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07/16/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE-AM
(LE MARS)--LE MARS POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING TWO BREAK-INS AT BUSINESSES REPORTED TUESDAY MORNING.
AUTHORITIES SAY SOMETIME DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY, THERE WAS FORCED ENTRY TO FAMILY TABLE. SEVERAL DOORS AND PROPERTY INSIDE THE RESTAURANT ON BUSINESS HIGHWAY 75 WERE DAMAGED. AT THE TIME THE BURGLARY WAS REPORTED, NOTHING APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN. .
DAMAGE TO THE DOORS AND PROPERTY WAS ESTIMATED AT ONE-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS REPORTED MISSING AFTER A BURGLARY AT BOB'S DRIVE INN.
THE BUSINESS BURGLARY ON BUSINESS HIGHWAY 75 OCCURRED SOMETIME BETWEEN LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
(LE MARS)--THE LATEST RURAL CONSTRUCTION REPORT FOR PLYMOUTH COUNTY IS MISSING A SUMMERTIME TRADITION--NEW HOUSES.
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR ALAN LUCKEN ISSUED 20 PERMITS FOR RURAL BUILDINGS IN JUNE. THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION IS 762-THOUSAND 800 DOLLARS.
STORAGE BUILDINGS AND MACHINE SHEDS TOPPED THE CONSTRUCTION TYPES.
THE 11 FARM PERMITS INCLUDED FIVE FOR MACHINE SHEDS, TWO FOR GRAIN BINS, TWO FOR SHOPS, ONE PIG NURSERY AND ONE SHEEP BARN. THE FARM BUILDING VALUE WAS ESTIMATED AT $501,600.
THERE WERE NINE NON-FARM PERMITS WITH AN ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST OF 261-THOUSAND 200 DOLLARS. THERE WERE SIX STORAGE BUILDINGS OR TWO-THIRDS OF THE PERMITS. LUCKEN ISSUED PERMITS FOR ONE GARAGE, ONE SWIMMING POOL AND A NORTHERN NATURAL GAS METER AND VALVE BUILDING.
(WHITING)--THERE'S BEEN AN ARREST IN THE DEATH OF A SIOUX CITY MAN WHO WAS STRUCK BY A SEMI IN MONONA COUNTY EARLY TUESDAY.
THE IOWA STATE PATROL WEDNESDAY REPORTED FORTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD JOHN CHARLES WAKEFIELD WAS LYING ON INTERSTATE 29 NEAR WHITING WHEN HE WAS STRUCK AND KILLED.
THE SEMI DRIVER, 55-YEAR-OLD KENNETH OLSON OF THIEF RIVER FALLS, MINNESOTA, SAID HE SWERVED TO TRY TO AVOID WAKEFIELD ONCE HE SAW HIM, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE.
THE PATROL REPORTED THOSE WHO HAD LAST SEEN WAKEFIELD ALIVE INDICATED HE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MARIJUANA AND WAS VERY IMPAIRED.
AN INVESTIGATION LED BY THE PATROL AND IOWA DIVISION OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION LED TO THE ARREST WEDNESDAY OF 31-YEAR-OLD JERMAINE JEROME FINLEY.
INVESTIGATORS SAY WAKEFIELD HAD BEEN TRAVELING WITH FINLEY WHEN WAKEFIELD ASKED THAT THEY TAKE A SHORT STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. FINLEY IS ACCUSED OF LEAVING WHEN WAKEFIELD WAS HIT BY THE SEMI.
HE IS CHARGED WITH LEAVING THE SCENE OF A FATAL ACCIDENT; MAKING A FALSE REPORT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, STOPPING IN THE TRAVEL PORTION OF THE ROAD AND DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE. FINLEY IS WAS RELEASED FROM THE WOODBURY COUNTY JAIL ON BOND.
THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED ABOUT 1:45 TUESDAY MORNING. ANYONE WHO SAW ANYTHING ON INTERSTATE 29 IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS IS ASKED TO CALL THE MONONA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, IOWA STATE PATROL OR THE IOWA DIVISION OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) Iowa dairy farmers say they are losing money because the recession and imports of milk protein concentrate.
Iowa State Dairy Association president Wayne Dykshorn of rural Ireton says the recession has lowered demand for milk and dairy products. He says the drop in demand has created a surplus that has driven down the price paid to farmers for milk.
According to Dykshorn, the surplus has been exacerbated by imports of milk protein concentrate, a milk byproduct used as a food additive, that further shrink demand for domestic milk.
