Lavon Eblen talks about uses for snow. Huh?
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Lavon Eblen talks about uses for snow. Huh?
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The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest on Wednesday, of a Glenwood man on a drug charge. 24-year old Thomas Michael Cash was arrested for allegedly possessing Drug Paraphernalia. He was taken into custody and around 6:30-a.m., and held in the Mills County Jail on $300 bond.
Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today (Thursday) announced a series of town hall meetings will be held across Iowa, with regard to “The importance of giving students a great education in science, technology, engineering and math.”
Reynolds is co-chair of the Governor’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Advisory Council along with Mary Andringa, CEO of the Vermeer Corporation. The Council’s goal is to raise student interest and achievement in STEM and building a stronger STEM workforce.
The tour this spring will update Iowans on the progress being made by the Council, showcase student STEM presentations and seek feedback from community members about how the Council should set STEM priorities moving forward. Governor Branstad, Mary Andringa and local business leaders will join Reynolds at select town halls.
The public is welcome to attend STEM town hall events, one of which will be held in Corning on Tuesday, March 6th, beginning at 1:30-p.m. Lt. Gov. Reynolds and Gov. Branstad will be in attendance for the meeting, to be held in the Southwest Valley High School Auditorium.
The Cass County Board of Supervisors are set to hold their weekly meeting Friday morning, here in Atlantic. On their agenda for the 8:30-a.m. session, is approval of an Iowa DOT Preconstruction Agreement for the reconstruction/bridge deck replacement of a bridge on County Road M-56 over I-80 (at the Marne exit).
The Board will also act on a Resolution to encourage the implementation of a recommendation from the 2011 Citizen’s Advisory Council (CAC), with regard to: Increasing the state fuel tax rates across the board by 10-cents; increase the “Fee for New Registration” from 5-to 6-percent, and, allocate new funding to go to the TIME-21 Fund up to the $225-million cap, with the remaining new funding to be distributed consistent with the Road Use Tax Fund (RUTF) distribution formula.
The TIME-21 Fund is an additional source of State revenue is dedicated primarily to maintenance and construction of certain primary highways in the state (60 percent), but also of secondary roads (20 percent) and municipal streets (20 percent). TIME-21 was created by the legislature in 2008, as a response to a “perfect storm” of factors threatening to create an estimated $267 million per year funding shortfall, hindering the state’s ability to adequately maintain and improve public roadways in Iowa
Jim Field talks about some of the recent IRS scams.
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We have Iowa Hawkeye basketball on the radio at AM 1220/FM 101.1 tonight as the Hawkeyes travel to play Indiana. But, don’t worry, you can listen to the Atlantic vs. Glenwood boys Class 3-A District Final tonight on the web at kjan.com! Just click the LISTEN LIVE button at the top right corner of the page and you will be able to listen to the web-only broadcast. Jim Field and Chris Parks will have the call. We will begin the broadcast at 6:45 pm. And don’t forget, if you have downloaded the FREE KJAN app for your iphone or android smart phone, you can listen to the high school game on your phone.
PHYLLIS ROHNER, 88, of Fontanelle, died Thu., Feb. 27th, at the Good Samaritan Society in Fontanelle. Funeral services for PHYLLIS ROHNER will be held 11-a.m. Mon., March 3rd, at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Fontanelle. Steen Funeral Home in Fontanelle has the arrangements.
The family will meet with friends at the Church on Sunday, from 2-to 4-pm. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.
Burial will be in the Fontanelle Cemetery, with a luncheon held at the church, afterward.
Memorials may be directed to the Emmanuel Lutheran Church or the Good Samaritan Society.
PHYLLIS ROHNER is survived by:
Her daughter – Bette (George) Forsberg, of Holland, MI.
Her sons – Craig Rohner, of Hinsdale, IL; Randy (Janet) Rohner, of McHenry, IL; Kirk Rohner, of Paw Paw, IL, & Mike (Mary) Rohner, of Jefferson, IA.
6 brothers, 5 sisters, 12 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.