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2 bulls in SW Iowa test positive for venereal disease

Ag/Outdoor, News

June 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Friday, said that two bulls in southwest Iowa have tested positive for trichomoniasis (trik-uh-muh-NEYE’-uh-sis), a venereal disease in cattle.  The facility itself was not identified. Bovine trichomoniasis is a reportable disease in Iowa.  There are no clinical signs of illness in the bulls, but it can be spread to cows and causes infertility. Farmers buying bulls are encouraged to make sure the animals are tested for the disease before being introduced into the herd or to purchase virgin bulls. The Department has issued an order of quarantine for the facility where the disease was found.  The quarantine will remain in place until further testing confirms the disease is no longer present in the herd. This is the first known case of the disease in Iowa but there have been more than 200 cases in Missouri.

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IGHSA softball rankings (week #2) – 6/1/12

Sports

June 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Here are the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union softball rankings (Released June 1st). Area are teams highlighted in bold:
Class 5A
School/ Record/ Last week’s ranking
1. Des Moines East 3-0 1
2. Ankeny 4-1 2
3. West Des Moines Valley 4-1 3
4 Ottumwa 7-0 7
5. Iowa City West 9-1 5
6. Davenport West 4-1 4
7. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 5-1 8
8. Muscatine 6-0 NR
9. Pleasant Valley 4-3 6
10. Dowling Catholic 0-2 9
Dropped Out: Fort Dodge (10)

Class 4A
School 2011 Record LW
1. Clear Creek-Amana 8-0 1
2. Dallas Center-Grimes 3-1 2
3. Winterset 7-1 3
4 Keokuk 5-0 6
5. North Scott 4-2 4
6. Carlisle 6-1 5
7. Sioux City Bishop Heelan 7-0 8
8. Creston 5-1 7
9. Glenwood 7-0 10
10. Indianola 7-0 12
11. Washington 4-0 NR
12. Charles City 6-1 15
13. Oskaloosa 5-2 13
14. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 6-2 11
15. West Delaware 6-2 14
Dropped Out: Cedar Rapids Xavier (9)

Class 3A
School Record LW
1. Solon 7-0 1
2. Mid-Prairie 2-4 2
3. West Burlington/Burlington Notre Dame 5-2 4
4 Bondurant-Farrar 3-2 3
5. Wilton 4-1 5
6. East Marshall 4-0 8
7. Iowa Falls-Alden 5-0 NR
8. Center Point-Urbana 5-1 NR
9. Estherville-LC 3-2 12
10. Crestwood 5-1 NR
11. Clarke 3-1 NR
12. Humboldt 5-1 11
13. Ballard 7-2 NR
14. Williamsburg 4-4 10
15. Forest City 3-1 NR
Dropped Out: Centerville (6), Mediapolis (7), Independence (9), Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (13), Albia (14), Spirit Lake (15)

Class 2A
School Record LW
1. NSK-AR 5-0 1
2. Iowa City Regina 3-2 3
3. Sumner-Fredericksburg 5-0 4
4 Durant 4-1 5
5. Jesup 9-0 6
6. Van Meter 6-1 7
7. Des Moines Christian 4-2 2
8. North Mahaska 4-0 12
9. Treynor 8-0 NR
10. Emmetsburg 4-2 9
11. BCLUW 4-1 14
12. Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 7-1 NR
13. Madrid 5-1 NR
14. Ridge View 5-1 15
15. Edgewood-Colesburg 5-1 NR
Dropped Out: Woodward-Granger (8), Woodbury Central (10), Alburnett (11), West Lyon (13)

Class 1A
School Record LW
1. Akron-Westfield 7-0 1
2. Earlham 6-1 2
3. Martensdale-St. Marys 8-0 3
4 Newell-Fonda 6-2 4
5. Lynnville-Sully 4-1 5
6. Lisbon 5-0 13
7. Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn 3-1 7
8. Don Bosco 4-1 9
9. Mason City Newman Catholic 4-1 6
10. Ar-We-Va 4-0 NR
11. Charter Oak-Ute 3-4 7
12. Coon Rapids-Bayard 7-2 NR
13. West Bend-Mallard 3-2 12
14. Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 6-2 8
15. Walnut 9-2 11
Dropped Out: Remsen St. Mary’s (14), Twin Cedars (15)

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Area High School Softball Scores from Fri. June 1st, 2012

Sports

June 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Coon Rapids-Bayard 12, Guthrie Center 0
Exira-EHK 2, Atlantic 0
Treynor 5, Underwood 2
Villisca 11, Sidney 2
Woodbine 13, West Monona 9

Elsewhere:

Council Bluffs/Lewis Central 10, Council Bluffs/Abe Lincoln 1

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Area High School Baseball Scores from Fri., June 1st 2012

Sports

June 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

A-H-S-T, Avoca 11, Riverside, Oakland 0
Carroll 7, Saydel 4
Coon Rapids-Bayard 3, Guthrie Center 2
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 7, Lewis Central 0
Fremont-Mills, Tabor 4, Essex 2
IKM-Manning 5, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 2
Interstate 35, Truro 11, Corning 1
Logan-Magnolia 8, Kingsley-Pierson 3
Martensdale-St. Marys 16, Lenox 0
Missouri Valley 14, Griswold 5
Nishnabotna 19, East Mills 7
Nodaway Valley 11, Wayne, Corydon 5
Ridge View 10, Boyer Valley, Dunlap 0
Southeast Warren, Liberty Center 15, Mount Ayr 0
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 7, Denison-Schleswig 0
Tri-Center, Neola 3, Audubon 0

Elsewhere:

Bedford 15, Central Decatur 0, 3-inn.

