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Red Oak woman arrested for Assault w/injury

News

October 20th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – A woman was arrested on an assault charge Thursday night, in Montgomery County. Red Oak Police report 45-year-old Jill Renee Coddington, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 9:50-p.m. in the 1600 block of E. Summit Street. She was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and charged with Assault causing bodily injury/1st offense. Coddington was being held without bond in the jail.

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Update on Carroll County animal hoarding case

News

October 20th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

CARROLL COUNTY, Iowa (KCCI) — The Animal Rescue League of Iowa on Thursday released new details about an animal hoarding case in Carroll County. The ARL of Iowa was on the scene just outside of Lanesboro, along with the Carroll County sheriff, Friday afternoon. KCCI reports ARL of Iowa Executive Director Tom Colvin said “It’s difficult to describe what they saw actually. Because the amount of garbage and living conditions.”

Colvin says the 96 dogs they rescued are currently in isolation rooms for disease prevention and their conditions. The ARL says the process to get the dogs to where they can be adopted could be as long as a year. “It was clear to us that these dogs had seldom, if ever, really been touched by humans,” Colvin said. Not all the dogs will make it.

Colvin said this is the fourth case of animal hoarding/neglect the ARL of Iowa has been called to this year. He says situations like this are far too common and are stretching the ARL’s resources thin.

You can donate or learn more about the adoption process on the ARL of Iowa’s website.

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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley: Friday, Oct. 20, 2023

Weather

October 20th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Updated)  Today: Sunny, with a high near 75. W/NW winds becoming W/SW @ 5-10 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 48. S-NW @ 10-20.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 64. N/NW @ 15-25 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38.
Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. SE @ 5-10 mph.
Sunday Night: A 60% chance of showers & possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 49.
Monday: Sunny & windy, with a high near 76.
Monday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low 57.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 69. The low was 38. Last year on this date, the high in Atlantic was 69 and the low was 25. The record high for Oct. 20th in Atlantic was 87 in 1947 & 2003. The record low was 14 in 1960. Sunrise is at 7:38. Sunset is at 6:32.

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New incentives for Iowa, Missouri farmers who plant ‘biomass’

Ag/Outdoor, News

October 20th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – An 80-million dollar U-S-D-A grant will provide new incentives to farmers in Iowa and Missouri who switch from planting corn and soybeans on marginal cropland — and grow native grasses and prairie plants to harvest instead. Roeslein Alternative Energy of St. Louis, Missouri, secured the grant with help from Iowa State University and the Iowa Soybean Association. Roeslein spokesman Brandon Butler says the company, which started in 2012, has been capturing energy from livestock waste.

“We’re able to tarp over those lagoons, capture all those gases, bring them to a centralized (location) and then we separate those molecules,” he says. “We upgrade the methane into…renewable natural gas — called RNG — and we directly inject that into the natural gas grid.” The new initiative plans to make renewable natural gas from the plant material harvested from local fields.

“The biogas is really, really important to rural America and agricultural communities,” Butler says. “This is reallly our chance to interact with this extreme push towards a more sustainable future.” Butler says this new project also fits with the company’s mission.

“We want to create processes that are good economically, they’re good environmentally and they’re good for wildlife,” he says, ‘because when it’s good for wildlife, it’s good for us as well.” The five-year pilot project will compensate farmers for growing restored grasses and prairie plants, which have deep roots that store carbon in the soil. The harvested biomass will be combined with manure in facilities that ultimately produce renewable natural gas.

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Regional 3A-5A High school Volleyball Scores

Sports

October 19th, 2023 by Asa Lucas

Class 3A – Region 3

Des Moines Christian 3-Van Meter 0 (25-12, 25-15, 25-23)
Red Oak 3-Clarinda 1 (25-23, 22-25, 25-22, 25-16)

Class 4A – Region 2

Indianola 3-Denison-Schleswig 0 (25-9, 25-8, 25-7)
Glenwood 3-Winterset 0 (25-14, 25-19, 25-8)

Class 4A – Region 3

ADM 3-Humboldt 0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-10)
Dallas Center-Grimes 3-Fort Dodge 0 (25-17, 25-15, 25-15)

Class 4A – Region 4

North Polk 3-Boone 2 (25-11, 25-27, 25-11, 24-26, 15-12)
Norwalk 3-Carlisle 1 (25-21, 25-19, 28-30, 25-19)

