May 15-21, 2023DES MOINES, Iowa (May 22, 2023) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented today on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship provides a weather summary each week during this time. “Damp conditions early last week eventually gave way to warmer and drier weather, which allowed many farmers across the state to wrap up planting,” said Secretary Naig. “While the haze from the Canadian wildfires will dissipate by mid-week, forecasts show the warmer and drier conditions will stick around all week.” The weekly report is also available on the USDA’s website at nass.usda.gov. Crop Report Cooler than normal temperatures and relatively dry weather helped Iowa farmers to 4.8 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending May 21, 2023, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Farmers were still planting corn, soybeans, and oats this week, although planting activities were nearing completion. Topsoil moisture condition rated 5 percent very short, 20 percent short, 71 percent adequate and 4 percent surplus.Subsoil moisture condition rated 7 percent very short, 25 percent short, 65 percent adequate and 3 percent surplus. Ninety-five percent of Iowa’s expected corn crop has been planted, 9 days ahead of last year and 12 days ahead of the 5-year average. Sixty-five percent of the corn crop has emerged, 6 days ahead of last year and 4 days ahead of the average. Eighty-four percent of Iowa’s expected soybean crop has been planted, just over a week ahead of last year and nearly 2 weeks ahead of normal. Forty-three percent of soybeans have emerged, 8 days ahead of last year and 6 days ahead of average. Ninety-four percent of the expected oat crop has emerged, 8 days ahead of normal.Eleven percent of the oat crop has headed, 9 days ahead of last year and 10 days ahead of the average. Oat condition improved to 80 percent good to excellent. Eight percent of the State’s first cutting of alfalfa hay has been completed. Hay condition declined to 66 percent good to excellent. Pasture condition rated 58 percent good to excellent. Reports of livestock turned out to pasture were received again this week, overall livestock conditions are good.
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Weather Summary
Provided by Justin Glisan, Ph.D., State Climatologist, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
Canadian wildfire smoke was pervasive over Iowa on several days of the reporting period as a less active storm track brought widespread, though below-normal rainfall. Most of Iowa’s weather stations reported deficits of at least an inch with northeast and southwest stations slightly wetter. Temperatures were below normal across portions of western and northern Iowa with near-average conditions over the rest of the state; the statewide average temperature was 60.7 degrees, 2.1 degrees below normal.
Showers with moderate rainfall continued across northeastern Iowa through Sunday (14th) afternoon with temperatures ranging from the low 50s north to the 70s south. Thirteen stations near the state’s eastern border reported over an inch of rain with Elma (Howard County) observing 2.75 inches as totals tailed off rapidly farther west. A low pressure spinning over Missouri brought additional showers to southwestern Iowa through the early morning hours on Monday (15th). Heavier rain was reported in slower moving cells, producing a pocket of 1.50-3.00 inch totals in Decatur County; Lamoni registered 2.75 inches with many southwestern stations that reported rainfall receiving at least 0.50 inch.
Light rain lingered over southern Iowa as sunny skies prevailed in northern Iowa where highs pushed into the upper 60s and low 70s. Winds shifted to the northwest overnight with Tuesday (16th) morning lows hovering in the low 60s statewide as clouds gradually diminished southwest. Daytime highs rose into the upper 70s and low 80s with low humidity and sunny skies. Cloudless conditions and light, variable winds were observed into Wednesday (17th) as Iowans experienced pleasant afternoon conditions. Daytime highs ranged from the mid-60s northeast to the low 80s southwest. Southeasterly winds developed through the nighttime hours in advance of a cold front to the west.
Thursday (18th) morning lows stayed in the 50s as dense Canadian wildfire smoke mixed down into the lower atmosphere across northwestern Iowa. Afternoon highs reached the low to mid-80s at many stations as the cold front moved into central Iowa. Thundershowers formed in the late afternoon as upper-level smoke overspread the skies behind the boundary. Rainfall totals reported at 7:00 am on Friday (19th) were generally under 0.20 inch, though a handful of stations reported higher totals ranging from 0.25 inch at Monticello (Jones County) to 0.52 inch in Randolph (Fremont County).
