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Iowa has widened its lead over North Carolina as the nation’s top hog producer.
The Des Moines Register reported Thursday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture lists Iowa’s herd total at 19.6 million, an increase from last year’s 18.9 million.
The hog inventory in No. 2 North Carolina dropped by 7 percent to 8.5 million. Producers blamed the decline in North Carolina on the high cost of corn, which is shipped to the state to feed the hogs.
The USDA says the nation’s total hog inventory was 66.6 million. Producers have been seeing strong prices.
Shane Ellis of Iowa State University Extension says per-head profits were $21.33 in August. He expects those profits to drop into the single digits in September.
–AP
WANTED: TICKETS TO IOWA STATE VS. TEXAS SATURDAY OCT. 1ST WOULD LIKE AT LEAST 2 OR MAYBE 4 TICKETS. CALL 249-4983.
GARAGE SALE: Saturday Oct. 1 8:00-2:00pm at 509 Cass Street Adair, Iowa. Computer & Desk, End Tables, Lg Dog Pen, Electric Keyboard, Homemade crafts, Household items, Clothes and Misc.
FOR SALE: Magic Chef apartment size fridge, 22″ deep, 19″ wide, 32″ high. $25. 712-799-4794 (Harlan)
FOR SALE: 2 twin electric beds with massagers, works good. $200 each or $300 for both. 712-243-7734
FOR SALE: Used, Bundy Alto saxophone with case, very good condition $375 obo. 712-243-7124
GARAGE SALE: Huge 3 family garage sale, 3 miles south on Hwy 71, 63815 Keystone Lane. Fri. Sept. 30th 9-12 pm and Sat. Oct. 1st 9-4 pm
WANTED: 10′ chain link panels, at least 2 with gates if possible. 249-6930
Officials have evacuated a Council Bluffs neighborhood because of a natural gas leak.
About a dozen houses were evacuated before dawn Thursday morning.
The area was being evacuated as a precaution while officials searched for the source of the gas leak.
The affected neighborhood is a couple blocks east of Interstate 29 on the west side of Council Bluffs near 36th and B streets.
–AP
Winterset residents are being asked to conserve water as the level of the lake that supplies the city’s water continues to drop.
The level of Cedar Lake is at its lowest since 2006 and KCCI reported the 65-acre lake’s level gets lower each day.
The city’s water utilities manager says there hasn’t been any significant rain since July and with little rain in the forecast, the city is taking steps to keep more water in the lake by asking residents to voluntarily conserve water.
Officials say if the lake falls another 2 1/2 feet, the city will have to buy water from the Southern Iowa Rural Water Association. Residents are being asked to not wash cars, water their yards or run water when they brush their teeth.
–AP
An Iowa High School was put on lockdown Tuesday evening for a short time.
Dallas Center Grimes High School was put on lockdown during a volleyball game Tuesday evening when officials noticed a suspicious person walking along highway 44 near the school. The person reportedly looked to be carrying a rifle and a bullet proof vest.
After calling 911, the school’s doors were locked and officials were put on high alert for any suspicious activity that might occur. At the time of the lockdown, a volleyball game was taking place at the school.
Authorities eventually arrested Michael Jensen who is being held in the Polk County Jail on $100,000 cash bond.
A gathering of World War II Veterans will take place in Council Bluffs starting next Tuesday. Prisoners of War who surrendered to the Japanese in 1942 will be gathering at the annual Mukden Survivors and Descendants Reunion at the Holiday Inn and Suites at Ameristar in Council Bluffs from October 4-8.
The Mukden Prisoner of War Camp was a Japanese slave labor camp using men surrendered during WWII. Mukden POW camp was located in Manchuria in northeast China. It was one of the largest POW camps of the Japanese imprisoning 1500 Americans as well as military men from Great Britain, the Netherlands and several other nations.
Registration will be next Tuesday, with a banquet held on October 8th at the Holiday Inn.
On October 8 from 10:00-11:00am, the public is invited to meet and listen to the stories of these former WWII Japanese prisoners of war at the Holiday Inn.
For more information about the event, contact Gloria Myers, at 712-784-3913. Reservations for the banquet are $25 and need to be made by Saturday.
HAZEL L. NEWTON, 79, of Lewis died Wednesday, Septmber 28th, 2011 at the Cass County Hospice Center. Memorial services for HAZEL L. NEWTON will be held 10:30am Saturday, October 1st at the United Congregational Methodist Church in Lewis. Hockenberry Family Care in Atlantic has the arrangemtents.
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Burial will be held at 10:00am Saturday, October 1st in the Oakwood Cemetery in Lewis.
HAZEL L. NEWTON is survived by:
Husband: Hugh Newton of Lewis
MERCEDES BOWERS, 94, of Manning died September 19th, 2011 in Colorado. Funeral services for MERCEDES BOWERS will be held 10:30am Saturday, October 8th at the Zion Lutheran Church in Manning. Ohde Funeral Home in Manning has the arrangements.
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Friends may call after 9:30am on Saturday, October 8th prior to the services, at Zion Lutheran Church.
Burial will be in the Manning Cemetery
MERCEDES BOWERS is survived by:
Daughter in law Jan Bowers of Loveland, CO
4 Grandchildren
1 Great Granddaughter