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11/18/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE-AM
(LE MARS)--A NORTHWEST IOWA HOSPITAL KNOWN FOR "PEOPLE CARING FOR PEOPLE" HEALTH CARE IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TOP PERFORMER.
PRESS GANEY HAS NAMED FLOYD VALLEY HOSPITAL IN LE MARS A 2009 SUMMIT AWARD WINNER.
PRESS GANEY PARTNERS WITH MORE THAN 10-THOUSAND HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, INCLUDING MORE THAN 40 PERCENT OF U-S HOSPITALS, TO MEASURE AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THEIR CARE.
FLOYD VALLEY IS JUST ONE OF 74 ORGANIZATIONS TO RECEIVE THE SUMMIT AWARD.
DR. SHEILA HOLCOMB SAYS PHYSICIANS AT FAMILY MEDICINE CLINIC-LE MARS ARE VERY PROUD TO WORK WITH A TEAM THAT HAS SUCH DEDICATION TO QUALITY EMERGENCY CARE. DR. HOLCOMB EXPLAINS THAT RECEIVING THE SUMMIT AWARD FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW PROVES FLOYD VALLEY IS COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING A HIGH STANDARD OF QUALITY HEALTH CARE.
FLOYD VALLEY ADMINISTRATOR MIKE DONLIN SAYS TO RECEIVE A SUMMIT AWARD IS SPECIAL, BUT RECEIVING THE SUMMIT AWARD FOR A THIRD TIME TRULY SPEAKS TO THE EXCEPTIONAL COMMITMENT THE STAFF HAS FOR PATIENT SATISFACTION.
(LE MARS)--THREE VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO FILL OPENINGS ON THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX ADVISORY BOARD FOR 2010.
APPLICATIONS MAY BE PICKED UP IN THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND MUST BE RETURNED NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 28TH.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON GRANT REQUESTS FOR LOCAL OPTION NEED TO LIVE IN THE DISTRICTS REPRESENTED BY SUPERVISORS GORDON GREEN, MARK LOUTSCH OR CRAIG ANDERSON.
SUPERVISORS TUESDAY HEARD OF AN 85-THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT AWARD FROM THE COMMUNITY ATTRACTIONS AND TOURISM OR CAT GRANT PROGRAM OF VISION IOWA.
THE FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER AT HILLVIEW PARK WEST OF HINTON.
CONSERVATION BOARD DIRECTOR DENNIS SOHL WAS JOINED BY TWO BOARD MEMBERS, PHYLLIS BATES OF LE MARS AND DAVE KLINGENSMITH OF KINGSLEY, FOR A MEETING CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC TO DISCUSS THE PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN AFTER THE MEETING WAS REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC.
SUPERVISORS GAVE APPROVAL TO A LAYOUT FOR THE PROPOSED COURTHOUSE ANNEX BUILDING. THE DESIGN WILL BE USED BY AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM TO DEVELOP COST ESTIMATES AND PLANS FOR THE PROJECT.
(LE MARS)--KLEM RADIO/POWELL BROADCASTING WELCOMES A NEW VOICE TO THE AIR.
WOODY GOTTBURG IS WORKING PART-TIME IN THE NEWS DEPARTMENT. GOTTBURG BRINGS MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF NEWS EXPERIENCE TO HIS PART-TIME WORK AT KLEM. HE HAS WORKED IN BOTH TELEVISION AND RADIO NEWS IN SIOUX CITY, INCLUDING NEWS AT POWELL SISTER STATION, KSCJ, SIOUX CITY.
WOODY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO KLEM NEWS INCLUDE CITY COUNCIL REPORTS.
THANKS TO LARRY SCHMITZ FOR HIS WORK OVER THE PAST FORTY PLUS YEARS.
(LE MARS)--THE LE MARS CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A NEW TWO AND A HALF YEAR AGREEMENT WITH THE YMCA TO CONTINUE MANAGING THE CITY'S RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES.
COUNCIL MEMBER KEN NELSON ASKED IF THE Y WAS STAYING WITHIN BUDGET OVER THE CURRENT CONTRACT.
