Skyscan Forecast Saturday, July 6, 2018 Richard Garuckas
Today: Mostly sunny. High 83. SSE @ 5-10.
Tonight: Mostly clear. Low 61. SE @ 5-10.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. High 87. S @ 5-10.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear. Low 64.
Monday: Mostly sunny. Hot and humid. High 90.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. High 91.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. High 91.
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A person coming to serve jail time for Union County was hit with additional charges at the Adams County Jail on Friday. At 12:56pm on Friday 31-year-old Whitney Lee Card of Grand River arrived at the Adams County Sheriff’s office to serve jail time for Union County. During the booking procedure Card was found to be in possession of 9 small white prescription pills. Card did not have a valid prescription for the medication. Card was subsequently charged with Possession of Contraband and Unlawful Possession of Prescription Drugs.
Whitney Card
Creston 6 , Atlantic 3
Atlantic 5, Carroll 3
AC/GC 9 , Orient-Macksburg 1
CB Thomas Jefferson 5, St. Albert 4
Denison-Schleswig 7 , Bellevue 0
Glenwood 7 , CB Abraham Lincoln 3
Harlan 14 , LeMars 9
Harlan 4 , LeMars 0
Martensdale-St. Marys 15 , Des Moines, Hoover 7
Martensdale-St. Marys 17 , Des Moines, Hoover 1 (4 Innings)
Class 1A
Region 6
Martensdale St. Marys 12, Moravia 5
Wayne 4, Lenox 1
Region 7
Glidden-Ralston 9, Grand View Christian 8 (10 innings)
Collins Maxwell 4, Coon Rapids-Bayard 0
Region 8
Akron-Westfield 6, Westwood 4
West Monona 1, Riverside 0
Class 2A
Region 2
Mount Ayr 1, Treynor 0
Logan-Magnolia 9, Underwood 4
Region 3
IKM-Manning 8, Panorama 1
Earlham 4, Ogden 1
Class 3A
Region 3
North Polk 5, Kuemper Catholic 1
Roland-Story 11, Saydel 2
Region 4
Atlantic 8, Creston 1
Clarke 6, Chariton 2
The Atlantic softball team picked up an 8-2 win over Creston on Friday night in a Class 3A Region 4 Semifinal. The Trojans used strong pitching and some hot hitting streaks to advance to a Regional Final for the third straight season.
Creston struck first with a lead-off single from Chloe Hagle that eventually scored, but the Trojans immediately responded. Atlantic ripped off 4 straight hits in the bottom of the first and brought home three runs to grab control of the lead and the game. Atlantic Head Coach Terry Hinzmann loved the way his team responded.
Ally Anderson was phenomenal in the circle allowing 2 runs on 6 hits with 11 strikeouts and 2 walks. After the game Ally said she felt better about her performance compared to the Tuesday win over Shenandoah.
Baylee Newell had a three run night as she led off the game with a single and sparked a two out rally in the fifth with a single. She was excited about the opportunity to play in the Regional Final on Monday.
Kaylee LeMasters took the loss for Creston allowing 6 earned runs on 7 hits with 4 strikeouts and 7 walks. Creston ends the season at 12-19.
Atlantic improved to 29-5 on the season and will next host Clarke of Osceola on Monday in the Class 3A Region 4 Final. Clarke won their Semifinal game 6-2 over Chariton. We’ll have coverage of that Regional Final on KJAN with pregame at 6:40pm and first pitch at 7:00pm on Monday.
The head of the Iowa Flood Center says “for the time being” the flood threat has subsided in Iowa. “Some rivers, mostly in the north, are at elevated stage levels, some exceeding flood levels. And, of course, water flows downstream, so we expect tat some stations downstream will also experience hopefully minor flooding.” Hydrologist Witold Krajewski is the director of the Iowa Flood Center at the University of Iowa.
Krajewski says the peak flood season in Iowa is typically in May, June and early July — and the data shows flooding is becoming a “common” occurrence. “We are experiencing this. The temperatures and the humidity are slowly increasing and those are favorable conditions for precipitation,” Krajewski says. He recommends that city and county officials pour over the flood prediction maps his center has developed for Iowa and make plans for responding to flood levels that haven’t yet been seen in Iowa.
