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09/16/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE-PM
(LE MARS)-A WEBSITE DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE CONTRACT WITH A LE MARS BUSINESS HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE LE MARS CITY COUNCIL.
THE UPGRADE TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE WILL BE DONE BY T.J. TEMPLETON, DOING BUSINESS AS LE MARTIAN STUDIOS AT A COST OF $7,000 PLUS A $1,000 PER MONTH MAINTENANCE FEE DURING THE FIRST YEAR.
MAYOR DICK KIRCHOFF SAID THE GOAL IS TO HAVE ALL 18 CITY DEPARTMENTS ON THE WEBSITE.
"THE ONE THING THAT SCARES ME AFTER WE GET IT UP AND GOING IS THAT IT WILL TAKE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO KEEP IT UPDATED." "I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT WEBSITES, BUT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU IT AIN'T WORTH A DARN IF NOBODY KEEPS IT UPDATED AND THAT PROGRAM NEEDS TO BE INSTALLED SOMEWAY SHAPE OR FORM," KIRCHOFF SAID AT THE MEETING TUESDAY.
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER CHRISTY COLLINS WILL SERVE AS THE CONTACT PERSON, WORKNG WITH THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENT HEADS AND TEMPLETON CONCERNING FILES TO BE PUT ON THE NEWLY DESIGNED WEBSITE.
TEMPLETON TOLD THE COUNCIL HE HOPES TO HAVE THE SITE UP AND RUNNING IN ABOUT 30 DAYS.
(LE MARS)-THE LE MARS CITY COUNCIL HAS SET OCTOBER 6TH AS THE DATE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON PLANS FOR A WHITETOPPING PROJECT ON 3RD AVENUE S.E.
WHITETOPPING IS PUTTING A CONCRETE OVERLAY ON EXISTING BLACKTOP. THE WORK WOULD BE DONE ON 3RD AVENUE S.E. FROM 2ND STREET TO 5TH STREET SOUTH, EXLUDING THE 4TH STREET INTERSECTION BECAUSE IT IS NEW. CITY ADMINISTRATOR SCOTT LANGEL SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THE STREET HAS BEEN THERE FOR 85 YEARS, THE UNDERLYING STRUCTURE IS STILL OKAY.
THE COST IS ESTIMATED AT $125,000. THE COUNCIL SET OCTOBER 1ST AS THE DATE FOR RECEIVING BIDS, WHICH WILL BE CONSIDERED AT THE OCTOBER 6TH MEETING.
LANGEL SAID THE STREET WOULD BE CLOSED DURING THE PROJECT, WHICH HE SAID WOULD TAKE A SHORT TIME TO COMPLETE.
MEANWHILE, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER DETOUR FOR REPAIR WORK AT THE INTERSECTION OF PLYMOUTH STREET AND 5TH AVENUE N.E. PLANS FOR THAT WORK WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
(SIOUX CITY)--THE 2009 HOMECOMING ROYAL COURT AT BRIAR CLIFF UNIVERSITY INCLUDES A STUDENT FROM REMSEN.
JASON WESSELMAN IS A REMSEN-ST. MARY'S HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE MAJORING IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AT BRIAR CLIFF. WESSELMAN IS THE SON OF JIM AND SUSAN WESSELMAN. HIS BRIAR CLIFF ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PEER ADVISORY LEADER, TRACK AND CROSS COUNTRY.
CORONATION OF BRIAR CLIFF UNIVERSITY'S HOMECOMING KING AND QUEEN WILL TAKE PLACE FRIDAY IN THE STARK STUDENT CENTER ON CAMPUS.
(WASHINGTON, D-C)--A NORTHWEST IOWA NATIVE WILL HEAD A WASHINGTON, D-C BASED GROUP WORKING TO BUILD AND EXPAND GRAIN EXPORTS.
THOMAS DORR BEGINS HIS WORK AS PRESIDENT AND C-E-O OF THE U-S GRAINS COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 16TH.
THE COUNCIL IS A PRIVATE, NON-PROFIT PARTNERSHIP OF FARMERS AND AGRIBUSINESSES COMMITTED TO INTERNATIONAL MARKETS FOR BARLEY, CORN, AND GRAIN SORGHUM.
DORR SAID BEING A MARCUS IOWA FARMER FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS AND SERVING WITH THE U-S-D-A FOR SEVEN YEARS GAVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND AND VALUE THE NEARLY 50 YEARS OF EXPORT MARKET DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS OF THE COUNCIL.
DORR SAYS HIS FIRST PRIORITY IN HIS NEW POSITION WILL BE TO WORK WITH THE COUNCIL'S MEMBERSHIP, BOARD AND STAFF TO CLEARLY DEFINE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL GRAIN TRADE AND NOT JUST THE CHALLENGES.
(ORANGE CITY)-A HAWARDEN MAN WAS ARRESTED LAST NIGHT IN PLYMOUTH COUNTY LAST NIGHT AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN SIOUX COUNTY.
A SIOUX COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORT SAYS 30-YEAR OLD JUAN DUENAS LOST CONTROL OF A PICKUP FOUR MILES SOUTHWEST OF MAURICE. THE VEHICLE WENT INTO A DITCH AND ROLLED ON ITS TOP. AUTHORITIES SAY DUENAS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND LEFT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT. HE WAS LATER STOPPED FOR A TRAFFIC OFFENSE IN PLYMOUTH COUNTY AND WAS ARRESTED FOR O-W-I.
SIOUX COUNTY AUTHORITES CHARGED DUENAS WITH FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL, DRIVING WITHOUT A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE AND NO INSURANCE. (NEWS REPORT BY LARRY SCHMITZ FOR KLEM NEWS)
(Des Moines)--The U-S Ag Secretary has approved disaster declarations for 25 Iowa counties from damage suffered in severe storms, hail, and flooding between August first through the ninth. Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division administrator, David Miller, says there was other damage in the storms.
Miller says after every disaster they do a damage assessment and look at damage to individuals and families, damages to businesses and public infrastructure, and damages to agriculture. He says they accumulate all the information and it may warrant doing a joint assessment with FEMA. The results of the assessment found the damage to crops was the worst.
Miller says they found out there wasn't enough damage to ask for an S-B-A designation to help families and businesses, and there wasn't enough damage to ask for a presidential designation for public infrastructure.
Agriculture was the only area where there was enough damage to request the disaster declaration. Calhoun, Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin, Ida, Sac, Webster and Woodbury were declared the primary natural disaster areas. Nearby counties also included in the disaster declaration are: Black Hawk, Boone, Buena Vista, Butler, Carroll, Cherokee, Crawford, Franklin, Greene, Humboldt, Marshall, Monona, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Story, Tama and Wright. Miller says the approval of the designation will give producers some options.
He says they will be able to sign up for low-interest loan programs from the Farm Services Agency for the hail damage. The Farm Service Agency considers each application on its own merit by taking into account the extent of losses, security available, and repayment ability. Local F-S-A offices will have information on the program. (News report by Radio Iowa)
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