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11/05/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE-AM
(LE MARS)--MESSAGES FROM LE MARS POLICE ARE AVAILABLE BY EMAIL AND TEXT.
LE MARS POLICE CHIEF STUART DEKKENGA SAYS THE NEW WAY TO DISTRIBUTE PUBLIC INFORMATION IS THROUGH NIXLE.
DEKKENGA TOLD REPORTERS YESTERDAY THOSE WHO REGISTER FOR INFORMATION FROM POLICE CAN GET TRAFFIC UPDATES, COMMUNITY MESSAGES, ADVISORIES AND ALERTS.
"THE OFFICERS WILL CALL IT IN THE FIELD AND SAY, 'LET'S PUT A NIXLE MESSAGE OUT THAT SAYS, 'AVOID THIS AREA OF TOWN BECAUSE OF A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ....' THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING WOULD HAVE BEEN A NICE PLACE TO USE IT TO ASK PEOPLE TO AVOID HIGHWAY THREE EAST BECAUSE THERE IS A BIG HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. "
THE INFORMATION FROM NIXLE COMMUNICATION PUTS MORE EYES, EARS AND FEET ON THE STREET FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. DEKKENGA SAYS A LOST CHILD WAS FOUND THROUGH THE NIXLE SYSTEM WHEN IT WAS USED BY THE SIOUX COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
"THEY KIND OF WORK THERE WAY UP A FROM JUST A CASUAL, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW KNOW ABOUT THIS THING KIND OF THING TO MORE OF A WE HAVE A REAL PROBLEM HERE AND THE FINAL ONE IS AN ALERT," DEKKENGA EXPLAINS. "THE ALERTS ARE FOR EMERGENCIES. SIOUX COUNTY USED AN ALERT NIXLE MESSAGE TO FIND THAT LITTLE GIRL SIX-SEVEN WEEKS AGO AND THAT HAPPENED TO WORK OUT REAL WELL. THAT WAS ALL ABOUT BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME AND HAVING BEEN SIGNED UP FOR THE SERVICE."
THE NIXLE SYSTEM COULD BRING INFORMATION DIRECTLY TO POLICE FROM PEOPLE GETTING EMAILS OR TEXT MESSAGES.
"IF IT'S A TRAFFIC THING OR IF IT'S JUST A COMMUNITY EVENT, THERE PROBABLY WON'T BE ANY CONTACT INFORMATION EXCEPT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PHONE NUMBER," DEKKENGA SAYS. "IF IT'S A SPECIFIC EVENT WHERE WE HAVE OFFICERS WORKING A CASE, WE COULD PUT IN A DIFFERENT PHONE NUMBER OR A DIFFERENT EMAIL ADDRESS THAT WOULD SEND THOSE REPLIES RIGHT BACK TO THAT PARTICULAR OFFICER. MOST OF THE TIME WE'RE JUST GOING TO USE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PHONE NUMBER AND WE'LL LET THE STAFF ROUTE THOSE CALLS BACK."
THE SYSTEM IS FREE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ANYONE WHO SIGNS UP FOR THE MESSAGES. TO RECEIVE MESSAGES FROM LE MARS POLICE USING NIXLE, REGISTER AT THE WEBSITE nixle.com
(LE MARS)--FLOYD VALLEY COMMUNITY HEALTH WILL OFFER THE FIRST SCHOOL-BASED H-1-N-1 FLU VACCINE CLINIC TOMORROW.
DEB STEFFEN IS PROVIDING H-1-N-1- AND SEASONAL FLU UPDATES ON FLOYD VALLEY COMMUNITY HEALTH'S INFLUENZA INFORMATION LINE. STEFFEN SAYS A SMALL AMOUNT OF H-1-N-1- VACCINE IS AVAILABLE AND WILL BE DISTRIBUTED FRIDAY. .
"WE HAVE SCHEDULED THE FIRST SCHOOL-BASED CLINIC AT ST. CATHERINE'S GRADE SCHOOL IN OYENS ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH AT 1 P-M AND WILL BE AT ST. MARY'S GRADE SCHOOL IN REMSEN AT 1:45 THE SAME DAY," STEFFEN REPORTS ON THE INFLUENZA INFORMATION LINE. "THIS WILL BE LIMITED TO STUDENTS IN THOSE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE RETURNED SIGNED PARENTAL CONSENTS TO THE SCHOOL. WE ARE ALSO TAKING APPOINTMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING PRIORITY GROUPS: CHILDREN SIX MONTHS THROUGH FOUR YEARS, PARENTS OF CHILDREN UNDER SIX MONTHS OF AGE AND PREGNANT WOMEN. PLEASE 546-3335 TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT. AS MORE VACCINE BECOMES AVAILABLE, OTHER SCHOOL-BASED CLINICS WILL BE SCHEDULED AND THE PRIORITY GROUPS WILL BE EXPANDED."
