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08/13/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE-PM
HINTON)--COME BACK NEXT MONTH--THAT'S THE RESULT OF A REVIEW OF THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD'S COMMUNITY ATTRACTIONS AND TOURISM (CAT) FUND REQUEST.
CONSERVATION BOARD DIRECTOR DENNIS SOHL AND NATURALIST VICTORIA SHAMBLEN MET WITH THE COMMITTEE OF 16-18 MEMBERS YESTERDAY.
THE CONSERVATION BOARD IS REQUESTING 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS TOWARD THE EDUCATION CONSERVATION OPPORTUNITIES OR ECO CENTER PROPOSED AT HILLVIEW RECREATION AREA.
SOHL SAYS THE PRESENTATION WAS 10 MINUTES FOR EACH APPLICANT REQUESTING STATE CAT FUNDS. THERE WERE FOUR COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD PROJECTS IN THE STATE INCLUDE ONE INTERPRETIVE TYPE CENTER, ONE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT IN THE QUAD CITIES AREA AND ONE TRAIL PROJECT.
THE NEXT STEP IN THE STATE GRANT PROCESS FOR THE CONSERVATION BOARD IS A MEETING WITH THE STATE BOARD IN SEPTEMBER.
(SIOUX CITY)--A SIX-YEAR-OLD SIOUX CITY BOY IS HOSPITALIZED AFTER HE RODE HIS BIKE OUT INTO THE STREET AND WAS STRUCK BY A SEMI LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
SIOUX CITY POLICE SAYS THE INJURED CHILD IS SIX-YEAR-OLD JAXON STARK WHO IS BEING TREATED AT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER IN SIOUX CITY. POLICE ARE NOT RELEASING INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHILD'S MEDICAL CONDITION.
THE SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER OWNED BY CONCRETE SPECIALTY OF SOUTH SIOUX CITY WAS BEING DRIVEN BY 33-YEAR-OLD JOEL KUBIK OF THURSTON, NEBRASKA.
THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN THE 900 BLOCK OF 13TH STREET ABOUT 5:30 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
(SIOUX CITY)--AN ONAWA MAN WILL SERVE UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR A FIREARM CONVICTION.
ACCORDING TO THE U-S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 36-YEAR-OLD THOMAS HUNTLEY PLEADED GUILTY IN MAY TO KNOWINGLY POSSESSING A FIREARM TO FURTHER A DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME.
HUNTLEY WAS CONVICTED OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND IN MARCH OF 2007 PLEADED GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF A FIREARM.
IN APRIL OF 2007, A JURY FOUND HUNTLEY GUILTY OF DISTRIBUTING METH AND USING A FIREARM WHILE DOING THAT. THE FIREARM CONVICTION WAS OVERTURNED DUE TO A CHANGE IN LAW. HUNTLEY WAS THEN CHARGED WITH POSSESSING A GUN TO FURTHER METH DISTRIBUTION.
THE CHARGE WAS BASED ON CLAIMS HE GOT ICE METH IN OMAHA IN JANUARY OF 2006, TRADED METH FOR A STOLEN PISTOL AND THEN LEFT WITH THE FIREARM TO SELL METH IN WHITING.
HUNTLEY WAS SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT IN SIOUX CITY TUESDAY AND IS IN THE U-S MARSHAL'S CUSTODY UNTIL HE CAN BE TAKEN TO A FEDERAL PRISON.
(ESTHERVILLE)-A SPENCER WOMAN HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER FOR IOWA LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND WILL LEAD THE COLLEGE'S SPENCER CAMPUS.
JUDITH COOK WILL ALSO OVERSEE THE SUPERVISORS OF THE ALGONA AND SPIRIT LAKE CAMPUSES AS WELL AS DISTANCE AND GLOBAL EDUCATION AND SECONDARY PROGRAMMING. SHE WILL CONTINUE HER DUTIES AS HEAD OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICES OF IOWA LAKES.
COOK HAS NEARLY THREE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE COLLEGE. SHE BEGAN HER NEW DUTIES JULY 1ST. (NEWS REPORT BY LARRY SCHMITZ FOR KLEM NEWS)
(Spirit Lake)--A Republican candidate for governor is attacking President Obama and Governor Culver on the issue of health care. Chris Rants of Sioux City says Iowa taxpayers would see a 630-million dollar increase in state spending under if a health care reform bill that's passed a U.S. Senate committee becomes law.
"Congress is out-of-touch if they think states like Iowa can afford that kind of a cost increase," Rants says. According to Rants, "all the outrage being expressed" at town hall meetings this August may be obscuring "important details" like the cost to state government.
"Governor Culver, frankly, ought to be going to these town hall meetings and telling congress, 'Iowa can't afford it,' because there's no way our government can take a 60 percent increase in the Medicaid program," Rants says. Rants cites an analysis which concludes the plan that passed the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee would let almost 336-thousand more Iowa adults enroll in Medicaid. That's where he gets that 630-million dollar number.
"We currently spend as part of our state match a billion dollars on the Medicaid program. It's a huge cost for state government, so this represents a 60 percent increase," Rants says. The federal government has traditionally paid for about two-thirds of the cost of Medicaid. Rants argues that if the federal government takes on more spending, in general, with health care reform, the feds may choose to reduce their support of Medicaid, forcing states to shoulder a greater share of the costs. Rants spoke at an event in Spirit Lake over the noon-hour. (News Report by Radio Iowa)
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