Floyd Valley Healthcare To Hold Ribbon-Cutting Ceremonies For New Surgical Center
(Le Mars) — After nearly two years of construction, Floyd Valley Healthcare is
finishing the northside addition by hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday
during an After-five event. The ribbon-cutting ceremony is acknowledging the new
surgical center. Administrator Mike Donlin says all of the surgeons have been
invited to participate in the ceremony.
Since it is the new surgical unit that is being honored, it only makes sense that
the surgeons would use scalpels to cut the ribbon.
Donlin says the actual ribbon cutting will take place on the upstairs level in front of the surgical center.
The health care administrator says people will also want to view the recently completed mural located on the south side of the health care facility.
Donlin says the medical staff are in general agreement they enjoy working in the new surgical center.
Clay County Fair Sees Drop In Attendance
(Spencer) — The Clay County Fair in Spencer finished up their nine-day run on
Sunday with a total attendance of 325,011 people. The number reflects a drop of
nearly five thousand people from a year ago attendance. Fair officials say the
rain on Thursday kept people away from attending the fair.
Missing College Student Body Found In Upper Iowa River
DECORAH, Iowa (AP) – A college student who had been missing for more than a day
has been found dead in the Upper Iowa River.
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports (https://bit.ly/2cKGkuS ) that
authorities found the 21-year-old Minnesota man in the river Sunday morning. He
was last seen at a bar in Decorah early Saturday morning.
Decorah Police said Bjorn Norderhaug was a student at Luther College. He was
from Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
Authorities began looking for the computer science major from Eden Prairie,
Minnesota, on Saturday.
Someone reported finding a body in the Upper Iowa River outside of Decorah on
Sunday. Rescuers were able to recover the body Sunday morning.
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Law Enforcement Officials Sieze Property
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – An analysis of data from Iowa law enforcement agencies
shows they seize cash, vehicles and other private property from at least 1,000
people a year without proof the property was acquired as a result of a crime or
was being used to help people commit crimes.
The seizures have increased markedly since the 1980s, when state and local governments reported fewer than two dozen such cases annually. The civil forfeiture laws have let
helped the agencies pump millions of dollars into their budgets, mostly in
uncontested cases.
Iowa County Attorneys Association guidelines say prosecutors are supposed to
use forfeiture to deter future criminal activity. But critics of the practice say
it has strayed beyond the original intent of the state’s forfeiture laws.
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Protesters Arrested In Southeast Iowa Over Oil Pipeline
SANDUSKY, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say 44 people were cited and one person was
jailed during a weekend protest intended to block construction of a major oil
pipeline in southeast Iowa.
Lee County Chief Deputy Sheriff Scott Bonar said Monday that 38 adults were
taken to the county jail, cited for trespassing and released after authorities
removed them from the work site entrance of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access
Pipeline in Sandusky.
Six juveniles were also cited and released, and one person was held on
charges of trespassing and interference with official acts.
The pipeline would transport oil from North Dakota’s Bakken formation to
Illinois. Protesters were removed after walking through a line of private security
and sheriff’s deputies who stood in front of the driveway.
Bonar says the estimated 200 protesters remained peaceful.
