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08/08/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE-SATURDAY
(LE MARS)--PLYMOUTH COUNTY VOTERS IN THE SEPTEMBER SCHOOL ELECTIONS WILL CHOOSE WESTERN IOWA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD MEMBERS.
THE CANDIDATE FOR THE DISTRICT ONE SEAT IS NEAL ADLER OF LE MARS. ADLER IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LE MARS AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND LE MARS BUSINESS INITIATIVE WHICH IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP. .
ADLER IS A CANDIDATE TO FILL THE DISTRICT ONE BOARD POSITION HELD BY NORMAN LANG OF LE MARS. LANG, A RETIRED LE MARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT INSTRUCTOR, DIED RECENTLY.
ADLER WILL BE ON THE BALLOT FOR LE MARS COMMUNITY, AKRON-WESTFIELD AND REMSEN-UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTERS ON SEPTEMBER EIGHTH.
THE DISTRICT EIGHT DIRECTOR WILL BE ON THE KINGSLEY-PIERSON BALLOT. VOTERS WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO RE-ELECT RUSSELL WRAY OF MAPLETON WRAY IS A REAL ESTATE BROKER WHO IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE WESTERN IOWA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD.
(LE MARS)--TWO MEN ARE IN THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY JAIL AS SUSPECTS IN THE BURGLARIES AT HOG CONFINEMENTS.
THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE USED A WARRANT TO SEARCH A RURAL REMSEN RESIDENCE RENTED BY KYLE HODGES AT 48854 140TH STREET.
AUTHORITIES SAY THEY WERE LOOKING FOR TOOLS FROM BURGLARIES AT AREA HOG CONFINEMENTS.
FORTY-THREE ITEMS WERE SEIZED WHICH A NEWS RELEASE STATES WERE CONNECTED WITH NUMEROUS BURGLARIES.
HODGES, WHO IS 22, AND 18-YEAR-OLD BRADLEY ADAM BOND OF PAULLINA WERE ARRESTED ON THE FELONY CHARGE OF BURGLARY IN THE THIRD DEGREE.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTS OTHER CHARGES ARE PENDING AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
(LE MARS)--THE CURB AND GUTTER NEAR A NEW REC TRAIL BY LE MARS COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE WORK ALONG SIXTH AVENUE SOUTHWEST AND ON HIGHWAY THREE, NEAR FLOYD VALLEY HOSPITAL, ARE BOTH PROGRESSING. CITY ADMINISTRATOR SCOTT LANGEL ALSO REPORTS A RAIL EXTENSION TO SERVE NEW INDUSTRY IN SOUTHWEST LE MARS IS ABOUT A WEEK FROM COMPLETION.
"MOST OF THE CRUSHINGS ARE NOW IN WHICH IS THE SUB-BASE FOR THE PAVING," LANGEL SAYS. "I'M BEING TOLD PROBABLY, BY EARLY NEXT WEEK, THEY'RE GOING TO START PAVING ON THAT. THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A BOXED CULVERT WHICH COULD BE THE ONLY HOLD UP TO FINISHING THE PAVING BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST MAKING PROGRESS NOW. THE RAIL, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT, WE'RE PROBABLY WITHIN A WEEK OF BEING 100 PERCENT COMPLETED ON THE NEW RAIL EXTENSION THROUGH THE INDUSTRIAL PARK. THAT CONTRACTOR HAS REALLY MOVED FORWARD NICELY."
A PARKING LOT NEAR PLAINS AREA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER ON THE FORMER CAMPUS PROPERTY IS ALSO UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
LANGEL SAYS THE COLLECTION OF DOWNED TREES AND BRANCHES SLOWED OTHER WORK.
"WELL, IT IS. IT'S TAKING A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT," LANGEL SAYS. "ONE CREW IS GOING AROUND CHIPPING THE SMALLER STUFF AND THE OTHER CREW IS PICKING UP THE BIGGER ITEMS WITH THEIR GRAVEL FORKS, PUTTING IT ON DUMP TRUCKS AND BRINGING IT OUT TO THE TREE SITE."
CITY PUBLIC WORKS CREWS WILL SOON MEET WITH A CHEROKEE FIRM, SCREENBUILDERS, TO FINALIZE FABRICATION FOR A CANOPY UNDERNEATH A RAILROAD CROSSING ON THE NEARLY COMPLETED REC TRAIL EXTENSION.
(ORANGE CITY)--NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE IS RANKED SIXTH BEST IN IOWA IN THE "AMERICA'S BEST COLLEGES" RANKING FROM www.forbes.com .
