Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds’ Wednesday press conference. We will have live audio of the presser on KJAN as well. The press conference is set to begin at approximately 11:00 a.m.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds’ Wednesday press conference. We will have live audio of the presser on KJAN as well. The press conference is set to begin at approximately 11:00 a.m.
(Radio Iowa) — More than a dozen U-S senators, including Iowans Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, are calling for indemnity support for pork producers who are depopulating their herds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jen Sorensen
Jen Sorenson of Ankeny, president-elect of the National Pork Producers Council, says it was a big plus when President Trump declared pork processing plants as critical infrastructure, ordering them to stay open. “But we are still so far behind with plant capacity,” Sorenson says. “U.S. hog farmers need help and relief when it comes to compensation for euthanized animals and also the cost incurred with euthanizing, composting and rendering those animals as well.”
Hog producers in Iowa and elsewhere are asking for financial help in covering their losses. “A hundred dollars, roughly, for compensation for euthanized animals,” Sorenson says, “and then an additional $50 to cover those rendering, disposal and composting costs, depending on how the producer wishes to walk through that process.” Producers were looking to 2020 as a year of potential profit after a few years of consecutive financial challenges, but then coronavirus arrived. Sorenson says, “We had two rough years in terms of the trade disruptions in 2018 and 2019 with not having access into Japan, the uncertainty of USMCA, and not having a market into China as well.”
Due to COVID-19 outbreaks that closed some meatpacking plants, processing capacity is down by 20- to 40-percent or more and estimates say the pork industry has lost more than five-billion dollars.
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (WHO-TV) — Authorities say one person has been injured in an officer-involved shooting in central Iowa. Station WHO-TV reports that the shooting happened before dawn Wednesday morning in Marshalltown when officers were called to a northwest neighborhood near Rogers Elementary School for a disturbance. Marshalltown Police Chief Michael Tupper says the call was made just before 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, and arriving officers encountered a man who was shot by a Marshalltown police officer.
Tupper says the man was taken to a hospital for treatment of wounds not believed to be life-threatening. Tupper did not give details about what led to the shooting. The injured man’s name has not been released.
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(7-a.m. News) – Police in Creston report two men were arrested on drug charges early this (Wednesday) morning, following a traffic stop at the Creston City Hall parking lot. During the stop, K9 Jax was deployed and gave a positive response resulting in the arrest of 40-year old Justin Alan Robertson, of Creston. Robertson was arrested for Possession of Controlled Substance – Marijuana 1st Offense. Also arrested at the scene was 31-year old Kyle Duane Hoadley, of Creston. He was taken into custody for Possession of Controlled Substance – Marijuana 2nd Offense. Both men were cited and released from the Union County Law Enforcement Center, on Summons’ to Appear in court.
On Tuesday, a man from Minnesota reported to Creston Police, that he left a non-running electric moped at a friend’s house in the 300 block of N. Elm St., in Creston. The man said the moped was taken sometime in July, 2019. He estimated the value of the moped at $200.
BLANCHE JACOBSEN, 92, of Audubon, died Sunday, May 10th, at the Friendship Home, in Audubon. A Private family funeral service is planned for BLANCHE JACOBSEN at the Kessler Funeral Home, in Audubon.
Burial will be in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, in Kimballton.
BLANCHE JACOBSEN is survived by:
Her daughters – Joan (Dr. Dana) Shaffer, of Pikeville, KY; Barbara Jacobsen, of Audubon; and Rebecca (Ronald) Conastser, of Cumming, GA.
Her son – Donald (Sharon) Jacobsen, of Crosslake, MN; Robert (Connie) Jacobsen, of Audubon; and Tony (Jodi) Jacobsen, of Manson.
12 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, her brother-in-law, other relatives, and friends.
Today: Mostly cloudy w/scattered showers later this afternoon. High 64. SE @ 10-20. (There is a marginal threat of severe storms late this afternoon
and tonight with large hail the main threat.)
Tonight: Cloudy w/showers & possible thunderstorms. Low 50. Winds light & variable.
Tomorrow: Scattered showers & thunderstorms (some severe storms are possible). High near 70. Variable winds @ 5-10.
Friday: Partly cloudy. High 70.
Saturday: Cloudy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. High near 68.
Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 61. Our Low was 37. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 66 and the Low 34. The record High for May 13th in Atlantic, was 95 in 1915 and the record Low was 23 in 1997.
Two men were arrested on separate charges, Tuesday, in Red Oak. According to Red Oak Police, 49-year old Richard Bryan Jenkins, of Red Oak, was arrested on a valid warrant for assault with intent to commit sexual abuse, and, indecent exposure. Jenkins was transported to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and held on $2,000 bond.
And, 47-year old Dennis Joseph Doyen, of Red Oak, was arrested on a warrant for domestic abuse assault by impeding flow of air/blood. Doyen was transported to Montgomery County Jail and was also being held on $2,000 bond.
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