Morning lows were still in the 60s in southeastern Iowa, while behind the front mid-40s to low 50s were experienced. The rising sun’s color was vivid as the smoky haze remained into the afternoon with daytime highs in the upper 50s north to mid-60s south. Starry skies reigned into Saturday (20th) with chilly mid to upper 30s registering in western Iowa while the 40s blanketed eastern Iowa; the statewide average low was 41 degrees, 10 degrees below normal. Light wind and sunny skies remained through the day as upper 60s and low 70s produced ideal late spring conditions. Pockets of fog were observed into early Sunday (21st) with lows in the 40s to low 50s.
Weekly rain totals ranged from no accumulation at western and northern Iowa stations to 3.04 inches at Lamoni Municipal Airport. The statewide weekly average precipitation was 0.29 inch, while the normal is 0.92 inch. Airports in Ames (Story County) and Waterloo (Black Hawk County) reported the week’s high temperature of 85 degrees on the 18th, on average 12 degrees above normal. Atlantic (Cass County) reported the week’s low temperature of 34 degrees on the 20th, 17 degrees below normal.
Join the Mount Pleasant Community Band
As Director Adam Creager likes to say, they are getting the band back together! It’s time to bring the Mount Pleasant Community Band back together for the 2023 summer season. The band is always looking for fresh new faces and players to add to the mix. Rehearsals begin June 13 and will be held at 7 pm June 13, June 20, June 27, possibly July 5 and July 11. The concerts are held on Thursdays June 15 to July 13 in Central Park at 7 pm except for the last one which be held at the Henry County Fair. For more information contact Adam Creager at the Mt. Pleasant Middle School or at 319-931-6315.
Agenda for Next Henry County Board of Supervisors Meeting
AGENDA
May 23, 2023
Approve Agenda
Approve Minutes
9:00 Jake Hotchkiss, Engineer Weekly Update
9:30 Decision on County Convenience Fee for Out of County Driver’s License
10:00 Public Hearing and Open Bids to Sell Tax Certificate 202 E Spahr Mt. Union, IA
Other County Business as time allows
Supervisors Sub-Committee Updates
Doyle Bachman
Doyle Bachman, 73, of rural Wayland passed away on Thursday, May 18, 2023, at his home.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, May 26, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. at the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church rural Wayland, with Pastor Steve English officiating. Burial will follow in the Sugar Creek Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. on Thursday at the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church, rural Wayland where the family will be present from 5 to 8 p.m. that evening. A memorial has been established in his memory.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.murphyfuneralandmonuments.com
Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant, is caring for his arrangements
Sports, May 22nd
High School Track and Field
The 2023 State Track and Field Meet is complete and here are the highlights from our local teams.
For the Mt. Pleasant boys’ team, Will Davidson grabbed 14 of the Panthers’ 19 points with a 2nd place finish in the 110 meter hurdles, tallying a time of 14.33 seconds, and with a time of 54.13 seconds Davidson finished in 3rd place in the 400 meter hurdles.
The Panthers provided a strong field game with an 8th place finish from Isaac Jerrel in the shot put with a heave of 51 feet 3.25 inches, and a 5th place finish in the long jump with a leap of 21 feet 7.75 inches from Avin Truong.
AJ Bonnensen of Danville finished with a school record in the 3200 meter run and a state championship with a time of 9 minutes and 10 seconds. He followed that up with a 2nd place finish in the 1600 meter run with a time of 4 minutes and 21 seconds.
For the girls’ team of Danville, Alaina Gourley grabbed an 8th place finish in the 400 meter dash with a time of 58.79 seconds.
Winfield-Mt. Union had their own state champion in the long jump as Cam Buffington leaped 21 feet 8 inches to take the win. Gabriel Hemsworth grabbed a point for the Wolves with an 8th place finish in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 55.42 seconds.