FORBES AND THE CENTER FOR COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY AND PRODUCTIVITY EVALUATED 600 TOP INSTITUTIONS FOR THE SECOND ANNUAL "AMERICA'S BEST COLLEGES."
THE FORBES RANKING IS BASED ONE-FOURTH ON STUDENT SATISFACTION WITH COURSE INSTRUCTION , ONE-FOURTH ON POST-GRADUATE SUCCESS AND 20 PERCENT ON THE ESTIMATED AVERAGE STUDENT DEBT AFTER FOUR YEARS. ONE-SIXTH OF THE RANKINGS ARE BASED ON FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE GRADUATION RATES. THE LAST RANKING IS ON STUDENT AND FACULTY ACHIEVEMENT IN NATIONALLY COMPETITIVE AWARDS.
NORTHWESTERN RANKED 212TH OUT OF THE TOP 600 SCHOOLS. OTHERS IN THE AREA INCLUDED DORDT AT 394TH.
(SIOUX CENTER)--A FEDERAL EFFORT TO HELP MILITARY VETERANS ATTEND COLLEGE WILL INCLUDE DORDT COLLEGE.
THE PRIVATE SIOUX CENTER COLLEGE WILL ADMIT TEN STUDENTS UNDER THE "YELLOW RIBBON" PROGRAM.
DORDT'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE MILITARY STUDENTS WILL BE FIVE-THOUSAND DOLLARS PER STUDENT PER YEAR.
THE "YELLOW RIBBON" PROGRAM ALLOWS SCHOOLS TO WORK WITH THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION TO PAY TUITION EXPENSES THAT EXCEED THE HIGHEST PUBLIC IN-STATE UNDERGRADUATE TUITION RATE. SCHOOLS LIKE DORDT CAN CONTRIBUTE UP TO HALF OF THOSE EXPENSES AND THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION WILL MATCH THE SAME AMOUNT AS THE INSTITUTION.
(SIOUX CITY)--AS BRIDGE BEAMS GO UP, LANES WILL CLOSE BRIEFLY OVERNIGHT ON A SIOUXLAND INTERSTATE LATE NEXT WEEK.
ACCORDING TO THE SIOUX CITY DISTRICT IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE, INTERMITTENT OVERNIGHT LANE CLOSURES ON INTERSTATE 29 AT THE RIVERSIDE BOULEVARD ARE PLANNED NEXT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, WEATHER PERMITTING.
ACCORDING TO TRANSPORTATION STAFF, THE CLOSURES WILL BE NEEDED AS A CONTRACTOR SETS THE BEAMS FOR THE NEW BRIDGE ON EXIT 151 IN SIOUX CITY. LANES IN EITHER DIRECTION MAY BE CLOSED FOR UP TO 20 MINUTES AT A TIME FOR EACH BEAM TO BE SET. SEVERAL BEAMS WILL BE PLACED EACH NIGHT.
(VERMILLION, SD)--Iowa Congressman Steve King says the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System is a perfect example of a project that deserves federal funding. King, a Republican from Kiron, toured the site of the water treatment plant near Vermillion, South Dakota, this week. The 537-million dollar project will eventually supply water to towns in Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota.
"It's something that crosses these three state lines," King says. "It's something that can't be done by the municipalities alone. It can't be done by the states alone. That makes it a federal project." King says the federal government has to step in on this sort of public project that would be too expensive for cities and even states.
He says the taxing authority of Iowa and the other states is granted by the state legislatures, "so if the legislatures reduce the taxing authority of the cities and the counties, it inhibits their abilities to produce their water resources for themselves." King says even with all the states involved, it will be an uphill battle to get more federal funding for the project. Troy Larson, executive director of Lewis and Clark, says the project is set to get 16-million dollars from the federal government next year. Larson says it continues the trend of up-and-down financing.
He says, "Lewis and Clark has always been a feast or famine-type battle but the good news is, it's such a worthwhile project and everyone knows the critical importance of it, that we know in the end, it will get done." The water system will eventually serve a host of cities in all three states, including in Iowa: Hull, Rock Rapids, Sheldon, Sioux Center and Sibley. (NEWS REPORT BY RADIO IOWA)
(Le Mars)--Plymouth County Jurors DO NOT NEED to report for jury duty on Tuesday, August 11th. Jurors are asked to call the Clerk of Court office on Monday afternoon, August 17th to find out whether to report Tuesday, August 18th.
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