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Despite low agricultural commodity prices, Iowa farmland still seems to be in high demand — with buyers willing to pay near-record prices. At a Sioux County land auction held two weeks ago near Hospers, a tract of 154 acres sold for more than 17-thousand dollars an acre ($17,300). Jim Klein of Remsen was the auctioneer for that sale.
“I think everybody figured coming into the fall season with the grain markets down and going down that the land market was going to follow,” Klein says. “Actually in the last probably month, month-and-a-half we’ve actually seen the prices increase and I don’t quite understand it yet.” Klein says “local people” were bidding for the ground and it was sold to a neighbor who owns land across the road. In addition to row crops, Sioux County has a number of livestock and poultry operations and Klein believes one reason for the high demand for land in the area is so farmers have somewhere to spread their manure.
“I think they want to expand their operations in numerous ways and one of them of course is having extra property to disperse their manure,” Klein says. A parcel of Sioux County land near the town of Boyden sold for nearly 22-thousand dollars ($21,900) an acre about two years ago, the all time record price for Iowa farm ground.
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The State Board of Education has approved the final draft of rules to allow schools to use a device that is expected to help save the lives of students or others who experience a severe allergic reactions. Governor Terry Branstad sign a bill into law in April allowing schools to use what are called epinephrine auto-injectors or EpiPens. Board of Education lawyer, Nicole Proesch, says one of the adjustments made to the final rules narrowed the definition of a school building.
Proesch says the Iowa Association of School Boards asked for a change so the definition wouldn’t be so broad that it would include a shed or storage facility or a building where there weren’t people. Proesch says they decided to make the definition of a school building a place where there would be students, adults or other people are present.
“We know even if you had an EpiPen in a bus barn, the problem would be the practicality of being able to use it if you had it in a bus barn or somewhere other than where you would have a school nurse present or somebody that would be adequately trained,” Proesch explains. “Because it is more likely than not that the individual who is going to be trained to use the EPi-Pen injector is going to be your school nurse or some other individual present in the attendance center.” The Epi-Pen can only be used by a person who has the proper training. The other change requires the schools to have two separate doses on hand.
“We are requiring both a pediatric dose and an adult dose in every attendance center. And we had some pushback on that until we explained that you have to have both doses available as an equity issue. And you may have students who might be a weight that is not consistent with a pediatric dose. You have adults in the building as well, so we are going to be a sticklers about requiring both doses — that way you have either doses available if you need it.” Proesch says they are also requiring schools to make a report when they use the device.
“We wanted to get information back on that so we understand and know if our training the we have for EpiPens is adequate training,” according to Proesch. “So having the reporting mechanism allows us to make sure that we have the appropriate training that we need to have as well down the road.” The decision on whether to have the EpiPens on hand is still up to the districts.
“They are not required to, this is a voluntary thing that school districts can do. But if they do volunteer to do it, then they have to follow the rules and do it the way that the rules have outlined,” Proesch says. She says the rules will go before a the Legislative Rules Review Committee one more time, and if there are not major concerns, they would go into effect in January.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Jordan Canzeri broke long touchdown runs on back-to-back series in the third quarter, and No. 3 Iowa completed its first perfect regular season in 93 years with a 28-20 victory over Nebraska on Friday.
The Hawkeyes (12-0, 8-0, No. 4 CFP) were far from dominant but good enough against the sloppy Cornhuskers (5-7, 3-5) on a raw afternoon. As one of two remaining unbeaten teams, they’ll head to next week’s Big Ten championship game in the middle of the College Football Playoff race.
Canzeri ran off left tackle two straight times for two touchdowns, the first one going 29 yards and the second 68 yards for a 28-17 lead. Canzeri finished with 140 yards on 17 carries.
Iowa picked off Tommy Armstrong Jr. four times, with defensive end Parker Hesse returning one 4 yards for the Hawkeyes’ fourth interception for a touchdown this season. The Huskers needed a win to assure bowl eligibility.
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Oderah Chidom had 12 points with 11 rebounds and No. 15 Duke cruised to an 86-48 victory over Iowa State at the Cancun Challenge on Friday. Chidom was 6 of 7 from the floor with three assists. Rebecca Greenwell scored 15 points and Azura Stevens chipped in 14 for Duke (5-1). Bryanna Fernstrom scored 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting to lead Iowa State (2-2).
The Cyclones had an early 9-5 lead before the Blue Devils used an 8-4 surge to take a 13-9 first quarter lead, and stretched it to 39-24 at halftime. Duke outscored the Cyclones 29-9 in the fourth quarter, bouncing back after allowing Idaho 19 fourth-quarter points in a 74-68 win on Thursday.
Duke is 3-0 against the Cyclones, and 8-0 in games played in Cancun. The Blue Devils face Texas State on Saturday.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Jonquel Jones scored 23 points, including the go-ahead bucket, and had a school record 26 rebounds to lift No. 24 George Washington past No. 25 Iowa for an 81-77 double-overtime win in the Lone Star Showcase on Friday.
Tied at 73 with 1:28 left in the second overtime period, Jones sank back-to-back baskets to build the margin George Washington (5-1) held the rest of the way. Jones’ rebound total broke a school record that had stood since 1976.
Iowa (5-1) trailed by as much as eight in the fourth quarter but forced overtime with a layup from Chase Coley to tie it at 64. The Hawkeyes quickly edged ahead before Jones forced the second OT with a layup that tied it at 69.
Brianna Cummings added 13 points, Hannah Schaible had 12, Caira Washington 11 and Lauren Chase 10.
Coley led Iowa with 22 points and 10 rebounds.
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MARGERAT ANN PLUMB, 75, of Harlan died Thursday, November 26th at Elm Crest Retirement Community in Harlan. Funeral services for MARGERAT ANN PLUMB will be held Monday, November 30th at 11:00am at Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.
Visitation will be held Sunday, November 29th from 5:00pm-8:00pm with family greeting friends from 5:00pm-7:00pm.
Burial will be in the Harlan Cemetery.
MARGERAT ANN PLUMB is survived by:
Mother: Vera (Cutler) Laver of Elk Horn.
Husband: Don Plumb of Harlan.
Daughter: Deanne (Jim) Stuart of Ames.
Sons: Dave (Jean) Plumb of Waukee. Jason Plumb of Harlan.
Brothers: Leslie Laver of Aurora, OR. Jim (Eva) Laver of Harlan. Lynn (Norma) Laver of Rock Springs, WY. Randy (Mary) Laver of Council Bluffs. Gene (Shauna) Laver of Harlan.
Sister: Nancy (Tim Grimsley) Laver of Avoca.
4 Grandchildren
JANET JEAN DOTZLER, 72, of Defiance, died Thu., Nov. 26th, at Myrtue Medical Center, in Harlan. A Mass of Christian Burial for JANET DOTZLER will be held 11-a.m. Monday, Nov. 30th, at the Saint Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Visitation at the funeral home is open from Noon until 8-p.m. Sunday, with the family greeting friends from 6-until 8-pm, and a Wake service set for 7-p.m, Sunday.
Burial will be in the Saints Peter & Paul Cemetery in Defiance.
JANET DOTZLER is survived by:
Her husband – Donald Dotzler, of Defiance.
Her sons – Jim Dotzler, of Defiance, & Dan (Cindy) Dotzler, of Ida Grove.
Her sisters – Faye Jacobsen, of Harlan; Rachel Dolby, of Irwin, & Sandy (Kent) Gruhn, of Manilla.
and 3 grandchildren.