Gehlen Catholic To Celebrate Homecoming On Friday
(Le Mars) — Gehlen Catholic High School will hold its Homecoming festivities on Friday, and Lisa Niebuhr, the school’s Development and Marketing Director says the day’s activities will begin at Cleveland Park with the Jay’s Olympics.
At noon, inside the Deb Campbell Memorial Gymnasium will be the crowning of the Homecoming king and queen.
The Gehlen Catholic Homecoming parade will begin to line up at 1:30 p.m. from the 8th Street Blvd. and head north, just like the annual Ice Cream Days Parade, and last month’s Le Mars Community Homecoming parade.
Prior to the kickoff, a tailgate party has been arranged at the new stadium.
At 7:00 p.m. will be the Gehlen Homecoming football game against the Hinton Blackhawks.
Homecoming will be only the second home game for the Gehlen Jays this year due to the construction of the new stadium. Niebuhr says for businesses and others interested in having a float or other display featured in the Gehlen Catholic homecoming parade, you will need to contact her at Gehlen Catholic school.
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Hy Vee For Data Breach
(Des Moines) — A lawsuit has been filed in Illinois against Hy-Vee following a data breach.
Two customers who claim their credit cards were compromised have filed the suit against the West Des Moines-based company and are seeking class action status. Hy-Vee reported in August that a data breech happened after malware was used to access accessed credit card information at fuel pumps, restaurants and drive-thru coffee shops from December through July. The
company says encryption technology was used inside Hy-Vee supermarkets, pharmacies and convenience stores that protected customers who used credit cards there. Those in the suit say they lost money and the time it took to resolve the problem. Hy-Vee is not commenting on the lawsuit.
Environmental Protection Agency Reverses Agreement On Renewable FuelsÂ
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Farmers and biofuel industry officials are reacting angrily to a rule released by the Environmental Protection Agency that they say doesn’t uphold a promise President Donald Trump made to fulfill the intent of an ethanol law passed by Congress.
The Trump administration announced Oct. 4 plans to implement a rule requiring oil refineries to replace the ethanol gallons lost through exemptions the EPA has granted to small oil refineries.
The deal farmers say Trump agreed to would add about 1.3 billion gallons (2.5 billion imperial gallons) of waived ethanol back into the fuel supply next year. On Tuesday, the EPA released the proposed rule that would use a different calculation biofuels groups say would replace only 770 million gallons (641 million imperial gallons).
An EPA spokesman says the rule reflects the negotiated agreement.
Bagley Home Flooded With Blood
BAGLEY, Iowa (AP) – Blood may be thicker than water, but it’ll still flood your basement.
Nick Lestina found this out the hard way two weeks ago when he
discovered 5 inches (13 centimeters) of blood, fat and other animal tissue flooding his family’s basement in Bagley, which is about 45 miles (72 kilometers) northwest of Des Moines. He told the Des Moines Register that he hasn’t been able to clean it up because it’s still seeping in.
The waste is coming from a neighboring meat locker, where blood and tissue from slaughtered animals was washed down a drain. Officials say a clog or break in the pipe sent the waste into Lestina’s basement through a floor drain.
A state environmental specialist traced the waste to Dahl’s Custom Meat Locker and says the company is now pumping its into a large tank.
The Lestina family has temporarily moved in with a relative.
—
Two Convicted On Child Pornography Charges
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – Federal officials in Iowa say two men have been sentenced to prison in a child pornography case.
Federal prosecutors for Iowa say 39-year-old Brian Lee Rhodes was sentenced to 30 years in prison on each of three counts of coercion and enticement of a minor and 20 years in prison for distribution of child pornography. The sentences will run at the same time. Also sentenced Wednesday was 46-year-old Jeremy Eugene Jameson. He received nearly three years for access with intent to view child pornography.
Officials say the case began last year when a concerned parent
reported to Creston police an inappropriate conversation she found on her 11 year-old daughter’s Facebook account with Rhodes. Investigators then found conversations in which Rhodes asked other minors to send him inappropriate images and videos. Officials say Jameson received one of those images from
Rhodes.
Sexual Harassment Cases On The Increase At State Executive Branch
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – The number of known cases of sexual harassment committed by employees in Iowa’s executive branch has spiked since responsibility for investigations shifted to a single agency.
The cases resulted in terminations of accused employees at multiple agencies, including the Department of Transportation, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Revenue. Allegations of unwanted touching of co-workers, sexual comments and other inappropriate behaviors were confirmed.
The fiscal year that ended June 30 was the first that the Department of Administrative Services had exclusive authority to investigate sexual harassment complaints. The department reports it confirmed 10 cases of sexual harassment in that year.
The department told lawmakers earlier this year that it was only
aware of three founded cases during the three prior years combined.
