DOROTHY ACKERMAN, 95, of Sandpoint, ID, died Monday, June 9th in Sandpoint. Services for DOROTHY ACKERMAN are currently pending at the Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic.
DOROTHY ACKERMAN, 95, of Sandpoint, ID, died Monday, June 9th in Sandpoint. Services for DOROTHY ACKERMAN are currently pending at the Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic.
JOHN E. MEACHAM I, 67, of Panora, died Wed., June 11th, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Memorial services for JOHN MEACHAM I will be held 10-a.m. Mon., June 16th, at the 1st Christian Church in Panora. Twigg Funeral Home in Panora has the arrangements.
Cremation has taken place.
DUDLEY DEE PAUL, 62, of Jacksonville, FL, died Tue., June 10th, at the Memorial Hospital, in Jacksonville. Services for DUDLEY DEE PAUL are currently pending at the Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic.
DUDLEY DEE PAUL is survived by:
His mother – Norma Jeanne Huish, of Thatcher, AZ.
His sister – Connie (Ron) Keith, of Thatcher, AZ.
and his Aunt, Amy Jo (Warren) Roland, of Atlantic.
Iowa Auditor of State Mary Mosiman Thursday (today) released a report on a special investigation of the City of Menlo for the period January 1st, 2001 through May 31st, 2013. The special investigation was requested by City officials as a result of concerns regarding certain transactions prepared by the former City Clerk, Brenda Simmons.
Mosiman reported the special investigation identified $82,893.51 of improper and unsupported disbursements. The slightly more than $81,632 worth of improper disbursements identified include:
• Over $62,362 worth of payments made by the City for health insurance coverage which
should have been paid by Ms. Simmons and the City’s former maintenance employee, John Freeman,
• Approximately $6,430 worth of unauthorized payroll and the City’s share of related FICA and IPERS payments,
•Nearly $12,680 of additional payroll issued to Ms. Simmons because of an improper increase in hourly wages and the City’s share of related FICA and IPERS payments, and
• And $160 of interest paid to IPERS.
The slightly more than $1,260 of unsupported disbursements identified includes just over $1,073 worth of payments to Ms. Simmons and almost $188 worth of payments to Simmons’ husband. Mosiman reported it was not possible to determine if additional improper disbursements were made because sufficient records were not readily available.
The report includes recommendations to strengthen the City’s internal controls and overall operations, such as improving segregation of duties, performing bank reconciliations, requiring adequate documentation to support disbursements, and performing an independent review of bank statements. In addition, all disbursements should be approved by the City Council.
Copies of the report have been filed with the Division of Criminal Investigation, the Guthrie County Attorney’s Office, and the Attorney General’s Office. A copy of the report is available for review on the Auditor of State’s website at http://auditor.iowa.gov/specials/1322-0367-BE00.pdf
and in the Office of Auditor of State.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Storms last week brought with them some peril in the form of wind and large hail but they also delivered enough rain to significantly relieve drought conditions in Iowa and Nebraska. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report released Thursday shows Iowa’s remaining drought is mostly confined to the northwest and southeast corners of the state. About 40 percent of the state has some drought down from nearly 56 percent a week earlier.
In Nebraska, the drought area has been reduced to 63 percent of the state from nearly 70 percent the week before. Extreme drought was removed from central Nebraska. About 30 percent of the 50 U.S. states and Puerto Rico have moderate drought or worse, compared with 31 percent a week earlier.
BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission has voted 3-2 to grant a license for a $40 million casino development that would be located in rural central Iowa. Supporters of the Jefferson casino burst into applause during a meeting in Burlington when commission chairman Jeff Lamberti cast the deciding vote in favor of the license. Lamberti said it was a “very, very difficult decision.”
It’s the first license granted for a new casino by the commission since 2010. The commission in April rejected a plan for a Cedar Rapids casino, citing market saturation. Wild Rose Entertainment plans to build a resort that would include slot machines, table games, an events center and a 71-room hotel.
Prairie Meadows casino in Altoona lobbied against the plan, warning that it would hurt its operation.
RED OAK, Iowa (AP) – Two hearings are planned related to a southwest Iowa school district’s plan to fire a high school principal. The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil reports the effort to fire Red Oak High School Principal Jedd Sherman will be the subject of a hearing before the Iowa Public Information Board next week and a Montgomery County courtroom next month.
Sherman argues the district voted to terminate his contract without hearing from him and that the matter was kept secret although he wanted an open hearing. He earlier claimed the district wanted to fire him because he reported two cases of student bullying, and he wanted to remodel a restroom to comply with federal disability requirements.
Red Oak Superintendent Terry Schmidt says the district is eager to present its case in court.
Jim Field speaks with Anne Pellett about Corporate Sponsorship of the 2014 Cass County Relay for Life.
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