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Creston Police report, 4/26/22

News

April 26th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Creston, Iowa) – The Creston Police Department says there were three separate arrests Monday, and one arrest on Saturday. Among those arrested Monday, was:

  • 36-year-old Tashina Lee Martwick, of Creston, who was arrested at around 11:37-p.m., near the intersection of Elm and Adams with the assist from Creston K9 Baxo. Martwick was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd Offense Methamphetamine and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Martwick was later released on a $5,300 cash or surety bond.
  • 27-year-old Marston Shane Randolph, of Alabama, was arrested a little after 6-p.m., Monday, at 1700 W Townline Road. He was charged with Domestic Abuse Assault and Public Intox., and was being held in the Union County Jail without bond, till seen by the magistrate. And,
  • 65-year-old Gregory Lee Kaufman, of Creston, was arrested at around 2:15-p.m., Monday, at the Creston Fareway Parking Lot. Kaufman was charged with Public Intox-1st Offense. He was being held on a $300 cash or surety bond.

And, arrested at around 5:37-p.m. Saturday, in Creston, was 23-year-old Gordon McKenzie Carroll, Jr., of Osceola, who was taken into custody with assistance from the Creston K9 “Baxo.” Carroll was charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, cited, and released from the scene at Taylor and Wyoming Streets.

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Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report April 18 – 24, 2022

Ag/Outdoor

April 26th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (April 25, 2022) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, Monday, commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. “It was another active weather week with additional periods of severe thunderstorms and locally heavy rainfall,” said Secretary Naig. “Cooler temperatures and windy conditions also persisted, though soil temperatures are slowly rising. Soil temperatures are at or above 50 degrees for much of the southern two-thirds of Iowa.”

The weekly report is also available on the USDA’s website at nass.usda.gov.

Crop Report
Rain, high winds, and cold conditions continued to stall spring planting, limiting Iowa farmers to 2.3 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending April 24, 2022, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Fieldwork activities were primarily applying anhydrous and fertilizer. Reports were received of limited corn and soybean planting as well as planting oats. In addition to periodic precipitation, cool soil temperatures have some farmers waiting to plant row crops.

  • Topsoil moisture condition rated 4 percent very short, 18 percent short, 67 percent adequate and 11 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture condition rated 9 percent very short, 29 percent short, 58 percent adequate and 4 percent surplus.
  • Forty-seven percent of the expected oat crop has been planted, 10 days behind last year and 5 days behind the 5-year average.
  • Pastures were slowly turning green. Hay supplies were dwindling in some areas. Livestock conditions were generally good, with calving in full swing.

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Sioux City students learn about grain bin rescues

Ag/Outdoor, News

April 26th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Sioux City high school and college students got hands-on experience Monday in grain bin rescue techniques and first aid training at the Sioux City Fire Rescue Training Center. Sergeant Bluff fire chief Anthony Gaul was one of the instructors. “So we’re gonna be able to get to a lot of kids in our community that are around farming around ag and teaches them a little bit of safety that hopefully, they’ll get here and never have to experience for real,” Gaul says. Instructors from the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety brought a trailer with a grain bin simulator that a student volunteer became “trapped” in. Gaul says other students in turnout gear then had to rescue their classmate using a grain auger and other tools.

“I’ve been on three of these for real and we’ve been successful with two of them. And it’s a frightening situation for anyone to be in — the person that’s in the bin, the family,” Gaul says. “The state has done a good job of helping provide training. There have been grants for equipment to bring us to where we need to be.” Keyshawn Canady is one of the high school students who volunteered to be the victim in the training exercise.

Student grain bin rescue training (KSCJ photo)

“For a second, I’m not gonna lie to you it was a little terrifying but then after a while, it was nothing. Yeah, in real life I maybe would have been absolutely shocked. But no, not now. No, I’ve never been in like a simulation with that no,” Canaday says. Canady says the experience and class training he is taking has sparked his interest in becoming a firefighter.

“I really didn’t know too much about firefighting but I’m actually going to continue it and go to WIT (Western Iowa Tech) for two years for fire science,” he says. The students also received training in “stop the bleed” activities with staff from local hospitals.

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NANCY M. MOORE, 76, of Audubon (Svcs. 5/2/22)

Obituaries

April 26th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

NANCY M. MOORE, 76, of Audubon, died Saturday, April 23rd, at Midlands Living Center, in Council Bluffs. Funeral services for NANCY MOORE will be held 10:30-a.m. Monday, May 2nd, at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is on Sunday, May 1st, from 2-until 6-p.m.

