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10/30/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE-AM
(REMSEN)--REMSEN'S MAIN STREET IS THE LOCATION A REMSEN-BASED UTILITY IS PROVIDING TO HELP A REMSEN-BASED GROUP WITH OFFICE NEEDS.
WESTEL SYSTEMS GENERAL MANAGER AND C-E-O BOB GANNON SEES THE OFFICE BUILDING LEASE AT A MODEST COST TO MID-SIOUX OPPORTUNITY AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. .
"WE HAD A BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN REMSEN THAT WAS SETTING EMPTY," GANNON SAYS. "WE'D USED IT FOR OTHER PURPOSES IN THE PAST. MID-SIOUX OPPORTUNITY HAD A NEED FOR SOME SPACE AND SO WE LOOKED AT IT KIND OF TWOFOLD AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND A WAY TO HELP ONE OF OUR BETTER CUSTOMERS OUT IN TERMS OF SPACE NEEDS.
BECAUSE WE ARE A COMMUNITY-BASED COMPANY AND WE TRY TO HELP ALL THE BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCES IN THE TOWNS WE SERVE. AS ONE OF OUR BETTER CUSTOMERS THEY CERTAINLY ARE A SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR US AND SO IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO TRY AND RETAIN THEIR BUSINESS AND HELP THEM IN ANY WAY WE CAN TO KEEP THAT GOING IN THE FUTURE."
BY MOVING MEETINGS AND CONFERENCING TO THE WES-TEL SPACE, MID-SIOUX EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DICK SIEVERS SAYS SIX OFFICES WERE ADDED TO THE CENTRAL OFFICE. OFFICES STAYED IN REMSEN RATHER THAN BEING RELOCATED.
"WE CERTAINLY WANTED TO TRY TO FIND A LOCATION HERE IN REMSEN BECAUSE IT JUST MADE THE MOST SENSE WITH THE MAJORITY OF OUR STAFF BEING HERE," SIEVERS SAYS. "BUT, WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS, INCLUDING STAFF PERHAPS WORKING IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY.
IT HELPS US A LOT BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, STATE BUDGETS ARE REALLY TIGHT THESE DAYS. WHEN WE CAN FIND A PARTNERSHIP LIKE THIS THAT ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE A GOOD SERVICE AT A VERY REASONABLE COST, THAT JUST MAKES THINGS A WHOLE LOT BETTER FOR US, EASIER FOR US TO MANAGE OUR BUDGET AS I'M SURE IT DOES WITH ANY BUSINESS."
SIEVERS THANKS WESTEL SYSTEMS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE CONFERENCE AND MEETING CENTER. HE EXPECTS BOARD MEMBERS FROM A FIVE-COUNTY AREA AND STATE STAFF FROM DES MOINES TO USE THE SPACE AS WELL AS STAFF WHO ARE TRAINING. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS LIKELY TO INCLUDE MEALS AND FUEL PURCHASES IN REMSEN.
(LE MARS)--WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES--A DRY DAY THAT IS FOR CITY OF LE MARS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR SCOTT LANGEL SAYS THE SIXTH AVENUE NORTHEAST STORM SEWER PROJECT, NEAR FLOYD VALLEY APARTMENTS, IS VIRTUALLY DONE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF INTAKES. ERNST CONSTRUCTION OF LE MARS HAS COMPLETED THE STORM SEWER ON 21ST STREET AND IS WORKING ON 18TH STREET.
LANGEL SAYS THE BUSINESS HIGHWAY 75 WORK PROGRESS WAS MADE WITH SOME ACTIVITY LAST WEEKEND.
"I THINK TIM HARRIS OUT ON BUSINESS (HIGHWAY) 75 HAS WELCOMED THE ADDITIONAL NICE WEATHER. ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS HE ASKED HIS PEOPLE TO WORK THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND THEY DID SO, SOME OF THEM, NOT ALL. SO, HE'S HAD A VERY GOOD WEEK, I THINK, IN BETWEEN THESE RAINS," LANGEL SAYS.
THERE'S ALSO PROGRESS ON HIGHWAY THREE NEAR FLOYD VALLEY HOSPITAL AND FAMILY MEDICINE CLINIC OF LE MARS.
"THE UTILITIES HAVE BEEN RELOCATED THEREFORE THE BOXED CULVERT WING WALLS CAN PROCEED," LANGEL REPORTS. "SIOUX CITY ENGINEERING HAD STARTED THAT PROCESS AND PUT IN THE STEM WALL THAT IT TAKES TO GET THAT BUILT. SO, THE STEM WALL IS BUILT. LIEBER CONSTRUCTION, THE SUB CONTRACTOR DOING THE GRADING, IS PRETTY WELL GRADED NOW ALL THE WAY FROM FIRST STREET NORTH ON OVER TO THE BOXED CULVERT SO THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH IN FRONT OF THE HOSPITAL AND CLINIC AND PARK PLACE ESTATES, COMPLETELY GRADED PROPERLY NOW."
