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First mega alpaca show in North America is this weekend in Iowa

Ag/Outdoor, News

October 20th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Alpaca farmers from all across the Midwest will be bringing their animals to central Iowa this weekend for a large convention, show and competition. The president of the National Alpaca Owners Association, Jennifer Hack, says the Fall Alpaca Spectacular will be the first-ever “mega” alpaca show in North America, as it’s combining five competitions into one.

There will be some 350 alpacas shown at the Iowa venue, which is free and open to the general public. Unlike most other livestock, alpacas aren’t raised for meat, but rather for their fleece, which Hack says is truly unlike that of any other creature.

The event runs today (Friday) through Sunday at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines.

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Agrivoltaic Solar Farm Dedicated At ISU

Ag/Outdoor, News

October 20th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa State University and Alliant Energy dedicated a solar farm on the south side of Ames Thursday. The Dean of the I-S-U College of Agriculture, Daniel Robison says it’s an agrivoltaic project that combines agricultural use with the production of voltage or electricity. The solar panels are up higher and can rotate to allow for the planting of fruits and vegetables around them.

ISU Solar farm (ISU photo)

Robison says I-S-U received a two-point-two million dollar grant from the U-S Department of Energy to study how the crops do in a solar field. He says that type of research isn’t very abundant in the Midwest. They also have planted pollinator plants like prairie grasses around the solar farm and will have beehives as well so they can harvest honey along with the electricity produced by the solar panels.

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Red Oak man arrested on a warrant Thursday afternoon

News

October 20th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s Deputies in Montgomery County, Thursday, reported the arrest of 25-year-old Dawson Allen Dawson, of Red Oak. He was taken into custody at around 12:11-p.m. in the 100 block of E. Reed Street, on a Montgomery County Magistrate warrant for Contempt/Resist Court Order. Dawson was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 bond.

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Red Oak woman arrested for Assault w/injury

News

October 20th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – A woman was arrested on an assault charge Thursday night, in Montgomery County. Red Oak Police report 45-year-old Jill Renee Coddington, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 9:50-p.m. in the 1600 block of E. Summit Street. She was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and charged with Assault causing bodily injury/1st offense. Coddington was being held without bond in the jail.

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Update on Carroll County animal hoarding case

News

October 20th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

CARROLL COUNTY, Iowa (KCCI) — The Animal Rescue League of Iowa on Thursday released new details about an animal hoarding case in Carroll County. The ARL of Iowa was on the scene just outside of Lanesboro, along with the Carroll County sheriff, Friday afternoon. KCCI reports ARL of Iowa Executive Director Tom Colvin said “It’s difficult to describe what they saw actually. Because the amount of garbage and living conditions.”

Colvin says the 96 dogs they rescued are currently in isolation rooms for disease prevention and their conditions. The ARL says the process to get the dogs to where they can be adopted could be as long as a year. “It was clear to us that these dogs had seldom, if ever, really been touched by humans,” Colvin said. Not all the dogs will make it.

Colvin said this is the fourth case of animal hoarding/neglect the ARL of Iowa has been called to this year. He says situations like this are far too common and are stretching the ARL’s resources thin.

You can donate or learn more about the adoption process on the ARL of Iowa’s website.

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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley: Friday, Oct. 20, 2023

Weather

October 20th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Updated)  Today: Sunny, with a high near 75. W/NW winds becoming W/SW @ 5-10 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 48. S-NW @ 10-20.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 64. N/NW @ 15-25 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38.
Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. SE @ 5-10 mph.
Sunday Night: A 60% chance of showers & possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 49.
Monday: Sunny & windy, with a high near 76.
Monday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low 57.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 69. The low was 38. Last year on this date, the high in Atlantic was 69 and the low was 25. The record high for Oct. 20th in Atlantic was 87 in 1947 & 2003. The record low was 14 in 1960. Sunrise is at 7:38. Sunset is at 6:32.