Krajewski made his comments during taping of the “Iowa Press” program for Iowa Public Television.
(Radio Iowa)
Many families working the land in rural Iowa, for decades, have been fiercely loyal to certain brands of farm equipment. But, as farm operations grow and the next generation of farmers takes over, that intense brand loyalty is changing, according to Curt Blades with the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM).
“We’ve known this for the last number of years – as farms get bigger and bigger and they become more and more sophisticated, they do become a little bit more business-minded,” Blades says. “And when you become more business-minded, you make decisions that are not based only on emotion. That certainly comes into it, but it also has to economically play out.” In other words, Blades says, “the bottom line” will likely trump brand loyalty as time goes on.
“That says, ‘Hey, if I’m going to continue to bleed a certain color of tractor, that certain color better live up to my expectations. And it still has to pencil out. I’m not going to buy it just because that’s what my grandfather bought or my great grandfather bought. I’m going to do it because that’s what makes sense for my business.'”
A new A-E-M research report lists diminished brand loyalty as one of the realities equipment manufacturers will have to contend with over the next 25 years. Other key trends are the accelerating adoption of precision ag technologies and the need for equipment suppliers to become “trusted advisors…providing complete solutions to agricultural operations.”
(Radio Iowa)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Drake University and its former head athletic trainer fired in 2016 after 31 years on the job have agreed to settle his wrongful termination lawsuit. KCCI reports that the university admits no wrongdoing in the settlement. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
Scott Kerr filed the lawsuit after he says he was abruptly fired when a medical condition forced him to urinate in a dirty training room whirlpool. Kerr said he had been diagnosed with an enlarged prostate and another condition that caused him to urinate more frequently. Kerr said he urinated in the whirlpool because he didn’t have time to get to a bathroom. Kerr said he thoroughly cleaned the whirlpool tank afterward.
His lawsuit said he was fired because of his disability, age and gender.
MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — Police have arrested a 44-year-old Muscatine man on suspicion of stealing dozens of brass vases that marked graves at a local cemetery.
The Muscatine Journal says Thomas Edgar Thornburg was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of theft.
A police report filed last month said 15-20 vases had been taken from Muscatine Memorial Park. Cemetery officials later said up to 50 of the urns may be missing.
The vases are chained to markers at the cemetery, are 10 inches tall and weigh up to 8 pounds. Cemetery manger Cindy Allen has said each vase can cost up to $650 to replace.
Gov. Kim Reynolds, Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg and Iowa Workforce Development Director Beth Townsend today (Friday) announced that Adair, Guthrie and Audubon Counties have become the 83rd, 84th and 85th Home Base Iowa Communities. They joined other state and community leaders along with local businesses and veterans to recognize their efforts to become the newest Home Base Iowa Communities.
Home Base Iowa is a one-of-a-kind program to connect veterans and transitioning service members with almost 2,000 businesses statewide who have pledged to hire over 10,000 veterans. In addition to the 85 communities statewide, the program also has 24 college and university partners.
The program connects businesses and communities with veteran job seekers using the “Find a Veteran” feature on the Home Base Iowa website. Find a Veteran allows Home Base Iowa businesses and communities access to all active veteran job seekers who have submitted their resume through the website. The program has had over 250 veteran resumes submitted in 2018.
Iowa offers many incentives to veterans and transitioning service members including no state taxes on military pension and veteran hiring preference, which allows veteran preferential treatment in hiring decisions for both public and private organizations. Additionally, the state of Iowa provides up to $7,500 for the down payment or closing costs of a home through the Iowa Finance Authority Military Homeownership Assistance Program. The state also provides in-state tuition rates for qualifying veterans, their spouses and their dependents.
Home Base Iowa designates qualified communities as centers of opportunity for military veterans based on four standards:
All three counties have met or exceeded these requirements. For more information on Home Base Iowa, please visit www.HomeBaseIowa.gov.
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