Jim Field speaks with Cass County 4-H Youth Coordinator Beth Irlbeck about National 4-H Week and some activities associated with it in the area.
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Jim Field speaks with Cass County 4-H Youth Coordinator Beth Irlbeck about National 4-H Week and some activities associated with it in the area.
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ROCK BRANCH, Iowa (AP) – Friends and students of a retired teacher have begun helping him recover from tornado damage at his home in northwest Iowa. Nine tornadoes struck northeast Nebraska and northwest Iowa on Friday, injuring at least 15 people.
The Sioux City Journal says that on Sunday, two buses carried about 50 students, staff members and parents from Hinton High School to the rural Rock Branch home of Wayne Stadler and his wife, Debbie. One of the twisters had ripped off the roof of their home and destroyed their barn and several sheds. The Stadlers weren’t injured.
Wayne Stadler had taught at the high school for 32 years. The damage was almost overwhelming, but the hard work by his friends and former students gave him a good start on the cleanup.
One person was arrested early this (Monday) morning after he crossed a barricade at a fire scene and refused to leave. Authorities say 29-year old Matthew Daniel Sloan, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 2-a.m. on a charge of interference with official acts. After he was transported to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center, Sloan was allegedly found to be in possession of a controlled substance. He was subsequently charged with introducing a controlled substance/marijuana, into a secure facility. Sloan was being held in the jail on $5,000 cash bond.
Firefighters from the Red Oak Fire Dept and surrounding communities are at a working structure fire in Red Oak this morning at 5th and Reed Streets, the site of the old Pit Stop Bar.
Montgomery County Emergency Management Director Brian Hamman reports the call came in at roughly 12:30am. Mutual aid was immediately requested from Stanton Fire, Elliott Fire & First Responders, Essex Fire & Rescue, and Shenandoah Fire and Clarinda Fire depts provided aerial support.
Crews are still operating at the fire scene and will be for several hours. Hamman asks residents to please avoid the area. The investigation is on going and the State Fire Marshals office has been notified.
Power is out in the area and Mid American Energy is working to restore those that were cut due to the fire.
The (podcast) Freese-Notis/Weather.Net forecast for the KJAN listening area, and weather information for Atlantic….
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HAROLD JOSEPH ZIMMERMAN, 88, of Earling died Sunday, October 6th at the Little Flower Haven Nursing Home. Mass of Christian Burial for HAROLD ZIMMERMAN will be held on Wednesday, October 9th at 10:30 am in the St. Mary’s of the Assumption Catholic Church in Panama. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
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Visitation will be held Tuesday from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the church.
A vigil service will be held on Tuesday at 7:00 pm at the church.
A private burial will be held.
HAROLD ZIMMERMAN is survived by:
His sisters – Elaine Zimmerman, and Delores Stessman, both of Panama, and Marcene Twark, of State College, PA.
His brothers – Allan and Don Zimmerman, both of Panama.
(Updated 4:19-a.m.)
TODAY...SUNNY. MUCH WARMER. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S. WEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.
TONIGHT…CLEAR. LOW IN THE MID 40S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGH IN THE MID 70S.
THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S.
FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S.
FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa transportation officials will take on the controversial issue of automated traffic cameras this week with proposed new rules designed to give them control over whether speed and red light cameras are placed on highways and interstates they oversee. The Iowa Department of Transportation on Tuesday will present proposed rules to a legislative committee at the Capitol.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — People in the Des Moines area have been offered unlimited free bus rides for the next several days. The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority says people can ride free as part of Try Transit Week. It began on Sunday and runs through Saturday. The offer is good on DART Local, Express, Flex and On Call services.
FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa high school homecoming dance was interrupted this weekend when a 17-year-old boy was stabbed in the back. The Fort Dodge Messenger reports police responded to the incident just before 11 p.m. Saturday and turned Ford Dodge High School’s dance into a crime scene. The boy who was injured was flown to Des Moines for treatment, but his injuries weren’t considered life threatening.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Powerball ticket worth $1 million has been sold at a gas station in northwest Iowa. The Iowa lottery says the winning ticket from Saturday’s drawing was purchased at a Casey’s convenience store in Sheldon.
One of the key components of the state education reform plan is moving closer to being implemented. Ryan Wise, the director of strategic initiatives at the Iowa Department of Education, says districts are in the planning phase of creating teacher leadership positions. The idea is to take the best teachers and use them as mentors for other teachers to raise the quality of education overall. Wise says a lot of the early discussion centered on how to define the roles of the experienced teachers who will lead others.
“I think there are certainly questions out there, and as a department we’re working hard to answer them and to really help facilitate conversations locally where they can answer the questions and develop a model of teacher leadership that works for them,” Wise says. There are some state requirements for the teacher leadership positions, including a minimum salary of 33-thousand-500 dollars, the district is required to “improve entry into the profession for all new teachers.” He says they also have to create multiple leadership roles, have a rigorous selection process for the leadership roles, and finally that they align their professional development plan to the new leadership positions.
The state has three-point-five million dollars to give to districts to help them in the planning process. Wise says the Education Department will send out an application to districts to apply to take part in the leadership program. He says they will also include a scoring system so district know how their application will be scored and they will have until January 31st of 2014 to submit their actual plan. The state will then phase in the leadership plans across the state.
“District serving one-third of the students in Iowa will come in each year — because that’s an important distinction because it may not equal exactly a third of the districts — but it’s a third of the students will come in in each of the first three years of the program,” Wise says. The legislature appropriated 50-million dollars for the implementation of the new plan.
(Radio Iowa)