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09/01/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE-PM
(ORANGE CITY)-THE DRIVER OF A CHEVY BLAZER WAS INJURED EARLY THIS MORNING WHEN SHE STRUCK A COW A MILE EAST OF SIOUX CENTER. 60-YEAR OLD LINDA KOELE OF HULL WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE SIOUX CENTER HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF POSSIBLE INJURIES.
ACCORDING TO SIOUX COUNTY SHERIFF'S, THE VEHICLE WENT INTO THE EAST DITCH AFTER STRIKING THE COW AND STRUCK A CATTLE FENCE BELONGING TO THE SCHUTT FEED LOT. .
THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 4:30 THIS MORNING. (NEWS REPORT BY LARRY SCHMITZ FOR KLEM NEWS)
(LE MARS)--PLYMOUTH COUNTY SUPERVISORS ON A FOUR-TO-ONE VOTE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH A CONTRACT THAT COULD LEAD TO A NEW OFFICE BUILDING ON THE COURTHOUSE BLOCK IN LE MARS.
SUPERVISORS AUTHORIZED CHAIRMAN JIM HENRICH TO SIGN A CONTRACT FOR SERVICES FROM THE SIOUX CITY ARCHITECTURAL FIRM OF M+. THE FIRM WILL TAKE THE PROJECT TO ADDRESS COURTHOUSE OFFICE AND STORAGE SPACE FROM DESIGN THROUGH CONSTRUCTION AT A COST OF 36-THOUSAND 400 DOLLARS. THE ESTIMATED COST OF A STICK-BUILT OR MODULAR BUILDING IS 400-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SUPERVISOR DON KASS VOTED NO AND CITED HIS PREVIOUS VOTES INVOLVING THE COST OF THE CONSULTANT'S WORK.
KARR TUCKPOINTING OF VINTON SUBMITTED THE ONLY PROPOSAL FOR MAINTENANCE ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE 51-YEAR-OLD RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY ON HIGHWAY THREE EAST. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE FIRM ABOUT THE PROPOSAL IS BEING RESEARCHED BY SUPERVISOR DON KASS PRIOR TO ACTION ON THE KARR TUCKPOINTING PROPOSAL WHICH IS ABOUT 43-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE BOARD HEARD CONSERVATION BOARD DIRECTOR DENNIS SOHL REPORT FUND RAISING FOR THE PROPOSED ECO CENTER BUILDING PROJECT AT HILLVIEW RECREATION AREA WEST OF HINTON IS AT 112 PERCENT OF ITS GOAL. STATE FUNDING WILL BE CONSIDERED BY AT A MEETING IN MARSHALLTOWN LATER THIS MONTH.
(LE MARS)--COMMENTS ON CHANGES IN AN AREA IN AND AROUND LE MARS WILL BE HEARD BY THE LE MARS CITY COUNCIL AND PLYMOUTH COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT SEPARATE MEETINGS SEPTEMBER 15TH.
THE LE MARS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND PLYMOUTH COUNTY ZONING BOARD MET TOGETHER YESTERDAY AT LE MARS CITY HALL.
THE MEMBERS LISTENED AS CITY ADMINISTRATOR SCOTT LANGEL EXPLAINED THE CHANGES IN BOUNDARIES FOR THE LE MARS-PLYMOUTH COUNTY URBAN RENEWAL AREA. THE AREA IS ON THE CITY'S WEST AND SOUTHWEST SIDE, INCLUDING AN AREA IN LE MARS THAT WAS FIRST SET UP AS A CITY-ONLY URBAN RENEWAL AREA.
LANGEL SAYS THE CHANGES STRAIGHTEN OUT LINES CONSISTENT WITH HOW PEOPLE OWN LAND AND THERE WAS A FINAL ATTEMPT MADE TO GET SOME PROPERTY INCLUDED BY HAVING OWNERS SIGN PAPERWORK TO BE PART OF THE AREA.
HE SAID THE ACRES CHANGE WAS NOT LARGE. ONE INVOLVED ADDING THE ENTIRE CRESCENT RIDGE, FORMER WINTER FEEDLOT PROPERTY, OF 60 ACRES INSTEAD OF THE ORIGINAL 20 ACRES.
HE SUMMED UP THE CHANGES AS FOLLOWING LEGAL STATUTES AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS SUCH AS NOT SPLITTING PARCELS OR TAXING DISTRICTS.
BOTH CITY AND COUNTY GROUPS SEPARATELY VOTED TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENTS.
WASHINGTON (AP) An undercover video shot by an animal rights group at an Iowa egg hatchery shows workers discarding unwanted chicks by sending them alive into a grinder.
The video also shows other chicks falling through a sorting machine to die on the factory floor.
Chicago-based Mercy for Animals says it shot the video at Hy-Line North America's hatchery in Spencer over a two-week period in May and June. The video was obtained yesterday by The Associated Press.
In a statement, Hy-Line says it's started an investigation ``of the entire situation.' The hatchery adds that it would have helped if it had been told about ``the potential violation' immediately after it happened.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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