The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union has released their latest volleyball rankings.
Take a look a the full rankings here: volleyball-2019-9519vbrankings
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union has released their latest volleyball rankings.
Take a look a the full rankings here: volleyball-2019-9519vbrankings
The Glenwood Police Department reports 36-year old Kristy Wilson, of Council Bluffs, was arrested today (Thursday). Wilson was taken into custody on a Mills County warrant. Her bond was set at $1,000.
There were two arrests Wednesday, in Glenwood: 18-year old Christopher Davis, of Omaha, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. His bond was set at $1,300. And, 45-year old Brent Vernon, of Glenwood, was arrested Wednesday, for being a Fugitive From Justice. He was being held without bond in the Mills County Jail.
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska State Patrol says troopers seized 32 pounds of marijuana and other drugs in separate traffic stops on Interstate 80 at York and North Platte. The patrol says the first stop happened just before 8 a.m. Tuesday near North Platte when a pickup truck was pulled over for a suspected license plate violation. Troopers say a search of the truck turned up 14 pounds of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and different types of controlled pills. The truck driver, a 32-year-old man from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was arrested.
The second stop of a sport utility vehicle occurred Tuesday afternoon year York. Troopers say a search of the SUV yielded about 18 pounds of marijuana and 800 THC vape cartridges. Two people from Wisconsin in the SUV were arrested.
ADILA GRAHAM, 72, of Atlantic, died Tuesday, Sept. 3rd, at home. Per her wishes, cremation will take place, and there will be no formal services for ADILA GRAHAM. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
ADILA GRAHAM is survived by:
Her husband – Jim Graham, of Atlantic.
Her son – Troy (Bonnie) Oeltjenbryns, of Holt, MO.
The Cass County Auditor’s Office reports Carmen Sorensen has filed to run for the Griswold City Council on November 5th. There are 3 seats available for Griswold city council.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Texas health and human services official has been named the new director of the Iowa Department of Human Services. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says Thursday she appointed Kelly Kennedy Garcia to head the department that oversees the state’s Medicaid program, mental health centers and child welfare services. Garcia is now the deputy executive commissioner at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. She oversees programs with more than 700 employees and a $1.4 billion budget.
Kelly Garcia
Iowa DHS has more than 4,000 employees and a $7 billion budget. Garcia previously managed the Texas Medicaid program and once served as a senior adviser to former Texas Gov. Rick Perry. She will begin Nov. 1. The appointment is subject to confirmation by the Iowa Senate. Former DHS Director Jerry Foxhoven was ousted from the job in June for reasons Reynolds has not fully disclosed. Foxhoven claims it was because he questioned a pay arrangement for a staff member he thought might be illegal. He’s filed a $2 million wrongful termination claim.
The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports five arrests took place over the past week. Wednesday afternoon, 70-year old Stephen Craig Tasto, of Malvern, was arrested at the Cass County (NE) Jail on a Warrant 2nd Degree Theft. And, 26-year old Paul Eugene Whitmore, of Omaha, was arrested at the Pottawattamie County Jail on a warrant for two counts of Failure to Appear. This past Monday afternoon, 27-year old Brittney Marie Hunter, of Omaha, NE, was arrested for Possession of Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and four counts of Child Endangerment. Early Sunday morning, 40-year old Robert Matthew Justice, of Glenwood, was arrested for Driving While Barred.
On August 29th, 64-year old Robert Charles Carlson, of Omaha, was arrested at the Douglas County, NE., Jail, on a warrant for Failure to Appear.
Mills County authorities said also, that on Aug. 30th, 48-year old Meril Naumowicz, of Tabor, was driving a 2018 Dodge eastbound on Highway 34 at around 2:05-p.m. Mills county dispatch received multiple 911 calls about her vehicle being all over the road, and striking multiple cones in the construction zone. Before law enforcement could find the vehicle, it struck the guard rail at the 8-mile marker of Highway 34, and became disabled. Naumowicz was transported to Jennie Ed by Glenwood Rescue.
