OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tens of thousands of investors will fill an Omaha arena this weekend to spend hours listening to Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger talk about business and life. Watching the questioning at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting each spring has become an annual tradition for many in the crowd.

Thousands continue to make the trip even with the event now broadcast online by Yahoo Finance. Berkshire officials say this year’s attendance could top the record of 42,000 set a few years ago, but the figures are only an estimate based on the number of meeting pass requests.

There are likely to be questions about who will eventually replace Buffett, what the company will invests over $116 billion cash in and maybe questions about career advice.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Mercy Medical Center wants to build a $31 million psychiatric hospital in the Des Moines area to respond to an extreme shortage of mental health services. The Des Moines Register reports that the new hospital would have 100 beds. Mercy currently has 34 psychiatric beds in its downtown facility. Mercy spokeswoman Laura Vanden Bosch says the facility would be in Polk County, but the specific location hasn’t been determined.

Vanden Bosch says officials hope to have their project proposal before the state Health Facilities Council in July. The council decides whether health care projects are needed or if they’d inflate costs and duplicate available services. Gov. Kim Reynolds recently signed a mental health bill that hopes to address the lack of mental health resources in the area.

Republican legislators are setting aside two-and-a-quarter million dollars to finance new internships and apprenticeships associated with the “Future Ready Iowa” program. Governor Kim Reynolds launched the initiative in 2016 when she was lieutenant governor, to encourage enrollment in science, technology, engineering and math or “STEM” courses. Democrats complain the Reynolds Administration plans to spend 425-thousand dollars to advertise the program. Senator Bill Dotzler, a Democrat from Waterloo, says “We don’t need to do this. You know it isn’t right. This stinks.”

That’s . Dotzler says says the money would be better spent helping students pay for college or technical training. And Dotzler objects to the already-signed contract that calls for airing ads touting the governor’s signature “Future Ready” program in September, October and November — during the height of campaign season. “It smells like there’s something in the governor’s wood pile,” Dotzler says, “and it smells like inappropriate use of public dollars for political purposes.”

Brenna Smith, a spokeswoman for Governor Reynolds, says the Future Ready program is a top priority of the governor and Reynolds will continue to make sure Iowans know they may apply for so-called “last dollar scholarships and grants” that can help students land “high-demand jobs.” Reynolds plans to ask legislators to provide the MONEY for the “last dollar scholarships” next year.

(Radio Iowa)

Police in Glenwood report the arrest today (Friday), of 24-year old Daniel Gorman. The Silver City man was arrested for Possession of a controlled substance. His bond was set at $1,000.