EMERY REINIER, 69, of Atlantic, died Tuesday, April 10th, at Bergen-Mercy Medical Center, in Omaha. Services for EMERY REINIER are currently pending at the Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home, in Atlantic.
EMERY REINIER, 69, of Atlantic, died Tuesday, April 10th, at Bergen-Mercy Medical Center, in Omaha. Services for EMERY REINIER are currently pending at the Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home, in Atlantic.
This week, April 8th through the 14th, is National Public Safety Telecommunications Week. Cass County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Kennon told the Board of Supervisors during their meeting this (Wednesday) morning, that the week is set aside to recognize the role 9-1-1 dispatchers and communication center operators have in public safety. Kennon said there is over 70-years of experience at the Cass County Communications Center, spread among seven dispatchers. The least experienced member has three-years behind the console. Another has over 20-years worth of experience. The ratio of employees is equal, male-to-female. He said it’s a very diverse group. Their ages span from 20-to 50. Some have had prior experience in dispatching, including State Radio (Iowa State Patrol) and from other dispatch centers across the state.
Kennon says all that experience will come in handy with the way technology is evolving. He said last year they began to accept text-to-911 messages. In the coming years, they’ll be able to take pictures- and videos-to 911 information. He said in the future, dispatchers will be tasked to do more, not less where their job is concerned.
In other business, the Cass County Board of Supervisors approved the appointment of Chuck Burnett, of Atlantic, to the Cass County Zoning Board of Adjustment, to replace a member of the Board who passed away earlier this year. And, the Board tabled the appointment of a Cass County Weed Commissioner until their next meeting. The Board also approved a request from the City of Atlantic, to abate all tax, penalties and interest on a total of 10 city-owned parcels. They also passed a Resolution entering into an agreement to abate the tax and assign a tax certificate on a County-held Tax Sale Certificate for a parcel in Cumberland, and Griswold.
ELKADER, Iowa (AP) — A driver has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the crash deaths of two 16-year-old boys in northeast Iowa’s Clayton County. Court records say 20-year-old Kory Doeppke is charged with two counts of vehicular homicide while driving under the influence. County Sheriff Michael Tschirgi has said Doeppke was headed west when he didn’t halt at a stop sign near Edgewood on Feb. 16 and collided with a northbound pickup. The two fatally injured boys were in the back seat of Doeppke’s car. Officials identified them as Brady Edwards and Izaiah Drinkwater.
The pickup driver wasn’t injured. A hearing on a competency examination of Doeppke is set for May 22.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Campaign workers for Iowa Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cathy Glasson have unionized. The Campaign Workers Guild says in a press release Wednesday that a union contract was ratified this week for Glasson’s campaign staff. The new national guild says it’s the first electoral campaign in Iowa history to unionize. It marks the latest group of political campaign workers to unionize around the country.
Glasson is a nurse and president of the Service Employees International Union Local 199, which represents Iowa workers at schools and health facilities. She is one of six Democrats seeking the party nomination this year in the June gubernatorial primary, along with two Libertarians. They’re running to unseat Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds in the November election.
MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a child was injured in a fire that broke out in a downtown Mason City apartment. Firetrucks were dispatched around 7 p.m. Tuesday to the apartment, which is situated above a commercial building. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that a police officer was seen taking a child to an ambulance and comforting a woman who’d left the apartment with the child. Firefighters soon had the flames under control.
FOR SALE: A color cartridge for a Cannon computer printer. It’s new, never been opened. Cartridge number is: 241XL. Paid $35, selling for $20. 243-1402.
FREE: A 4-drawer wooden dresser. It is in the front yard at 710 West 9th Street in Atlantic. First to take it, owns it!
GARAGE SALE: Antiques, wood furniture, stereo systems, lots more. Moving and needs to go. Come anytime – 306 E. 6th St., Atlantic.
With the April 17 tax deadline approaching, the Internal Revenue Service is urging taxpayers and tax professionals to be alert to identity theft scams, especially a new email version currently pretending to be from “IRS Refunds.” As the filing season comes to a close, thieves are stepping up their efforts, warned the Internal Revenue Service and the Security Summit partners. The Security Summit, a partnership between the IRS, state tax agencies and the tax industry, continues to take steps to combat tax-related identity theft. The “IRS Refunds” scam is a common tactic used by cybercriminals to trick people into opening a link or attachment associated with the email. This link takes people to a fake page where thieves try to steal personally identifiable information, such as Social Security numbers. Often these links or attachments also secretly download malware that can perform many functions, such as giving the thief control of the computer or tracking keystrokes to determine other sensitive passwords or critical data.
The IRS does not randomly contact taxpayers or tax professionals via email, including asking people to confirm their tax refund information. The IRS initiates most contacts through regular mail delivered by the United States Postal Service. However, there are special circumstances in which the IRS will call or come to a home or business, such as when a taxpayer has an overdue tax bill, to secure a delinquent tax return or a delinquent employment tax payment, or to tour a business as part of an audit or during criminal investigations. Even then, taxpayers will generally first receive several letters (called “notices”) from the IRS in the mail. Note that the IRS does not:
Here are a few basic security steps for taxpayers:
The driver of a 2007 Chevy was transported by Malvern Rescue to Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, following an accident early this (Wednesday) morning. The Mills County Sheriff’s Office says 76-year old Raymond Esposito, of Glenwood, was traveling east on Highway 34 just east of 350th Street, when his vehicle left the roadway on the left side before entering the north ditch. The accident happened at around 2:20-a.m. Esposito told authorities someone or something else was controlling the vehicle, causing him to leave the roadway. He suffered from knee pain following the accident.
The Fremont-Mills and Underwood Girls were team title winners at the Griswold Girls Tiger Relays on Tuesday night.
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