(Le Mars) — Several hundred people from Gehlen Catholic School, Opportunities
Unlimited, and from the general community were busy packing meals yesterday as part
of the “Then Feed Just One” program. The group set a new record by packaging
221,616 meals. The packaged meals consist of rice, soy protein, freeze dried
vegetables and a powdered vitamin supplement. The meals are destined to Honduras.
The “Then Feed Just One” program was also able to achieve another milestone. At
about 9:30 this morning, the one millionth packaged meal was sealed in a box.
Richard Sievert, the coordinator for “Then Feed Just One” says the one millionth
meal represents the entire year’s of meal packaging events that included Remsen St.
Mary’s and Granville Spalding. If you would like to donate to the “Then Feed Just
One” program, you can contact Gehlen High School at 546-4181.
(Le Mars) — Le Mars Community juniors and seniors will enjoy their annual prom this
evening. Doors to the Carey gymnasium will open at 5:00 p.m. and the promenade will
begin at 5:30 p.m. Admission is $5.
(Orange City) — On Friday, the Sioux County Sheriff’s office received a report that
a natural gas line, owned by MidAmerican Energy Company, had been struck by a farmer
working in his field. The incident occurrred in a farm field south of 330th Street,
one and a half miles south of Boyden. The Sioux County Sheriff’s office responded
to help secure the area. Because of this incident, the city of Boyden will be
without natural gas until sometime today while utility crews shut off the gas line
for repairs. No injuries were reported. The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office was
assisted by the Boyden and Hull Fire Departments.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A judge has scheduled hearings to reconsider sentences
given to two women who pleaded guilty in connection to a staged bank robbery in
Sioux City.
Judge Jeff Neary has scheduled hearings for Tuesday in which he will decide
whether he will amend the sentences he gave to 19-year-old Heaven Zevenbergen and
19-year-old Angelica Perez.
Zevenbergen and Perez both pleaded guilty to second-degree theft. They were
each sentenced to five years in prison in February.
Prosecutors said Perez entered a Security National Bank branch at a Hy-Vee
supermarket last August in a disguise, and warned Zevenbergen via a note that she
was armed. According to prosecutors, Zevenbergen, then a teller at the bank, knew
Perez and gave her $10,000.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Gov. Terry Branstad has appointed a physician and business
executive to the Iowa Board of Regents, replacing a board member who abruptly
resigned last week.
Branstad announced Friday that he will appoint 68-year-old Mike Richards, of
West Des Moines, to the board that oversees Iowa’s public universities.
Richards is the vice chairman and managing partner of Quatro Composites of
Orange City, a company that makes equipment for the aerospace and medical industry.
He spent nearly 20 years as a private practice physician and was head of Wild
Rose Entertainment, which owns casinos in Clinton, Emmetsburg and Jefferson.
He will replace former Regent Mary Andringa and will serve the remainder of her
term, beginning Friday and running through April 2021.
The appointment must be approved by the Iowa Senate when lawmakers reconvene.
(Le Mars) — State legislators are reflecting upon their work from this year’s
general session. The Iowa legislature gavel-led for adjournment a week ago on Friday,
April 29th. Bill Anderson, a republican state senator from Pierson says he was
pleased with the renewable fuel bills that were passed.
Anderson says he wishes more incentives could have been offered to retail gasoline
outlets, allowing them to install blender pumps, so they could sell various levels
of ethanol-based gasoline.
Anderson says he was also pleased to see his fellow lawmakers offer a tax credit for
wind energy. Anderson says the mid-west could see a dramatic increase in energy
costs in coming years, due to regulation.
(Carroll) — Congressman Steve King says he’s still trying to “come to grips” with Ted Cruz’s exit from the presidential race — and he’s waiting to see what Donald Trump does to stitch up the wounds in the G-O-P.
King endorsed Cruz before the Iowa Caucuses and was co-chair of Cruz’s national campaign. King says he will support whomever is the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, but King says that person won’t be chosen until July 27th. And King says no one knows what Donald Trump will do between now and then.
King made his comments during a stop in Carroll Friday morning.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $415 million, making
it the largest since a record-setting prize in January.
Winning numbers for the game will be drawn Saturday night, and if no one has
the lucky ticket, the prize will likely grow substantially by the next drawing
Wednesday.
Although $415 million is nothing to turn your nose up at, it’s far smaller than
the largest-ever $1.6 billion jackpot that prompted some to wait in hours-long lines
outside lottery retailers. Three people bought winning tickets for that prize in
January.
Powerball is played in 44 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the
U.S. Virgin Islands.
The odds of winning are one in 292.2 million
