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10/05/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE-PM
(LE MARS)--A REMSEN MAN WHO HAD BEEN REPORTED MISSING BY FAMILY MEMBERS DIED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT NEAR KINGSLEY.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHERIFF MIKE VAN OTTERLOO REPORTS A PARTIALLY SUBMERGED VEHICLE WAS FOUND IN THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AROUND NOON TODAY.
THE DRIVER, 29-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL DAVID AHLERS OF RURAL REMSEN, HAD DIED. AHLERS' FAMILY HAD NOTIFIED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SUNDAY THAT AHLERS HAD NOT BEEN SEEN OR HEARD FROM SINCE THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY.
AUTHORITIES SAY FOUL PLAY IS NOT A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WHICH IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED.
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THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS ASSISTED IN THEIR INVESTIGATION OF THE ACCIDENT BY PLYMOUTH COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER DR. SHEILA HOLCOMB OF LE MARS AND KINGSLEY FIRE AND AMBULANCE.
(ORANGE CITY)-THE DRIVER OF A VAN WAS INJURED WHEN SHE STRUCK A DEER FOUR MILES SOUTH OF ALTON EARLY THIS MORNING.
ACCORDING TO WRITTEN INFORMATION FROM THE SIOUX COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, 33-YEAR OLD CHRISTINE JARMAN OF SPENCER WAS NORTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 60 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
JARMAN WAS TAKEN TO THE ORANGE CITY HOSPITAL BY ALTON AMBULANCE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. (NEWS REPORT BY LARRY SCHMITZ FOR KLEM NEWS)
(LE MARS)--DECLINING INVESTMENT INCOME IN AN IOWA POLICE RETIREMENT PROGRAM WILL BE AN ISSUE FOR THE LE MARS CITY COUNCIL AT BUDGET TIME.
MUNICIPAL FIRE AND POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF IOWA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DENNIS JACOBS SAYS INCREASED CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CITIES ARE NEEDED. ACCORDING TO ASSOCIATED PRESS, INVESTMENTS DROPPED MORE THAN 21 PERCENT IN THE LAST YEAR.
LE MARS AND SIOUX CITY ARE AMONG THE NEARLY 50 IOWA CITIES THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE MUNICIPAL FIRE AND POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF IOWA.
ASSISTANT LE MARS CITY ADMINISTRATOR BILL COLE SAYS THE CITY GOT NOTICE OF THE CITY'S INCREASE IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO POLICE RETIREMENT TODAY.
IN THE CURRENT BUDGET YEAR, COLE REPORTS THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION RATE IS 17 PERCENT. THE AMOUNT THE CITY BUDGETED IS 144-THOUSAND 500 DOLLARS.
THE NEW RATES WILL BE 19.90 PERCENT. ACCORDING TO COLE, THIS TWO-POINT-NINE PERCENT INCREASE WILL AMOUNT TO APPROXIMATELY 25-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ADDITIONAL EXPENSE FOR THE NEW BUDGET AND WILL BE ADDRESSED AT BUDGET PREPARATION TIME WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
(SIOUX CITY)-THE MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTED FIVE MEMBERS TO NEW TERMS DURING ITS ANNUAL MEETING SATURDAY.
THOSE ELECTED TO NEW TERMS INCLUDE DR. J. ROBERT BURKHART, ASSISTANT TO THE BISHOP OF THE IOWA CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN DES MOINES; REV. TONY NESTER, SENIOR PASTOR OF GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN SIOUX CITY; CRAIG STRUVE, PRESIDENT OF C-S ASGROW SERVICES COMPANY IN CALUMET, IOWA; RICHARD WALLER, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF SECURITY NATIONAL BANK IN SIOUX CITY; AND A.J. PRUSS OF NORFOLK, NEBRASKA, MORNINGSIDE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT.
RUSSEL G. OLSON, PRESIDENT OF LIBERTY BANSHARES, INC. OF WEST DES MOINES WAS RE-ELECTED CHAIR OF THE BOARD (NEWS REPORT BY LARRY SCHMITZ FOR KLEM NEWS
(SIOUX CITY)--MORE THAN 100 SIOUXLAND NURSING HOME AND CARE FACILITY RESIDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ON THE BRIAR CLIFF UNIVERSITY CAMPUS THURSDAY.
BRIAR CLIFF CARES AND CAMPUS MINISTRY PROGRAMS AT BRIAR CLIFF UNIVERSITY WILL HOST "SENIOR CITIZENS" DAY.
ASSOCIATE CAMPUS MINISTER AND BRIAR CLIFF CARES DIRECTOR GIL RIDENOUR SAYS "SENIOR CITIZENS' DAY" IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES TO BE OF SERVICE TO THE SIOUXLAND COMMUNITY AND ACTIVELY REACH OUT TO THE ELDERLY AS WELL AS DISPLAY BRIAR CLIFF UNIVERSITY'S CULTURE OF SERVICE.
(HARTLEY)--A FIFTH GENERATION FARM COUPLE IS ONE OF FOUR NATIONAL WINNERS FOR PORK INDUSTRY ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS.
JAC PORK OF HARTLEY WAS CHOSEN THROUGH THE IOWA PORK CHECKOFF AND CO-SPONSOR "NATIONAL HOG FARMER" MAGAZINE.
THE AWARD HONORS PRODUCERS WHO DEMONSTRATE A FIRM COMMITMENT TO SAFEGUARDING THE ENVIRONMENT AND THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
JAC PORK OPERATORS ROGER AND RENEE NATH RAISE ABOUT 35-HUNDRED FINISHER PIGS PER YEAR. THEY ALSO FARM 700 ACRES OF CORN AND SOYBEANS IN A NO-TILL ROTATION SYSTEM.
THEY PUMP WASTE STORED IN AN EARTHEN BASIN TO A DRAG -HOSE SYSTEM AND INJECT MANURE USING A CHISEL PLOW. THEY USE A STRAW-BASED BIOCOVER ON THEIR EARTHEN BASIN TO PREVENT ODOR ISSUES.
JAC PORK USES A COMPOSTING SYSTEM TO RECYCLE MORTALITIES THROUGH A 60-DAY PROCESS.
THE FARM, WHICH IS NEXT TO THE OCHEYEDEN RIVER, HAS FILTER STRIPS AND LAND IN THE CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM EROSION AND OFFER WILDLIFE HABITAT.
THE NATHS PLANT TREES AT EVERY FAMILY MILESTONE.
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