Last Saturday, 47-year old Timothy Rife, of Logan, was driving a 2016 Harley Davidson southbound on Highway 59 at around 1:53-a.m. As he approached the intersection with Kroon Avenue, Rife saw a herd of cattle were on the roadway. When he swerved to avoid hitting the cattle, his cycle toppled onto its side. Rife was transported to The University of Nebraska Medical Center, by Red oak Rescue.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officials have unveiled a blue 300-pound bronze statue of a troll that now sits below the popular Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge spanning the Missouri River from Omaha to Council Bluffs, Iowa. Omar the Troll — short for Omaha Metro Area River — was introduced during a news conference Wednesday. The 4-foot troll with a toothy grin now greets visitors from atop a concrete cottage set up on a mulched area by one of the bridge’s pillars.
The sculpture is the brainchild of tourism group Visit Omaha and has been in the works for three years. The idea behind his creation is to keep visitors excited about the riverfront bridge. Deborah Ward with Visit Omaha tells the Omaha World-Herald that “every bridge needs a troll.”
(Iowa News Service – DES MOINES) For generations, Iowa’s predictable weather has allowed farmers to specialize in two crops – corn and soybeans. But climate change has many farmers exploring alternative crops, including chestnuts and other nut-producing trees. Mark Rasmussen, director of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, says the Chinese chestnut tree, which only takes three to five years of growth to produce a yield, is an emerging tree crop in the Midwest.
“It’s an alternative crop, which is something we like to promote, plus it’s got other benefits in terms of putting land in something that’s more perennial than an annual crop, like corn or soybeans,” he states. The traditional American chestnut tree once dominated the Eastern U.S. before a fungus took hold in 1904 and ultimately erased 4 billion trees from the landscape in less than 50 years. It’s estimated that a mature chestnut orchard can gross between $5,000 and $10,000 a year per acre.
Jeff Jensen, president of the Iowa Nut Growers Association, says the Chinese chestnut is well adapted to the Midwest, with its well-drained, slightly acidic soil and the nut’s hardiness for cold weather. He notes that Iowa growers have increased sales through social media direct marketing, and online sites that let folks know where they can pick their own produce. “So, this has been the real game changer in the last five to seven years,” Jensen states. “A lot of operations are able to go to ‘U-Pick,’ where folks will come to the farm and do all the harvesting themselves, and the farm owner is more akin to an Airbnb host – providing nice restrooms, picnic areas, shade, water.”
At the Leopold Center, Rasmussen says some of the best stories he hears about deciding to grow chestnuts are told by retired people. “That have other income sources and then they live on an acreage, so this isn’t a primary income source for them, but they can stand the three or four years it takes before the chestnuts start to produce,” he explains. Rasmussen adds edible nut crops such as chestnuts were once a significant contributor to the rural economy, when hogs and cattle were fattened for market by allowing them to forage on acres of fallen chestnuts.
DES MOINES, IA— The Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the Iowa Donor Network launched a new organ, eye, and tissue donor registry on Wednesday, September 4th. The new registry makes it possible for Iowans to register as organ, eye and tissue donors when obtaining a hunting, fishing or fur harvester license. The new registry was created after Governor Kim Reynolds signed “Logan’s Law”, a bill named after 15-year-old Logan Luft. Logan, of Charles City, passed away in 2017 and saved many lives by becoming an organ and tissue donor. The Luft family worked with Representative Todd Prichard and Senator Waylon Brown to craft the bill, which passed unanimously in the Iowa House and Senate.
In addition to creating a new way for Iowans to register as organ, eye and tissue donors, “Logan’s Law” also requires donation education be included in all hunter education courses. Iowa Donor Network has developed new educational videos about the donation process that Iowa Department of Natural Resources will be incorporating into all hunter education courses. Links to the new videos are below.
Currently, 74% of adults in Iowa are registered organ, eye and tissue donors. Until now, the majority of Iowans registered to be organ, eye and tissue donors at the DMV or online at IowaDonorNetwork.org. In the United States, there are more 113,000 people on the transplant waiting list and an average of 22 people die each day because there are not enough organs available. The new registry, through the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, will make it even easier for Iowans to register as donors and help Iowa Donor Network increase the donor registry and decrease the transplant waiting list.
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