INFORMATION ABOUT SCHOOL BASED AND PUBLIC VACCINE CLINICS WILL BE POSTED ON THE H-1-N-1 QUICK LINK PORTION OF THE FLOYD VALLEY HOSPITAL WEB SITE, www.floydvalleyhospital.org
ACCORDING TO STEFFEN, FLOYD VALLEY COMMUNITY HEALTH CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE ANY SEASONAL FLU VACCINE. THE INFORMATION LINE NUMBER IS 546-3716.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) The latest deaths in Iowa that are H-1-N-1 related include a Siouxland adult.
The four deaths reported Wednesday by the Iowa Department of Public Health include adults in Monona County, Dubuque County, Polk County, and Mills County. All but one person had medical conditions that increased the risk of complications.
To date, Iowa has reported 11 confirmed H1N1 deaths in the state, including ten adults and one child.
The IDPH medical director, Dr. Patricia Quinlisk, says that while school-age children have been most affected by the H-1-N-1 flu virus over the past several weeks, surveillance is starting to show an increase in adult illness.
(SERGEANT BLUFF)--A SERGEANT BLUFF EMPLOYER PLANS TO HIRE MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE.
STREAM GLOBAL SERVICES IN SERGEANT BLUFF HANDLES INBOUND CUSTOMER SERVICE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT CALLS FOR SEVERAL CORPORATIONS.
STREAM'S PLANS TO EXPAND ITS WORKFORCE ARE BEING MADE ABOUT THREE YEARS AFTER STREAM OPENED AT THE SERGEANT BLUFF SITE FORMERLY USED BY M-C-I /VERIZON.
SERGEANT BLUFF MAYOR DALE PETERSEN THANKED STREAM'S EXECUTIVES FOR THEIR PRESENCE AND LEADERSHIP IN THE SERGEANT BLUFF COMMUNITY. PETERSEN SAYS, AT A TIME WHEN MANY COMMUNITIES ARE STRUGGLING TO RETAIN JOBS, SERGEANT BLUFF IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE AN EMPLOYER LIKE STREAM ADDING POSITIONS. DEBI DURHAM OF THE SIOUXLAND INITIATIVE SAYS THE INITIATIVE WILL DO ALL IT CAN TO ASSIST STREAM'S EFFORTS TO HIRE AND RETAIN THE EMPLOYEES THEIR CONTINUED GROWTH REQUIRES.
THE SERGEANT BLUFF OPERATION CURRENTLY EMPLOYS ABOUT 800. THE NEW HIRING INITIATIVE WILL INCREASE THE WORKFORCE TO MORE THAN ONE-THOUSAND EMPLOYEES. THIS MAKES STREAM ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN THE SIOUXLAND REGION. WITH THE ADDITION OF THE NEW EMPLOYEES, STREAM SITE ADMINISTRATOR TRICIA WALTON SAYS STREAM WILL REACH CAPACITY IN ITS 150-THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT FACILITY.
HIRING WILL BEGIN IMMEDIATELY AND A CAREER FAIR IS BEING HELD AT THE SERGEANT BLUFF LOCATION, 102 SERGEANT SQUARE DRIVE IN SERGEANT BLUFF. ONLINE APPLICATIONS ARE AT
stream.com
(SIOUX CITY)--A FEDERAL JURY IN SIOUX CITY HAS CONVICTED A SIOUX CITY MAN ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES.
ACCORDING TO THE U-S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 25-YEAR-OLD LANCE MILLER, WAS CONVICTED IN FEDERAL COURT OF RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. MILLER WAS ALSO CONVICTED OF TWO CHARGES OF POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.
AUTHORITIES SAY MILLER WAS PROSECUTED AFTER HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND FOUND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON HER COMPUTER IN OCTOBER OF 2007. THE SIOUX CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND SEIZED THE COMPUTER AND ONE FROM MILLER'S PARENTS' HOUSE. THE CASE WAS INVESTIGATED BY SIOUX CITY POLICE AND THE F-B-I.
MILLER IS BEING HELD FOR THE U-S MARSHAL'S SERVICE.
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