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10/31/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE-SATURDAY
(WASHINGTON, D-C)--Low fuel may be a factor in the crash of a plane near Sheldon in June that claimed three lives.
The men from Wisconsin who died in the crash were on the flight from Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin to Winner, South Dakota for a hunting trip. .
The O'Brien County Sheriff's office identified the men as Francis Allegretti, 64, of Cambridge, Wis.; Thomas Boos, 60, of Fort Atkinson, Wis.; and Malcolm McMillan, 65, of Milton, Wis.
A factual report on the June 23 accident was released by the National Transportation Safety Board this week.
According to the report, a family member of one passengers remembered being told the flight could not leave with full fuel tanks due to the high temperature and expected weight of the plane. When the plane was being taken out of the hanger at the time the flight was leaving Wisconsin, a witness overheard the group say they planned a fuel stop along the route of flight. Investigators checking the wreckage found the Sheldon Municipal Airport page was removed from the Iowa Airport Directory and clipped onto a knee board in the plane.
The N-T-S-B report says witnesses northeast of the accident site had seen the plane at a low altitude and the engine was described by them as "coughing, sputtering and missing." The engine quit, restarted and quit again. Witnesses and rescue personnel who responded to the crash reported no smell or evidence of fuel at the accident site.
(LE MARS)--CITY OF LE MARS DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE WORKING ON CENSUS AND WEB SITE PROJECTS.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR SCOTT LANGEL SAYS CITY EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS CONTRACTED EMPLOYEES ARE PART OF CITY EFFORTS TO ASSIST T-J TEMPLETON OF LE MARTIAN STUDIOS IN THE UPGRADE OF THE WEBSITE www.lemarsiowa.com
"A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE, I THINK HE HAS GOT 73 PAGES ON THAT WEBSITE THAT ARE UPDATED FULLY," LANGEL SAYS. "HE HAS A COUPLE OF DEPARTMENTS TO GO YET AND SO WE'RE KIND OF ANTICIPATING THE FIRST PART TO THE MIDDLE PART OF NOVEMBER AS BEING A DEPLOYMENT DATE."
THE CITY IS CHECKING LISTS AND OTHER RECORDS TO ASSIST CENSUS STAFF TO MAKE SURE ALL RESIDENTS ARE COUNTED NEXT YEAR. LANGEL SAYS DEPARTMENT HEADS WERE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS THIS WEEK.
"ALSO, I MEET WITH KINDA OF AN AD HOC GROUP THAT HAS EXPRESSED SOME WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH THE CITY," LANGEL EXPLAINS. "I THINK AS I MENTIONED MAYBE A WEEK OR TO BACK THAT IT'S ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE THAT WE COUNT EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN LE MARS CORPORATE LIMITS ESPECIALLY THIS TIME AROUND BECAUSE IN A DECLINING ECONOMIC CONDITION WE DON'T WANT TO BE MISCOUNTED WHEREBY THEN THE REVENUES SOURCES ARE UNDERESTIMATED."
THE PLANNING FOR A CENSUS NEXT APRIL INCLUDES WORK TO ASSURE THAT RETIREMENT-AGE RESIDENTS WHO WINTER AWAY FROM LE MARS ARE COUNTED.
(REMSEN)--THE THIRTY-SIXTH OBSERVANCE OF REMSEN'S GERMAN AND LUXEMBOURG HERITAGE IS CELEBRATED TODAY.
OKTOBERFEST ENTERTAINMENT BEGINS WITH THE LITTLE LUXEMBOURG PRINCE AND PRINCESS CONTEST AT 1:30 THIS AFTERNOON AT SAINT MARY'S GYM. .
THE FAMILY STYLE DINNER FEATURING AMERICAN, LUXEMBOURG AND GERMAN FOOD IS SERVED FROM THREE THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL EIGHT TONIGHT AT ST. MARY'S HIGH SCHOOL.
THE LUXEMBOURG HERITAGE SOCIETY OF NORTHWEST IOWA DISPLAYS HOLDINGS AT THE REMSEN LIBRARY MEETING ROOM FROM NINE UNTIL THREE TODAY. THE DISPLAY FEATURES A COLLECTION OF ITEMS FROM LONG-TIME HERITAGE SOCIETY MEMBER FRANCES HANSEN OF ALTON.
