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Saturday News, August 27th

Farm Progress Show Kicks-Off On Tuesday 

(Boone) — It is often referred to as a farmer’s shopping center. The Farm Progress Show is the largest outdoor farm and equipment show, and it begins on Tuesday, August 30th and runs for three days on a field in central Iowa near Boone.
This year’s Farm Progress Show features more than 600 exhibitors and covers nearly an entire section of land. The Farm Progress Show alternates between Illinois and Iowa every other year. Matt Jungman (Youngman) is the Farm Progress Show’s National Show Manager, and he compares it to an auto show.

In past years, the Farm Progress Show has demonstrated new combine harvesters and
other equipment, along with seed performance with in-field harvest demonstrations.
Jungman says show officials and seed companies planted early maturing season
crops, and field demonstrations will occur again during this year’s farm show.

The Farm Progress Show manager says several companies, will unveil new equipment at the three-day farm show.

Despite the fact the farm economy is currently suffering from low commodity prices, and farm equipment companies have made some lay-offs,
Jungman believes farmers will still have an interest in attending this year’s Farm
Progress Show.


To locate the outdoor farm show, farmers need to follow Highway 30 past Boone, and then turn on Highway 17. The show site can be seen on the north side of Highway 30. The admission is $15.

 

South Sioux City Assault Suspect In Custody 

South Sioux City Police have captured a suspect wanted in an early morning assault on Friday.

35 year old Kraig Beltz was taken into custody just before 10pm Friday night in South Sioux City by police and Dakota County Sheriff’s deputies.

Beltz has been charged with second degree assault, terroristic threats and disturbing the peace.

Authorities say Beltz allegedly used a hammer or club to assault a man at a campground along the Missouri River off Dixon Path around 4am.

The victim was taken to the hospital to be treated for his injuries and was later released.

Deputies were dispatched to the Covington Golf Course around 9:20 a.m. regarding a backpack found on the golf course containing magazines for a pistol.

A person matching Beltz’s description came to the golf course around noon asking about a backpack and fled into a nearby cornfield when authorities arrived.

Deputies recovered a semi automatic pistol in the cornfield and a search began which included closing the golf course

Beltz is in custody in the Dakota County Jail.

 

IOWA PRIVATIZED MEDICAID SAVES MONEY, DRAWS COMPLAINTS

The Iowa agency overseeing the state’s transition to a privately managed Medicaid program says it recorded over 225 grievances in the first three months of the new system.

The Iowa Department of Human Services says three insurance companies that now run the program received the notices of dissatisfaction in April, May and June from Medicaid patients.

The department says the grievances were resolved within 30 calendar days.

The department provided the information Friday as part of a roughly 60-page quarterly report, which was required by the Legislature.

DHS estimates in the report that the switch to the privatized system saved the state more than $22 million in the program’s first three months.