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Friday, November 18th News

Le Mars Receives First Snowfall Of Winter Season

(Le Mars) — As mentioned earlier, Plymouth County and all of northwest Iowa is experiencing its first winter-like day with its first snowfall. Todd Heitkamp is a meteorologist with the National Weather Services based at Sioux Falls. He doesn’t anticipate much accumulation from this first snow fall.

If you are thinking it is unusual to see such a drastic change of weather patterns going from 70 degree temperatures on Wednesday and snow on Friday, Heitkamp says just think back to last year.

Plymouth County is under a wind advisory and Heitkamp says even though it is our first snow of the season, people will want to be concerned about the wind chill factor.

As for the week of Thanksgiving, the weather official says we all should enjoy a nice holiday with decent weather conditions.

Heitkamp says we can be assured that the nice warm days we have been experiencing are now in the past.

 

Vintage Auto Auction Scheduled In Granville

(Granville) — If you have an interest in vintage automobiles, and especially with antique Buicks, then you will want to attend an auction scheduled for Saturday at Granville. Mike Hodgen says the collection of 40 Buick automobiles is from his late father, Terry Hodgen, who operated Terry’s Repair and Auto
Parts in Granville.

Hodgen says a Buick was not his first car, and in fact only got into Buicks by purely by coincidence.

After purchasing the 1965 Buick Riviera, the elder Hodgen then expanded his business and, with the expansion came an expansion for his love of Buicks.

Hodgen says the conditions of the vintage Buick cars is everything from a shell of a car up to fully operational antiques.

Hodgen talks about some of his father’s favorites among his collection.

The sale of the vintage autos will take place downtown in Granville on Saturday, beginning at 10:00 a.m. The sale will feature two rings.

 

Environmental Groups Want More Action For Mississippi River

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – An environmental collaborative is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to push Iowa and nine other Mississippi River states to address pollution in the river.
The Mississippi River Collaborative says the EPA has failed to require enforceable regulations, deadlines or funding to reduce nitrogen and phosphorous pollution.
The pollution contributes to the Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone, an area that’s unable to support aquatic life.
The environmental collaborative looked at clean-water efforts in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana. Its report calls the EPA’s efforts weak and ineffective. The collaborative represents 13 environmental and legal groups, including the Iowa Environmental Council.

 

Man Arrested For Shooting Police Officers Earlier Sent Email Praising Police

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Emails released to The Associated Press show that four days before he allegedly ambushed and killed two Iowa police officers, Scott Michael Greene sent the local police department a laudatory note calling officers “absolute heroes.” In an online compliment form, the unemployed 46- year-old father wrote Oct. 29: “I love you folks.”