THE TRADITIONAL MUSIC OF THE OKTOBERFEST CELEBRATION IS PERFORMED AT ST. MARY'S BEGINNING AT 2:30 THIS AFTERNOON. GROUPS INCLUDE BRUCE BRADLEY OF BROWTON, MINNESOTA AND THE REMSEN ST. MARY'S OKTOBERFEST BAND.
ARTS AND CRAFTS ARE AT REMSEN CITY HALL AUDITORIUM AND THE AVALON UNTIL THREE THIS AFTERNOON.
(SERGEANT BLUFF)--A GRANT TO RENOVATE THE SERGEANT BLUFF CITY HALL WILL BE FORMALLY ANNOUNCED NEXT WEEK.
LT. GOVERNOR PATTY JUDGE WILL MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN SERGEANT BLUFF IN THE BUILDING WHERE THE STATE GRANT WILL BE USED.
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR A 250-THOUSAND DOLLAR I-JOBS GRANT.
THE EVENT, FEATURING THE STATE'S SECOND HIGHEST RANKING ELECTED OFFICIAL, IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WEDNESDAY MORNING AT NINE.
(SIOUX CITY)--WESTERN IOWA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS FOCUSING ON FIRST YEAR STUDENT SUCCESS.
THE SIOUX CITY-BASED COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS PART OF A NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION PROJECT KNOWN AS "FOUNDATIONS OF EXCELLENCE" IN THE FIRST COLLEGE YEAR.
THE PROJECT SPONSORED BY THE POLICY CENTER ON THE FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE USES A MODEL OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE FIRST YEAR.
WESTERN IOWA TECH DEAN OF STUDENTS DR. JULINE ALBERT, AND ASSISTANT DIVISION CHAIR FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, JEAN BUSKER, ARE CO-CHAIRS OF THE FIRST YEAR STUDENT PROJECT. ALBERT SAYS THIS BRINGS TOGETHER CAMPUS FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS TO LEARN HOW WESTERN IOWA TECH CAN IMPROVE NEW STUDENT LEARNING AND RETENTION BY ENHANCING ALL AREAS OF THE FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE.
MORE THAN 100 FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE YEAR-LONG PROCESS.
(SCOTLAND, SD)--A CRASH IN YANKTON COUNTY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A LESTERVILLE, SOUTH DAKOTA MAN.
THE SOUTH DAKOTA HIGHWAY PATROL FRIDAY IDENTIFIED THE MAN WHO DIED IN A ONE-VEHICLE ROLLOVER THURSDAY AS 29-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN EDWIN PINKELMAN.
ACCORDING TO THE PATROL, PINKELMAN WAS DRIVING A CAR THAT LEFT THE ROAD EAST OF SCOTLAND AND ROLLED OVER.
THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED EAST OF THE BON HOMME COUNTY LINE IN YANKTON COUNTY.
(SIOUX CITY)--AN OMAHA MAN HAS BEEN CONVICTED IN FEDERAL COURT IN SIOUX CITY ON DRUG CONSPIRACY.
ACCORDING TO THE U-S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 25-YEAR-OLD JOSE ALVARADO PLED GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE 50 GRAMS OR MORE OF METHAMPHETAMINE.
BASED ON COURT PROCEEDINGS, ALVARADO WAS INVOLVED IN THE DELIVERY OF TWO COUNTS OF "ICE" IN OMAHA TO A CO-CONSPIRATOR WHO WAS GOING TO TAKE THE METHAMPHETAMINE TO SIOUX CITY FOR RESALE.
ALVARADO IS BEING HELD FOR THE U-S MARSHAL'S SERVICE UNTIL HE IS SENTENCED.
FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds says a federal study should change management of the Missouri River to better reflect the needs of people who live along it.
Congress has ordered a review of the 1944 law that authorized construction of the six dams on the Missouri River and spelled out the purposes of the dams and reservoirs.
In a speech to the Missouri River Association of States and Tribes, Rounds said the states and tribes must cooperate in providing information and recommendations to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Congress will decide whether to change the designated purposes of the dams based on the Corps of Engineers report.
Rounds says fishing and other recreation on the reservoirs should be given a higher priority.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
(LE MARS)--DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS AT 2 A-M SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1. SET YOUR CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR WHEN YOU GO TO SLEEP SATURDAY NIGHT. FIRE OFFICIALS RECOMMEND TESTING SMOKE DETECTORS AND REPLACING BATTERIES IN THE DETECTORS.
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