Chamber To Host Trivia Night
(Le Mars) — If you have an interest in trivia you may want to participate in the Le Mars Chamber of Commerce Trivia Night fundraiser scheduled for this coming Tuesday. Mary Reynolds says this is a new idea for the Chamber of Commerce.
Reynolds says the questions will be across the board with many different types of categories.
Reynolds says the teams will compete against each other, but individuals are also welcomed.
The Le Mars Chamber official says unlike the March Madness NCAA Basketball Tournament, there are no brackets, and no team will be eliminated.
People interested in participating with the Chamber Trivia Night need to contact the chamber office at (712) 546-8821 in order to register.
Foxhoven Confirmed By Iowa Senate To Lead Human Services
(Des Moines) — The Iowa Senate has voted to let the man who’s been leading the state’s largest agency stay in the job. Governor Kim Reynolds appointed Jerry Foxhoven to be director of the Iowa Department of Human Services in June, but two-thirds of the members of the Iowa Senate must vote to confirm agency leaders for the positions. Republican Senator Mark Segebart (SEG-eh-bart) of Vail read Foxhoven’s resume to his colleagues before Wednesday’s vote.
Foxhoven had to get 34 “yes” votes in the senate to remain as D-H-S director. Thirty-eight voted “yes” to confirm him for the job. Eleven senators voted no. Senate Democratic Leader Janet Petersen says she wanted “more time to get more answers” from Foxhoven about problems in the state-run Medicaid program.
Petersen and Segebart were the only two senators who made comments on Foxhoven’s nomination. Foxhoven, who is an attorney, is a former Drake University professor with a background in child and family law.
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Inmate Assaults Two Corrections Officers
FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa Corrections Department says inmates have assaulted two guards at the Fort Dodge prison.
The attacks occurred around 5 p.m. Wednesday. A department news release says an inmate attacked a correctional officer, and when another officer went to help, all three fell to the floor. The department says more officers were sent to the unit after another inmate began kicking the two officers on the floor.
The two guards were treated at a Fort Dodge hospital and then returned to work the remainder of their shifts.
The names of those involved haven’t been released.
Council Bluffs Man Found Guilty Of Killing Homeless Man
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – A man charged as an accessory in the Council Bluffs slaying of a homeless man has been sentenced.
Court records say 53-year-old Cleo McClellan pleaded guilty Wednesday and was sentenced to 98 days already served and fined $625, but the fine was suspended.
Police say he and 43-year-old Michael Thacker were involved in the Nov. 28 slaying of 34-year-old David Simpson, whose body was found Dec. 11. He’d died of blunt force trauma. Police say all three men were homeless at the time.
Thacker was found and arrested Dec. 13 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Court records show he’s pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and is scheduled to go on trial May 8.