Burial is in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon.

NANCY MOORE is survived by:

Her husband – William “Bill” J. Moore, of Audubon.

Her sons – Casey Moore, and Corey (Dede) Moore, all of Omaha.

Her sisters – Emily (Ted) Aikman, of Pleasant, TX., & Norma Rancuzzo, of Papillion, NE.

Her brothers – Duane Jensen, of Harvey, LA, and Mark Jensen, of Jacksonville, FL.

2 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, her brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, other relatives, and many friends.

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Iowa State’s Brock Purdy talks NFL Draft

Sports

April 26th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

Iowa State quarterback Brock Purdy just wants a chance to show he belongs in the NFL. The Cyclone four-year starter is considered a mid to late round possibility in the NFL Draft which begins Thursday night in Las Vegas. Purdy has been working to improve since last season ended in the Cheez-It Bowl against Clemson.

Purdy is hopeful a team will give him an opportunity to prove himself.

Purdy is confident he can land a roster spot.

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Olympic medalist set to compete at Drake Relays

Sports

April 26th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

After an injury shortened indoor season former Olympic bronze medalist Clayton Murphy will make his outdoor debut Tuesday night at the Grand Blue Mile. Murphy will compete in the USA One Mile Road Championship, an event he won in 2017.

Murphy’s indoor season was limited to only a couple of races.

Murphy says his schedule is built around the U-S Championships in late June in Eugene, Oregon.

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Follett resumes running career at Drake Relays

Sports

April 26th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

Tonight’s (Tuesday night’s) Grand Blue Mile at the Drake Relays will feature the return of 2017 winner Katie Follett. The former Washington standout will compete in the USA One Mile Road Championship. It is her first race since the birth of her son seven months ago.

Several years ago motherhood was considered the end of a career but that is no longer the case.

Follett says it is possible to have a track career and a family.

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American record holder set to compete at Drake Relays

Sports

April 26th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

Minnesota native and two-time Gopher track and field All-American Shane Streich is having a breakout season as a pro. Streich capped off his indoor season by setting an American record in the one thousand meters at a meet in Louisville, Kentucky. His times have been improving since narrowly missing a spot on the U-S Olympic team last year in the 800.

Streich will compete in the 800 later this week at the Drake Relays and on Tuesday night will compete in the USA One Mile Road Championships in Des Moines. The former Waseca High School standout has made several trips to Drake as a competitor and spectator.

Tuesday night’s race will be his first of the outdoor season.

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La Nina strengthens instead of fading, likely bringing hotter, drier summer

Ag/Outdoor, News, Weather

April 26th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The climate-driving weather system known as La Nina may be sticking around still longer, impacting how Iowa’s weather evolves well past summer. Meteorologist Dennis Todey, director of the U-S-D-A’s Midwest Climate Hub in Ames, says the experts had expected La Nina to fade this spring. “We’ve gone through two years of La Nina, that’s not uncommon,” Todey says. “The initial thoughts were that La Nina was going to weaken this spring and dissipate. It has weakened but it really hasn’t dissipated. It actually has strengthened in certain ways. So, La Nina is still very present and impacting our background issues with the outlooks.”

Todey says the forecasting models for the next several months show a tendency toward above-normal temperatures and a lack of rain. “We did have this area of maybe not being warm in the north central U.S, and in June, July, August, that goes away,” Todey says. “So, much of the western U.S. leans towards above (-normal temperatures) and decreased chances for precipitation — sorry about that — throughout the Plains and even extending into Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri.”

Todey says there is the potential for more heat and expanding drought areas into summer, both in Iowa and across the region. “There were hints this could happen,” he says. “It’s not a guarantee. The probabilities still are not high but it’s definitely something we have to keep an eye on as we go ahead here.” A La Nina event occurs when Pacific Ocean surface temperatures cool, and it influences weather across North America.

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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley – Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Weather

April 26th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

Today: **Freeze Warning until 8-a.m.**Mostly sunny. High near 60. NW-SE @ 5-10.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 40. SE @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 68. SE @ 10-15.
Thursday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High 68.
Friday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High again around 68.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 51. Our Low this morning (as of 4:55-a.m.), was 24. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 89 and the Low was 63. The Record High on this date was 92 in 1987 and 1989. The Record Low was 15 in 1907.

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