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‘Annie’s Project’ offered by ISU

ARMSTRONG — Becoming an effective farm business partner is the focus of Annie’s Project.

The course, offered by Iowa State University Extension, takes the real life experiences of an Illinois farm wife and shares them with other farm women who want to learn more about a crucial and complex business environment, their own farm.

Annie’s Project will be offered in six sessions, beginning Aug. 30 and ending Oct. 4, at Nazareth Lutheran Church, 401 Fifth Street, in Armstrong. A light meal will be served at each session at 5:30 p.m., while the program will be from 6-9 p.m.

Topics will include human resources and time management; business and marketing plans; risk management; financial records; legal issues; farm taxes; and resources. Sessions will have short presentations from local professionals, extended discussions and hands-on activities, such as trying financial analysis software.

Annie’s Project costs $75 per person, and class size is limited to 25 participants. Registration deadline is Aug. 24. To register or for more information, contact the Emmet County Extension office at (712) 362-3434, or email Britney Rosburg at britneyr@iastate.edu or Palo Alto County Extension Office at (712) 852-2865, or email Angie Strohman at angies@iastate.edu

Father charged with injuring infant

APPLE VALLEY (AP) — A father with a lengthy criminal record is charged with inflicting life-threatening injuries on his newborn son in Apple Valley.

Michael Herkal, 32, is charged in Dakota County District Court with first-degree assault and malicious punishment of a child. Herkal is jailed on $750,000 bond.

A criminal complaint says the 13-day-old boy suffered a skull fracture and bleeding on the brain. The complaint says the child is only breathing with assistance and is not expected to survive.

Herkal told police his 2-year-old son pulled the baby off the couch. Authorities say Herkal later told investigators the infant slipped out of his hands and fell on a coffee table.

Scuba diver dies in Washington Co.

STILLWATER (AP) — The death of a scuba diver pulled from a lake in Washington County is under investigation.

The sheriff’s office got a call about the diver having difficulty in the water on Square Lake in May Township about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Divers found the 51-year-old man underwater and brought him to shore.

Attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

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