Dykshorn said many dairy farmers have already gone out of business, and more will if prices don't improve.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission will consider proposals from five largely rural counties that say casinos could give their struggling economies a boost.
The panel will consider the proposals today (Thursday).
Whether rural casinos will work may depend on several factors, and could influence whether the commission approves licenses for casinos proposed in Lyon, Franklin, Tama, Wapello and Webster counties.
Supporters in all five counties argue casinos would give their communities a quick boost in employment and tax revenue.
Wes Ehrecke, president of the Iowa Gaming Association, wouldn't comment on the latest proposals. But he pointed to annual revenues of about $1.4 billion at the 17 state-licensed casino as proof of their success.
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
(HOSPERS)--TWO HOSPERS RESIDENTS WERE INJURED WHEN A TRUCK AND TRAILER ROLLED AFTER THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL NEAR HOSPERS TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
THE IOWA STATE PATROL REPORTS 24-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA HULSTEIN OF HOSPERS WAS DRIVING NORTH ON SIOUX COUNTY ROAD L-14. THE TRUCK HULSTEIN WAS DRIVING WAS PULLING A RENTED TRAILER LOADED WITH ROCK.
HULSTEIN TOLD AUTHORITIES THE TRAILER WAS NOT TRAILING VERY WELL, HE LOST CONTROL AND IT ENTERED THE WEST DITCH BEFORE ROLLING ONTO ITS TOP.
HULSTEIN AND 20-YEAR-OLD KAYLEE HULSTEIN OF HOSPERS WERE TAKEN TO THE ORANGE CITY HOSPITAL BY HOSPERS AMBULANCE. THEY WERE NOT INCAPACITATED BY THEIR INJURIES. (rof)
(PRIMGHAR)-INFORMATION HAS BEEN RELEASED ABOUT A PERSONAL INJURY ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED LAST THURSDAY IN O'BRIEN COUNTY.
ACCORDING TO A REPORT POSTED ON THE O'BRIEN COUNTY SHERIFF'S WEBSITE, A TRUCK COLLIDED WITH A CAR AT A RURAL INTERSECTION TWO MILES NORTHWEST OF PRIMGHAR THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
THE TRUCK DRIVER, 55-YEAR OLD TERRY VAN DYKE OF SANBORN, WAS LISTED AS HAVING POSSIBLE INJURIES. THE OTHER DRIVER, 50-YEAR OLD PAMELA LORENZEN OF SIOUX CITY RECEIVED INCAPACITATING INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO BAUM HARMON HOSPITAL IN PRIMGHAR.
AUTHORITIES SAY VAN DYKE WAS NORTHBOUND AND FAILED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND STRUCK LORENZEN'S WESTBOUND CAR, CAUSING IT TO GO INTO A DITCH WHERE IT CAME TO REST ON ITS TOP. (NEWS REPORT BY LARRY SCHMITZ OF KLEM NEWS.)
(SPENCER)—FOUR PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AS A RESULT OF A TRAFFIC STOP IN CLAY COUNTY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
DURING A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE, A DEPUTY FOUND TWO MARIJUANA PIPES, THREE AND ONE-HALF METHADONE PILLS AND AN OPEN CONTAINER OF BEER.
22-YEAR OLD JAMIE GROTHE OF OMAHA WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND NO PROOF OF INSURANCE. 25-YEAR OLD MATTHEW PARKS OF OMAHA WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND LITTERING. 20-YEAR OLD JEREMY HUEBNER OF TABOR, IOWA WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. ALL WERE TAKEN TO THE CLAY COUNTY JAIL.
19-YEAR OLD ANDREW HUGHES OF RANDOLPH, IOWA WAS CITED FOR HAVING AN OPEN CONTAINER AND RELEASED. (NEWS REPORT BY LARRY SCHMITZ OF KLEM NEWS)
(ROCK RAPIDS)-TWO ROCK RAPIDS JUVENILES HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH A FIRE THAT OCCURRED JULY 1ST AT GDK SALVAGE YARD IN ROCK RAPIDS.
A WRITTEN REPORT FROM THE LYON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS SIX JUNK VEHICLES WERE DESTROYED IN THE FIRE WITH DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $1,800.
AUTHORITIES SAY TWO BOYS, AGES 14 AND 15 ,WERE CHARGED WITH RECKLESS USE OF FIRE AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. BOTH WERE RELEASED TO THEIR PARENTS. (NEWS REPORT BY LARRY SCHMITZ)
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