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11/04/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE-AM
(HINTON)--A LE MARS MAN WAS INJURED IN A CAR-SEMI COLLISION IN HINTON JUST BEFORE FIVE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
ACCORDING TO INFORMATION ABOUT THE ACCIDENT RELEASED THROUGH THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, A CAR DRIVEN BY JONATHON LEARING OF LE MARS WAS TURNING LEFT ONTO HIGHWAY 75 FROM A CITY STREET. LEARING'S CAR WAS STRUCK BY A SOUTHBOUND SEMI DRIVEN BY JAMES POTTEBAUM OF HOSPERS. .
LEARING WAS TAKEN TO MERCY MEDICAL CENTER IN SIOUX CITY BY MERCY AIR CARE. INFORMATION ABOUT HIS CONDITION WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
BOTH THE CAR AND SEMI BLOCKED THE NORTHBOUND LANE OF THE HIGHWAY. TRAFFIC WAS DETOURED ONTO COUNTY ROADS FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
HINTON POLICE WERE ASSISTED BY HINTON FIRE AND AMBULANCE, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, IOWA STATE PATROL AND IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
(LE MARS)--THE MAYOR OF LE MARS TOPPED VOTING TOTALS IN TUESDAY'S UNCONTESTED CITY ELECTIONS.
ACCORDING TO UNOFFICIAL RESULTS FROM THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE, MAYOR DICK KIRCHOFF'S 138 VOTES GIVE HIM ANOTHER TWO YEARS IN OFFICE. KIRCHOFF IS FINISHING HIS FIRST TWO-YEAR TERM.
AT-LARGE COUNCILMAN REX KNAPP HAD 130 VOTES. OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD LOWER VOTE TOTALS BECAUSE THEY ARE ELECTED FROM WARDS AND NOT CITYWIDE.
COUNCILMAN JOHN LEONARD RECEIVED 52 VOTES WHILE WARD THREE COUNCILMAN KEN NELSON HAD 22 VOTES
FLOYD VALLEY HOSPITAL TRUSTEES WHO WERE UNOPPOSED ALSO CAN SERVE AGAIN. WILLIAM E. "BILL" YOUNG HAD 129 VOTES AND CRAIG BAUERLY HAD 128.
LOW VOTER TURNOUT IN LE MARS WAS TYPICAL OF TUESDAY'S TOTALS IN THE COUNTY. AUDITOR STACEY FELDMAN REPORTS 11 PERCENT VOTER TURNOUT IN THE COUNTY. THAT'S 1,017 VOTERS OF THE 11,391 ELIGIBLE. RESULTS ARE UNOFFICIAL UNTIL THEY'RE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TUESDAY MORNING.
(LE MARS)--A MAYORS IN PLYMOUTH COUNTY WAS VOTED OUT OF OFFICE TUESDAY.
UNLESS FINAL RESULTS ARE DIFFERENT OR HE DECLINES OFFICE , A WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN ELECTED BILL HUMMEL AS WESTFIELD'S MAYOR BEGINNING IN JANUARY. HUMMEL'S 30 WRITE-INS GIVE HIM 10 MORE VOTES THAN CANDIDATE MICHAEL BOHLKE'S 20 VOTE TOTAL.
WRITE-INS GAVE TAMMY HUMMEL THE SECOND HIGHEST COUNCIL VOTE TOTAL OF 26 VOTES AND 25 WRITE-IN VOTES FOR DON DION. COUNCILWOMAN JO ANN EDEN HAD THE MOST VOTES WITH A 33 VOTE TOTAL. BILL AND TAMMY HUMMEL ARE HUSBAND AND WIFE.
STEVE DICKMAN IS THE VOTERS CHOICE FOR MAYOR OF BRUNSVILLE. DICKMAN HAD 36 VOTES WHICH IS 32 MORE THAN MAYOR WAYNE SCHLOTFELDT.
