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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

$500 million worth of corn still standing in Iowa fields

by O. Kay Henderson on December 9, 2009

in Agriculture, Weather

Unharvest fields like this one near Arcadia are now full of snow.

Unharvested fields like this one near Arcadia in November are now full of snow.

The U.S.D.A. estimates up to six percent of the 2009 Iowa corn crop is still standing in the fields, amidst all this snow.  

State Ag Secretary Bill Northey says you can run a combine through a corn field that has a couple of inches of snow on the ground, but the winter storm that swept through the state and dumped over a foot of snow in many places has put a halt to harvesting.  

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State reports some improvement in roadways

by Dar Danielson 12/9/09 6:05 PM

The Iowa Department of Transportation issued a news release at 4:30 this afternoon saying there are signs of improving road conditions, especially in the western half of the state. The D.O.T. says diminishing winds and brief glimpses of sunshine helped crews reopen many blocked roadways.
The tail end of the storm is now moving through the [...]

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Lickliter hopes to be back coaching next week

by Dar Danielson 12/9/09 3:30 PM

Iowa basketball coach Todd Lickliter talked about the medical procedure he underwent in an interview prior to the U.N.I. game. Lickliter says he had to have a stent put into his carotid artery after suffering headaches.
Lickliter says everyone he talked to made it obvious he had to have the surgery and the University of Iowa [...]

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State Climatologist says snowstorm is retro 1970’s

by Pat Curtis 12/9/09 3:27 PM

State Climatologist Harry Hillaker says Iowa hasn’t received this much snow from one storm, covering such a big chunk of the state, since the 1970s.
The heaviest snowfall totals measured this morning included 16.2 inches in both Corning and Osceola, 15 inches at Toledo and Lamoni, 14.5 inches in Des Moines and 14 inches in Clarinda.
Hillaker [...]

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Grassley urges Obama to make no-tax-hikes pledge

by O. Kay Henderson 12/9/09 3:21 PM

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley says he told President Obama that now is not the time to increase taxes.
Grassley was among a small group of 18 Democrats and Republicans from the House and Senate who met this morning with Obama in the White House. Grassley says when it was his turn to speak, he gave Obama this [...]

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UNI downs Iowa as state basketball matchups continue

by Todd Kimm 12/9/09 2:53 PM

It was all U.N.I. in the McLeod Center last night as the Panthers rolled past the Iowa Hawkeyes 67-50. The Panthers took control with a 22-1 run in the opening half as they improve to 2-0 in the in-state series after winning at Iowa State last week.
It is the third time in school history that [...]

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Iowa National Guard helping with storm activities

by Dar Danielson 12/9/09 2:46 PM

Forty Iowa National Guard soldiers remain on active duty, helping the D.O.T. and the highway patrol as the blizzard conditions continue. Guard units went out in convoys to rescue stranded motorists overnight and through the morning. Major Mike Wunn says the soldiers are standing by throughout the day at Sloan, Avoca, Camp Dodge, and other [...]

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