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Sioux City, Iowa (8-am News) – The Iowa Dept. of Corrections reports 27-year-old Harley Lowell Merrick, who was convicted of Assault while Participating in Felony and Theft 1st Degree in Woodbury County, failed to report to Sioux City as required, Thursday. Merrick is an American Indian male, height 5′ 6″, and weighs 180 pounds. He was admitted to the work release facility on 07/15/2021.
Persons with information on Merrick’s whereabouts should contact local police.
Harley Merrick
Jim Field visits with Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce Programs Director Kelsey Beschorner about Atlantic Fest.
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(Radio Iowa) – Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz expects junior quarterback Spencer Petras to take major strides this season. In his first year as a starter, Petras finished third in the Big Ten in passing yards as the Hawkeyes closed on a six game winning streak.
Ferentz says Petras made a lot of progress after the Hawkeyes stumbled to an 0-2 start.
Ferentz says Petras has the qualities needed to lead an offense.
All American center Tyler Linderbaum says Petras gained valuable experience last season.
Linderbaum says Petras is a natural leader.
The Hawkeyes open at home on September fourth against Indiana.
(Radio Iowa) – Some two-dozen members of Congress are asking the Biden Administration to reimburse dairy producers for losses stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Iowa State Dairy Association Executive Director Mitch Schulte says that aid is critically needed as dairy producers were just starting to climb out of several years of economic losses prior to the pandemic. “We’re really trying to help these farmers that, due to COVID, suffered severe losses out on their farms and they need this income to help them maintain their operation and keep moving forward,” Schulte says. “I see this as a benefit to our farmers.”
Schulte says nearly 725-million dollars in skim milk revenue was lost due to the pandemic. “That’s a very large hit as we’ve seen some of our other markets do well,” Schulte says. “Cheese and butter are having fantastic sales. Fluid milk is extremely important to our industry and as we look at the amount of revenue that’s been lost due to closures of businesses and closures of restaurants, that continues to add up.” Most large dairies have been able to weather the pandemic, but Schulte says the rest are in need of federal aid if they’re going to be around to see 2022.
“Their margins are quite a bit tighter and their business is run a little bit different and they’re not marketing quite as much milk,” Schulte says. “It definitely plays a role when you’re looking at those small and mid-sized guys. When a pandemic or something happens to shift that marketplace, it does play a dramatic role in the amount of revenue they’re bringing in.” The U-S-D-A had estimated the drop in milk prices would cost the dairy industry two-point-eight billion dollars.
TERESA WILLIAMS-ROZENBOOM, 63, of Harvey (IA), died Aug. 11 in Pella. A Mass of Christian Burial for TERESA WILLIAMS-ROZENBOOM will be held 11-a.m. Monday, Aug. 16th, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Visitation at the funeral home is on Sunday, from 5-until 8-p.m., with a Wake Service at 7-p.m.
Burial is in the Harlan Cemetery.
TERESA WILLIAMS-ROZENBOOM is survived by:
Her husband – Dennis Rozenboom, of Harvey
Her sons – Brent Williams, of Harvey, Christopher Rozenboom, of Pella, and Curtis (Kendra Willoughby) Rozenboom, of St. Louis, MO.
Her daughters – Sarah Williams, of Pella, and Megan (Justin) Spencer, of Oskaloosa.
Her sisters – Linda (Gene) Wageman, of Hancock, and Traci (Mike) Wilwerding, of Harlan.
Her brother – Larry Frank, of Mesa, AZ.
and 1 granddaughter.
HARLAN F. HOLLDORF, 73, of the Grant area, died Thursday, Aug. 12th, at the Villisca Good Samaritan Society. A Graveside service for HARLAN HOLLDORF will be held 11-a.m. Monday, Aug. 16th, at St. John’s Cemetery, south of Lyman. Sellergren-Lindell-DeMarce Funeral Home in Red Oak has the arrangements.
Visitation at the funeral home is on Sunday, Aug. 15th, from 3-until 5-p.m.; Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at www.sldfuneralhome.com.
Memorials may be directed to the Grant Fire Department.
HARLAN HOLLDORF is survived by:
His brother – Roger (Jessica) Holldorf, of Midland, TX.
His sisters – Mary Penry, of Red Oak; Zelda Swartz, of Grant, and Beverly (Jim) Curtis, of Eldridge.
Other relatives and friends.
(Radio Iowa) – A proposed amendment to Iowa’s Constitution on the subject of abortion isn’t eligible for the Iowa ballot until the 2024 election at the earliest, but the campaigns for and against it have already begun. In 2018, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that under the state’s constitution, Iowa women have a fundamental right to an abortion. Earlier this month, at a gathering of 12-hundred Christian conservatives, Chuck Hurley of The Family Leader praised Republicans legislators for proposing an amendment to nullify that ruling and asked the crowd to take a look at a card they’d been given. “Please, please, study this card and then go to the website that is on the card,” Hurley says. “…It has resources like (church) bulletin inserts, more of these cards and then a video.” The Family Leader, Iowa Right to Life and other organizations have formed a coalition to lobby legislators to advance the proposed amendment again in 2023 or 2024 so it can be put to a statewide vote.
“We can turn the tide and win and defeat Planned Parenthood and the abortion lobby and protect unborn children in Iowa,” Hurley said. Jamie Burch Elliott is Iowa director of public affairs for Planned Parenthood North Central States. She says Planned Parenthood is building a coalition of organizations that will oppose the amendment. Burch Elliott points to the increasing number of unintended pregnancies and abortions in Iowa after G-O-P lawmakers moved to shut Planned Parenthood out the government program that provides birth control to poor women. She expects that to be one of many factors in the upcoming debate.
“But what we’re working on now is a statewide strategy to educate and inform Iowa voters,” she says, “and then mobilize them to take action.” A Des Moines Register Iowa Poll taken this spring found about a third of those surveyed support the proposed amendment, but the poll also shows the amendment is favored by 55 percent of Republicans and opposed by 82 percent of Democrats.
“It’s important to keep that in mind,” she says. “It also means that it’s going to be a long, tough and expensive fight.” In 2020, Louisiana voters passed an amendment that’s similar to the one being proposed in Iowa, stating that if Roe v Wade is overturned, their state’s constitution does not secure the right to an abortion. Also last year, Colorado voters rejected an amendment to ban abortions after the 22nd week of a pregnancy.
(Radio Iowa) – People were lined up to get into the Iowa State Fairgrounds Thursday as the event returned from the pandemic layoff.The fairgoers were anxious to get back to the familiar sights, sounds, and tastes of the fair. And everyone had the same opinion on the year without it — one woman saying it “was kind of a bummer.” Denny Reichardt of Corning says last year was “bad, but safe.” He and his wife Betsy had been to the Iowa State Fair for some 30 years straight before last year’s cancellation.
Reichardt says everyone appeared as anxious as they were to get in. He says they ended up waiting on Grand Avenue to get in and cars were backed up about a quarter-mile. They like to get to the fair early and on opening day. “Absolutely, we are first-dayers all along,” Denny says. Betsy was asked what her favorite thing is to do at the fair and she responded “Just look.”
ISF Grand Concourse
Denny says their strategy is to get there early and leave after lunch before things get too hot.
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