LONGTIME STRUBLE MAYOR JOSEPH VOLLMECKE TURNED BACK A CHALLENGE FROM COUNCILMAN DALE GRASMEYER BY NEARLY A THREE-TO-ONE MARGIN. VOLLMECKE HAD 20 VOTES COMPARED TO 7 FOR GRASMEYER IN A RACE FOR MAYOR OF THE COUNTY'S SMALLEST CITY.
OYENS MAYOR CHERYL CHRISTMAN DIDN'T SEEK RE-ELECTION BUT HAD 19 WRITE-INS OF A TOTAL OF 30 VOTES.
INCUMBENT MAYORS RE-ELECTED INCLUDE WAYNE PLENDL OF KINGSLEY, GARY FISCHER OF HINTON, BARRY CORNISH OF CRAIG, RICHARD HUSMAN OF MERRILL.
ORANGE CITY VOTERS WILL GIVE THE MAYOR'S GAVEL TO LES DOUMA IN JANUARY. DOUMA HAD 66 PERCENT SUPPORT WITH MORE THAN ONE-THOUSAND VOTES. COUNCILMAN MICK SNIEDER RECEIVED ABOUT 33 PERCENT SUPPORT. DARYL BELTMAN DID NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION.
ORANGE CITY VOTERS NARROWLY APPROVED CITY BORROWING THROUGH BONDS FOR THE PHOENIX PROJECT. SIXTY PERCENT VOTER APPROVAL WAS NEEDED FOR RETAIL, EVENTS AND PERFORMANCE CENTERS. OF THE 1,649 VOTES, THE YES TOTAL WAS 991 OR 60.10 PERCENT COMPARED TO 658 NO VOTES OR 39.9 PERCENT.
(SIOUX CITY)--SIOUX CITY WILL BE GOVERNED BY THREE NEW MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL IN JANUARY.
VOTERS TUESDAY DEFEATED COUNCILMAN JIM RIXNER IN HIS RE-ELECTION BID. THE FIRST-TERM COUNCILMAN FINISHED IN FOURTH PLACE WITH 2, 840 VOTES.
IN OTHER UNOFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS, FORMER COUNCILMAN TOM PADGETT FINISHED FIRST WITH VOTERS RECEIVING 4,245 VOTES. JOHN FITCH WAS THE SECOND PLACE FINISHER TO WIN ELECTION TO THE COUNCIL WITH 3,915 VOTES. KEITH RADIG WAS THE THIRD PERSON CHOSEN BY SIOUX CITY VOTERS WITH 3,030 VOTES.
UNOFFICIAL CITY ELECTION RESULTS FROM PLYMOUTH COUNTY:
w=unofficial winner
Akron
Two council candidates for 4-year term:
Chad Ericson 33 w
Brent James 44 w
Two candidates to fill two vacancies:
Deanna Boe 42 w
Barbara B. Johnson 41 w
Care center trustees--three to be elected:
Iola Frerichs 46 w
Daniel Rexwinkel 47 w
Tamera Small 46 w
Brunsvillle
Mayor:
Wayne Schlotfeldt 4
Steve Dickman 36 w
Council--elect two
Kathy Renken 29 w
Robert Wiese 25 w
Craig:
Mayor
Barry Cornish 20 w
Council--five seats to be filled:
Candace Eades 17 w
William Lalk 18 w
Gregory Lammers 13 w
Glenn R. Moller 19 w
Owen D. Smith 19 w
Joe De Young 12
Hinton:
Mayor
Gary Fischer 113 w
Council
Randy Roehrich 102 w
Jake Milton 47
Kenneth Spies 138 w
Kingsley:
Mayor
Wayne Plendl 185 w
Council-elect three:
David Dugan 162 w
Chad Iseminger 144
Ron Mathers 149 w
Neal Rolling 200 w
Le Mars:
Mayor
Dick Kirchoff 138 w
Council
Ward 1
John Leonard 52 w
At-Large
Rex Knapp 130 w
Ward Three
Ken Nelson 22 w
Floyd Valley Hospital Trustee-elect two
Craig Bauerly 128 w
William E. "Bill" Young 129 w
Merrill:
Mayor
Richard Husman 45 w
Council--elect two
Nick Hartman 48 w
Lyle Bernard 42 w
Oyens:
Mayor
Cheryl Christman write-ins:19 w
