(Radio Iowa) — Today (Monday) is National Bacon Day — and Iowa plays a key role in providing the ONE BILLION servings of bacon consumed in the U.S. this year. Iowa is the number one pork-producing state. Nearly one-third of the nation’s hogs are raised here. According to the Iowa Pork Producers, there are about 22 million pigs being raised in Iowa today. According to the National Pork Board, seven out of 10 U.S. restaurants have bacon on the menu either as a breakfast item or incorporated in some other dish.

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The Cass County Board of Supervisors will hold their last meeting of 2019, 9-a.m. Tuesday. Their session at the courthouse includes approval of an application from the Dollar General Store in Griswold, for a Class-C Beer permit, and, if a person is available, the appointment of a Brighton Township Clerk. The Board will also hear a report for the month of November, from Cass County Mental Health and General Relief Coordinator Deb Schuler, and if available, a report from County Attorney Vanessa Strazdas.

Officials with the Stuart Fire Department posted on their social media page over the weekend, that their crews were very busy responding to multiple emergency calls over a 24-hour period. At approximately 6:20-p.m. Friday (December 27), Stuart Fire was was called into service for a baler fire north of Stuart. As that call was wrapping up they were requested at the scene of a diesel spill in front of the Stuart McDonalds restaurant.

Just before 8-a.m. Saturday, December 28th, Stuart Fire was paged out for an attic fire in town. Dexter Fire assisted at the scene.

Picture show Captain Stephen Martinson and firefighter Mike Kalbach
venting the roof to release heat and smoke after water was applied to attic fire. (Stuart FD Facebook page photo)

Stuart FD Facebook page photo

At around 2:30-p.m Saturday, crews were called to a single-vehicle accident involving a Mini Cooper on west bound I-80 at the 92 mile marker. While returning to the station, and about 30-minutes later, there was a secondary accident at the same location. Upon completion of that assignment, crews responded at around 3:40-p.m., to an accident involving two semi’s (as we previously reported), on I-80 at mile marker 93.

Stuart FD Facebook page photo

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – Another Nordstrom employee has been accused of stealing from the company fulfillment center in Cedar Rapids. Linn County court records say 18-year-old Abraham Tarley is charged with theft. The Gazette reports that Tarley tried to sell some of the $7,000 worth of items on Facebook. Investigators say in a criminal complaint that he admitted to the thefts and returned some of the goods. Tarley was at least the fourth Nordstrom employee charged in a little more than a year with thefts from the center.