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New incentives for Iowa, Missouri farmers who plant ‘biomass’

Ag/Outdoor, News

October 20th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – An 80-million dollar U-S-D-A grant will provide new incentives to farmers in Iowa and Missouri who switch from planting corn and soybeans on marginal cropland — and grow native grasses and prairie plants to harvest instead. Roeslein Alternative Energy of St. Louis, Missouri, secured the grant with help from Iowa State University and the Iowa Soybean Association. Roeslein spokesman Brandon Butler says the company, which started in 2012, has been capturing energy from livestock waste.

“We’re able to tarp over those lagoons, capture all those gases, bring them to a centralized (location) and then we separate those molecules,” he says. “We upgrade the methane into…renewable natural gas — called RNG — and we directly inject that into the natural gas grid.” The new initiative plans to make renewable natural gas from the plant material harvested from local fields.

“The biogas is really, really important to rural America and agricultural communities,” Butler says. “This is reallly our chance to interact with this extreme push towards a more sustainable future.” Butler says this new project also fits with the company’s mission.

“We want to create processes that are good economically, they’re good environmentally and they’re good for wildlife,” he says, ‘because when it’s good for wildlife, it’s good for us as well.” The five-year pilot project will compensate farmers for growing restored grasses and prairie plants, which have deep roots that store carbon in the soil. The harvested biomass will be combined with manure in facilities that ultimately produce renewable natural gas.

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Regional 3A-5A High school Volleyball Scores

Sports

October 19th, 2023 by Asa Lucas

Class 3A – Region 3

Des Moines Christian 3-Van Meter 0 (25-12, 25-15, 25-23)
Red Oak 3-Clarinda 1 (25-23, 22-25, 25-22, 25-16)

Class 4A – Region 2

Indianola 3-Denison-Schleswig 0 (25-9, 25-8, 25-7)
Glenwood 3-Winterset 0 (25-14, 25-19, 25-8)

Class 4A – Region 3

ADM 3-Humboldt 0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-10)
Dallas Center-Grimes 3-Fort Dodge 0 (25-17, 25-15, 25-15)

Class 4A – Region 4

North Polk 3-Boone 2 (25-11, 25-27, 25-11, 24-26, 15-12)
Norwalk 3-Carlisle 1 (25-21, 25-19, 28-30, 25-19)

Class 5A – Region 2

Ankeny Centennial 3-Iowa City West 0 (25-14, 25-15, 25-7)
Council Bluffs Lincoln 3-Sioux City West 0 (25-7, 25-12, 25-16)

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JOSEPH PAUL KUCHCINSKI, 49, of Omaha (Mass of Christian Burial 10/24/23)

Obituaries

October 19th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

JOSEPH PAUL KUCHCINSKI, 49, of Omaha, died October 8, 2023, at the Mary Greeley Medical Center, in Ames. A Mass of Christian Burial for JOE KUCHCINSKI will be held 10:30-a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24th, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Council Bluffs. Rieken Vieth Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Visitation will be Monday, October 23, 2023, from  4:30 PM until 7:00 PM, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Council Bluffs, Iowa.  A Rosary will be held at the church on Monday at 7:00 PM.  A time of sharing will be at 6:30 PM.

JOE KUCHCINSKI is survived by:

His parents – Ray and Josie Kuchcinski.

His sisters – Rachel (Mike) Podjenski, and Rita (Dean) Schechinger.

Other relatives and friends.

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Who’s Gonna Win? – Week 9 – 10/20/2023

Podcasts, Trojan Preview/Who’s Gonna Win?

October 19th, 2023 by Asa Lucas

Asa Lucas, Chris Parks, Jim Field, and Matt Mullenix take a look at 8 area high school football games each week throughout the season. We try to provide some insight into the match-ups while competing for top prognosticator and the Whosman Trophy.

Who’s Gonna Win? is brought to you again in 2023 by Rush CPA & Associates and Fareway.

Last Week:

Matt Mullenix 6-2

Asa Lucas 8-0

Jim Field 8-0

Chris Parks 6-2

Overall 2023 Standings:

Matt Mullenix 50-14

Asa Lucas 52-12

Jim Field 45-19

Chris Parks 53-11

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