Council--elect three
Randy Kellen 33 w
Kathy Meis 32 w
Steve Swalve 20 w
To fill Oyens vacancy
Eric Mitchell 18 w
Remsen:
Council--elect three
Tom Haverkamp 89 w
Jay Schroeder 59
Jeff Cluck 86 w
Tom Kockler 79
Jeff Schorg 81
David Sonnichsen 104 w
Struble:
Mayor
Dale Grasmeyer 7
Joseph Vollmecke 20 w
Council
Robert Hughes 22 w
Barry Jurgenson 24 w
Scott Keairns 24 w
Kenneth Urban 18 w
Michael Vander Molen 26 w
Westfield:
Mayor-two year term
Michael Bohlke 20
Bill Hummel writein 30 w
Three seats for council to be filled:
Jo Ann Eden 33 w
Bonnie Lahr 24
Julianne Young 22
Tammy Hummel-writein 26 w
Don Dion-writein 25 w
TOTAL VOTES 1,017 WHICH IS 11 PERCENT OF THE 11,391 ELIGIBLE. RESULTS WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON TUESDAY, NOV. 10.
SOURCE: PLYMOUTH COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE
Orange City Phoenix Project:
Yes 991 60.10%
No 658 39.90%
60 percent needed for passage
Source: Sioux County Auditor's office
CITY OF SIOUX CITY COUNCIL:
THOMAS R. PADGETT W
4245
JOHN FITCH W
3915
KEITH W RADIG W
3030
JIM RIXNER
2840
IAN RAPPOLT
2758
DAVID WANTLAND
615
Source: Woodbury County Election Commissioner
(LE MARS)--A PAVED SURFACE IS EXPECTED TO SMOOTH OUT NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLAINTS ABOUT A STREET IN SOUTHWEST LE MARS.
THE CITY COUNCIL TUESDAY AGREED TO PAVE GRAVEL SURFACED 195TH STREET TO THE WEST CITY LIMITS SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. THE COUNCIL LAST MONTH HEARD COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE GRAVEL ROAD ACCESSING CARL'S WELDING AND HOMES.
COUNCILMEMBER DELANA IHRKE ASKED CITY ADMINISTRATOR SCOTT LANGEL ABOUT PAVED STREETS. LANGEL SAID MORE THAN 99 PERCENT OF THE ROADS IN THE CITY ARE PAVED.
ROGER PITTS OF CARL'S WELDING SAYS THERE WEREN'T AS MANY PROBLEMS BEFORE 195TH WAS RECONSTRUCTED FOR THE AIRPORT RUNWAY EXTENSION AND HIGHWAY 75 BYPASS.
THE COUNCIL OKAYED PAVING THE ROUTE FROM HIGHWAY 75 TO THE WEST CITY LIMITS AT A COST ESTIMATED AT 53-THOUSAND DOLLARS. WORK IS TO BE COMPLETED THIS NOVEMBER, IF WEATHER ALLOWS. THE FUNDING SOURCE IS TO BE DETERMINED BUT WILL NOT BE FROM THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. OPTIONS ARE ROAD USE TAX AND REVENUE FROM THE JOINT LE MARS AND PLYMOUTH COUNTY URBAN RENEWAL AREA.
(LE MARS)--FINE-TUNING OF SPACE USE AND SIZES IS PART OF THE PROGRESS TOWARD A BUILDING PROJECT ON THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY COURTHOUSE BLOCK.
BOARD MEMBERS TUESDAY REVISITED WHETHER THE VETERAN AFFAIRS OFFICE WOULD BE RELOCATED OUT OF THE COURTHOUSE INTO AN OFFICE ANNEX BUILDING. BUT, THE CONCENSUS FROM EARLIER TALKS TO KEEP THE OFFICE AREA ON THE MAIN FLOOR OF THE COURTHOUSE, NEAR RECORDER'S OFFICE RECORDS SUCH AS SERVICE DISCHARGE PAPERWORK, WAS KEPT.
