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The City Council in Massena is set to hold its regular meeting this evening. On the agenda at 7-p.m., is discussion and possible action with regard to tree removal in the historical area, the sewer improvement system design, and the transfer of City funds to the road use tax fund, for blacktop payment.
In other business, the Council will receive information about the DNR’s plan of action to reduce the sewer system inflow and infiltration, act on a contract for wastewater collection systems improvement, discuss a DNR Open Burn application, and, set the dates for public hearings on building permit and engine brake ordinances.
The meeting begins at 7-p.m., in the Massena City Hall.
A survey released last week showing Iowa’s pheasant population is at an all-time low is not only bad news for hunters, it’s a big blow for the Iowa economy. Kevin Baskins, spokesperson for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says hunters spend a lot of money on hotels, food and equipment – but they’re not spending as much when their chances for a successful hunt are affected.
“A lot of that spending occurs in Iowa’s most rural areas, where there’s more amble hunting opportunities,” Baskins said. “So, certainly this can have a big impact on main streets across the state because if we don’t have the pheasants, we’re not going to have the hunters coming into those smaller communities and spending money during that time frame.”
Iowa’s 2011 pheasant hunting season runs from October 29 through January 10, 2012. The D-N-R’s roadside survey, conducted in August, found an average of 7 birds counted for each 30 miles of route driven. That compares to 11 birds per route last year. Baskins says the situation may not be as bad as it seems.
“A lot of our biologists and people who were involved in with that roadside count have noted that since the official count was over, they have been seeing more birds,” Baskins said. “We would guess at this point, if we are off in terms of our estimations, we’re probably off on the low side. There may be more birds out there than what we’re projecting at this point.”
The dwindling pheasant population is blamed primarily on five consecutive winters of above average snowfall, in addition to a series of cold and wet springs.
(Radio Iowa)
A northwest Iowa woman suffered serious injuries during a crash between a motorcycle and a semi Sunday afternoon, in Adair County. The Iowa State Patrol says a 2007 Volvo semi driven by 40-year old Larry D. Fry, of Fredericktown, Ohio, was traveling east on Interstate 80 in the slow lane just east of the Highway 25 exit, and was unable to merge into the left lane.
A 2003 Harley Davidson motorcycle, driven by 44-year old Deborah Lynn Dirks, of Gilmore City, was merging from the ramp onto I-80 eastbound and collided with the side of the semi. The impact caused Dirks to lose control of the cycle, which came to rest in the south ditch. The accident happened at around 4:15-p.m.
Dirks was flown by helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. According to her friends, doctors were forced to amputate one of her legs below the knee. She also suffered lacerations, broken bones, and a collapsed lung, but was expected to survive from her injuries.
Friends say the woman was riding with the “Freedom Riders” motorcycle club when the accident, which remains under investigation, took place.
(A-P) EMERSON, Neb. — Two people on a motorcycle have been killed in a head-on collision with a car near Emerson in eastern Nebraska. The Dixon County, NE, sheriff’s office says that 20-year-old Christopher Oberg, of Mapleton, Iowa, and his passenger, 19-year-old Alexis Calfee of Bennett, Neb., died at the scene of Friday evening’s crash. The sheriff’s office says Oberg was heading westbound on the motorcycle when he encountered an eastbound car in his lane. He swerved but couldn’t avoid a crash. The driver of the car, identified as 55-year-old Robert Mahler, of Hubbard, Neb., was taken to an Iowa hospital. The crash is under investigatio
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – More recipients of government payments in the Midwest are signing up for direct deposit, but officials say 1.8 million people are still counting on paper checks. That could be a problem because the federal government plans to end paper checks for Social Security and other benefits in March 2013. The Treasury Department says 88 percent of the benefit payments in the Midwest are now being made electronically. That’s up from 85 percent seven months ago. Officials hope the number of people using direct deposit will continue to grow. So reminders will be sent to benefit recipients in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Anyone needing help with the change can call 1-800-333-1795 or visit www.GoDirect.org.
BETTY NEWMAN, 68, of Atlantic, died Sat., Sept. 10th, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic. Funeral services for BETTY NEWMAN will be held 10:30-a.m. Wed., Sept. 14th, at Zion Lutheran Church in Atlantic. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Visitation with the family is from 5-7pm Tue. (9/13) at the funeral home.
Burial will be in the 1st Lutheran Cemetery, south of Wiota.
BETTY NEWMAN is survived by:
Her husband – Galen Newman, of Atlantic.
LENA BEYERINK, 102, of Coon Rapids, died Fri., Sept. 9th, at Thomas Rest Haven in Coon Rapids. A Mass of Christian Burial service for LENA BEYERINK will be held 10:30-a.m. Tue., Sept. 13th, at the Annunciation Church in Coon Rapids. Ohde Funeral Home in Coon Rapids has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3:30-p.m. Monday (9/12)., where a Rosary service begins at 4-p.m., and a Prayer service isat 7-p.m.
LENA BEYERINK is survived by:
Her children – Evelyn Gute, Alice Lengmann, Darlene Lloyd, Ralph Beyerink & Ronnie Beyerink, all of Coon Rapids, and, Paul Beyerink, of Carroll.
23 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren, & 15 great-great grandchildren.
JANICE SMITH, 70, of Coon Rapids, died Sat., Sept. 10th, at the St. Anthony Hospital in Carroll. Funeral services for JANICE SMITH will be held 10:30-a.m., Wed., Sept. 14th, at the 1st Christian Church in Coon Rapids. Ohde Funeral Home in Coon Rapids has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-7pm Tuesday (9/13).
Burial will be in the Orange Township Cemetery near Coon Rapids.
JANICE SMITH is survived by:
Her husband – Ron Smith, of Coon Rapids.
Her children – Ron Smith, Mike Smith, and Jim Long, all of Coon Rapids; Tim Smith, of Odebolt; Peggy Kautzky, of Princeville, IL; & Kevin Long, of Los Angeles, CA.
Her brothers – Allen & Larry Long, both of Bayard.
21 grandchildren, many great-great grandchildren.
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