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“Fairly quiet” tornado season in Iowa

News, Weather

June 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

A tornado destroyed about 75 percent of the southwest Iowa town of Thurman in mid-April, the same day a tornado smashed into Creston, doing major damage to a hospital. But State Climatologist Harry Hillaker says other than that outbreak of severe weather, it’s been “fairly quiet” in terms of tornado activity in Iowa this year. “May and June are peak months for tornado activity and June the 9th would be kind of the mid-point to the tornado season, so we’re not quite to the very heart of tornado season — but we’re pretty darned close to it, though,” Hillaker says. “But thus far it’s been, you know, fairly quiet as far as severe weather — both tornadoes and hail, and high winds and such.”

Forecasters recently divided the country into 100-square-mile increments and mapped out tornado touch downs. The research found that in the past 20 years, Iowa has had more tornadoes touch down than all but two states. Recent forecasts indicate a period of calm weather ahead for Iowa. “Of course that could change in just one afternoon and kind of make the season with one bad outbreak,” Hillaker says. “But so far we’ve avoided any really big, widespread events.”

According to the National Weather Service there were 50 tornadoes in Iowa last year. Twenty tornadoes were reported in Iowa on one day — April 9, 2011.

(Radio Iowa)

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Weekend forecast for Cass & area Counties

Weather

June 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

345 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012

TODAY (SATURDAY)…SUNNY…WARMER. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE MID 50S. WEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 30 PERCENT.

MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S.

TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. LOWS AROUND 60.

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Santana pitches first no-hitter in Mets’ history

Sports

June 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

NEW YORK (AP) — Johan Santana pitched the first no-hitter in New York Mets’ history, helped by an umpire’s missed call and an outstanding catch in left field in an 8-0 victory over St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night. After a string of close calls in their 51-season history, Santana finally finished the job in the Mets’ 8,020th game since the team was born in 1962. He needed a couple of key assists to do it. Carlos Beltran, back at Citi Field for the first time since the Mets traded him last July, hit a line drive over third base in the sixth inning that hit the foul line and should have been called fair. But third base umpire Adrian Johnson ruled it foul and the no-hitter was intact. Mike Baxter made a tremendous catch in left field to rob Yadier Molina of extra bases in the seventh, getting injured in the process.

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Pacific Coast Leage (PCL) Baseball Scores & Weekend Schedule

Sports

June 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Friday’s Games

New Orleans 2, Albuquerque 0

Round Rock 3, Memphis 0

Oklahoma City 5, Nashville 3

Omaha 5, Iowa 4

Salt Lake 6, Colorado Springs 5

Sacramento 10, Fresno 7

Reno 8, Tacoma 7, 10 innings

Las Vegas 11, Tucson 1

Saturday’s Games

Albuquerque at Round Rock, 7:05 p.m.

New Orleans at Nashville, 7:35 p.m.

Iowa at Oklahoma City, 8:05 p.m.

Memphis at Omaha, 8:05 p.m.

Tucson at Colorado Springs, 8:05 p.m.

Reno at Las Vegas, 10:05 p.m.

Salt Lake at Fresno, 10:05 p.m.

Sacramento at Tacoma, 10:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Tucson at Colorado Springs, 3:05 p.m.

Memphis at Omaha, 3:05 p.m.

New Orleans at Nashville, 3:05 p.m.

Reno at Las Vegas, 3:05 p.m.

Sacramento at Tacoma, 4:35 p.m.

Salt Lake at Fresno, 5:05 p.m.

Iowa at Oklahoma City, 7:05 p.m.

Albuquerque at Round Rock, 8:05 p.m.

 

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Iowa early News Headlines: Sat., June 2nd 2012

News

June 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — A Fort Dodge company where specialty gloves were made since 1970 has shut down and laid off 22 workers. The Ansell Hawkeye factory closed on Thursday. Operations Manager Mark Lolley says there were be layoffs at the company’s plants in Arkansas, Illinois and Michigan.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court says a man can sue a mother to recover money he spent supporting a daughter she lied about being his own. The court opened the door yesterday to lawsuits against Iowa mothers who engage in paternity fraud. A district judge had ruled last year that such cases were not allowed in Iowa. The court says 28-year-old Joseph Dier of Grundy Center can sue Cassandra Jo Peters for paternity fraud.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Swimmers and other people have returned to the George Wyth (wihth) Lake beach, which had been washed away in June 2008. Cedar River floodwaters had swamped the beach and damaged restrooms and a concessions building. The lake sits on the north side of Waterloo.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Incoming Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby says he is against stipends for student-athletes, pointing out that there are other places where they can play for money. Bowlsby also says that the Big 12 supports a four-team playoff consisting of the highest-ranked teams to determine college football’s national champion. Bowlsby starts the job on June 15th.

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Latham announces IA Disaster Mitigation Grants for Pott. County properties

News

June 1st, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Iowa Congressman Tom Latham, Friday, announced that some Pottawattamie County properties ravaged by Missouri River flooding last summer will receive help in the form of federal disaster grants. The FEMA hazard mitigation grants will be used to buy out 32 residential properties and one commercial property that were damaged beyond repair. Under the grant structure, the federal government will cover 75 percent of the costs, or a total of about $4.77 million, while the state government will cover the remaining costs.

 

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