The Glenwood Police Department reports 38-year old Joseph Jack, of Glenwood, was arrested this (Tuesday) morning, for Possession of Marijuana and Trespassing. His bond was set at $1,300 cash or surety.
The Glenwood Police Department reports 38-year old Joseph Jack, of Glenwood, was arrested this (Tuesday) morning, for Possession of Marijuana and Trespassing. His bond was set at $1,300 cash or surety.
LaVon Eblen visits with Steve Livengood who is organizing an effort to decorate the graves of World War I veterans on April 6th, the 100th anniversary of the United States entry into the war.
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The Griswold School Board, Monday, night, discussed and acted on several matters. Superintendent Dave Henrichs told KJAN News the administration shared with the Board options with regard to a possible change in the athletic conference, taking into account enrollment, distance and what activities each conference sponsors. He said the Board then asked him to include the matter as an agenda item for action next month, with the recommendation of making a switch to the Corner Conference. If approved, it would become effective for the 2018-19 school year.
The District is currently involved in Western Conference activities. The Board also discussed possibly starting a Behavioral Disorder Program. Henrichs said they have several students that attend other facilities that can better meet their needs. In order to keep the students closer to home, the District, if it starts such a program, would obviously need to find a teacher. Henrichs said he received permission from the Board to advertise for the position to see if a teacher is available. The ad will be posted this week.
In other business, the Griswold School Board upped the fees for Driver’s Education from $275 to $300 this summer. The Western Iowa Conference average is $291.50. And, they approved the 2017-18 school calendar and budget, which amounts to a published tax asking of $11.32 per thousand dollars of taxable property valuation, which is eight-cents less than published last year. However he says, at the time last year’s budget was published, the amount of State Supplement Aid the District would receive was unknown, so it wasn’t 100% accurate. The rate was actually $10.92, which means this year is an increase of roughly 32-cents.
And, there weren’t too many changes to the school calendar for next year. Henrichs said they are looking at a week-long Spring Break next year, with the idea of still allowing students and staff to end the year before Memorial Day. He says it’s an “educationally sound” calendar.
Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz met with the media Monday, as the teams prepares to begin spring drills Wednesday. The Hawkeyes lose five starters on offense, three on defense and must find a new punter.Ferentz says the good thing about graduation is that it creates new opportunities for the returning players as they says goodbye to those who graduated.
The players have 15 spring practices to show their stuff. “One thing about football, our opportunities to practice football, to be in helmets is so limited. So, be it in the spring and then certainly preseason — those opportunities are very limited. Each and every workout is important, each and every practice, the meetings that we have that go along with it, as well as our strength and conditioning work that continues is very important to the players. And I think they understand that,” Ferentz says.
Ferentz says the lines return experience, but they’ll need to find players to complement them. He says they are very young and inexperienced on the perimeter from the receivers to the defensive backs. “I’d throw the quarterback situation right in there with it… we will have a new quarterback, I”m not sure who that’s going to be right now.”
Receiver Matt Vandeberg won a redshirt year after being injured last year, but has been sidelined again with another foot injury and will miss the spring practices. Ferentz says it wasn’t a matter of him trying to come back too early. “He really had a chance to play in the bowl game, that thing was well healed when he got back in January. That’s just one of those things that happens occasionally and there’s not much we can do about it,” according to Ferentz.
The Hawkeyes announced they will hold an open practice for the fifth year in a row at Valley Stadium in West Des Moines on April 7th. Ferentz says they are excited to go back to central Iowa and says it’s a small way to says thank you to the fans who come from the area to Iowa City in the fall. He says they also decided to move the spring game to Friday night as something the fans might like.
Iowa is coming off an 8-5 season where they lost their fifth straight bowl game. They open the 2017 football season September 2nd hosting Wyoming.