The WACO boys’ team was led by Oleh Shtefanchuk’s 3rd place finish in the discus with a throw of 158 feet 2 inches. Simeon Reichenbach took 7th place in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 15.48 seconds. Reichenbach leaped 20 feet 7.75 inches in the long jump to finish in 6th place.
Kade Benjamin of New London defended his championship in the high jump as he cleared 6 feet 7 inches. Rylan Martin finished in 3rd place for the 800 meter run with a time of 1 minute and 57 seconds. The distance medley team of Boden Pickle, London Franklin, Brigham Porter, and Martin took 7th place with a time of 3 minutes and 40 seconds.
Central Lee’s Thomas Eschman leaped 21 feet 10 inches to grab 6th place for the Hawks.
For the Van Buren County boys’ team, Anthony Duncan had an incredible run as he started the meet with a 3rd place finish in the 400 meter dash with the time of 50.04 seconds. Duncan then finished as the state champion in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 54.97 seconds.
Tyler Stoltz finished in 7th place in the high jump clearing 6 feet 1 inch for the Warriors. Additionally, Wyatt Mertens took 8th place in the long jump with a leap of 21 feet 8.5 inches.
Mediapolis had a history making three days of competition. Anthony Isley grabbed two second place finishes, one in the 200 meter dash with a time of 22.23 seconds and the other in the 400 meter dash with a time of 49.97 seconds.
Logan Rosas finished as the state champion in the 800 meter run with a time of 1 minute and 56 seconds. Owen Schmidgall took 5th place with a time of 1 minute and 58 seconds. Solomon Zaugg tallied 6 points with a 3rd place finish with a time of 4 minutes and 24 seconds in the 1600 meter run.
Cole Lipper, Jackson Hutcheson, Schmidgall, and Isley finished in 4th place with a time of 1 minute and 34 seconds in the sprint medley. The team of Levi Arnold, Rosas, Schmidgall, and Isley took 3rd place in the 4×400 meter relay. Jeff Campbell, Schmidgall, Zaugg, and Rosas grabbed 4th place in the 4×800 meter relay. Lastly, Lipper, Schmidgall, Arnold, and Rosas finished as state champions in the distance medley, tallying another 10 points.
This culminated in the Bulldogs being named Co-Champions with Williamsburg as they tied with 62 points. This is the first Class 2A tie since 2017 and the 4th overall. This also marks the first team state championship for Mediapolis.
High School Soccer
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will take on Central DeWitt on the road tomorrow, May 23rd.
The Danville boys’ team will face off against West Liberty in the second round of the postseason tonight.
The Central Lee boys’ team will travel to take on Pella Christian today for the second round of the postseason.
For girls’ soccer, Burlington Notre Dame will take on North Scott and Fort Madison will take on SEC foe Burlington. Both games will be played tomorrow.
High School Golf
The boys’ state tournament will start today with Mason Shelledy of New London playing at Ames Golf and Country Club.
The New London girls’ team and Olivia Hines of Mediapolis will be competing in the state tournament with day one of the two day tournament starting on May 25th.
Deerwood Golf Club will be sponsoring KILJ’s coverage of both state golf events.
High School Baseball
Mt. Pleasant will travel to take on Clear Creek-Amana on May 24th.
High School Softball
Mt. Pleasant will host Holy Trinity Catholic tonight at 5 pm. KILJ will be on the call with pregame at 4:45 pm.
Iowa Wesleyan Athletics
The NAIA National Championship meet will take place on May 24th for outdoor track and field.
This Day in Sports History
1955 – Louis Chiron becomes the oldest driver to compete in Formula 1. He took 6th place in the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix at 55 years old.
1985 – Pete Rose’s 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader.
1990 – Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game.
