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09/17/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE-PM
(ORANGE CITY)-A HAWARDEN WOMAN WAS KILLED IN A TWO-VEHICLE COLLISION THREE MILES NORTHEAST OF IRETON YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
A SIOUX COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORT IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM AS 58-YEAR OLD JANENE BREUGEM OF HAWARDEN. AUTHORITIES SAY A CAR DRIVEN BY BRUEGEM AND A PICKUP DRIVEN BY 62-YEAR OLD FRANKLIN NOTEBOOM OF ORANGE CITY COLLIDED HEAD-ON. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON HIGHWAY 10 SHORTLY AFTER 3 P.M.
NOTEBOOM RECEIVED INCAPACITATING INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE SIOUX CENTER HOSPITAL AND LATER LIFEFLIGHTED TO MERCY MEDICAL CENTER.
THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. (NEWS REPORT BY LARRY SCHMITZ FOR KLEM NEWS)
(HINTON)--ADVENTURE SEEKERS WILL GATHER AT RURAL HINTON LATE THIS MONTH FOR A "HIKE N SEEK."
THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD'S HILLVIEW RECREATION AREA IS THE SITE OF A THREE-DAY MEETING OF THE IOWA GEOCACHERS ORGANIZATION. MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND FROM IOWA AND OTHER STATES.
GEOCACHING IS A SPORT THAT INVOLVES USING A HAND-HELD GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) RECEIVER TO FIND CONTAINERS HIDDEN BY OTHER PLAYERS. A WEBSITE STORES THE INFORMATION ON THESE CONTAINERS OR CACHES SUCH AS THE COORDINATE INFORMATION AND THE DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY.
EVENT ORGANIZER RICHARD BUMAN OF LE MARS SAYS THE LOCAL COMMITTEE THAT IS ORGANIZING THE EVENT WILL PLACE 150 NEW CACHES FOR THE EVENT IN PLACES IN AND AROUND PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
ACTIVITIES BEGIN AT 4 P-M SEPTEMBER 25TH WITH A CITO EVENT--CACHE IN--TRASH OUT--A TWO HOUR CLEANUP OF TRASH AT HILLVIEW.
ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26TH AT 8:30 THEY'LL HOLD A GEOCACHING 101 CLASS FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT GEOCACHING. LOANER GPS UNITS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO'D LIKE TO TRY THE ACTIVITY. A 24-HOUR GEOCACHING COMPETITION BEGINS AT 10 A.M. A POTLUCK DINNER IS AT 6 SATURDAY EVENING. THE MAIN COMPETITION ENDS SUNDAY MORNING AT 10 FOLLOWED BY AWARDS. THE GATHERING IS A FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT OPEN TO EVERYONE--THOSE WHO ARE CURIOUS AND SEASONED CACHERS. www.iowageocachers.org
(SIOUX CITY)--THE HEAD OF A SIOUXLAND BUSINESS WHO STARTED AT AN ENTRY LEVEL MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO IS THE SIOUXLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DEMING ENTREPRENEURIAL AWARD WINNER.
TERRA INDUSTRIES PRESIDENT AND C-E-O MICHAEL BENNETT RECEIVED THE CHAMBER HONOR DURING THE ANNUAL MEETING LAST NIGHT.
CHAMBER PRESIDENT DEBI DURHAM SAYS BENNETT IS A RESPECTED BUSINESS EXECUTIVE AND ENTREPRENEUR, DISTINGUISHED COMMUNITY LEADER AND VOLUNTEER WHO DEVOTES COUNTLESS HOURS TO CHARITABLE CAUSES THROUGHOUT SIOUXLAND. HIS RECENT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTS HAVE INCLUDED FUND RAISING FOR THE NEW SIOUX CITY MUSEUM AND THE UNITED WAY OF SIOUXLAND.
FORBES MAGAZINE RECOGNIZED BENNETT AS THE MOST VALUABLE BOSS IN THE UNITED STATES AMONG PUBLICLY-TRADED COMPANIES. THE RANKING WAS BASED ON EXECUTIVES WHO DELIVERED THE MOST TO SHAREHOLDERS RELATIVES TO THEIR TOTAL COMPENSATION.
(JOHNSTON)--A NORTHWEST IOWAN IS AN OFFICER FOR THE IOWA SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION.
BOARD ELECTIONS WERE HELD RECENTLY BY THE GROUP WHICH WORKS TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOYBEAN PRODUCERS.
BRIAN KEMP OF SIBLEY IS THE NEWLY ELECTED TREASURER OF THE IOWA SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION.
(OYENS)--WATER MAINS WILL BE FLUSHED IN OYENS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 9-11.
SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (AP) The Pella Corp. is cutting jobs at its window manufacturing plant in Sioux Center.
The Pella-based company says it will eliminate 37 full-time jobs at the end of this week because of the continued slump in the construction industry. The plant currently has 338 employees.
Pella spokeswoman Kathy Krafka Harkema says the business is tied to the health of the housing market, and housing starts in the U.S. are down by more than 40 percent over last year's steep declines.
Harkema says the company, which is heading into a typically slow winter period, is working with other Sioux Center employers to match laid-off workers with open jobs.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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