Lavon Eblen speaks with Cait Caughey, Research Assistant for Cass County Local Food Council, about a survey of producers and consumers in the area about local food. Find the survey here:
Go to: www.casscountylocalfood.weebly.com
Click on the Community Member and/or Local Food Producer Survey. If you are both you can take both! Some great work is coming on these topics and we need your input to best serve the area.
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An Atlantic man was arrested Thursday on a warrant for drug-related activity out of Missouri. Officials with the Atlantic Police Department say 22-year old Austin Nelson, of Atlantic, was taken into custody on a Dallas County, Mo., warrant for Possession of up to 35 grams of Marijuana, Unlawful Use of Drug Paraphernalia, and on several traffic offense-related warrants.
Nelson was booked into the Cass County Jail.
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WANTED: Continuous fencing panels. reasonably priced. 712-250-0097.
WANTED: Welding equipment, leads, wire welder, torch, hoods, anything that is in good shape, not junk. Also looking for wood working tools and a job trailer. 712-304-4262.
FOR SALE: A large amount of yarn valued at around $300. Will sell for $100 but must take it all. 712-243-7754.
The Atlantic Police Department reports the arrest this (Friday) morning of a local man. 29-year old Nathan Kinzie, of Atlantic, was arrested for Driving While Revoked for OWI test failure. Kinzie was booked into the Cass County Jail.
An Audubon County farmer has received the 2013 Iowa Farm Bureau Excellence Award in Agriculture. The Iowa Farm Bureau reports Randy Dreher has been given the Bob Joslin Excellence in Ag award from the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF).
Dreher is a young farmer who harvests crops and raises cattle along with mentoring youth FFA officers. Dreher received the award at the 95th IFBF annual meeting in Des Moines Wednesday. The award honors a young farmer who demonstrates outstanding leadership qualities in Farm Bureau, agriculture and their community. Dreher is a 5th generation farmer and grew up on a Century Farm near Audubon working with his parents.
Today, he and wife Crystal, help run the family farm. Along with being on the Farm Bureau board, Dreher is involved in a number of agriculture programs for youth and is a former FFA officer himself. He has helped with Ag day, first grade coloring contests and sharing agriculture career paths during career day.
As the Joslin Award winner, Dreher received a $1,500 Home and Workshop certificate and all expense paid trips to the 2014 American Farm Bureau meeting in San Antonio, the 2013 Growmark annual meeting in Chicago and the 2014 IFBF Young Farmer conference. The Excellence in Ag Award is given in memory of Bob Joslin who was the Bureau’s president from January 1986 to December 1987 and was known for his support of young farmers.
Here’s a look at the accident scene on Interstate 80, here in Cass County. The crash occurred on I-80 eastbound at 6:47-a.m., and resulted in both eastbound lanes being closed between Highway 71 and Exit 64 (County Road N-28). Traffic was being rerouted south to Wiota, east before resuming north to I-80. One lane of I-80 was reopened at around 10-a.m. Two people were injured in the crash, but their names and conditions are not available at this time. (Updated 10:05-a.m.)
Photo courtesy Mike Kennon, Cass Co. Emergency Mgmt. Agy.
Jim Field speaks with Army Veteran Kenny Harrison of Anita about his experiences in the service and involvement in Vets Organizations now as part of our Freedom Fridays series.
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Police in Council Bluffs police say a 70-year-old dementia patient missing since late last night has been found safe inside a vehicle a few blocks away from his home. Phillip Kephart, who has Alzheimer’s disease, was reported missing late Thursday night by his wife.
Council Bluffs police and Omaha Police Department’s helicopter searched for the man throughout the night and early this morning. A neighbor found him inside their vehicle at around 7:10-a.m. in the 2500 block of South 13th Street.
Kephart was conscious and alert when he was discovered. He was taken to Mercy Hospital to be treated for hypthermia, but was otherwise in stable condition and expected to be released sometime today (Friday). Officials thanked the media for getting the word out about Kephart’s disappearance. They say numerous people were out checking their properties this morning as a result of the coverage, in an effort to find the man.
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