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FLOYD HENRY FESER, 101, of Harlan (Mass of Christian Burial 12/29/2018)

Obituaries

December 27th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

FLOYD HENRY FESER, 101, of Harlan, died Tuesday, Dec. 25th, at the Elm Crest Assisted Living facility. A Mass of Christian Burial for FLOYD FESER will be held 10:30-a.m. Saturday, Dec. 29th, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Friday, Dec. 28th, from 6-until 9-p.m., with a Wake service at 7-p.m.

Burial will be in the St. Mary’s Cemetery at Portsmouth.

FLOYD FESER is survived by:

His sons – Allen Feser, of Covina, CA., and Neil Feser, of Omaha.

His daughters – Carole (Lee) Uknes, of Ankeny, and Brenda (John) Scieszinski, of Norwalk.

His sisters – Mildred Lang, of Omaha, and Joyce (Leonard) Graeve, of Harlan.

5 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.

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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area: 12/27/2018

Weather

December 27th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Today: Cloudy w/rain this morning; Light rain or drizzle this afternoon. High this morning of 52 w/temps nearly steady or slowly falling this afternoon. S winds becoming NW @ 15-25.
Tonight: Cloudy w/light rain, light snow or flurries. Low 24. NW @ 15-25.
Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy, windy & colder w/light snow or flurries. High 25. NW @ 15-30.
Saturday: Partly cloudy. High 27.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High 31.

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 46. Our Low was 33. We received .45” rain yesterday and overnight into this morning at the KJAN studios. Last year on this date our High was 8 and the Low was -16. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 65 in 1946. The Record Low was -21 in 1924.

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Midwest Sports Headlines: 12/27/18

Sports

December 27th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was perhaps the biggest wild card for Kansas City entering the season. But the first-year starter, and now an MVP candidate, has been perhaps the most consistent player for the Chiefs as they seek an AFC West title and the No. 1 seed in the playoffs.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas was supposed to have an easy run to its 15th consecutive Big 12 title. But the emergence of Texas Tech and Oklahoma coupled with solid play from Kansas State and TCU have turned their road into a bumpy one. It begins with a showdown between the Jayhawks and Sooners next week, when the double-round-robin slate begins.

UNDATED (AP) — The Big Ten’s expanded schedule is shaping up to be quite a grind. After starting the season with only three teams in the AP Top 25, the league now has six. That’s significant at a time when the Big Ten has increased the number of conference games. Each of the league’s men’s basketball teams will play 20 conference games now. That’s up from 18 a season ago.

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Iowa early News Headlines: Thursday, 12/27/2018

News

December 27th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:35 a.m. CST

UNDATED (AP) — California is trying to matter in the 2020 presidential election. The nation’s biggest state has moved up its primary in the hopes of getting some love from candidates along with the traditional quartet of early-voting states _ Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. There’s no guarantee the strategy will work. California is expensive to campaign in, and that will limit who can compete there.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Prosecutors say thousands of individuals and businesses were victims of a large-scale scheme in which ordinary corn and soybeans were fraudulently marketed nationwide as “certified organic.” The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, says that potentially “tens of thousands” were defrauded by Randy Constant and his associates into paying a premium for products that they didn’t want. Constant, of Chillicothe, Missouri, and three others have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Three former managers at the University of Iowa police department have filed lawsuits claiming that their jobs were eliminated as part of a “culture of discrimination” against older workers. The lawsuits were filed by former UI Department of Public Safety associate director William Searls, Capt. Ian Scott and Capt. Loren Noska. The three were notified on April 20, 2017 that their jobs were being cut by Director Scott Beckner, who cited “an organizational realignment” as the reason.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A judge has issued restrictions for media coverage of the trial for a 12-year-old eastern Iowa boy accused of trying to shoot a junior high school teacher. The Quad-City Times reported Wednesday the Scott County District Court judge ruled the media can’t name the boy or take identifiable photographs of him or witnesses younger than 18. The boy is charged with attempted murder, carrying weapons on school grounds and assault while displaying a dangerous weapon. The incident happened in Eldridge.

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US says thousands were victims of organic grain fraud scheme

Ag/Outdoor, News

December 26th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Prosecutors say thousands of individuals and businesses were victims of a large-scale scheme in which ordinary corn and soybeans were fraudulently marketed nationwide as “certified organic.”

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, said in a filing Wednesday that potentially “tens of thousands” were defrauded by Randy Constant and his associates into paying a premium for products that they didn’t want.

Constant, of Chillicothe, Missouri, and three others have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing. Constant, who owned an Iowa grain brokerage, acknowledged that he sold $142 million worth of corn, soybeans and wheat over a 7 ½ year period that wasn’t organic despite his representations.