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State and area News from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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Republicans in the Iowa Senate have passed a bill they say will reduce medical malpractice insurance premiums for doctors. Senator Charles Schneider, a Republican from West Des Moines, says malpractice insurance premiums in Iowa are a deterrent to getting doctors to practice here. “When a doctor can go to Nebraska and pay less than half for malpractice insurance than what an Iowa doctor has to practice, are you going to practice in Council Bluffs or Omaha?” Schneider asked during debate. “…When you can pay less in malpractice insurance in South Dakota, are you going to go live in South Dakota can or you going to live in Sioux City?”
Democrats like Senator Nate Boulton of Des Moines say the 250-thousand dollar limit on “non-economic” damages will devastate people who’ve been “seriously injured” by a medical error. “This is about real people’s lives and when we talk about capping damages, we’re talking about the most extreme cases,” Boulton says, “the ones whose lives are ruined, the ones who are losing the ability to function.”
Senator Bill Dotzler, a Democrat from Waterloo, says the bill is a “bail out” for bad doctors who seriously injure patients. “I know who pays for it,” Dotzler says. “They end up on some form of welfare and the people of the state of Iowa and this country pay for it.”
Schneider says Iowa ranks in the bottom ten states when it comes to the number of doctors in certain specialties like psychiatrist, radiology and general surgery — and the state ranks 51st in the number of doctors who’ll deliver babies. “This bill is an effort to improve our malpractice climate by doing some things that a lot of other states around the country have already done and, in some cases, have been doing for decades,” Schneider says.
Schneider says malpractice insurance rates have gone down in states that have placed “caps” or limits on “intangible” damages for things like “mental anguish” and “inconvenience.”
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New and startup businesses in Iowa are invited to enter a contest for the chance to win up to $25,000. This marks the 12th year for the competition sponsored by venture capitalist John Pappajohn. Randy Pilkington, director of the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center at the University of Northern Iowa, says judges will decide the top three submitted business ventures. “We give away $50,000; $25,000 for first, $15,000 for second, and $10,000 for third place,” Pilkington said.
The competition is designed to stimulate business development in the state and provide support for entrepreneurial ventures. “Any venture that’s been in business for four years or less, that’s located in Iowa, or newer startup businesses, we hope they’ll consider entering,” Pilkington said.
Businesses entering the contest must submit an online application by May 15. “After May, we narrow the group down to maybe 15, 20, or 30 businesses and then we take them through another round of interviews. That usually runs through August and then we have the finals in September,” Pilkington said.
The winners will be recognized at a special awards luncheon on September 21 in Des Moines.
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The Cass County 4-H Endowment committee is hosting the annual 4-H Endowment Pancake Supper on Thursday, March 23 from 5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at the Cass County Community Center in Atlantic. The Pancake Man will be dishing up fresh pancakes; 4-H members serve juice, coffee and more. Supporters can enjoy all you can eat pancakes for $6.
Proceeds from the 4-H Pancake Supper directly benefit Cass County. The money raised goes to the Cass County 4-H Endowment, a fund to defray the 4-H Program Development Fee, support scholarships, and start up dollars for youth programs including Clover Kids and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math).
The 4-H Program Development Fee is $30, instead of having individual 4-H’ers and families take on that expense, the Cass County Extension Council, and the 4-H Endowment Committee pick up this expense. The Cass County 4-H Endowment also offers opportunities for youth to get involved in the 4-H program by attending camps and conferences and offering scholarships to graduating seniors. “These opportunities are very important to the success of the 4-H program in Cass County,” stated Shelby Williams, Cass County Youth Coordinator. “It certainly would not be possible without a great deal of support from the community.”
There is also a silent auction during the supper. The 14 4-H clubs in Cass County, as well as additional friends of 4-H and local business supporters donate items. “This is a great part of the pancake supper,” says Williams, “it will be exciting to see what items are up for auction this year!” If a community business is interested in supporting the Pancake Supper through the Silent Auction, please contact the Extension Office.
For more information on the Pancake Supper, Endowment or 4-H contact Shelby Williams, Cass County Youth Coordinator, at 243-1132 or xcass@iastate.edu.