(Radio Iowa) – Officials in a northwest Iowa city are considering whether to join other local governments in sending the Iowa Utilities Board a letter objecting to development of carbon capture pipelines. Estherville’s City Council has held a work session to gather information about the Navigator and Summit pipelines that would pass through Emmet County. Estherville Fire Chief Travis Sheridan says if there’s a pipeline rupture, his department would likely need a new mobile vehicle that’s equipped with air packs. “An electric vehicle that we can drive, go in and save people, and get them out,” he says. Sheridan is also Emmet County’s Emergency Management Director Craig Schoenfeld, a spokesman for developers of the Navigator pipeline, says the company will provide equipment and training.

“It is not to be encumbered by the City of Estherville in your general budget or whatever you allot for your fire department,” Schoenfeld says. “Those needs are incumbent upon us to provide, whether that’s personal apparatus, if we need to come up with other types of trucks, other types of personnel…those types of things are on our nickel.” Kylie Lang, the Iowa project manager for Summit Carbon Solutions, says carbon pipelines are not new technology and the companies are preparing for potential leaks.

“(Carbon dioxide) is an asphyxiant. We take that very seriously. That means it displaces oxygen, making it challenging to breathe in high concentrations, but it is not combustible and it is not flammable,” she says, “so in terms of safety and comparison to other pipelines, a lot of different leaders in the industry have come out and said CO2 is safer.” The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association has sent an alert to its members today (Thursday), saying a bill pending in the Iowa House is a major threat to the ethanol industry.

The bill establishes new rules that ethanol backers say would derail the proposed carbon pipelines.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – A food truck that drew a large crowd on March 4th, will be back in Atlantic, this Saturday. Officials with the Chick-fil-A food truck operation reports their mobile restaurant will be at A-Plus Designs (56988 635th St.) this Saturday, from 11-a.m. until 3-p.m. For more information, see the chick-fil-A Iowa Food Truck Facebook page. Speaking during the Atlantic City Council, Wednesday evening. City Clerk Barb Barrick said the company called City Hall just before they closed Wednesday, and said they had a couple of schedule changes, which will allow them to come to town.

The Council was excited to hear the news. Barrick said the company was easy to work with the last time, and Councilman Halder expressed his hope they might locate hear permanently.

Mayor Garrett was impressed with how long the line was. She said she waited about 50-to 55-minutes before she could order and get her food. Garrett went back after the food truck closed and spoke with the operators, March 4th.

Councilman Pat McCurdy said he hopes everyone turns out at Weitzel’s revamped 80’s-themed restaurant when they hold their official re-branded, re-opening.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowans may be more grouchy than usual this week, as they’re not getting enough sleep due to the time change, but there’s also a greater health risk from springing forward an hour. Dr. Denise Sorrentino, a cardiologist with the Iowa Heart Center in Ames, says it’s only 60 minutes, but that can be enough to cause serious trouble. “We see the big rise in atrial fibrillation rates, heart attack, stroke, and even motor vehicle accidents,” she says, “often related to inadequate sleep and just bad decision making while driving the vehicle for that first seven to ten days.” Some of us adjust to the shift in time more quickly than others. Sorrentino says our bodies get used to going to bed and getting up at a certain time, and it’s a jolt to our system to move it.

“That 60 minutes can change what we call the circadian rhythm, which is the rhythm at which our blood pressure and heart rate change in the early morning hours to help wake us up,” Sorrentino says. “And people can have difficulties with sleep, blood pressure can become elevated and a lot of people can also feel very groggy, have poor decision making and jetlag.” One thing that can help us to adjust is to start adjusting our bedtime for a week or so before the time change, though that doesn’t do us any good right now.

“Usually, it’s a week for adults to adjust,” she says, “and to really make an effort to be out in sunlight, if available, while the day is ongoing to help that body’s circadian rhythm adjust for this hour change.” The best remedy at this juncture is to simply try and get more rest, and if your schedule permits, a power nap here and there.

(Creston, Iowa) – The Creston Police Department reports two separate arrests, Wednesday. Authorities say 52-year-old Charles Ray Balius, of Creston, was arrested for Failure to Appear. He was taken to Union County Jail and held without bond until seen by a judge.

And, 53-year-old Michael James Post-Houseman, of Creston, was arrested at a hotel, on charges of Interference With Official Acts, and Disorderly Conduct – Fighting/Violent Behavior. Post-Houseman was taken to Union County Jail. His bond was set at $600.

(Monroe County, Iowa) – A single vehicle accident north of Albia late Wednesday night, resulted in the death of a man from Pella. The Iowa State Patrol reports 29-year-old Michael Hurley Raper died at the scene, when the 2007 Honda Ridgeline he was driving left the road on southbound Highway 137, just south of 655th Avenue. The pickup entered a ditch, went airborne, and rolled over. The accident happened at around 11:30-p.m.