Constant was aware that most of his product was grown using non-organic methods. The buyers included companies who processed the grain into other products that were marketed as organic.

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HEATHER MESSING, 30, of Atlantic (Memorial Svcs. Jan. 4th, 2019)

Obituaries

December 26th, 2018 by admin

HEATHER MESSING, 30, of Atlantic died December 17, 2018 in Hollywood, FL. Memorial Services for HEATHER MESSING will be held 2-p.m. Friday, Jan. 4th, at Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic.

Visitation with her family will take place during a luncheon to follow the service, in the Hockenberry Community Room.

Burial, at a later date, will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery at Ida Grove.

Memorials may be directed to the Family.

HEATHER MESSING is survived by:

Her Husband – Mike Messing, of Atlantic.

Her Father – Kevin Lee Culley.

Her Mother – Stephanie Ann Housherr.

Children: Surianna, Chailey, and Liam.

Her Sister – Jennifer Culley.

Her Brother – Shawn Culley.

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IRENE ETHEL NELSON, 88, of Las Vegas, NV (Formerly of Adair) (Svcs. Pending)

Obituaries

December 26th, 2018 by admin

IRENE ETHEL NELSON, 88, of Las Vegas, NV (Formerly of Adair) died Monday, December 24, 2018 in Las Vegas, NV. Services for IRENE ETHEL NELSON are pending at Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Adair.

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JOHN D. JENNI, 91, of Harlan (12-29-2018)

Obituaries

December 26th, 2018 by Jim Field

JOHN D. JENNI, 91, of Harlan died Tuesday, December 25th in Harlan.  Funeral service for JOHN D. JENNI will be held on Saturday, December 29th at 10:00 am in the Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan.

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Friends may call Friday from 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm with the family greeting friends from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the funeral home.

Burial in the Lincoln Township Cemetery of rural Harlan.

Online condolences may be left at www.burmeisterjohannsen.com.

JOHN D. JENNI is survived by:

Daughter:  Sheresa Hampton of Harlan.

Sister:  Rena Willert of Crookston, MN.

4 Grandchildren

10 Great-Grandchildren

1 Great-Great-Grandchild

and other relatives and friends.

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Steel and aluminum tariffs remain a ‘headwind’ for agriculture

Ag/Outdoor, News

December 26th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

(Brownfield Ag News via Radio Iowa) — Many Iowa farmers and agri-businesses continue to suffer the effects of steel and aluminum tariffs. Steve Sukup (SOO-kup), CFO of Sheffield-based Sukup Manufacturing, says trade retaliation this year from China, Canada and Mexico has resulted in a 30-percent increase in steel prices. “Our farmers and end-customers that are having to pay the price, and obviously when prices rise everyone takes a little bit of hesitation (asking) if they really want to pay that higher price. But storage is so needed out there. So, it’s a headwind,” Sukup said.

Sukup told Brownfield Ag News he’s surprised U.S. tariffs on Canada and Mexico remain in place despite leaders from all three countries signing a new trade agreement.  “You know, lead times are the same and the only reason prices went up was because the U.S. steel mills could do it,” Sukup said. “And we’ve always bought all U.S. steel, so it feels like we’re getting a double-whammy there.” Sukup is a leading manufacturer of grain storage and grain handling equipment.

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Marching band from Le Mars to perform at the Alamo Bowl

News, Sports

December 26th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — The Iowa State University football team won’t be the only group from Iowa to take the field at the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas, on Friday night. The marching band from Gehlen Catholic School in Le Mars will be performing during halftime. Lisa Niebuhr, the school’s development director, says the entire trip will have an educational focus.

“Educational in the sense of the competition as well as working with the clinicians for the mass band performance on music,” Niebuhr says. “We are doing some history education by going to the Alamo.” There’s also science education planned, too, she says, with a trip to SeaWorld and to some natural caverns. While in Texas, the band will compete in a marching band contest with around 20 other bands that will be there from various sizes of schools participating in the Alamo Bowl festivities.

Niebuhr says the trip also serves as community outreach as the bowls are non-profit organizations with proceeds from the event going to Fort Sam Houston Hospital, which serves members of the military. “Since patriotism and citizenship are an important component of what we do at Gehlen, from everything from our Veterans Day prayer service to saying the Pledge every day, one of the reasons why we choose the Alamo Bowl is because it’s a way for us to give back to our servicemen and women,” she says.

Niebuhr’s husband, Paul, is the band’s director and she notes, the 37-member marching band is getting plenty of attention from across Iowa. Niebuhr says, “It’s a real testimony to our community because Ames and Des Moines have picked up the coverage of Le Mars and even the athletic director from Iowa State sent Paul and I a personal note that we shared with the band and said they’re going to be cheering with Gehlen.” This will mark the sixth time Gehlen has performed at a college bowl game.

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