Agendas for School Board Special Session and Work Session
Mount Pleasant Community School District Special Session Board Meeting
Date: May 22, 2023 5:30pm
Mount Pleasant Community High School Media Center
2104 South Grand Avenue
Mount Pleasant, Iowa 52641
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Closed session to discuss the purchase of real estate pursuant to Iowa Code section 21.5(1)(j)
The School Board Will Move to a Work Session to Discuss:
• ISASP Data Review
• Certified Employee Exit Data
5. Adjournment
State Track and Field: Mediapolis Boys’ Team Shares Championship for Class 2A
State Track and Field- Championship Saturday is in the books and here are the results from today’s events.
The team of Ady Lamm, Logan Kelley, Amiya Davis, and Ava Parkins finished in 17th place with the time of 1 minute and 54.66 seconds in the girls Class 3A sprint medley relay for West Burlington/Notre Dame (WB-ND).
In the boys Class 1A sprint medley relay, Winfield-Mt. Union, Danville, and New London each had a team compete. The Wolves finished in 10th place with a time of 1 minute and 37.24 seconds with the team of Caleb Giese, Abram Edwards, Cam Buffington, and Gabriel Hemsworth.
Danville’s team of Drake Nicholson, Jaden Bauer, Ayden Doyle, and Ashton McCane took 14th place with a time of 1 minute and 37.78 seconds.
The Tigers grabbed 16th place with the team of Boden Pickle, Brigham Porter, London Franklin, and Kade Benjamin as they completed the race in 1 minute and 37.87 seconds.
In the boys Class 2A, Mediapolis started their phenomenal morning with a 4th place finish in the sprint medley relay as Cole Lipper, Jackson Hutcheson, Noah Schmidgall, and Anthony Isley raced to the time of 1 minute and 34.75 seconds.
The Bulldogs also claimed points and a state champion in the 800 meter run. Logan Rosas finished with the best time for Class 2A with a time of 1 minute and 56 seconds, taking the crown. Schmidgall finished in 5th place with a time of 1 minute and 58 seconds. These scores added 19 points to the Bulldogs total as they entered championship Saturday in 4th place.
Alaina Gourley finished in 15th place with a time of 2 minutes and 24 seconds for Danville in the girls Class 1A 800 meter run.
Kohlby Newsom of Winfield-Mt. Union and Rylan Martin of New London competed in the boys Class 1A 800 meter dash. With a time of 1 minute and 59 seconds, Newsome grabbed 9th place for the Wolves. Martin claimed a spot on the podium with a 3rd place time of 1 minute and 57 seconds.
For Washington, Iris Dahl and Logan McDole ran the 800 meter dash for the girls and boys in Class 3A, respectively. Dahl took 7th place with a time of 2 minutes and 19 seconds. McDole finished in 19th place with a time of 2 minutes and 1 second.
The Demon’s had Josh Anderson compete in the boy’s wheelchair 100 meter dash. Anderson finished as the runner-up with a time of 19.16 seconds. In the 200 meter dash, Anderson finished in 4th place with a time of 39.69 seconds. Anderson also raced to a 4th place finish in the 400 meter with a time of 1 minute and 23 seconds.
The team of Riley Kaalberg, Dante Zuinga, Alexander Rees, and Triston Miller helped Columbus’ chances at a team championship after finishing in 3rd place in the boys Class 1A shuttle hurdle relay with the time of 1 minute and 1.01 seconds.
Burlington had their boys’ and girls’ teams grab points in the Class 4A 100 meter dash. Mylee Stiefel finished in 5th place with a time of 12.5 seconds. Lederrias Shealey took 8th place with a time of 11.36 seconds.
WB-ND presented their speed in the Class 3A boys’ 100 meter dash as Jack Riley raced to a time of 10.77 seconds and a 2nd place finish. Travain Donaldson tied as the final runner to make the finals for the 100 meter dash and he improved to a 5th place finish with a time of 10.954 seconds.
Kaden Amigon and Jeff Hoback of Columbus finished in 7th and 8th place, respectively, in the boys’ Class 1A 100 meter dash. This finish added 3 points to the Wildcats total.
Columbus grabbed their first state champion of the meet as Triston Miller raced to a first-place finish in the boys’ Class 1A 110 meter hurdles with a time of 14.35 seconds. Miller had already taken down the state record in the preliminary with a qualifying time of 14.12 seconds.
