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09/22/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE-PM
(LE MARS)--A TRANSPORTATION SERVICE OPERATING IN NORTHWEST IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDING PLYMOUTH FINISHED ITS BUDGET YEAR IN THE BLACK.
THAT'S ONE UPDATE SUPERVISOR DON KASS PROVIDED TO THE ENTIRE BOARD TODAY IN COMMITTEE WORK REPORTS..
KASS NOTED THAT SIOUXLAND REGIONAL TRANSIT SYSTEM (SRTS) FUEL COSTS, A DIFFICULT BUDGET AREA TO PREDICT, HAD BEEN BELOW BUDGETED AMOUNTS.KASS EXPLAINED THIS WAS A FACTOR IN FINISHING THE YEAR IN THE BLACK.
SUPERVISOR CRAIG ANDERSON IS THE LINK BETWEEN THE ARCHITECT AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON A PROPOSED COURTHOUSE ANNEX OFFICE BUILDING. ANDERSON REPORTED ON PRELIMINARY LAYOUTS AND SOME CHANGES HE SUGGESTED TO ADDRESS A SEPARATION FOR JUVENILE SERVICES' AFTER HOURS USE OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR GARY JUNGE TOLD SUPERVISORS ABOUT POTENTIAL FEDERAL FUNDS FOR STORM SHELTERS. JUNGE WILL CONTACT THE SIOUXLAND INTERSTATE METROPOLITAN PLANNING COUNCIL (SIMPCO) ABOUT THE PROGRAM WHICH COULD PROVIDE AN OPTION TO CREATE THAT STORM SHELTER IN THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE PROPOSED ANNEX OFFICE BUILDING.
ON BEHALF OF THE LE MARS BUSINESS INITIATIVE CORPORATION, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEAL ADLER PROVIDED AN UPDATE. ADLER REPORTED ON GROWTH BY EXISTING AND NEW INDUSTRIES. HE CONTRASTED PLYMOUTH COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF FOUR-POINT-TWO PERCENT WITH THE STATE RATE OF MORE THAN SIX PERCENT.
CONSERVATION BOARD DIRECTOR DENNIS SOHL TOLD THE BOARD THERE ARE NOW THREE BOAT RAMPS FOR ACCESS IN PLYMOUTH COUNTY. THE THIRD ONE IS THE NEW BOAT RAMP SOUTH OF AKRON.
SUPERVISOR GORDON GREENE ASKED FOR AND GOT BOARD CONSENSUS TO INVITE A MIDAMERICAN ENERGY REPRESENTATIVE TO GIVE THE BOARD A CAP AND TRADE LEGISLATION UPDATE. GREENE HAD RECEIVED THE INFORMATION AT A MEETING HE ATTENDED.
SUPERVISOR MARK LOUTSCH REPORTED THE RURAL LE MARS LANDFILL IS OPEN THE FIRST AND THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH AND THE LANDFILL IS MAKING A LITTLE MONEY. SLOWER VOLUMES LED THE AGENCY TO CLOSE SATURDAY HOURS DURING THE WINTER MONTHS.
(SIOUX CITY)--A DENISON MAN WILL BE SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT IN SIOUX CITY FOR A DRUG CONVICTION.
ACCORDING TO THE U-S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 23-YEAR-OLD VICTOR MANUEL ESTRADA PLED GUILTY TO DISTRIBUTING MORE THAN 50 GRAMS OF METH IN DENISON IN AUGUST OF 2007.
AUTHORITIES SAY HE DISTRIBUTED THE DRUG TO AN INDIVIDUAL COOPERATING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SENTENCING HAS NOT YET BEEN SET. ESTRADA IS BEING HELD FOR THE U-S MARSHAL'S SERVICE.
(SPIRIT LAKE)-A 29-YEAR OLD RURAL SPIRIT LAKE MAN WAS ARRESTED EARLY THIS MORNING AND CHARGED WITH THIRD-DEGREE SEXUAL ABUSE.
ACCORDING TO WRITTEN INFORMATION FROM THE CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, CLINT TYRELL ROBINSON ALLEGEDLY WALKED INTO A BEDROOM AT A FARM RESIDENCE SUNDAY, WHERE A 16-YEAR OLD FEMALE WAS PASSED OUT FROM TOO MUCH ALCOHOL, AND HAD NON-CONSENTUAL SEX WITH THE GIRL.
AUTHORITES SAY A SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED AT ROBINSON'S RESIDENCE AND SEVERAL CLOTHING ITEMS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. SAMPLES OF ROBINSON'S DNA WERE ALSO TAKEN AND SENT TO THE IOWA DCI LAB FOR ANALYSIS AND TESTING. (NEWS REPORT BY LARRY SCHMITZ FOR KLEM NEWS)
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