ASSISTANT CITY ADMINISTRATOR BILL COLE SAYS THE Y'S OPERATIONS WENT OVER BUDGET EARLY IN THE AGREEMENT, BUT HAVE STEADILY IMPROVED IN THE LAST 8 TO 12 MONTHS.
COLE SAYS, "AND IT'S A VERY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP. THE NUMBERS ARE MUCH IMPROVED AND I THINK WE'RE PLEASED WITH THE WAY IT'S GONE OVER THE PAST YEAR.)
THE COUNCIL VOTED 4-0 TO APPROVE THE NEW MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH WILL RUN FROM JANUARY 1ST OF 2010 THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF 2012. (NEWS REPORT BY WOODY GOTTBURG OF KLEM NEWS)
(LE MARS--THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF LE MARS' FLOYD VALLEY HOSPITAL IS EXCELLENT, ACCORDING TO A JUST COMPLETED AUDIT.
JERRY HEINZLER OF THE AUDITING FIRM DENMAN AND COMPANY SAYS FLOYD VALLEY IS BEING RUN AS WELL OR BETTER THAN ANY SIMILAR SIZED HOSPITAL HE'S LOOKED AT.
HEINZLER SAYS, "THE HOSPITAL HAD A GOOD YEAR, AS I WAS TELLING THE HOSPITAL BOARD THIS MORNING. I'VE LOOKED AT ABOUT 10 HOSPITALS SO FAR THIS YEAR, AND OUT OF THE 10, 7 HAVE LOST MONEY OPERATING, SO YOU FOLKS OUT THERE ARE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB."
THE AUDIT SHOWS THAT TOTAL HOSPITAL OPERATING INCOME WAS ABOUT $800,000, A DECLINE OF $400,000 DUE LARGELY TO INCREASED BAD DEBTS AND LOWER INPATIENT NUMBERS. (NEWS REPORT BY WOODY GOTTBURG)
(KANSAS CITY)--A SIOUX COUNTY FEEDLOT HAS AGREED TO PAY A 25-THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE TO SETTLE CLAIMS IT DISCHARGED WASTE INTO THE WEST BRANCH OF THE FLOYD RIVER.
SCHUITEMAN FEEDLOTS WAS CITED BY THE E-P-A IN MAY OF 2008 FOR DISCHARGING MANURE AND WASTEWATER INTO THE RIVER.
THE E-P-A CLAIMED THE 4600-HEAD FEEDLOT WAS OPERATING WITHOUT REQUIRED PERMITS AND DID NOT PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGES FROM OUTDOOR PENS.
SCHUITEMAN NO LONGER CONFINES CATTLE IN OUTDOOR PENS. THE AGREEMENT IS SUBJECT TO A 40 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. (NEWS REPORT BY WOODY GOTTBURG OF KLEM NEWS)
DAKOTA DUNES, S.D. (AP) Authorities say a Sioux Falls man is dead after an embankment caved in on him while he was working at a Siouxland construction site.
Union County Sheriff Dan Limoges says the 27-year-old was unloading wall forms into the ground for a basement with other workers at about 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Dakota Dunes site. That was when portions of the embankment gave way. Authorities haven't released the man's name and were working to notify family first.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
(EARLY)--A STORM LAKE MAN WAS EJECTED FROM A CAR SEVEN MILES SOUTH OF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
ACCORDING TO WRITTEN INFORMATION FROM THE SAC COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RELEASED TUESDAY, 25-YEAR-OLD DARATH KHIEV OF STORM LAKE WAS AN UNRESTRAINED PASSENGER IN A SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE.
THE S-U-V WAS BEING DRIVEN NORTH ON HIGHWAY 71 BY 33-YEAR-OLD JAMIE COHOON OF STORM LAKE.
AUTHORITIES SAY COHOON SWERVED TO MISS A DEER ON THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE WENT INTO THE DITCH AND ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES.
KHIEV WAS EJECTED, HAD LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO MERCY MEDICAL CENTER IN SIOUX CITY.
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