SUPERVISOR CRAIG ANDERSON IS THE LIAISON TO ARCHITECT DALE MCKINNEY OF M+ OF SIOUX CITY. ANDERSON SUMMED UP TUESDAY'S SPACE TALKS FOR REPORTERS.
"WE'RE GOING TO CONVEY TO DALE (MCKINNEY) THAT WE THINK THE NORTH END OF THE BUILDING NEEDS TO BE FOUR FEET LONGER WHICH WILL ENLARGE THE MULTI-PURPOSE MEETING ROOM/THE DRIVER'S LICENSE AREA," ANDERSON SAID. "WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE OFFICE LAYOUT JUST A LITTLE BIT SO THAT THE LARGER OFFICES OVER BY JUVENILE COURT, WE'RE GOING TO FLIP THOSE OFFICES AROUND SO WHAT WAS THE VETERAN'S OFFICE WILL BE CLOSER TO THE DRIVER'S LICENSE AND THEN WE'LL EITHER HAVE A TRACKER THERE OR THE DRIVER'S LICENSE CAN USE IT. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO SHRINK THE LOBBY AREA A LITTLE BIT AND TRY NOT TO HAVE WASTED SPACE THERE."
SUPERVISOR ARE PLANNING TO WORK SPACE FOR EQUIPMENT NOW HOUSED IN A METAL SHED INTO THE OFFICE ANNEX PROJECT. THAT WOULD ALLOW REMOVAL OF THE BUILDING WHICH SUPERVISORS HAVE HEARD IS AN EYESORE OF SORTS ON THE COURTHOUSE BLOCK.
(LE MARS)--PLYMOUTH COUNTY'S TREASURY COULD GET A ONE-HALF-MILLION DOLLAR GRANT FOR ROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
ENGINEER TOM ROHE APPLIED FOR 500-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR COUNTY ROAD C-60, FROM K-49 WEST FOUR AND A HALF MILES. THE TRAFFIC SAFETY FUNDS WOULD WIDEN SHOULDERS AND FLATTEN VERTICAL CURVES. ROHE TOLD SUPERVISORS TUESDAY THE ROAD IS TO BE RECONSTRUCTED IN 2011.
ROHE ALSO SAID ACTION BY THE STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION IS NEEDED TO FINALIZE THE SAFETY FUNDS WHICH WOULD BE ONE-THIRD OF THE COST. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION FUNDS AWARDED TO THE REGION WOULD PAY ANOTHER ONE-THIRD, WITH THE BALANCE FROM FARM TO MARKET FUNDS THE COUNTY RECEIVES.
COUNTY OFFICIALS WILL KNOW AFTER A TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEETING NEXT MONTH WHETHER THE FUNDS ARE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION.
(ORANGE CITY)--A SIOUX CITY MAN WILL SERVE UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR A DRUG CONVICTION.
FORTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD JEFFERY RAY COMBS WAS SENTENCED MONDAY IN SIOUX COUNTY DISTRICT COURT.
ACCORDING TO COUNTY ATTORNEY COLEMAN MCALLISTER, COMBS WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA AFTER AN IOWA STATE PATROL OFFICER STOPPED A PICKUP TRUCK FOR SPEEDING IN MARCH.
A SEARCH OF THE PICKUP TRUCK BED LED TO THE OFFICER TO A DUFFLE BAG WITH A BAG OF MARIJUANA AND ROLLING PAPERS. COMBS, A PASSENGER, SAID THE DUFFLE BAG WAS HIS.
THE CHARGE OF POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA WAS ENHANCED TO A FELONY BECAUSE COMBS HAD BEEN CONVICTED OF POSSESSION FIVE TIMES BETWEEN 1990 AND 2002.
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