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The Shelby County Board of Supervisors moved one step closer to approving the 2014 Fiscal Year budget. In a special board meeting Tuesday morning, Shelby County Auditor Marsha Carter introduced eight options for the 2014 budget. After much discussion from the Board, the taxable valuation increase options were narrowed down to two, and finally one.
Shelby County Supervisor Steve Kenkel said the option they narrowed down called for “Ag property 5-percent, Land 5-percent, no increase for residential and minus 4 to Commercial. That was a total of 4.6percent.” Auditor Marsha Carter told the board even if the option was approved, the County needed to be aware of changes to Mental Health Dollars. Carter said “We have always been limited since 1993 when the state as froze our Mental Health tax dollars, they were funding with growth dollars to fill the deficit on the county level. Now the state has regionalized, at this point the max we can tax is $47.28 per capita which is a decrease of about $300,000. So that is taken into consideration when talking about the percentage of increase.” She said the state could change the number later on and would affect the budget.
Before approving the option, Kenkel said every department was well prepared. “I appreciate the process you guys go through. We spent about three partial days and I thought all the department heads were very prepared when they came. We froze some budgets and we raised some for the cost of business and cut some too. We have a good process here and everything was well put together.”
The Shelby County Supervisors approved the Fiscal Year 2014 proposed Budget and set the hearing for Tuesday, February 19th at 9-am in the basement of the Shelby County Courthouse.
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An animal rescue operation group is in the process of trying to find new homes for four horses that were found emaciated on a Fremont County farm. The one Arabian and three quarter horses were confiscated from a farm near Farragut, on Monday. Sheriff’s officials and a local veterinarian visited the farm late Monday afternoon, after they received a telephone tip.
The veterinarian examined the horses and determined they had been neglected. Two of the animals were said to be several hundred pounds underweight. A 22-year old man who released the animals while authorities were making arrangements to have them removed from the property, was cited on suspicion of interfering with official acts and livestock neglect. The unidentified man was taken to jail, plead guilty Tuesday, and paid a fine.
The horses were removed from the land by court order. Their current location has not been disclosed. Anyone interested in adopting the animals can call the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office at 712-374-2424. Hooves and Paws Rescue of the Heartland is trying to find homes for the horses.
The Cass County Board of Supervisors are expected to act this (Wednesday) morning, on approving an agreement for the Use of a Local Agency Road as a detour, while a bridge is being replaced. The bridge is located over a small stream one-mile west of Iowa Highway 148 on Highway 92.
In other business, the Board will review and discuss proposed Fiscal Year 2014 departmental budgets. The meeting begins at 9-a.m. in the Supervisor’s Board Room at the Cass County Courthouse in Atlantic.
Cass County: Corn $7.17, Beans $14.17
Adair County: Corn $7.14, Beans $14.20
Adams County: Corn $7.14, Beans $14.16
Audubon County: Corn $7.16, Beans $14.19
East Pottawattamie County: Corn $7.20, Beans $14.17
Guthrie County: Corn $7.19, Beans $14.21
Montgomery County: Corn $7.19, Beans $14.19
Shelby County: Corn $7.20, Beans $14.17
Oats $3.50 (always the same in all counties)
Here’s the Freese-Notis (podcast) weather forecast for the KJAN listening area, and weather data for Atlantic…
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LOIS HILL, 91, of Manning, died Tue., Jan. 22nd, at the St. Anthony Hospital in Carroll. Funeral services for LOIS HILL will be held 2-p.m. Sat., Jan. 26th, at the 1st Presbyterian Church in Manning. Ohde Funeral Home in Manning has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-to 7-pm Friday, and again after 1-p.m. on Saturday, at the 1st Presbyterian Church (prior to the service).
Burial will be in the Manning Cemetery.
LOIS HILL is survived by:
Her children – Gerald (Bonnie) Hill, of Deloit; Richard Hill, of Honolulu, HI; Charlie (Pat) Hill, of Carroll; and Scott Hill, of Ogden.
Her brothers – Dr. Bill (Kathy) Erps, of Carroll, and Bob (Wanda) Erps, of Arcadia.
Her sisters – Elaine (Calbin) Berge, of Carson City, NV, and Ruth (Jim) Buddenhagen, of Humboldt.
6 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
343 AM CST WED JAN 23 2013/National Weather Service, Des Moines
TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. WARMER. HIGH AROUND 30. WEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. NORTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. COLDER. HIGH 15 TO 20. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COLD. LOW AROUND 15. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. BREEZY…WARMER. HIGH AROUND 30. NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH.
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 5 TO 10 ABOVE. HIGH IN THE MID 20S.
SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. NOT AS COLD. LOW IN THE LOWER 20S.
SUNDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. HIGH IN THE MID 30S.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines man accused of sexually abusing three of his nine children has reached a plea deal with prosecutors. Television station KCCI reports the man pleaded guilty yesterday to three counts of second-degree sexual abuse. He will be sentenced in March.
GRANITE CITY, Ill. (AP) — Mississippi River traffic is halted near St. Louis as crews try to sort out how to fix an auxiliary lock’s gate damaged by a barge. Army Corps of Engineers spokesman Mike Petersen says the accident that occurred around 5 a.m. yesterday damaged the backup lock near Granite City that’s about half the size of the adjacent main one. That main lock was closed for repairs early last month.
CENTERVILLE, Iowa (AP) — A nursing home in northern Iowa has been fined $15,000 following the death of two patients. The Des Moines Register reports state inspectors say the Golden Age Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Centerville has repeatedly failed to provide the minimum level of nursing care for its residents.
GOWRIE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say no one was hurt after a train derailment in north-central Iowa. Television station KCCI reports a Union Pacific freight train derailed early yesterday morning near Gowrie. The train was loaded with corn and was bound for Texas.
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