(Le Mars) — Life Skills Training Center will again have a presence at the Plymouth County Fair with both the annual quilt auction, as well as with the bossy bingo. Shelly Thompson serves as the Marketing and Development Manager for Life Skills, and she says both events serve as major fund raisers for the organization. Thompson says so far more than 78 quilts will be up for auction on Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. at the Century Hall.
New this year for the quilt auction will also be an array of “barn quilts”.
As for the traditional quilts available for auction, Thompson says there are several sizes, colors, and patterns to choose from.
We will hear more about the Life Skills quilt auction and the Bossy Bingo in tomorrow’s news updates.
Five People Injured From Carnival Ride Collapsing
ATLANTIC, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say five people were injured when a carnival ride malfunctioned at the Cass County Fair in Atlantic.
Police Lt. David Erickson says the five were on the Octopus ride around 7:40 p.m. Sunday when the arms holding their cars slammed to the ground. A woman, three girls and a boy were taken to Cass County Memorial Hospital for treatment. Their names, ages and hometowns haven’t been released.
Erickson says the ride was shut down and will be examined Monday by a state inspector.
Democrats Say Survey Shows Providers Not Being Paid
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Democratic lawmakers have released a survey that says some health care providers are not being paid properly under Iowa’s privatized Medicaid program.
The survey released Monday says 90 percent of more than 400 health care providers who responded have seen administrative costs increase since the program switched to private management April 1. The survey indicates nearly eight in 10 of those providers say they haven’t been paid on time.
There are more than 20,000 providers in the Medicaid program, which offers health care to poor and disabled residents. Staff for the Democratic-controlled Senate says the survey was posted on social media and health care associations were contacted.
Ben Hammes, a spokesman for Gov. Terry Branstad, says the survey is partisan and unscientific.
Lawmakers will discuss the program’s transition Tuesday.
Substitute Teacher Accused Of Having Sexual Relations With Student
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – A former substitute teacher is accused of having sexual contact with a Cedar Rapids student.
Twenty-four-year-old Mary Haglin is charged with sexual exploitation by a school employee. She was arrested Friday. Online court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment on Haglin’s behalf.
Authorities say she had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old boy who attended Washington High School. Haglin told Cedar Rapids station KGAN (https://bit.ly/2arK2Ns ) that she regrets what took place.
The district says that after its investigation it barred Haglin from teaching at district schools. But the district also says that, because of a miscommunication with the substitute placement system, Haglin worked for a short time as an elementary substitute at the end of the 2015-2016 school year.
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Boone Police Determined To Be Justified In Shooting
BOONE, Iowa (AP) – The Boone County attorney says two officers were justified in shooting a man who was aiming what appeared to be a handgun at them.
Authorities say Boone Police Sgt. Nathan Kester and Officer Joseph Slight shot and killed 28-year-old Michael Disbrowe on June 27. They’d been dispatched to check a report that an armed man was threatening people. The officers say they fired after Disbrowe pulled the weapon from his waistband, disregarded their orders to drop it, aimed it at them and advanced.
Investigators learned later that Disbrowe was wielding only an airsoft gun, but County Attorney Daniel Kolacia said in a news release Monday that “the weapon had the realistic look of a handgun” and that Disbrowe had made motion that looked like he’d chambered a round.
Iowa Received Heavy Rains
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The past two weeks have been very wet across most of Iowa with the statewide average rainfall total nearly double the normal amount.
In an update on water conditions Monday, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says statewide average rainfall for the past two weeks is just over 4 inches compared with the normal of 2.09 inches.
Two-week rain totals varied from 1 1/2 inches at Akron to 9 inches at Red Oak.
The area of the state impacted by dryness has fallen from about 50 percent to near 40 percent. Most of Iowa’s drought conditions are abnormally dry and are considered short-term lasting less than six months.
The area of southeast Iowa rated as moderate drought is now less than 7 percent of the state down from 18 percent.
