon and Pottawattamie counties. The polls will open at 12-NOON and close at 8:00 P.M. Sept. 13th. The election is “AT LARGE,” meaning that all residents of the entire school district may vote for the public measure.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Chiefs released veteran wide receiver Mike Williams and safety Stevie Brown on Wednesday. Neither had played much during training camp and the preseason. Williams was trying to rejuvenate his career in Kansas City after his career fizzled with Tampa Bay and Buffalo.
Williams had three straight 60-plus reception seasons with the Buccaneers after he was chosen in the fourth round out of Syracuse. Brown was also trying to make a comeback. He had eight interceptions with the New York Giants in 2012, but has only appeared in 16 games over the past three seasons.
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Matt Carpenter, Randal Grichuk and Stephen Piscotty homered off Mets starter Jacob deGrom, powering the St. Louis Cardinals past New York 8-1 Wednesday night. Carpenter set the tone, hitting a leadoff home run in the first inning. The Cardinals went on to win for the seventh time in nine games. Piscotty and Yadier Molina each had three of the Cardinals’ season high-tying 19 hits.
Carlos Martinez (12-7) gave up one run and four hits over eight innings. He also got two hits himself. Roughed up for the second straight start, deGrom (7-7) allowed five runs on 12 hits in 4 2/3 innings. He was tagged for a career-worst eight runs and 13 hits in his previous outing against San Francisco.
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