 |
 |
11/30/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE
(SIOUX CENTER)--A BUSINESSMAN WITH A PASSION FOR REFORMED CHURCH HIGHER EDUCATION IS THE LARGEST DONOR IN THE HISTORY OF A SIOUXLAND COLLEGE.
DORDT COLLEGE TODAY ANNOUNCED THE NEARLY FOUR-MILLION DOLLAR GIFT FROM THE ESTATE OF FORMER ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND PRESIDENT LOWELL ANDREAS.
ACCORDING TO DORDT VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT JOHN BAAS, THE FORMER ARCHER DANIELS MIDLANDS EXECUTIVE HAD GIVEN TO DORDT PRIOR TO HIS DEATH IN APRIL AT THE AGE OF 87.
DORDT FOUNDED THE ANDREAS CENTER FOR REFORMED SCHOLARSHIP AND SERVICE LAST YEAR. BAAS EXPLAINS THAT REFLECTS ANDREAS' PASSION FOR BROADENING THE IMPACT OF REFORMED HIGHER EDUCATION BEYOND THE CAMPUS' PHYSICAL BOUNDARIES. .
ANDREAS WAS A LISBON IOWA NATIVE WHO BOUGHT A SOYBEAN PLANT IN MANKATO, MN WITH HIS BROTHER IN 1947 AND OPERATED THE BUSINESS AS HONEYMEAD. THE SOYBEAN PROCESSOR WAS LATER SOLD. THE BROTHERS INVESTED IN AND PROVIDED MANAGEMENT FOR THE ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY. HE RETIRED IN 1973.
(SPENCER)-A CLAY COUNTY MAN IS CHARGED AFTER A WOMAN REPORTED A SHOTGUN HAD BEEN FIRED IN A HOME.
ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, LISA KNUTSON OF GREENVILLE REPORTED HER HUSBAND WAS INTOXICATED, WAS UPSET, AND HAD GOTTEN IN AN ARGUMENT ABOUT TOWELS WITH HER DAUGHTER.
SHE TOLD AUTHORITIES HER HUSBAND TOOK HIS SHOTGUN FROM THE GARAGE AND FIRED TWICE BEFORE LEAVING THE RESIDENCE.
FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD DANNY KNUTSON OF GREENVILLE WAS ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF RECKLESS USE OF A FIREARM AND TAKEN TO THE COUNTY JAIL.
NO ONE WAS INJURED.
YANKTON, S.D. (AP) A freak car accident in California has led to the return of some family heirlooms to a Yankton couple.
Pat and Elmo Christensen recently obtained her father's 1914 high school class ring and World War I medals, including a Purple Heart.
Pat Christensen says a drunk driver crashed into a garage belonging to her stepsister in California, and during the cleanup her stepsister found a box containing the heirlooms.
The Christensens donated William Dunn's ring to the Yankton school for display.
(COPYRIGHT 2009 BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)
CLICK ON THE NEWS BUTTON ON THE KLEM HOME PAGE AND USE THE PREVIOUS AND NEXT KEYS TO FIND THE NEWS REPORT.Submit your news release, confidential news tip or news idea by email klemnews@lemarscomm.net, by calling 712.546.4121 or 712.546.9672 fax.
© 2002 KLEM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
