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11/18/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE-PM
(LE MARS)--MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRIORITY GROUPS TO GET H-1-N-1 VACCINE ARE BEING OFFERED LOCALLY.
FLOYD VALLEY COMMUNITY HEALTH PROVIDES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES IN PLYMOUTH COUNTY. ON THE HOSPITAL'S FLU HOTLINE, COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE-MANAGER DEB STEFFEN REPORTS H-1-N-1 FLU SHOTS WILL BE OFFERED FOR PRIORITY GROUPS AT A CLINIC AT THE HOSPITAL'S CONFERENCE CENTER NOVEMBER 23RD FROM 4-7 P-M. .
"PREGNANT WOMEN, CHILDREN SIX MONTHS THROUGH 24 YEARS OF AGE, HOUSEHOLD CONTACTS AND CAREGIVERS OF CHILDREN UNDER SIX MONTHS OF AGE, HEALTH CARE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL OR PERSONS 25 THROUGH 64 YEARS OF AGE WHO HAVE CERTAIN HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT PUT THEM AT INCREASED RISK FOR COMPLICATIONS OF THE FLU SUCH AS ASTHMA, HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, LUNG OR RENAL DISEASE OR SUPPRESSED IMMUNE SYSTEM," STEFFEN EXPLAINS.
ACCORDING TO CLINIC MANAGER JULIE SITZMANN, THE SAME PRIORITY GROUPS MAY RECEIVE H-1-N-1 FLU VACCINE THROUGH FAMILY MEDICINE CLINIC.
"THE LE MARS, REMSEN AND MARCUS CLINICS HAVE RECEIVED A LIMITED SUPPLY OF THE H1N1 SHOTS ONLY," SITZMANN REPORTS "PLEASE CALL YOUR PHYSICIAN'S CARE TEAM TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT TO RECEIVE THIS SHOT."
FAMILY MEDICINE CLINIC-LE MARS IS OFFERING H-1-N-1 VACCINE TO THOSE PRIORITY GROUPS BY APPOINTMENT UNTIL FOUR THIS AFTERNOON.
ON THE CLINIC'S FLU HOTLINE, SITZMANN ALSO SAYS APPOINTMENTS MAY BE MADE WITH THE FAMILY MEDICINE CLINIC FOR SEASONAL FLU VACCINE.
"THE LE MARS CLINIC HAS A LIMITED SUPPLY OF THE SEASONAL FLU MIST," SITZMANN SAYS. "ONLY HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN AGES TWO AND 49 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SEASONAL FLU MIST. PLEASE CALL YOUR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT. THE REMSEN AND MARCUS CLINIC ARE CURRENTLY OUT OF THE FLU MIST AND SHOTS."
PUBLIC HEALTH IS OFFERING SCHOOL BASED H-1-N-1 CLINICS. THE NEXT ONE IS THURSDAY AT KINGSLEY-PIERSON.
(DES MOINES)--The Iowa Department of Public Health is reporting two more H1N1 flu-related deaths.
According to the health department, both victims, an adult in Floyd County and an adult in Johnson County, had risk factors that increased the chance of complications from the H1N1 virus. (ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT)
(LE MARS)--COURT OFFICES IN NORTHWEST IOWA WILL BEGIN CLOSING TO THE PUBLIC FOR PART OF THE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS NEXT MONTH.
THE IOWA SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE TUESDAY ORDERED THE REDUCED HOURS TO MANAGE CLERK OF COURT OFFICES AFTER A REDUCTION IN WORKFORCE DUE TO STATE BUDGET CUTS.
THE REDUCED HOURS ARE TO DEAL WITH BACKLOGS CAUSED BY THE REDUCED WORKFORCE AND 10 DAYS OF UNPAID DAYS OFF FOR COURT EMPLOYEES, JUDGES AND MAGISTRATES.
AREA CLERK OF COURTS WILL JOIN THEIR COUNTERPARTS STATEWIDE TO CLOSE AT 2:30 IN THE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS BEGINNING DECEMBER 15TH.
THE COURT OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED FOR UNPAID DAYS OFF BEGINNING NEXT WEEK--ON DECEMBER FOURTH.
(ORANGE CITY)--AN INWOOD MAN IS JAILED IN SIOUX COUNTY AFTER HIS ARREST FOR VANDALISM.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ARRESTED 19-YEAR-OLD DERRICK MINOR OF INWOOD IN ROCK VALLEY MONDAY NIGHT.
MINOR IS CHARGED WITH A FELONY, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE SECOND DEGREE. AUTHORITIES CHARGED MINOR AFTER INVESTIGATING A REPORT OF VANDALISM TO A CAR ON NOVEMBER SIXTH. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THREE-AND-A-HALF MILES NORTHWEST OF FAIRVIEW, SOUTH DAKOTA IN SIOUX COUNTY. DAMAGE TO BOTH SIDES OF THE VEHICLE IS ESTIMATED AT 28-HUNDRED DOLLARS.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) Poet LLC, the nation's top ethanol producer, says it is has reduced its cellulosic ethanol production cost during the past year from $4.13 per gallon to $2.35 per gallon.
The Sioux Falls-based company plans to produce 25 million gallons of ethanol each year from plant waste typically left behind in farmers' fields at its corn ethanol plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa.
A pilot-scale plant in Scotland, S.D., has produced about 20,000 gallons of cellulosic ethanol since it began operations a year ago Wednesday.
Privately held Poet says it has reached the cost savings by reducing energy usage, enzyme costs, raw material requirements and capital expenses.
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