Simeon Reichenbach of WACO also raced in the boys’ Class 1A 110 meter hurdles and finished in 7th place with a time of 15.48 seconds, adding 2 points to the Warriors total of 11.
In the boys’ Class 3A 110 meter hurdles, Will Davidson of Mt. Pleasant finished in 2nd place in a terrific race as he grabbed 8 point for the Panthers with a time of 14.33 seconds. Davidson earned 14 points for the Panthers as Mt. Pleasant finished with 19 team points.
Amigon competed in the 200 meter dash for Columbus and grabbed 6 points for the Wildcats with a 3rd place finish with a time of 22.12 seconds.
Isley contributed 8 more points to the Bulldogs after his 2nd place finish in the 200 meter dash with a time of 22.23 seconds.
AJ Bonnesen of Danville added a 2nd place finish to his state championship after the boys Class 1A 1600 meter run. Bonnesen completed the mile in 4 minutes and 21 seconds. Martin of New London took 15th place with a time of 4 minutes and 37 seconds.
In Class 2A, Solomon Zaugg of Mediapolis took 3rd place in the 1600 meter run with a time of 4 minutes and 24 seconds. This added 6 more points to the Bulldogs total.
In the Class 3A 1500 meter run, Avery Rump of Fort Madison took 11th place with a time of 4 minutes and 56 seconds. Dahl of Washington finished in 18th place with a time of 5 minutes and 10 seconds.
Burlington’s girls’ Class 4A 4×100 meter relay team of Christella Boyer, Sophie Brown, Kierah Wiseman, and Stiefel claimed 5th place with a time of 48.87 seconds, the season best time.
In the boys’ Class 1A 4×100 meter relay, Columbus finished with a state record; unfortunately, Lisbon’s state record time was three-tenths of a second faster resulting in the Wildcats claiming 2nd place with a time of 42.42 seconds. Cashing in on the 8 points was Hoback, Kaalberg, Miller, and Amigon.
WB-ND finished behind Harlan who set the state record in the 4×100 meter relay. The team of Jace Figuereo, Grant Boal, Donaldson, and Riley tallied the time of 42.21 seconds and 8 points for the Falcons.
Lastly, the team of Rosas, Levi Arnold, Schmidgall, and Isley competed in the 4×400 meter relay for Mediapolis. The Bulldogs finished in 3rd place with the time of 3 minutes and 23 seconds, giving the Bulldogs 6 more team points.
Top Three Teams
Boys Class 1A: Lisbon: 60, Columbus: 52, Lawton-Bronson: 43
Girls Class 1A: Calamus-Wheatland: 38, Nashua-Plainfield: 33, AGWSR: 32
Boys Class 2A: Mediapolis and Williamsburg: 62, Des Moines Christian: 58
Girls Class 2A: Van Meter: 71, Mid-Prairie: 49, Unity Christ: 36
Boys Class 3A: Pella: 73, Epworth: 63, Harlan: 55
Girls Class 3A: Solon: 79, ADM: 62, Pella: 42
Boys Class 4A: Johnston: 84, Ankeny: 80, Iowa City High: 79
Girls Class 4A: Waukee Northwest: 74, Ames: 69, Dowling Catholic: 62
Boys Wheelchair: Bedford: 36, Mid-Prairie: 30, West Lyon: 26
Girls Wheelchair: Dubuque Hempstead: 40, West Liberty: 24, Valley: 12,
Mediapolis and Williamsburg are Co-Champions for Class 2A.
Danville and New London finished tied for 12th with 18 points in Class 1A for the boys. Winfield-Mt. Union and WACO tied for 25th with 11 team points.
In Class 3A, Washington finished with 8 team points. In the boys’ wheelchair, the Demons grabbed 24 points for 4th place.
In the girls’ Class 4A, Burlington finished with 8 team points. The Burlington boys’ team and the Danville girls’ team each finished with 1 point apiece.