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Monday Afternoon News, April 23rd

GEHLEN BALL RAISES OVER $270,000

With last week’s snowfall, the LeMars area embraced spring with “A Night at the Masters,” the 31st annual Friends of Gehlen Catholic Ball on Saturday at the LeMars Convention Center.

The Friends of Gehlen Ball were able to raise $272,935.20 for the local Catholic school during the special event (a new record).

To date, the Friends of Gehlen Catholic Ball has donated in 31 years a total of $4,471,339.57.

TWO SISTERS HONORED WITH THE PETER J. GEHLEN SPIRIT AWARD

This year’s Peter J. Gehlen Spirit Award was awarded to Patricia Ryan & Elizabeth Jean Hermes, two sisters who emulate the principles, which the Gehlen’s founded the Church & school on through their commitment to “Faith, Values, Service & Academic Excellence.

Lisa Niebuhr, Development Director at Gehlen Catholic High School says Patricia was a teacher at Gehlen Catholic for six years, and continues to remain active in the church and the community today:

Niebuhr went on to add that Pat is not the type of person to do for others just to be recognized.

The other young lady the Friends of Gehlen Ball recognized was Elizabeth Jean Hermes. Like her sister, Jean recognizes the importance of faith, values, and service.

Jean’s greatest passions were helping with funeral dinners & volunteering in the nursing home when her father could no longer be cared for at home.

Niebuhr believes that these two sister’s remind us all to live our lives committed to faith, values, and academic excellence.

BODY OF MISSING WOMAN RECOVERED FROM MISSOURI RIVER

The body of a missing Sioux Falls area woman has been recovered from the Missouri River.

Lieutenant Clint Clites of the Yankton County Sheriff’s Office says the body of 66-year-old Diane Bartling was discovered Sunday afternoon:

Lt. Clites says a positive identification of Bartling has been made.
He says no foul play is suspected in the case:

Bartling’s car had been found parked near the Meridian Bridge in Yankton on April 2nd.

The South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Department, Nebraska Game & Parks and Yankton Police assisted in the search.

UNITY POINT HEALTH REPORTS SECURITY BREACH AFFECTING 16,000 PATIENTS

Around 16-thousand (16,000) patients are receiving notices that their personal and health information may have compromised in a cybersecurity attack on UnityPoint Health. Radio Iowa’s Pat Curtis reports.

People can learn if their emails were affected by the breach by calling UnityPoint Health at 855-331-3612.

WILDFIRE BURNS 300 ACRES IN WESTERN IOWA NEAR MISSOURI RIVER

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – Firefighters are working to extinguish a wildfire that burned roughly 300 acres near the Missouri River in western Iowa.

The fire that burned on Sunday has been contained, but it continued to smolder on Monday.

The fire started near Council Bluffs and covered more than 2 miles of brush and trees to the Veterans Memorial Bridge that connects to south Omaha.

The fire also damaged an all-terrain vehicle park that the Iowa Department of Natural Resources manages.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.