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7AM Newscast 09-15-2011

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September 15th, 2011 by admin

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Cardinals 3, Pirates 2

Sports

September 15th, 2011 by Jim Field

PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Pirates clinched their 19th consecutive losing season, a record for a major league franchise in North America, losing to the Cardinals 3-2 as Yadier Molina hit a tiebreaking, two-run double.  A year after going a big league-worst 57-105, the Pirates were 51-44 and led the NL Central by a half-game before play on July 20.  But they have gone 16-38 since, and at 67-82 are ensured of  another sub.-500 record.  St. Louis, which has 13 games left, has won seven of eight and remained 4 1-2 games behind Atlanta in the NL wild-card race. The Cardinals moved 5 1-2 games back of Milwaukee in the NL Central.  Edwin Jackson (5-2) allowed two runs and eight hits in 7 1-3 innings and improved to 4-0 in his career against Pittsburgh. Three relievers combined to hold Pittsburgh scoreless over the final 2 1-3 innings. Jason Motte pitched a perfect ninth for his seventh save in 10 chances.  Morton (9-10) lost his fourth straight start, giving up three runs, six hits and three walks in seven innings.

TE Chandler’s Drive Paying Off for Bills

Sports

September 15th, 2011 by Jim Field

     ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) – Tight end Scott Chandler still recalls hopping in his car and making the 14-hour drive from Iowa to Buffalo after his flight was canceled in May.  There was no way he was going to miss a chance to bond with his new teammates, who were holding player-organized workouts during the NFL lockout.  The road trip is paying off substantially after Chandler scored twice in a season-opening 41-7 win at Kansas City last weekend.  The touchdowns were his first since 2006, when he was a senior at Iowa. And after four seasons of bouncing around the NFL, Chandler might have finally found a home in Buffalo with a team benefiting from his 6-foot-7 presence in its passing attack.  The Bills prepare for their home opener against Oakland on Sunday.

Cyclones to Don White Uniforms for UConn Game

Sports

September 15th, 2011 by Jim Field

     DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Iowa State will embrace the national spotlight with a new look: all-white uniforms.  Cyclones spokesman Tom Kroeschell says the team plans to wear white pants and white jerseys when they face Connecticut in Friday night’s nationally-televised game.  It’s the first time Iowa State has worn all white since 2006,
before the university redesigned the school’s logo and updated its uniforms.  Those hoping the Cyclones will top the look off with white helmets won’t get their wish, though.
     Kroeschell says the team will wear its familiar cardinal helmets against the Huskies.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th

Trading Post

September 15th, 2011 by Jim Field

FOR SALE: hosier cabinet, in good condition- pale green in color, asking 500.00, price negotiable.  2 antique school desk-50.00  each, call 712-210-4625

WANTED: Large Indian corn. 712-268-5330

FOR SALE: Large box of old Lincoln logs $20 obo; Smith Corona Electric type writer, works perfect $20 obo. 243-7124

FOR SALE: 2 4×8 trailers, new lights  $225 each. 243-7734

FOR SALE: CB Equipment hand held mikes, 2 mobile kickers, 2 bay stations, 1,23 channel, 1, 40 channel, 1 amtron antenna with 100 ft. coax, mobile radios 40 channel. $500 obo 712-326-4990.

WANTED: good solid wood stove reasonably cheap  and looking for some miscellaneous sheets of tin for free or reasonably cheap, call 712-249-1891.

FOR SALE: Weslo Cadence 930 Treadmill, digital display, space saver design, $60.  Also, Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia set, $20.  My contact number is 712-249-3863.

USDA Report 09-15-2011

Ag/Outdoor, Podcasts

September 15th, 2011 by admin

Max Dirks at the Cass County FSA office.

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Iowa hosts American Wind Energy Association conference

News

September 15th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Many of the top players in the wind energy industry from around the world are gathered in Iowa this week. Harold Prior, executive director of the Iowa Wind Energy Association, says Des Moines was selected as the site for the industry’s largest conference because Iowa recently became the first state to generate at least 20 percent of its electricity from wind power. “The American Wind Energy Association really wants to showcase Iowa’s success and Iowa as an example of what the nation would look like, in terms of job creation and enhanced economic development potential, if we can get the entire nation to 20-percent of our electric generation portfolio coming from the wind energy industry,” Prior said.