Class 5A – Region 2

Ankeny Centennial 3-Iowa City West 0 (25-14, 25-15, 25-7)
Council Bluffs Lincoln 3-Sioux City West 0 (25-7, 25-12, 25-16)

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JOSEPH PAUL KUCHCINSKI, 49, of Omaha (Mass of Christian Burial 10/24/23)

Obituaries

October 19th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

JOSEPH PAUL KUCHCINSKI, 49, of Omaha, died October 8, 2023, at the Mary Greeley Medical Center, in Ames. A Mass of Christian Burial for JOE KUCHCINSKI will be held 10:30-a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24th, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Council Bluffs. Rieken Vieth Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Visitation will be Monday, October 23, 2023, from  4:30 PM until 7:00 PM, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Council Bluffs, Iowa.  A Rosary will be held at the church on Monday at 7:00 PM.  A time of sharing will be at 6:30 PM.

JOE KUCHCINSKI is survived by:

His parents – Ray and Josie Kuchcinski.

His sisters – Rachel (Mike) Podjenski, and Rita (Dean) Schechinger.

Other relatives and friends.

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Who’s Gonna Win? – Week 9 – 10/20/2023

Podcasts, Trojan Preview/Who’s Gonna Win?

October 19th, 2023 by Asa Lucas

Asa Lucas, Chris Parks, Jim Field, and Matt Mullenix take a look at 8 area high school football games each week throughout the season. We try to provide some insight into the match-ups while competing for top prognosticator and the Whosman Trophy.

Who’s Gonna Win? is brought to you again in 2023 by Rush CPA & Associates and Fareway.

Last Week:

Matt Mullenix 6-2

Asa Lucas 8-0

Jim Field 8-0

Chris Parks 6-2

Overall 2023 Standings:

Matt Mullenix 50-14

Asa Lucas 52-12

Jim Field 45-19

Chris Parks 53-11

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U-I hires counselor to work with students who have a military connection

News

October 19th, 2023 by admin

The University of Iowa has hired a mental health counselor to work with students who are military veterans. Chuck Xander is a veteran and mental health counselor who will fill the role. He says veterans coming from active duty on a rigid schedule and can struggle with the pace of university life.

Xander says the U-I hopes to create a program that can be a model for other schools.

The University of Iowa has more than 22 hundred students who are veterans or military-connected, such as active duty Iowa National Guard members. And it says they are the first Big 10 school to hire a mental health counselor specifically dedicated to working with student veterans.

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DNR helps Urbandale create a coyote management plan

News

October 19th, 2023 by admin

The central Iowa city of Urbandale is asking residents to look at its coyote management plan to help keep the animals from causing problems. The D-N-R’s Andy Kellner helped the leaders of the Des Moines suburb put together the plan after increased reports of coyotes.

Kellner says one of the key points is to make sure there are no easy food sources around homes.

Birdseed is another food source that could attract the coyotes. Kellner says the plan also give tips for keeping pets from becoming prey.

Kellner says cities like Urbandale that have greenways and river corridors provide the habitat where coyotes can live. He says he hasn’t had calls about coyote populations in other Iowa cities, but says it’s likely there are coyote populations in many other areas. Kellner says people can make the problem worse by treating the coyotes like they are pets.

He says people should do the opposite and take actions that make the coyotes fear being around humans.

Kellner says it’s also important to appreciate the good things coyotes provide to keep our ecosystem balanced.

Kellner says some wildlife species adjust a little bit better than others to the humans who have moved into their territories. He says coyotes, deer, turkeys, foxes, rabbits, and squirrels are among those that have found ways to adapt.

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Two day youth pheasant hunting season in Iowa this weekend

News

October 19th, 2023 by admin

Iowa has an annual two-day pheasant hunting season for residents of the state who are 15 or younger and it’s coming up this weekend. The young hunters do not have to buy a state hunting license, but they must hunt under the direct supervision of an adult who has one. The Pheasants Forever chapter in Delaware County is sponsoring a hunt for rooster pheasants this Saturday for kids who are 12, 13, 14 or 15. Kevin Lamphier who’s from Delhi, is a member of the chapter. He says the day will start with a gun safety talk, followed by a trap shoot.

State law allows a youth hunter during this special season to bag just one bird per day.

The Delaware County Pheasants Forever chapter provides the shells, but does not provide the guns for the the hunt. It will be held on a farm near Ryan and Lamphier says up to 25 kids can participate.

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