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11/10/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE-AM
(AKRON)--TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN A ONE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT AROUND TWO THIS MORNING NORTH OF SIOUX CITY.
THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTS THE ACCIDENT WAS AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 12 AND COUNTY ROAD K-18 SOUTH. .
TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD BENJAMIN WOTAN COLLIER AND 18-YEAR-OLD SAMANTHA JEAN SMITH WERE TAKEN TO MERCY MEDICAL CENTER IN SIOUX CITY. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORT STATES SMITH AND COLLIER HAD INJURIES THAT WERE NOT THOUGHT TO BE LIFE THREATENING.
INFORMATION ABOUT WHO WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WAS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. AUTHORITIES REPORT ALCOHOL IS BELIEVED TO BE A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT AND THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
(LE MARS)--FLOYD VALLEY HOSPITAL TRUSTEES MEET FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING TODAY.
THE MEETING IS IN THE HOSPITAL'S CONFERENCE CENTER BEGINNING AT NOON. .
ACCORDING TO THE AGENDA, THE BOARD WILL CLOSE THE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE STRATEGIC PLANNING.
THE BOARD IS USING A PORTION OF STATE LAW, IOWA CODE CHAPTER 388.9, THAT ALLOWS MEETINGS TO BE CLOSED TO PREVENT DISCLOSURE OF COMPETITIVE INFORMATION.
(LE MARS)--PORTIONS OF A HANDFUL OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY ROADS MAY BE PRIVATE PROPERTY AGAIN.
SUPERVISORS TODAY WILL HEAR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON PLANS TO VACATE THE LOCATIONS ON LOW-VOLUME TRAFFIC ROADS THAT ROUTINELY RECEIVE LITTLE MAINTENANCE.
THE COUNTY ENGINEER AND ATTORNEY'S OFFICES WORKED ON THE PROPOSED ROAD VACATIONS BY SENDING NOTICE TO ABOUT 100 PROPERTY OWNERS OR OTHERS WHO NEEDED TO BE NOTIFIED OF THE CHANGE.
THE TIME FOR COMMENT ON THE PLANS TO VACATE THE ROADS IS AT 10:30 THIS MORNING.
THE BOARD MAY ACTON ON A COURTHOUSE ANNEX BUILDING LAYOUT DURING OLD BUSINESS AT 9:30 THIS MORNING.
THE MEETING BEGINS AT NINE TO REVIEW RESULTS OF THE CITY ELECTIONS IN PLYMOUTH COUNTY WITH DEPUTY AUDITOR CHERI NITZSCHKE.
AGENDA FOR THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY SUPERVISORS MEETING
(County Board Room Location: 215 4th Ave. SE, Le Mars, IA - 1st
Floor of Courthouse)
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
9:00 AM Cheri Nitzschke, Election Deputy Auditor - Canvass the City
Elections of November 3rd
2009 (Action)
Jim Henrich, Plymouth County Board Chairman
1. Call meeting to order.
2. Approve this agenda (Action)
3. Approval of prior Board meeting minutes (Action)
4. Approval of claims and payroll (Signatures)
5. Committee Reports (Discussion)
6. Old Business
A. Open and review bids for painting 3rd floor of courthouse. (Action)
B. Discuss Courthouse annex building layout for possible final approval
(Discussion and possible Action)
7. New Business
A. Open and review mail/correspondence (Discussion)
B. Linda Dobson, Plymouth County Treasurer – Introduce new Drivers License
Employee (Informational)
C. Open public forum (Informational)
9:50 AM Alan Lucken – Plymouth County Zoning Administrator – Seeking
approval for minor subdivisions (Action)
1. Flannery Farms in Section 33 of Liberty Township
2. Feuerhelm Farms in Section 26 of Johnson Township
3. Miller Farms in Section 16 of Remsen Township
4. Whiskey Creek Farms in Section 5 of Lincoln Township
10:05 AM Tom Rohe, Plymouth County Engineer
(Action Items)
1. Office Siding
(Discussion Items)
Questions/Discussion of the Secondary Road Department
(Informational Items)
Update on construction projects
10:30 AM Plymouth County Board of Supervisors – Public Hearing of Road
Vacation by Plymouth County (Action)
11:15 AM Annual County Thanksgiving Dinner - Board of Supervisors set up and host
Source: Plymouth County web site
(HINTON)--A MEETING IN SOUTHERN IOWA WEDNESDAY COULD PROVIDE A FUNDING ANSWER TO A PROPOSED PLYMOUTH COUNTY PROJECT.
THE CONSERVATION BOARD APPLIED FOR FUNDS FOR THE ECO CENTER--AN OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER TO BE BUILT WEST OF HINTON AT HILLVIEW RECREATION AREA.
THE AMOUNT OF STATE FUNDS TO BE AWARDED COULD BE 90-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE VISION IOWA BOARD CONSIDERS THE COMMUNITY ATTRACTIONS AND TOURISM OR CAT GRANT REQUEST DURING A 10 A-M MEETING AT HONEY CREEK RESORT.
(SIOUX CITY)--NORTHWEST IOWA IS THE ONLY IOWA BOOK SIGNING STOP FOR THE FORMER ALASKA GOVERNOR AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
SARAH PALIN WILL PROMOTE HER FIRST BOOK, "GOING ROGUE," AT THE SIOUX CITY BARNES AND NOBLE DECEMBER SIXTH AT 1 P-M.
ACCORDING TO BARNES AND NOBLE'S WRITTEIN INFORMATION, PALIN BEGINS HER BOOK TOUR FOR HER NEW AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN ON NOVEMBER 18TH. THE TOUR CONTINUES IN FLORIDA WITH STOPS IN VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA.
THE SIOUX CITY STOP IS NEXT TO LAST ON THE SEVEN-CITY TOUR.
(HUDSON, S.D.) The South Dakota Highway Patrol says two people died after a crash involving a motorcycle and a car near Hudson.
The victims were identified as 53-year-old Donald Burdick of Hudson and 40-year-old Lori Mae Willette of Delavan, Minn.
The patrol says Burdick was driving a motorcycle that collided with a car driven by 77-year-old Delores Jurrens of Hawarden on state Highway 46 west of Hudson about 5 p.m. Sunday. Willette was a passenger on the motorcycle.
Authorities say the two people in the car, Jurrens and her passenger, 76-year-old LaVerne Hughes Madock of Hawarden, were not hurt.
(ASSOCIATED PRESS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS REPORT)
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