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Funds available for water quality projects

Ag/Outdoor

November 6th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today (Thursday) encouraged eligible groups to apply for grants to support projects that will improve water quality in the state. Approximately $830,000 is available through the Watershed Improvement Review Board to support qualifying projects.

Funds are available to local watershed improvement committees, soil and water conservation districts, public water supply utilities, county conservation boards, cities and counties. Funds are typically matched with other funds by the organizations receiving assistance and will support a variety of projects across the state focusing on protecting water quality and improving the health of the state’s waterways.

Projects eligible for funding include, but are not limited to, those addressing agricultural runoff and drainage, flood prevention, stream bank erosion, municipal discharge, storm water runoff, unsewered communities, industrial discharge and livestock runoff. Each project can request up to $250,000 in funding. The grants will be under contract to implement the projects for a maximum timeframe of April 2015 to December 2017.

Glenwood man arrested Thursday on warrants

News

November 6th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

A Glenwood man was arrested today (Thursday), on a Mills County warrant for Disorderly Conduct. 18-year old Blake Holland was brought to the Mills County Jail and held on a $300 cash bond.

Glenwood P-D make arrest in vehicle burglary cases

News

November 6th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

An investigation that began Wednesday into several vehicle burglaries, has resulted in an arrest. Glenwood Police say 18-year old Johnathan Sibbitt, of Glenwood, was arrested and faces charges that include three counts of burglary, two counts of Theft in the 5th degree, and one count of fourth degree theft. Sibbitt was being held in the Mills County Jail on $7,000 bond.

Authorities say the burglaries occurred the night of November 4th and early morning hours of the 5th.  Their investigation remains ongoing, and anyone with additional information is encouraged to contact the Glenwood Police Department 712-527-4844 .

RENA FAGA, 100, of Atlantic, formerly of Adair (11-10-14)

Obituaries

November 6th, 2014 by Jim Field

RENA FAGA, 100, of Atlantic, formerly of Adair died Thursday, November 6th at the Heritage House in Atlantic.  Funeral services for RENA FAGA will be held on Monday, November 10th at 10:30 am in the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Adair.  Hockenberry Family Care of Atlantic has the arrangements.

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Visitation with the family will be held on Sunday from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Adair.

Burial in the St. John’s Lutheran Cemnetery north of Adair.

Memorials may be directed to the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery.

RENA FAGA is survived by:

Son:  Monte (Cyndi) Lorenzen of Clive.

Daughter:  Sylvia (Everett) Plowman of Adair

10 Grandchildren

29 Great-Grandchildren

4 Great-Great-Grandchildren

DARREL D. WAGGONER, 88, of Atlantic (Svcs. 11/11/14)

Obituaries

November 6th, 2014 by admin

DARREL D. WAGGONER, 88, of Atlantic, died Thursday, Nov. 6th, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Funeral services for DARRELL WAGGONER will be held 10:30-a.m. Tue., Nov. 11th, at Roland Funeral Service in Atlantic.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 8-am-to 5-pm Monday (11/10).

Burial will be in the Atlantic Cemetery

Memorials may be directed to the United Church of Christ in Atlantic, or the Heritage House.

DARRELL WAGGONER is survived by:

His wife – Agnes.

CARRIE B. WILLIAMS, 96, of Corning (11-8-14)

Obituaries

November 6th, 2014 by Jim Field

CARRIE B. WILLIAMS, 96, of Corning died Monday, November 3rd at Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha, NE.  Funeral services for CARRIE B. WILLIAMS will be held on Saturday, November 8th at 10:30 am at the United Methodist Church in Corning.  Pearson Family Funeral Service of Corning is in charge of arrangements.

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Open Visitation is Friday from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Pearson Family Funeral Service of Corning.

Family will receive friends from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the funeral home.

Inurnment will be at the Walnut Grove Cemetery at a later date.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the Corning Public Library, Corning United Methodist Church and the Rose Ann Auxiliary.

On-line condolences may be left at www.pearsonfuneralhomes.com.

IA Finance Authority Awards nearly $825-k in Grants for Homelessness Services

News

November 6th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Iowa Finance Authority say the IFA’ Board of Directors recently awarded $824,655 in grants to twenty-five organizations to assist homeless and domestic violence shelters with costs associated with providing essential services and emergency shelter operations. The funding is made available through the Shelter Assistance Fund program. Among the projects awarded Shelter Assistance Funds, was New Visions Homeless Services, in Council Bluffs, which received $37,500.

Shelter Assistance Fund applications are accepted on an annual basis and are judged through a competitive process. The Iowa Finance Authority received 28 eligible applications for the 2015 round requesting more than $1.2 million in funding. The program is funded with proceeds from the Real Estate Transfer Tax.

A panel of judges scored the applications based on criteria in several categories, including: project design and competition priorities, experience and capacity, community partnerships, performance, budget and grants management.

The Iowa Council on Homelessness reports that 18,810 Iowans experienced homelessness in 2013 and a total of 11,811 were served by a shelter.

Iowa man faces felony charges in fatal car crash

News

November 6th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

SAC CITY, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa man accused of providing alcohol to a teenager before a fatal car crash faces felony charges. The Fort Dodge Messenger reports 21-year-old Matthias V. Stork, of Breda, is charged with two counts of supplying alcohol resulting in death. Court records show he has pleaded not guilty.

Stork is accused of giving beer to a 17-year-old prior to a two-vehicle crash in late August. The teen survived, but 16-year-olds Bailey Jacobsen and Lindsey Quirk, both of Wall Lake, were killed.

Authorities say the surviving teen’s blood alcohol level was above the legal limit for minors driving. The teen is facing vehicular homicide charges.

(UPDATE) Authorities ID western IA man injured in accidental shooting

News

November 6th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

In an update to our earlier story, officials with the Iowa DNR today (Thursday) identified an elderly man who was accidentally shot by his own rifle.  The DNR says 88-year old Clark Melby, of Dunlap, is expected to survive a gunshot wound to his upper torso.

Melby was getting out of his vehicle in a harvested corn field west of Dunlap when he fell and the high-powered rifle he was carrying discharged into his upper torso shortly before 5 p.m. on Wednesday. The bullet passed through him and did not hit any vital organs.

Melby was alone at the time of the incident, but was able to contact a neighbor who then alerted emergency personnel. He was airlifted to University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. The incident remains under investigation by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

LINDA JANE NELSON, 58, of Menlo (Graveside Svcs. 11/7/14)

Obituaries

November 6th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

LINDA JANE NELSON, 58, of Menlo, died Tue., Nov. 4th, at University Hospital in Iowa City. A visitation for LINDA JANE NELSON will be held from 10- until 11-am Fri., Nov. 7th at the Johnson Family Funeral Home in Stuart, with Graveside services to follow, in the Dexter City Cemetery.

Memorials may be directed to family in care of the funeral home. Online condolences may be left at www.johnsonfamilyfuneralhome.com.