LaVon Eblen visits with Barb Fisher of Angels Care Home Health in Council Bluffs about community classrooms @ the Senior Citizen Center.
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LaVon Eblen visits with Barb Fisher of Angels Care Home Health in Council Bluffs about community classrooms @ the Senior Citizen Center.
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has found the source of runoff that caused the water in Bear Creek to turn red west of Larrabee in northern Cherokee County. The D-N-R’s Tom Roos says it was traced to a feedlot. “We found a field that had been recently applied with cattle manure from an earthen basin that had flowed off a field down a waterway and into Bear Creek,” Roos says. He says the cattle feedlot is owned by Nathan Tentinger of Tentinger Farms.
The Cherokee County Sheriff’s office reported the stream contamination Wednesday afternoon after it was noticed that the runoff turned the water red in Bear Creek as it ran down to Mill Creek. “I would say the plume was about a mile long of red water,” Roos says. He says the red plume is probably due to whatever was in the cattle lot basin. “Each cattle lot has a little bit of a different color to them…but it definitely matched the color of the water that was in the basin,” according to Roos. He says no dead fish were found and that could be because the Bear Creek ran into Mill Creek.
“Both streams are extremely high right now — so it definitely helped the dilution,” Roos says. Roos says this is an example of why producers need to be careful about spreading manure, especially when there are wet conditions in fields. “It’s important that those producers pay close attention to those pumps and irrigation at this time of year, because if you leave it unattended, things like this can happen,” Roos says. He says the D-N-R will consider any appropriate enforcement action once it wraps up its investigation.
(Radio Iowa)
The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced today that 63 Iowa communities (including Atlantic) have been honored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with a Water Fluoridation Quality Award. The number of communities receiving awards is up from 40 last year. Fluoridation is the adjustment of fluoride in drinking water to a level that is effective for preventing tooth decay. The award recognizes those communities that achieved excellence in community water fluoridation by maintaining a consistent level of fluoride in drinking water throughout 2015.
Among the area communities that have received the award is:
Atlantic Municipal Utilities; Breda Water Supply; Council Bluffs Water Works; Elk Horn Municipal Water Works; Glenwood Municipal Utilities; Guthrie Center Municipal Water Works; Harlan Municipal Utilities; Logan Water Plant; Minden Water Supply; Monona Municipal Water Department; Onawa Municipal Water Plant; Shelby Water Supply-Plant 1; Shelby Water Supply-Plant 4; Treynor Water Department; West Central Iowa Rural Water Association – Boyer; West Central Iowa Rural Water Association – Nishnabotna; and the Winterset Municipal Water Works.
DPH Water Fluoridation Coordinator Kelsey Feller says “Water fluoridation is one of the best investments that communities can make in maintaining the oral health of their citizens. It is equally as effective in preventing cavities in children and adults. Fluoridation is also highly cost effective; studies continue to show that for every $1 invested by communities in water fluoridation, $38 are saved in dental treatment costs.”
For more information on the water fluoridation in Iowa, visit https://idph.iowa.gov/ohds/oral-health-center/fluoride.
EDWARD MICHAEL STEPHANY, 69, of Harlan died Thursday, October 13th at home. Mass of Christian Burial for EDWARD MICHAEL STEPHANY will be held on Monday, October 17th at 11:00 am at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
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Visitation will be held on Sunday from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the St. Boniface Paruish Hall in Westphalia with a prayer service at 7:00 pm.
EDWARD MICHAEL STEPHANY is survived by:
Wife: Mary Stephany of Harlan
Daughters: Paula Beilenberg of Harlan; Sandi (Kelly) Schwery of rural Westphalia; Laura (James) Pearce of Kansas City, MO; Julia (Mike Boner) Sonntag of Mondamin.
Son: Will (Denise) Stephany of Omaha.
Sisters: Kathleen Kloewer of Panama; Connie (Bob) Easterly of Haxtun, CO.
Brothers: Gene (Diane) Stephany of West Des Moines; Glen (Sharon) Gubbels of rural Westphalia.
15 Grandchildren
3 Great-Grandchildren
Ron Landphair Cross Country Invitational
Thursday, October 14, 2016
Mt. Ayr
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Team Results
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Jim Field visits with Mel Briles and Scotty McDuff of the Table of Mercy Breakfast Club about their third Sunday of the month Jam Session and Potluck to help raise money to feed the homeless.
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More area and State news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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Hawkeye 10 Conference Cross Country Championships
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Hosted by Lewis Central at Iowa Western Community College
GIRLS
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The area’s top news at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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