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Today: Widespread haze after 7am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 78. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight: Widespread haze. Mostly clear, with a low around 49. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 80. North northeast wind around 5 mph.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 83. East wind around 5 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 85.
Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 79.
A new Iowa State University podcast tries to answer some of the questions about a subject that is vital to some, and stinks for others. Dan Andersen
the creator of the “Talk’in Crap” podcast, says it is an interesting time in the world of manure.
Anderson is an associate professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering at I-S-U. He chose the “Talk’in Crap” title intentionally and says you have to have a sense of humor about the subject, while also talking about the serious side.
Andersen says manure is more than a byproduct of animal production.
Andersen says the water quality perspective is also important and manure’s role in that needs to be discussed as well.
Anderson says the use of new technology has help improved the use of the world’s oldest fertilizer.
He says they don’t want to see any spills that impact water quality, but there are still spills and fish killed every year from manure. Andersen says at least there are signs of progress in the right direction. The smell of manure is probably the thing that most non-farmers. Andersen says work continues to find ways to deal with that too.
Andersen says those covers often don’t fit with the deep pit production model that we tend to have fore manure here in Iowa. You can listen to the “Talk’in Crap” podcast on the Iowa State University Extension website at www.extension.iastate.edu.
A University of Iowa medical school graduate who’s now a national spokesman for the American Lung Association is urging Iowans to get an array of vaccinations this fall to protect themselves from the flu, R-S-V, and a resurgence of COVID-19. Pulmonologist Dr. Jamie Rutland says flu cases spiked in Iowa last year, compared to previous pandemic years, as most people were no longer masking or keeping six feet away from others. How severe will the flu season ahead be?
Flu vaccines are already available in Iowa, so he’s hoping people will get their shots now so their immune systems are ready. That goes double for people who are compromised by things like heart disease, lung disease or diabetes.
Rutland, who practices in his native southern California, says R-S-V is another big concern, especially as flu season approaches, and two R-S-V vaccines are now available, primarily for people 60 and over.
He says it’s especially important for people who are at least 60 years old to get vaccinated for R-S-V. The C-D-C says COVID cases are rising again nationwide and Rutland says for most people, a COVID booster is highly recommended this fall.
The C-D-C estimates there were as many as 54-million flu cases nationwide last year and between 19- and 58-thousand deaths due to the flu. Iowa health officials report 366 flu deaths statewide in 2021.
An executive with Summit Carbon Solutions says the proposed pipeline route the company has presented to state regulators is final — unless the Iowa Utilities Board orders more negotiations as a condition of granting a construction permit. James Powell, Summit’s chief operating officer, is in charge of design, construction and operation of the pipeline.
Powell says it’s too late to adjust the route through Charles City, for example.
Summit has changed the pipeline route around Bismarck in its new permit application after
North Dakota regulators rejected the company’s initial application.
Powell testified Tuesday during a hearing the Iowa Utilities Board convened in August to examine Summit’s pipeline permit application. Testimony in the past two weeks came from landowners who don’t want the pipeline on their property, some of whom suggested adjusting the route to provide access to farm fields or to keep their land enrolled in federal conservative programs.
A state health report shows Iowa’s syphilis rate continues to climb, with 877 cases of that sexually-transmitted infection last year. It marks the fourth straight year cases have risen, mirroring a national trend. State Medical Director Robert Kruse says the reason for the increase is unclear, but he says syphilis usually begins with a painless blister that goes away on its own, so it can be harder to detect in earlier stages.
Iowa’s rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea dropped last year. Kruse says doctors have seen syphilis cases increase for women, which led to a rise in congenital syphilis — where a woman passes the illness to her child during pregnancy. He says doctors should consider additional screenings for their pregnant patients who are at risk.
Kruse says it’s important that Iowans recognize signs and symptoms of S-T-Is and go in for testing if they think they may have been exposed.
A nine-year-old cat that lived his entire life at a northwest Iowa animal shelter has been adopted by a family from Missouri. Barney was adopted after becoming a social media sensation last month. Emmet County Animal Shelter Director Kristy Henning says Barney was featured in the shelter’s “Sunday Spotlight” on Facebook.
The post drew attention nationwide and in Canada and 15 applications were filled out to adopt Barney the cat. The shelter selected a family from Lee’s Summit, Missouri as Barney’s forever home.
The Sherer family is keeping the shelter — and the internet — updated on Barney’s progress.
Barney’s mother was pregnant when she was taken in at the Emmet County Shelter, so he had spent every day of his life at the facility until he was
adopted. Henning says there’s no carpeting at the shelter and Barney’s new family says he loves rolling around on the carpet at his new home in Missouri.
TROY BOOS, 54, of Massena died Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral Services for TROY BOOS will be held on Thursday, September 14, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. at the Lamb Funeral Home in Massena.
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Friends may call at the Lamb Funeral Home in Massena on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
The family will greet friends on Wednesday evening at the Lamb Funeral Home in Massena from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Burial in the Massena Center Cemetery, Massena, Iowa. A potluck at the park in Massena will be held following services at the cemetery.
Online condolences can be left at lambfuneralhome.com
TROY BOOS is survived by:
Wife: Christine McCoy of Massena
Sons: Joshua (Sara) Boos of Dexter and Tyler (Kinzy) Boos of Dexter
Daughter: Monica (Joel) Winther of Audubon
Sister: Brandi (Rick) Merickle of Wiota
4 Grandchildren
other relatives and friends.
Hawkeye Ten Conference:
Lewis Central 3 Atlantic, 0
Atlantic 3 Creston, 1
Lewis Central 3 Creston, 0
Clarinda vs Kuemper Catholic
Kuemper Catholic 3 Denison-Schleswig, 0
Clarinda 3 Denison-Schleswig. 0
Harlan vs Shenandoah
Pride of Iowa Conference:
Lenox 3 Bedford, 0
Nodaway Valley 3 Mt. Ayr, 2
Central Decatur vs East Union
Corner Conference:
East Mills 3 Hamburg, 0 (Non-Conference)
East Mills vs Griswold
Sidney vs Essex
West Central Activities Conference:
Van Meter 3 Panorama, 0
ACGC 3 West Central Valley, 0
Des Moines, Christian 3 Earlham, 0
Non-Conference:
Audubon 2 Madrid, 0
Glidden-Ralston 2 Audubon, 1
Underwood 3 Fremont-Mills, 0
Missouri River Conference:
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 3 Sioux City, North, 1
Woodbine was the dominant team today at the Treynor Cross Country Invite. The next closest team to them was Tri-Center with a 40 point gap in-between and a nine minute difference of total time. The top 3 teams for the Boys at the cross country meet were:
The 5 fastest runners on the boys side were Landon Bendgen from Woodbine at first, Parker Heistertkamp from St. Albert at second, Owen Wise from St. Albert at third, Gunner Wagner from Woodbine at fourth, and Brennan Boden from Tri-Center at fifth.
On the girls side of the Invite Treynor would win by two points over AHSTW.
The fastest girl at first was Madison Sporrer from Logan-Magnolia, in second from Logan-Magnolia was Allysen Johnsen, in third from Treynor was Alyssa Kulesa, in fourth from West Monona Chloe Broer, and in fifth from Woodbine Addison Murdock.