Lavon Eblen speaks with Emily Kennedy about the Atlantic Downtown Beautification Project.
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Lavon Eblen speaks with Emily Kennedy about the Atlantic Downtown Beautification Project.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Chiefs added depth at linebacker Thursday by signing Frank Zombo, who had spent the past three seasons with the Green Bay Packers. Zombo will be reunited with longtime Packers personnel man John Dorsey, who was hired as the Chiefs’ general manager in January and has been aggressively overhauling the team’s roster.
A former undrafted free agent, Zombo played college football at Central Michigan before signing with Green Bay. He played in 25 games and made nine starts, racking up 53 tackles and five sacks while forcing a pair of fumbles while dealing with several injuries.
On Wednesday, the Chiefs signed reserve offensive lineman Tommy Draheim, who spent time with the Packers in training camp last season.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – State Auditor David Vaudt says he is resigning his elected position to become chairman of a national nonprofit accounting board. Vaudt, a Republican who has served as auditor since January 2003, announced Thursday he would leave the position to become chairman of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. His new position will begin July 1.
Gov. Terry Branstad will appoint a replacement, who will serve until Vaudt’s term expires. The next election for auditor will be in November 2014.
The Shelby County Emergency Management agency says because vegetation in the county is very dry, and fires that start can spread quickly, the Fire Danger Index is being upgraded to the “Moderate” category.
Emergency Management Director Bob Seivert says several weather systems will be passing through the area over the weekend. The resulting, shifting winds, will created problems with controlled burns . Seivert advises residents and land owners to develop a burn plan, and check the weather prior to lighting any controlled burns, as well as your local fire chief.
The next, scheduled update on the Fire Danger in Shelby County will be on Monday, April 8th.
FRANK LUNDBY WIRTH, 91, of Harlan, died Tue., April 2nd, at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Funeral services for FRANK WIRTH will be held 10:30-a.m. Sat., April 6th, at the Congregational United Church of Christ in Harlan. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-to 8-pm Fri., April 5th.
Burial will be in the Harlan Cemetery.
FRANK WIRTH is survived by:
His wife – Lois Wirth, of Harlan.
His sons – James (Gail) Wirth, of Paradise Valley, AZ; Joel (Paula) Wirth, of Chandler, AZ; Randy (Geralyn) Greer, of Harlan, and Ron (Connie) Greer, of Bellevue, NE.
12 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Info from the Atlantic Animal Shelter.
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A 10-member panel of legislators could be assembled as soon as this afternoon (Thursday) to begin work on a compromise education reform plan. On Wednesday afternoon Democratic Senator Herman Quirmbach, of Ames, urged his colleagues to quickly vote to advance the legislation. “See how fast we can get the ping-pong ball bouncing so that we can get it to conference committee,” Quirmbach said.
Senator Joni Ernst, a Republican from Red Oak, suggests it won’t be easy to strike a deal. “Although the House and Senate plans share many components that we all agree upon, there are numerous differences,” Ernst said. Aside from the policy debate, there’s a more than 100-million dollar difference in the spending levels Democrats and Republicans have proposed.