Shelby County Emergency Management Coordinator Alex Londo reports, that as of this (Friday) morning, all 911 services have been restored and calls have been transferred back to Shelby county. The cause of the outage, which was discovered Thursday morning, remains undetermined, and is being investigated by an I-T company.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Union leaders say they’ve reached a tentative contract agreement for more than 500 workers at General Mills’ processing plant in Cedar Rapids. Local 110 of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union said today (Friday), that the contract could be ratified as soon as Thursday. Details on the agreement have not been publicly released.
Officials say 99% of the workers who voted Wednesday said no to a previous company offer. The two sides have been negotiating since January, when workers voted for the union representation.
The union also announced that nearly 700 workers at the Quaker Oats processing plant in Cedar Rapids have ratified a new contract. It calls for hourly wage increases totaling 10 percent over four years.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court says a small liberal arts college in Cedar Rapids must continue to classify seven Grant Wood paintings as restricted gifts that cannot be sold. Coe College doesn’t want to sell the paintings but has considered them unrestricted gifts, allowing the college to count them as an asset and boost the value of its endowment fund.
An auditor in 2016 concluded they should be reclassified as restricted property, which reduces the endowment’s available assets by $5.4 million.
Hotel magnate Eugene Eppley gave the college the seven panels that once made up the Grant Wood mural “The Fruits of Iowa” in 1976. Eppley required the paintings must remain in Coe’s library, so auditors argued they can’t be sold and must be held as a restricted asset. The college took the case to court and a district court judge concluded Eppley’s intent must be honored.
The Iowa Supreme Court today (Friday) agreed, saying courts often require donation recipients to abide by donors’ wishes.
DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate and Hy-Vee are renewing their annual Veterans Day partnership to pay tribute to Iowans who served our nation. Hy-Vee stores celebrate Veterans Day each year by offering a free breakfast to all veterans and active-duty military members as a way of thanking them for their service. They will also distribute the Secretary of State’s “Honor a Veteran” postcards during the breakfast and throughout Veterans Day, encouraging customers to pay tribute to a friend or loved one. Secretary Pate says “The brave men and women who served our country in uniform deserve our gratitude and this is one way to say thank you. So many brave Iowans stepped up and risked their lives to defend our freedoms. I’m proud to partner with Hy-Vee each year to honor our veterans.”
Honor A Veteran postcards and lapel pins
Approximately 30,000 “Honor a Veteran” postcards have been distributed to Hy-Vee stores across Iowa for use on Veterans Day, Monday, November 11th. Tina Potthoff, senior vice-president at Hy-Vee, says “Together with our customers we have the opportunity this Veterans Day to show our support to those who have served us. This program is one more way we can thank our veterans for serving our country and show our appreciation to these brave men and women.”
The veterans receiving the postcards at Hy-Vee can write a tribute to a fellow soldier, submit their own information to receive recognition from the State of Iowa, or give the card to a loved one to post an acknowledgement. The postcards will be returned to the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office and tributes will be posted online at HonorAVet.net and Facebook.com/HonoraVeteran. The person making the tribute and the veteran being honored, if they are still with us, will both receive an ‘Honor a Veteran with Your Vote’ lapel pin in the mail. The lapel pins are red, white and blue, and in the shape of the state of Iowa. Secretary Pate encourages recipients of the lapel pins to wear them on Election Day as a tribute to the sacrifice veterans made to provide Americans with the right to choose our elected leaders and form of government.
Police in Council Bluffs responded a little after 5-a.m. today (Friday), to a reported stabbing incident at 805 2nd Avenue. Upon arrival, Officer found that victim, 47-year old Glenna Hankins, of Council Bluffs, had been stabbed once in the abdomen. Officers were also able to locate two suspects: 29-year old Billie Jean Fitzgerald and 28-year old Frank T. Stewart, both of Council Bluffs.
Frank T. Stewart
Billie Jean Fitzgerald
An investigation determined that after both Fitzgerald and Stewart arrived at Hankins’ apartment, an argument ensued. At one point Fitzgerald pulled a knife from her clothing and allegedly stabbed Hankins once in the abdomen. Hankins told police that just prior to her being stabbed, she allegedly heard Stewart encouraging Fitzgerald, and telling her to stab Hankins. Fitzgerald was taken into custody and transported to Pottawattamie County Corrections, where she was held on charges of Attempted Murder and Going Armed with intent. Stewart was transported to local Hospital for treatment of a medical condition not related to the incident. Upon his release, he will also be charged with Attempted Murder and transported to Pott. Co. Corrections.
Authorities say Hankins suffered non-life threatening injuries and is expected to make a full recovery.
LaVon Eblen visits with Alexis Fleener of the group Shift Atl about the Turkey Trot on Thursday, November 28 at 800 am. 5K and 1 mile options. Register at : facebook.com/shiftatl. The run starts at the Depot and registration at morning begins at 7:30 am.
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Organizers of the Nov. 25th Harvest Market, in Atlantic, report the Cass County Local Food Policy Council, this week, voted to provide $200 to the Harvest Market which will be held the Monday before Thanksgiving, (November 25th), from 3:00 to 7:00 PM at the Cass County Community Center in Atlantic. The funding is for produce coupons which will be handed out to the first 50 visitors to the Harvest Market with the goal of encouraging market customers to include locally-grown produce in their holiday meals.
