Early Morning Sioux City Bus Accident
(Sioux City) BOTH DRIVERS WERE INJURED EARLY THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING IN A TWO VEHICLE COLLISION AT HIGHWAY 75 AND OUTER BELT DRIVE.
SIOUX CITY POLICE SAY A NORTHBOUND TRANSIT BUS WAS TURNING ONTO OUTER BELT WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH A SOUTHBOUND S-U-V IN THE INTERSECTION AROUND 5:45AM. THE S-U-V ROLLED AND THE DRIVER, 26 YEAR OLD CHAD PLANTE OF HINTON, WAS EXTRICATED BY EMERGENCY RESPONDERS. HE WAS TAKEN TO MERCY MEDICAL CENTER WITH WHAT AUTHORITIES SAY WERE SIGNIFICANT BUT NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. THE TRANSIT BUS, DRIVEN BY 39 YEAR OLD JAMIE PICA OF SIOUX CITY, WENT OFF THE ROAD AND THROUGH A CHAINLINK FENCE. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO UNITY POINT ST. LUKE’S WITH MINOR INJURIES. NORTHBOUND HIGHWAY 75 AT OUTER BELT DRIVE WAS CLOSED FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTERWARDS. THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
Lieutenant Governor Pushing Apprenticeship Program
Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds is traveling the state this week, promoting the state’s program of registered apprenticeships with Iowa employers. This week is “Apprenticeship Appreciation and Awareness Week.
Officials with Governor Branstad’s administration say they hope to double the number of registered apprenticeships with Iowa employers over the next five years. It’s part of their goal to get more Iowans into post high school training and education. Under the program, trainees are paid to learn a skilled trade or other profession.
Iowans Only Have A Few More Days Of Warm Weather Before Reality Hits
Iowans are enjoying much warmer-than-normal weather for mid-November this week, with high temperatures daily in the 60s and 70s, but forecasters say the end is near.
Climatologist Dennis Todey (TODD-ee), director of the U-S-D-A’s Midwest Climate Hub in Ames, says highs will only be in the 40s by the weekend with lows dropping into the 20s.
Iowans likely won’t be seeing any snow fly soon and in some areas, a hard killing frost may still be a few weeks away.
Todey says it appears more likely that a La Nina pattern will take form this winter, which could mean below-normal temperatures and above-normal snowfall.
LINDBLADE’S “CLIX” SHOWCASES A LIFE IN PICTURES
LINDBLADE HAS BEEN FRANK SINATRA’S PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHER. HE’S TAKEN PHOTOS FOR PLAYBOY AS WELL AS CLICKED SHOTS OF SEVERAL PRESIDENTS, POPES AND OTHER LEADERS AND ENTERTAINERS.
THERE’S ALSO BEEN AN ELEMENT OF DANGER IN PLACES LIKE THE WOUNDED KNEE STANDOFF, PRISON RIOTS AND FIRES:
LINDBLADE IS THE OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF SIOUX CITY FIRE RESCUE, AND IS OFTEN SEEN TAKING PICTURES OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS IN ACTION.
HE’S ALSO HELPED DEVELOP AD CAMPAIGNS FOR COMPANIES LIKE IBP AND GATEWAY, INCLUDING THE COMPUTER COMPANY’S ICONIC COW SPOTS:
LINDBLADE SAYS WRITING “CLIX” ALSO MADE HIM THINK ABOUT HIS FUTURE:
YOU CAN FIND A COPY OF “CLIX” AT SIOUX CITY GIFTS AT 1922 PIERCE STREET, ON THE STORE WEBSITE AND ON FACEBOOK.
IOWA IS SENDING SOME TURKEYS TO WASHINGTON
Iowa is sending some turkeys to Washington, D-C. That’s not a commentary on the recent elections — it’s a big honor for the state’s turkey industry.
Iowa Turkey Federation spokesperson, Hailey Grant, says a northwest Iowa farm will supply the turkeys for the annual ceremony where the president pardons the big birds before Thanksgiving.
While a national election chooses the politicians who’re sent to White House, the selection of the presidential turkeys are picked by one person.
The process is a little more complicated for the turkey producers than picking out a couple of birds and sending them out east.
The turkeys that pass the test end up getting pardoned.
Most of the turkeys raised in Iowa do not end up on the Thanksgiving table, they are used for meat in sandwiches in fast-food restaurants.
HEARING TO DETERMINE DEATH PENALTY REGARDING SPREE KILLER
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A hearing to determine whether an Omaha man who killed four people shortly after he was released from prison in 2013 will face the death penalty is scheduled to begin on Monday.
A three-judge panel is scheduled to spend most of the week hearing evidence about whether Nikko Jenkins’ crimes warrant execution.
The case will be the first opportunity for Nebraska’s death penalty to be imposed since voters voted to reinstate it last week.
Jenkins was convicted of four counts of first-degree murder for the August 2013 shooting deaths in and around Omaha of Juan Uribe-Pena, Jorge Cajiga-Ruiz, Curtis Bradford and Andrea Kruger. Jenkins pleaded no contest to the charges.
Patrol Supervisor Put On Administrative Leave For Crude Joke About Sportscaster
FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa State Patrol supervisor who was disciplined last year for a Facebook joke about killing a sportscaster is on administrative leave.
The Iowa Department of Public Safety confirmed Monday that Lt. Kelly Hindman was taken off duty Oct. 26 and remains on paid leave.
Department spokesman Alex Murphy did not offer a reason for the move against Hindman, who was the commander of the patrol’s post in Fort Dodge. He says personnel records are confidential.
Hindman drew headlines in January 2015, when he wrote on Facebook that he wanted a sniper to shoot ESPN college basketball announcer Dan Dakich in the head.
After an internal investigation, Hindman kept his supervisory position without a cut to his annual salary, which is now $100,000. He’s been with the patrol 28 years.
