Jim Field speaks with Jim Wymore about the Grant Park Opry country music event Labor Day weekend.
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Jim Field speaks with Jim Wymore about the Grant Park Opry country music event Labor Day weekend.
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MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A northern Iowa jury has found a man accused of murder guilty of a lesser offense: voluntary manslaughter. Jurors took about three hours Monday to return their verdict on 21-year-old Braedon Bowers. He’d been charged with first-degree murder in the May 30, 2017, stabbing of 23-year-old Wraymond Todd in Mason City. Todd died five days later. Bowers, who didn’t testify during his six-day trial, is a Mason City resident.
The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast with Chris Parks.
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The latest area news from KJAN News Director, Ric Hanson.
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1. Stanford (57)
2. Texas (7)
3. Minnesota
4. Florida
5. Nebraska
6. Penn State
7. USC
8. Wisconsin
9. BYU
10. UCLA
11. Illinois
12. Baylor
13. Washington
14. Pittsburgh
15. Creighton
16. Kentucky
17. Northern Iowa
18. Oregon
19. San Diego
20. Purdue
21. Colorado
22. Utah
23. Michigan
24. Cal Poly
25. Colorado State
Others Receiving Votes: Iowa State, Wichita State, Michigan State, Ohio State
The Coon Rapids-Bayard Crusaders were one of a few teams that competed at the Woodward-Granger Cross Country Invite on Monday night at Jesper Park.
Girls Team
Girls Individual
Boys Team
Boys Individual
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Ankeny mother whose baby died after becoming wedged between a mattress and a wall has been given two years of probation. Court records say 33-year-old Michelle Atwell was fined $1,000 at her sentencing Monday in Des Moines and given a deferred judgment. A deferred judgment allows her conviction to be removed from court records if she completes her probation terms. Atwell had pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance for sale.
Police were called to the Ankeny home of Atwell and Matthew Cohara on Aug. 26, 2017, after the 7-month-old was found not breathing. Police say the baby became wedged and suffocated after Atwell left her on the bed for hours after feeding her. An autopsy found a cocaine byproduct in the baby’s system. Cohara was given a similar sentence.
(Learfield Sports) — Iowa State coach Matt Campbell is not ready to name a starting middle linebacker for Saturday’s season opener against South Dakota State. Mike Rose, O’Rien Vance and Bobby McMillen have been competing for the spot vacated by Joel Lanning. Campbell expects all three to play in the opener. Campbell says practice this week will determine which one starts Saturday’s game.
(Radio Iowa) — The U-S-D-A on Monday revealed details of a trade relief package for farmers. For now, it amounts to $4.7 billion, with the possibility of more aid if exports continue to suffer. Iowa Soybean Association President Bill Shipley, who farms near Nodaway in Adams County, says the best they can hope for is some mitigating help to assist farmers in staving off red ink in their operations.”We can at least pay our expenses. That’s about all it will do is get us up to our break-even price,” Shipley says. “Everybody’s got a different break-even price, depending on yield and price. It’ll get us up to break-even, maybe. It’ll make our bankers feel a lot better.”
Soybean producers are set to receive $3.6 billion in direct aid. Many farm groups have responded with calls for “trade not aid.” Shipley says the farm economy and the impacts of the retaliatory tariffs is worrying Iowa lenders. “I’ve talked to several, I haven’t talked to my own, but I’ve talked to several others and they are concerned, deeply concerned, about the farm economy,” Shipley says. “If you can at least cover your expenses, it’ll make them feel better. It’ll make me feel better, too. I don’t want to be going backwards.”
Shipley hopes U-S and Chinese negotiators are making progress with their discussions about the current trade war and find some possible ways to resolve it. “They’re supposed to meet for six or seven days and at least they’re talking, that’s always positive,” Shipley says, “and that’s the best we can hope for.” Shipley says trade issues are complicated and involve more than just agriculture so it could take some time to hammer out a positive agreement. On Monday, U-S Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue said producers can begin to apply for the aid on September 4.
Cass County: Corn $2.98, Beans $7.61
Adair County: Corn $2.95, Beans $7.64
Adams County: Corn $2.95, Beans $7.60
Audubon County: Corn $2.97, Beans $7.63
East Pottawattamie County: Corn $3.01, Beans $7.61
Guthrie County: Corn $3.00, Beans $7.65
Montgomery County: Corn $3.00, Beans $7.63
Shelby County: Corn $3.01, Beans $7.61
Oats $2.52 (always the same in all counties)
(Information from the USDA’s Farm Service Agency offices)