Iowa currently has more than 2,500 wind turbines creating over 4,000 megawatts of electricity. Projects that are underway are expected to boost that energy output to 5,000 megawatts by the end of 2012. In December 2010, MidAmerican Energy announced a 593.4-megawatt expansion. That includes 193, 2.3-megawatt turbines, which are currently being erected in east- and southeastern- Cass, northeastern Adams, and southwest Adair counties as part of the “Rolling Hills Wind Project,” which is expected to be finished by the end of the year. Those turbines will produce enough energy to power 190,000 homes. The project is one of the largest Mid-American has developed, and likely one of the largest in the country, according a company spokesman.

Other turbines in the company’s expansion project are being built in Marshall and Calhoun Counties. When the project is complete, approximately 26 percent of MidAmerican Energy’s total generation capacity will come from wind. Prior says one of the biggest challenges facing the wind industry involves transmitting the energy from where it’s generated to where it can be used. “The transmission grid in the United States, as a whole, has not seen really significant upgrades in 50 years,” Prior said. “We’re going to have to modernize the electrical transmission grid one way or another.” He notes several large transmission projects are already planned or are under construction.

Another critical issue to continued growth, according to Prior, is the extension of a federal production tax credit for the wind energy industry. The credit is set to expire in December 2012. Prior says all forms of energy production are given tax credits, but some industries enjoy better terms. “The advantage that the older carbon-based forms of generation have is they’re subsidized through the tax code,” Prior said. “Their subsidies don’t come up for consideration and renewal because they’ve been in the tax code, in some cases, for 90 years.” The American Wind Energy Association reports the industry is on track to reach a goal of 20-percent of the country’s electricity coming from wind by the year 2030. In order to reach that goal, the industry will need to install an additional 60-thousand (60,000) wind turbines over the next 18 years.

(Radio Iowa/file data)

CALVIN E. CAMPBELL, 90, formerly of Audubon (svcs 9-17-11)

Obituaries

September 15th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

CALVIN E. CAMPBELL, 90, of Richfield, MN (& formerly of Audubon), died Sat., Sept. 10th, in Richfield. Funeral services for CALVIN CAMPBELL will be held 10:30-a.m. Sat., Sept. 17th, at the Assembly of God Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family will be present from 6:30-8:30pm Friday (9/16). 

Burial is in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon.

CALVIN CAMPBELL is survived by:

His sons – David (Lesya) Campbell, of Eden Prairie, MN; Eugene (Esperazza) Campbell, of Tucson, AZ; Neal (Laurie) Campbell, of Lakeville, MN; and Paul (Melinda) Campbell, of Amsterdam, Holland.

His sister – Leone Fulton, of Perry.

13 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren, his in-laws, other relatives, and friends.

Arrest reported in Montgomery County

News

September 15th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Authorities in Montgomery County report the arrest Wednesday nights of a Corning woman. 23-year old Anna Lynn Armstrong was taken into custody at around 9:20-p.m., on a charge of driving while revoked. Armstrong was brought to the Montgomery Coounty Jail in Red Oak, and held on $1,000 cash bond.

Shawn Johnson sprains foot ahead of selection camp

Sports

September 14th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson is back training after spraining her right foot, just a few days before the final world team selection camp. Johnson slipped off the balance beam Tuesday, and agent Sheryl Shade says she was back at practice later that night. Johnson says she’s fine, tweeting Wednesday: “I’m doing ok everyone! Healing fast & still planning on giving it my all!” She leaves Saturday for the final selection camp, and the world team is expected to be named next Wednesday. Worlds are Oct. 7-16 in Tokyo. Johnson made big improvements at last month’s U.S. championships, her second meet since winning four medals at the Beijing Olympics. She was fourth on beam and sixth on uneven bars – the Americans’ weakest event – and planned to upgrade the difficulty of her routines.