The funding will also be used to promote including local produce holiday meals. Harvest Market Manager Brigham Hoegh said “Many people don’t realize that fresh locally-grown produce is available around here in late November. Iowa people are pretty well aware that we have local produce available during the summer, but many don’t realize many of our local growers have tunnels which allow them to continue to harvest crops, such as leafy greens and carrots, after our temperatures drop. The goal of this grant is to encourage people to make space on their tables for these delicious locally-grown vegetables, in addition to more traditional fall crops, such as squash and sweet potatoes.”
Earlier this year the Cass County Local Food Policy Council also granted $1300 to Produce in the Park, the parent organization of Harvest Market, to encourage area residents to visit Cass County farmers’ markets and to eat locally-grown produce. Most of that funding was used for coupons redeemable for produce, and the rest was used to reimburse Guest Chefs at Produce in the Park for purchasing produce ingredients from local growers. The grant initially included funding to provide free produce snacks to kids visiting Produce in the Park, but a Farm to School grant was later awarded to the market for that specific purpose.
“This year the Cass County Local Food Policy Council specified that the coupons could only be redeemed for fruits and vegetables,” explained Hoegh. “We gave produce coupons to both children and adults, but we could easily observe the shift towards a focus on produce in children. We gave each child a $1 produce coupon just for tasting the -vegetable of the week.’ We also gave a $1 produce coupon to any kid who completed the weekly scavenger hunt at the park.” These scavenger hunts sent kids to visit the Guest Chef for that week, had them ask vendors about particular vegetables they offered for sale, and ended by asking kids what they planned to buy with their produce coupons. “After a kid tried a produce snack, did a scavenger hunt oriented around produce, and walked away with $2 in coupons for produce, they were really thinking about produce,” said Hoegh. She notes that volunteers, such as Cass County Local Food Policy Council chair Jake Theis, were very helpful in handing out the sample produce and talking with the kids.
Hoegh and Theis agree the best moments of the summer included comments from adults who couldn’t believe the children they had brought with them to the market had tried—and liked—a vegetable that was new to them. “The best moment had to be when Sue [Irvin’s] grandkid, who wouldn’t eat tomatoes told sue that he liked them. Now Sue is the produce grower who runs Sue’s Country Garden, a big vegetable vendor at Produce in the Park, and a person who does a great job of getting kids to try different vegetables. However, it was Jake who convinced her grandson to try tomatoes. We all thought that was pretty funny,” laughed Hoegh.
Hoegh and the Cass County Local Food Policy Council are now aiming to shift adults’ mindsets on including local produce in their Thanksgiving meals. The Cass County Local Food Policy Council encourages you to visit Harvest Market November 25, and reminds you that locally produced produce can become your favorite dishes at your holiday meals.
ROSE ANN MEISENHEIMER, 89, of Greenfield, died Friday, Nov. 8th, at the Greenfield Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. Funeral services for ROSE ANN MEISENHEIMER will be held 2-p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13th, at the First Presbyterian Church in Greenfield. Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the First Presbyterian Church in Greenfield on Tuesday, November 12, 2019, from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., with the family greeting friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com
Burial is in the Greenfield Cemetery. Coffee and Bars will be served at the church following the services at the cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Rose Anne Meisenheimer memorial fund to be established by the family.
ROSE ANN MEISENHEIMER is survived by:
Her daughters – Deb Jameson, of Fontanelle; Kathy (Bruce) Hagen, of Columbia Falls, MT; Julie (Robert) Pernu, of Polk City; and Lori (Scott) Armstrong, of Greenfield.
Her son – Daryl (Jenny) Meisenheimer, of Houston, TX.
12 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; other relatives, in-laws, and friends.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Appeals Court has ruled against a convicted killer who says he “died” during a medical emergency and thus fulfilled his life sentence. Wapello County court records say Benjamin Schreiber has been serving the life term since being convicted in 1997 of beating a man to death. Schreiber says his heart stopped five times on March 30, 2015, at a hospital where he’d been taken from the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison.
Schreiber filed for release in April 2018, saying that because he momentarily died before being resuscitated at the hospital, he should be freed. A district judge found little merit in Schreiber’s argument, saying Schreiber’s filing confirmed that he was still among the living. The appeals court affirmed that ruling Wednesday, saying: “Schreiber is either alive, in which case he must remain in prison, or he is dead, in which case this appeal is moot.”
The Creston Police Department today (Friday), said a Creston man was cited Thursday afternoon. Dan Hardin, who resides in the 600 block of W. Mills Street, was cited for allowing an animal to run at-large, resulting in a person being bitten. The animal was given to Creston Animal Control to be quarantined.
Creston Police said also, a woman residing in the 500 block of College Drive reported Thursday night, that sometime between 5-p.m. Wednesday and 11-a.m. Thursday, someone entered her vehicle that was parked in her driveway, and took $10 in cash, a pair of shoes, and some random paperwork. The loss was estimated at $100 altogether. And, a man from Sterling, IL., reported to Police at around 12:25-a.m. today (Friday), that his vehicle was stolen from a motel in Creston, sometime between 11:30-p.m. Thursday and 12:15-a.m. today (Friday).
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