Floyd Valley Apartment Residents Have A Working Elevator
(Le Mars) — After waiting more than four months, the residents of the Floyd Valley Apartments of Le Mars were granted an early Christmas wish on Friday. The only elevator that serves the five-story facility is once again working. Back in August, the elevator that serves the 65 residents in the apartment complex had broken down and was not able to be repaired. Floyd Valley Apartments have several elderly and handicapped residents, which made for a great inconvenience when the elevator was not operating. Sue Hatch is the manager of the apartment complex. She says the residents are excited to again have a working elevator.
The 1921 building is listed on the national historic registry, and at one time served as the Le Mars hospital. Hatch says the Otis Elevator Company had to rebuild every piece of equipment of the old elevator.
Hatch says the apartment residents are a close-knit community that would take care of each other. She says many of the able-bodied residents and other community volunteers would perform the needed errands for those residents unable to use the five flights of stairway.
2017 Garbage/Recycling Schedules Now Available
(Le Mars) — The city of Le Mars has available the 2017 garbage and recycling schedule magnets. They are available at the city hall offices, and will also be available at the vestibule for residents to pick up after hours.
Iowa State Patrol Advises To Stay With Vehicle When Stranded
(Le Mars) — Should you encounter bad weather while driving and become stranded, the advice from the Iowa State Patrol is to stay inside with your vehicle.
Trooper John Farley says motorists should equip themselves with a survival kit for when they are traveling during the winter months, and especially if you are traveling during winter weather advisories or warnings.
Farley says if you do become stranded, try to describe your location with as much specifics as possible.
Lt. Governor Reynolds To Graduate From Iowa State University
AMES, Iowa (AP) – Iowa’s lieutenant governor – who is set to become Iowa’s next governor – is celebrating a different milestone this weekend.
Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will attain her longstanding goal to get a bachelor’s degree when she graduates from Iowa State University on Saturday.
Reynolds will be receiving her bachelor of liberal studies degree with 3 concentrations: political science, business management and communications. Reynolds will participate in the school’s fall graduation ceremony that begins at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Hilton Coliseum in Ames.
Reynolds’ rise to become Iowa’s first female governor follows current Gov. Terry Branstad’s acceptance of President-elect Donald Trump’s offer to become U.S. ambassador to China.
Ohio Man Found Guilty Of Glenwood Murder
GLENWOOD, Iowa (AP) – A Mills County jury has found an Ohio man guilty of fatally shooting an 18-year-old woman in western Iowa.
Prosecutors say it took the jury a little more than two hours Friday to convict 27-year-old Mark Troutman, of Sylvania, Ohio, with first-degree murder in the slaying of Kathryn Weber. She was found bleeding outside her Glenwood workplace on Sept. 17 and died at the scene.
Troutman was arrested at a Glenwood motel that night. Authorities say Troutman was Weber’s ex-boyfriend and that he shot her because he was distraught over their breakup. Troutman’s defense attorney, Eric Nelson, had argued that Troutman intended to commit suicide in front of Weber, and hadn’t planned to harm her.
Troutman faces life in prison when he’s sentenced Feb. 13.
Catholic Priest Found Guilty Of Invasion Of Privacy
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – A retired Catholic priest in western Iowa has been found guilty of five misdemeanor counts of invasion of privacy over an incident at a high school track meet in April.
The Daily Nonpareil says (https://bit.ly/2hE0HNP ) the Rev. Paul Monahan was found guilty Friday by an associate judge in Council Bluffs. In the Friday ruling, the judge said he found credible the testimony of five male high school students who said Monahan repeatedly entered the high school restroom and looked at their genitals at an open urinal.
The 83-year-old Monahan was suspended in July after the Diocese of Des Moines learned of the investigation.
Monahan faces up to two year in prison on each count when he’s sentenced on Jan. 18.
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