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04/17/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE-AM
(LE MARS)--STATE INCENTIVES ARE IN PLACE FOR A LE MARS INDUSTRY'S EXPANSION PLANS WHICH COULD CREATE DOZENS OF JOBS.
FOUNDED BY BO AND DEAN JACOBSON, BODEANS MAY INVEST NEARLY FIVE-POINT-SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS TO INCREASE WAFER PRODUCTION FOR ICE CREAM SANDWICHES. .
BODEANS BAKING COMPANY BUILT ON ITS ICE CREAM CONE BAKING SUCCESS WITH THE ADDITION OF A WAFER PRODUCT THREE YEARS AGO. THE COMPANY'S WEB SITE LISTS WAFER PRODUCTION CAPACITY AT THE 92-THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT FACILITY AT ONE-POINT-FIVE-MILLION WAFERS A YEAR. WAFER PRODUCTION IS IN THE KILLEAS INDUSTRIAL PARK IN SOUTHWEST LE MARS.
GOVERNOR CHET CULVER THURSDAY ANNOUNCED AWARDS FROM THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE INCENTIVES TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF WAFERS BAKED TO SANDWICH ICE CREAM ARE FOR A SECOND PRODUCTION LINE.
STATE OFFICIALS SAY THE PROJECT WOULD BUILD A DUPLICATE OF THE PRESENT WAFER LINE TO EXPAND PRODUCTION CAPACITY BY JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR.
THE PROJECT WAS AWARDED 95-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (PIAP)TO CREATE 37 JOBS. THE OTHER PART OF THE STATE INCENTIVES INVOLVES TAX BENEFITS FROM THE HIGH QUALITY JOBS CREATION (HQJC) PROGRAM FOR FIVE OF THE 37 JOBS. THE JOBS ARE TO BE ADDED IN PHASES.
THE STATE REQUESTS WERE MADE THROUGH THE CITY OF LE MARS. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALSO AGREED TO PROVIDE A LOAN. FINANCING FOR A PORTION OF THE PROJECT IS ALSO EXPECTED THROUGH THE SIOUXLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (SEDC) AND THE LE MARS BUSINESS INITIATIVE (LBIC).
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(LE MARS)--A CONTRACTOR IS MAKING PROGRESS ON THE CITY OF LE MARS PORTION OF A NEW RAILROAD CROSSING TO SERVE THE INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN SOUTHWEST LE MARS.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR SCOTT LANGEL SAYS G-C-C ALLIANCE PAVED THE PORTIONS NEXT TO THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD AND NOW IS WORKING ON PAVING AWAY FROM THE CROSSING NEAR BUSINESS HIGHWAY 75.
"THE REASON THEY TOOK IT IN TWO SEGMENTS, ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RAIL, IS THE STUFF WITHIN THE 25 FOOT CLEAR ZONE OF THE RAIL REQUIRES A RAILROAD FLAGMAN SO THEY GOT THAT DONE ALL IN THE SAME TIMEFRAME SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO CALL FOR A FLAGMAN TWICE," LANGEL SAYS.
LANGEL EXPLAINS UNION PACIFIC WORK CONTINUES.
"WITH THE SEVEN-DAY CURE TIME ON THE NEW AND FRESH CONCRETE, THEN THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CAN COME IN AND PUT THE ACTUAL SURFACING BETWEEN THE TRACKS AND ONE FOOT ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TRACTS. AS SOON AS THAT'S DONE, WE'LL HAVE AN ASPHALT CONTRACTOR ARRANGE TO FILL IN THAT FILLET ON EACH SIDE AND THEN WE SHOULD BE READY TO START USING."
ASSUMING FAVORABLE WEATHER, LANGEL SAYS THE CROSSING COULD BE OPEN LATE THIS MONTH OR EARLY NEXT MONTH.
(LE MARS)---THE GEHLEN CATHOLIC SCHOOL GYM WILL BECOME A FOOD FACTORY EARLY NEXT MONTH.
VOLUNTEERS WILL MEASURE, BAG, SEAL AND LOAD PACKAGES OF FOOD FOR THE FOURTH ANNUAL "KIDS AGAINST HUNGER" PACKING EVENT MAY 8TH.
VOLUNTEERS WHO DONATE $30 OR ARE VOLUNTEERING ON BEHALF OF DONORS WILL PACK THE MEALS DURING SIX, HOUR-AND-A-HALF SHIFTS FROM 8:30 A-M TO 5:30 P-M.
SO FAR THIS SPRING, RICHARD SEIVERT OF "KIDS AGAINST HUNGER SAYS MORE THAN 628-THOUSAND MEALS HAVE BEEN SHIPPED TO HONDURAS.
ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO WORK OR SPONSOR ONE OR MORE OF GEHLEN CATHOLIC STUDENTS TO WORK MAY CONTACT LISA NIEBUHR AT GEHLEN CATHOLIC.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Health officials say they'll offer measles vaccination clinics to people who think they may have been exposed to a child in northwest Iowa who has measles.
Spencer Hospital Community Health Services offered a clinic Thursday night and plans another clinic today (Friday.)
The Iowa Department of Public Health says officials are working to determine how the child in Clay County was exposed and who the child may have exposed to the illness.
Symptoms of measles include a fever, cough, red or pink eyes, runny nose and a rash. It can cause pneumonia, deafness and in rare cases death.
Health officials say measles is highly contagious and people should make sure they're up to date on their vaccinations. To be fully vaccinated, a person should have two doses of the vaccine.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
(DES MOINES)--Health officials say people who think they may have been exposed to a child in northwest Iowa who has the measles should make sure they're vaccinated. The Iowa Department of Public Health and local health officials have identified places the child visited while infectious and times people may have been exposed to measles:
Health officials say people who think they may have been exposed to a child in northwest Iowa who has the measles should make sure they're vaccinated. The Iowa Department of Public Health and local health officials have identified places the child visited while infectious and times people may have been exposed to measles: On Saturday, April 11:
Spencer Indoor Soccer Complex (Easter Egg Hunt) from 9:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Dayspring Assembly of God Church from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Spencer Burger King from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Spencer WalMart from 7:45 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. On Sunday, April 12:
Hope-The Junction Church in Spencer from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Spencer Burger King from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Spencer Hy-Vee Grocery Store from 12:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Longhouse-Northshore nursing home in Spencer from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Spencer Hospital emergency room from 7:45 p.m. to 11 p.m. On Wednesday, April 15:
Avera Health-Spencer Family Care from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Source: Iowa Department of Public Health.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
(LE MARS)--TESTS WILL LEAD TO A NEW LIST OF POTENTIAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES.
THERE AREN'T ANY OPENINGS FOR A COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT JOBS. INSTEAD, THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION IS MEETING A REQUIREMENT TO KEEP A LIST OF THOSE ELIGIBLE FOR AN OPENING.
APPLICATIONS FOR ENTRANCE EXAMS TO BE CERTIFIED AS A DEPUTY SHERIFF ARE AT CIVIL SERVICE PERSONNEL DIRECTOR STACEY FELDMAN'S OFFICE IN THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AT THE COURTHOUSE. THEY'RE AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8 A-M TO 5 P-M.
THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MAY FIRST. PHYSICAL AGILITY TESTS WILL BE GIVEN MAY 27TH.
AFTER PASSING THE PHYSICAL, WRITTEN AND ORAL TESTS, AN APPLICANT COULD BE CERTIFIED FOR POSSIBLE EMPLOYMENT FOR TWO YEARS.
(DES MOINES)--TWO SIOUX CITY POLICE OFFICERS WERE AMONG 20 INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVED SPECIAL AWARDS FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY YESTERDAY.
OFFICERS RICK KINNAMAN AND MICHAEL KOEHLER RECEIVED THEIR AWARDS AT THE ANNUAL GOVERNOR'S HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY CONFERENCE IN DES MOINES. BOTH OFFICERS WERE ASSIGNED TO THE SIOUX CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT'S IMPAIRED DRIVING UNIT IN 2006.
OFFICER KINNAMAN HAS PROCESSED 499 IMPAIRED DRIVERS FOR O.W.I. HE ALSO SERVES AS A DRUG RECOGNITION EXPERT FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE CITIZEN'S ACADEMY, HELPING EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE FFECTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF IMPAIRED DRIVING.
OFFICER KOEHLER HAS PROCESSED 618 IMPAIRED DRIVERS FOR O.W.I. HE IS A STANDARDIZED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTING INSTRUCTOR, AS WELL AS A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER FOR THE DEPARTMENT, AND IS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE SIOUX CITY CITIZEN'S ACADEMY.
TO RECEIVE AN AWARD, INDIVIDUALS MUST HAVE CONTRIBUTED IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE TO TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUES THROUGH PROMOTION AND AWARENESS IN HIS OR HER AREA OF EXPERTIESE. (NEWS REPORT BY LARRY SCHMITZ OF KLEM NEWS)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Minnesota regulators have sided with two utilities in allowing plans for three 345-kilovolt transmission lines to move forward.
The state Public Utilities Commission on Thursday granted a certificate of need for the CapX2020 project, but placed conditions on one of the lines.
The transmission lines crossing through eastern South Dakota and southwestern Minnesota will have to carry energy produced by renewable sources, such as wind power.
Xcel Energy and Great River Energy pushed for the lines, but they still need permits for the routes. The lines also face regulatory hurdles in Wisconsin, South Dakota and North Dakota.
The utilities say the lines are needed to meet future demand in the Upper Midwest.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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