Jim Field speaks with Lora Kanning, Cass County Naturalist, about filling the feeder for the Trumpeter Swans and also the upcoming Soiree with the Swans event.
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Jim Field speaks with Lora Kanning, Cass County Naturalist, about filling the feeder for the Trumpeter Swans and also the upcoming Soiree with the Swans event.
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Two people have been arrested on drug charges in Red Oak. According to the police department, 22-year old Nicholas Dean Wright, of Carson, was taken into custody shortly after 10-p.m. Thursday, on a possession of marijuana charge. Wright was being held in the Montgomery County jail this (Friday) morning, on $1,000 cash bond.
And, 34-year-old Joshua Duane Mohn, of Red Oak, was arrested early this (Friday) morning, on charges of forgery, counterfeiting, driving while revoked and possession of drug paraphernalia. Mohn was transported to the Montgomery County jail where he was being held on $5,000 cash bond.
Cass County: Corn $6.80, Beans $13.99
Adair County: Corn $6.77, Beans $14.02
Adams County: Corn $6.77, Beans $13.98
Audubon County: Corn $6.79, Beans $14.01
East Pottawattamie County: Corn $6.83, Beans $13.99
Guthrie County: Corn $6.82, Beans $14.03
Montgomery County: Corn $6.82, Beans $14.01
Shelby County: Corn $6.83, Beans $13.99
Oats $3.53 (always the same in all counties)
Here’s the Freese-Notis (podcast) forecast for Atlantic, and the KJAN listening area, and weather data for Atlantic….
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The Iowa State and Northern Iowa wrestling teams will be in Evanston, Illinois this weekend for the 50th annual Midlands Championships. The two-day tournament at Welsh-Ryan arena is considered one of the toughest competitions of the season as many former collegiate All-Americans are in the field. UNI Coach Doug Schwab says the Midlands is one of the highlights of the year for the wrestling world. “It’s always been a big event…it’s always a tournament you really look forward to,” Schwab says. “It’s kind of a mid-season gage of where you’re at and where you want to get to. Almost every top team in the country is wrestling over these two days, so it’s great for wrestling. I’m looking forward to having some guys have a lot of success and bringing a lot of hardware home.”
This will be UNI’s first competition since December 13, when the Panthers beat Ellsworth Community College in a dual 46-9. The Midlands will be the second two-day long tournament UNI has participated in, as the Panthers took part in the Cliff Keen Invite in Las Vegas earlier this season. “And now we’re putting ourselves in another tough tournament and giving our guys an opportunity to really set themselves up for the rest of the season and make a name for themselves nationally. That’s what we’ve been talking about trying to do all year,” Schwab says. “I’m ready to get back…the break was way to long for me. We’re getting back at it now and I’m just looking forward to Midlands.”
Top-ranked Penn State is not competing in the Midlands. Instead, the Nittany Lions are wrestling in the Southern Scuffle taking place in Chattanooga, Tennessee next Tuesday and Wednesday (Jan 1-2). Neither UNI or Iowa State are ranked in the top 25. Iowa State enters the Midlands following dual meet losses to Old Dominion and Iowa and a win over North Dakota State. ISU Coach Kevin Jackson says his wrestlers are improving as they continue to develop team chemistry. “I see a tighter connection with our team. I see some bonding going on and some more cheering for each other,” Jackson said. “The guys are pulling together in building this team and building this program. These guys kind of started from scratch a little bit, as far as trying to build back the culture, tradition and mentality in which we’re founded on. I’m starting to see more of that and we just have to continue to build that.”
The second-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes are not sending a full team to this year’s Midlands Tournament. Only a handful of Hawkeye freshman are competing – including Cory Clark, who is considered a top contender at 125 pounds. Clark is 9-0 this season wrestling unattached behind two-time NCAA champion Matt McDonough. The Hawkeyes host fourth-ranked Ohio State in a dual at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City next Friday, January 4.
Some Iowa farmers had a very rough 2012 due to the drought and it’ll translate to a more expensive 2013 for consumers. A report from the U-S Department of Agriculture predicts food prices will be rising in the months ahead. U-S-D-A economist Ricky Volpe says the big hike in livestock feed prices means beef, pork and chicken will cost more. “We’re going to see strong food price inflation for a lot of animal-based products,” Volpe says. “That’s expected to happen relatively early in the year, in the first quarter or the first half of 2013.” Food prices rose about two-and-a-half percent this year and the agency predicts they’ll rise three-to-four percent in the year ahead.
Volpe says meat prices will go up initially, with many other items costing more by late summer. “That’s when we can expect to see more significant impacts for all these more packaged, processed, shelf-stabled foods, things like soups, condiments and side dishes, and then even things like breakfast cereals and packaged breads,” Volpe says. “That’s where we’ll start to see the impacts of the drought happen a little bit later. Consumers are going to feel it more for those foods. It’ll be a little bit smaller but it will happen in the second half of 2013 and maybe even in 2014.”
Volpe says the effects of the summer-long drought will continue to have ripple effects in all grocery aisles. “We’ve seen, in the last couple of months, fluid milk prices ticking up,” Volpe says. “It does appear as if, for this food, the drought has really started to hit it. We always expected that fluid milk and dairy would be kind of a good bellwether of where the drought is headed because we’re looking at a food group that is not very storable and doesn’t require a lot of processing. Expect to see dairy products, this large category, on average go up about 4% in 2013 as a result of these higher feed prices.” The report says the price of milk and other dairy products could double if price supports are not addressed by Congress in a new Farm Bill by the end of the year.
(Radio Iowa)
347 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2012 National Weather Service/Des Moines
EARLY THIS MORNING…LIGHT SNOW AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE. NOT AS COLD. LITTLE OR NO NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. NO ICE ACCUMULATION. NORTHEAST WIND AROUND 5 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION NEAR 100 PERCENT.
TODAY…LIGHT SNOW IN THE MORNING…THEN LIGHT SNOW LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION. HIGH IN THE MID 20S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW NEAR 100 PERCENT.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. COLDER. LOW 5 TO 10 ABOVE. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 20S. WEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW 5 TO 10 ABOVE. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 30S. SOUTH WIND AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 15 TO 20.
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. COLDER. HIGH 15 TO 20. LOW ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.
NEW YEARS DAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 20S. LOW 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An award-winning trainer who has worked with University of Iowa athletes for 40 years is retiring. Iowa on Thursday announced the retirement of John Streif, an assistant athletic trainer since 1972 and the athletic department’s travel coordinator since 1980. To Hawkeyes fans, Streif has long been a familiar face on the sidelines of sporting events.
Streif says he’s fortunate to have been involved with the university and is grateful to student-athletes and fans who’ve impacted his life. Iowa athletic director Gary Barta says Streif’s service to athletes and coaches has been “second to none” and he has touched the lives of so many people. The athletic training facilities at Carver Hawkeye Arena have been named in honor of Streif, thanks to a donation from former basketball player Ronnie Lester.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials are reminding residents to be careful about using propane when generating heat or running appliances during the winter. The state Department of Public Safety says people should have a qualified technician inspect their propane system. Officials also warn people to avoid using a stove for space heating, and suggest not using outdoor propane appliances inside. Officials say this is especially critical during a power outage because of possible carbon monoxide poisoning.
Officials also recommend people take immediate action if they suspect a gas leak. That includes avoiding any flames or sparks, turning off the main supply valve on a propane tank, and leaving the area immediately.
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