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RONALD WILLIAM PETHOUD, 74, of Harlan died Thu., Feb. 19th, at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Funeral Services for RONALD PETHOUD will be held 11-am Monday, Feb. 23rd, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan. Pauley Jones Funeral Home of Harlan has the arrangements.
Visitation will be held from 4-until 8-pm Sunday (2/22) at the Funeral Home, where a Masonic service & Time of Sharing begins at 7-pm, Sunday.
Burial will be in the Harlan Cemetery.
RONALD PETHOUD is survived by:
His wife: Linda Pethoud, of Harlan
His daughters: Dori (Stephen) Gessert, of Harlan, and Ronna Pethoud-Brown & her husband Stephen Brown, of Happy Valley, OR
His Honorary Daughter – Catherine Taylor, of New South Wales
His Son: Ronald (Shannon) Pethoud II of Harlan
Brother: Huebert (Helen) Pethoud of Blue Grass, IA
7 Grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren
LORRAINE ARP, 91, of Atlantic, died Fri., Feb. 20th, at the Heritage House, in Atlantic. Funeral services for LORRAINE ARP will be held 2-p.m. Mon., Feb. 23rd, at the Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home, in Atlantic.
Visitation with the family is from 12:30-until 2-pm Monday, at the funeral home.
Burial will be in the Atlantic Cemetery.
LORRAINE ARP is survived by:
Her sons – Larry (Karen) Arp, of Bennington, NE, and Alan (Debbie) Arp, of Griswold.
Her daughters – Cheryl Meyer, of Omaha, & Lori (Dick) Cook, of Atlantic.
9 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great grandchildren.
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NEW YORK (AP) – Major League Baseball is making some changes to speed up the length of games but it won’t implement some of the more radical proposals to make games shorter. The league and the players’ union announced an agreement Friday to enforce the rule requiring a hitter to keep at least one foot in the batter’s box in most cases. MLB also will post stadium clocks timing pitching changes and between-inning breaks.
MLB did not institute many of the ideas experimented with during the Arizona Fall League, such as a 20-second clock between pitches, a limitation of pitcher’s mound conferences involving catchers and managers, and no-pitch intentional walks. Penalties for violating the new rules start May 1 and will involve only fines. In the AFL, strikes and balls were called against violators.
Iowa’s largest manufacturing employer is reporting first quarter earnings today that reflect a significant drop from a year ago. Quad Cities-based Deere and Company shows net income for the quarter at nearly 387-million dollars, compared to 681-million in the first quarter last year. That’s a slide of 294-million. Deere spokesman Ken Golden says the news is not a surprise. “We had projected the global farm economy was going to be sluggish this year, but we’re also coming off of some really high, record years, so you have to put that in perspective,” Golden says. “The report we put out today is all about the sluggish farm economy but also our diverse lineup, because construction and forestry and financial services had higher profits.”
Worldwide net sales and revenues for the first quarter fell 17 percent, to around six-point-four billion dollars, down from seven-point-six billion last year. The report also shows net sales of the equipment operations were down one-point-three million. “Yes, we’re down from a year ago but this is about where we thought we would be,” Golden says. “We had projected going into the year that it was going to be a soft year, especially in large agricultural machinery which is really sort of a sweet spot for John Deere.”
Last month, Deere announced indefinite layoffs at five locations that build ag equipment. That includes roughly 565 workers at three locations in Waterloo, 300 at the Des Moines Works in Ankeny and 45 at the Harvester Works in East Moline, Illinois. About 500 employees at Deere’s Seeding and Cylinder facility in Moline, Illinois, also will go on an extended shutdown to adjust inventory. Golden was asked if more job cuts loom. “We have taken the action that we needed to take based on what we knew,” Golden says. “We knew that industry sales were going to be softer, especially in agriculture. We have taken those job actions and we are hopeful that more are not going to be needed.”
Besides Iowa and the Midwest, farmers in many parts of the world have struggled with drought and other severe weather issues in recent years, while last year, prices for many key U-S commodities took a nose-dive. Golden says it was expected that the sale of ag equipment, like big tractors and combines, would take a hit. “If you compare large ag sales from just two years ago, we’re down 50%,” Golden says. “The good news is, we’re a much better company and net income is higher than it would have been in those types of decreases in the past.”
Looking ahead, Deere equipment sales are projected to drop 17-percent for fiscal 2015 and be down about 19-percent for the second quarter compared with year-ago periods. A Deere news release says, “…even with a continued pullback in the agricultural sector, John Deere expects to remain solidly profitable in 2015. Our forecast reflects a level of results much better than we’ve experienced in previous downturns. This illustrates our success establishing a wider range of revenue sources and a more durable business model.”
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Lavon speaks with Janine Knop of Atlantic about her work hosting the television show Aunt Molly and Friends.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld the right of cities to use automated cameras to catch speeding motorists. A Sioux Center attorney challenged Sioux City’s 2011 ordinance establishing the use of cameras to catch speeders. Michael Jacobsma’s car was caught on camera going 67 miles an hour on Interstate 29 where the speed limit is 55.
He launched three constitutional challenges to the ordinance. He claims the ordinance is an unreasonable exercise of police power, violates due process rights of car owners and violates a limited home rule provision that says city ordinances cannot conflict with state laws. The court rejected all three arguments Friday and upheld Jacobsma’s fine.
Officials with the City of Atlantic say a sewer leak that occurred Tuesday has been completely repaired and the DNR notified of the repairs. City Administrator John Lund said today (Friday), the lift station has also been reactivated. The leak repair was completed Thursday afternoon.
Lund said “Our Wastewater Superintendent, Tim Snyder, Tim Teig of Snyder & Associates and Crain Construction worked together to get the situation resolved as soon as possible,” and he thanked all parties involved for their rapid response.
Officials with the Iowa Dept. of Natural resources had reported Tuesday evening that an air release valve on a forced wastewater main caused approximately 100 gallons per day of wastewater to flow into the East Nishnabotna River from under the bridge at West 6th Street, west of Atlantic. The leak bypassed wastewater only when the lift station pumps were operating for about one hour per day.
The DNR had said due to the river flow, the amount of wastewater that reached the river was diluted enough so that it did not affect the environment.
Chris Parks speaks with Jim Field live from Des Moines about the 2015 State Wrestling Championships.
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