NEARLY SIX INCHES OF MOISTURE FROM SNOW AND RAINFALL HAS BEEN RECORDED AT KLEM THIS MONTH.
(ORANGE CITY)--AN IRETON TEEN WAS INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT THREE MILES NORTHEAST OF IRETON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THE SIOUX COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTS A SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 16-YEAR-OLD COLE WOBBEMA OF IRETON WAS APPROACHING A RURAL INTERSECTION AND MET A SEMI TANKER TRAILER LOADED WITH MANURE. .
THE SEMI DRIVEN BY 55-YEAR-OLD ROGER FEDDERS OF IRETON AND WOBBEMA'S S-U-V WENT INTO A DITCH AND ROLLED. THE SEMI CAME TO REST ON TOP OF THE S-U-V IN THE CORNFIELD.
WOBBEMA WAS TAKEN TO THE SIOUX CENTER HOSPITAL BY IRETON AMBULANCE. WOBBEMA'S INJURIES ARE LISTED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS NON-LIFE THREATENING.
(SIOUX CITY)--SIOUXLAND HOSPITALS ARE ANNOUNCING NEW HONORS FOR QUALITY OF CARE.
NATIONAL RESEARCH CORPORATION RECOGNIZED ST. LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AS SIOUXLAND'S PREFERRED HOSPITAL.
THE CONSUMER CHOICE AWARD IS AN HONOR GIVEN BY THE NATIONAL RESEARCH CORPORATION TO THE NATION'S HOSPITALS WITH THE HIGHEST QUALITY AND IMAGE.
CONSUMER CHOICE AWARD WINNERS ARE DETERMINED BY CONSUMER PERCEPTIONS IN FOUR AREAS. THEY ARE BEST OVERALL PHYSICIANS, NURSES, QUALITY AND IMAGE AND REPUTATION.
ST. LUKE'S TOP ADMINISTRATOR, PETER THOREEN SAYS THE AWARD IS PARTICULARLY AN HONOR AS CONSUMERS ARE BECOMING MORE CAUTIOUS ABOUT WHO THEY CHOOSE FOR QUALITY HEALTHCARE IN TODAY'S DOWNWARD ECONOMY.
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER HAS BEEN HONORED WITH A NATIONAL CLINICAL EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR VASCULAR SURGERY FROM HEALTHGRADES, THE NATION'S LEADING HEALTHCARE RATINGS GROUP.
ACCORDING TO THE NEW HEALTHGRADES STUDY, MERCY MEDICAL CENTER RANKS AMONG THE TOP 5 PERCENT OF THE NATION'S HOSPITALS FOR VASCULAR SURGERY.
HEALTHGRADES' HOSPITAL RATINGS AND AWARD REFLECT THE TRACK RECORD OF PATIENT OUTCOMES AT HOSPITALS IN THE FORM OF DEATHS AND COMPLICATION RATES.
MERCY INTERIM PRESIDENT AND C-E-O BOB PEEBLES SAYS THE REGIONAL COMMUNITY CAN BE ASSURED THAT SOME OF THE BEST MEDICAL CARE IN THE HE NATION IS AVAILABLE AT MERCY. THE STUDY LOOKED AT 17 PROCEDURES AND DIAGNOSES.
(SAC CITY)--AN AUBURN MAN DIED AFTER THE TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING STRUCK UTILITY POLES FOUR MILES NORTH OF BREDA EARLY THURSDAY.
THE SAC COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTS 24-YEAR-OLD JON FRANK WAS DRIVING NORTH ON A COUNTY ROAD WHEN THE WHEELS OF THE TRUCK DROPPED OFF ON THE EAST SHOULDER.
AUTHORITIES SAY FRANK OVERCORRECTED AND THE TRUCK WENT INTO THE DITCH, STRUCK A UTILITY POLE, ROLLED AND STRUCK ANOTHER POLE. FRANK WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT AND WAS EJECTED FROM THE TRUCK.
HE DIED AT A CARROLL HOSPITAL.
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) Officials of states along the Missouri River say a study ordered by Congress will help determine if changes are needed in the legally authorized purposes of the six reservoirs built on the river decades ago.
The federal law requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to review the original purposes established in the 1944 Flood Control Act that authorized construction of the dams in Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota. The study is expected to take several years.
Members of the Missouri River Association of States and Tribes discussed the study at a meeting in Pierre, S.D. The group will make recommendations on what the study will involve.
Downstream states want water for barge traffic, while upstream states want water kept in reservoirs to support fishing and boating.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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