SIDS Association Host Chamber Coffee And Get Prepared For Fund Raiser Walk-a-thon
(Le Mars) –– Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or otherwise known simply as SIDS, is the number one disease that claims the life of babies under the age of one year olds. Nearly two thousand infant deaths each year can be attributed to SIDS. Pam Jeneary of Le Mars serves on the board of directors with the Iowa Association of SIDS, 38 years ago Pam and her husband Tom lost a child due to SIDS.
Since that time, Pam Jeneary has taken on an active roll in calling attention to SIDS, including organizing fund raisers to help with SIDS research. On Saturday, August 28th, across the state of Iowa, the Iowa SIDS Association will hold seven different fund raiser activities to raise money for SIDS. Le Mars will again serve as the host for the northwest Iowa event.
Wednesday morning, the northwest Iowa SIDS Association hosted a chamber coffee event to call attention to the disease, and the upcoming fundraiser walk. Jeneary shared with the gathering some good news with fund raising efforts for the upcoming walk.
The annual walk-a-thon SIDS fundraiser is scheduled for Saturday, August 28th at the Le Mars Municipal Park and Shelter House. Jeneary says online registration has already closed, but interested participants can still register the day of the event. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the walk will begin at 9:00 a.m. KLEM radio is a proud sponsor of the SIDS Walk-a-thon.
Axne Urges Governor Reynolds to Use Federal Funds for COVID Testing in Schools
(Washington, DC) — Congresswoman Cindy Axne is urging Governor Kim Reynolds to utilize federal funds for COVID testing in schools that the state rejected earlier this year. Iowa’s lone Democrat in the U-S sent a letter to the Republican governor asking her to deploy all available resources to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the classroom. The Iowa Department of Public Health declined to utilize more than 95-million dollars in C-D-C funding for the E-L-C reopening schools program in April. Axne said “additional resources, such as those from the C-D-C, would allow schools to do more testing, identify who may have COVID-19, and better protect kids, teachers, and parents from COVID-19.”
Natural Shrimp Nears Completion of 2 Production Facilities in Iowa
(Webster City, IA) — A Texas-based company is nearing completion on two seafood production facilities in north-central Iowa. Natural Shrimp will soon begin harvesting in Blairsburg and Webster City. C-E-O Gerald Easterling says supply and vendor issues due to the pandemic have pushed things back a few months. Easterling says “we’re growing them in a combined, recirculating system in pretty high density that people will be excited to see. They’re going to get a high-quality, locally-grown shrimp.” Natural Shrimp technical and operating officer Tom Untermeyer says he’s hopeful production for the shrimp facility will begin later this year. The company is marketing its product as “Farm to Table Sushi-grade Shrimp.”
13-Year-Old Arrested For Shooting From Vehicle In Cedar Rapids
(Cedar Rapids, IA) — Police in Cedar Rapids say a 13-year-old boy is under arrest for shooting at a home from a vehicle. Officers responded to several gunshots in an alley late Tuesday night and saw an S-U-V with no headlights. The vehicle was stopped and the juvenile passenger was taken into custody for discharging a firearm at an occupied residence and possession of drugs. A handgun with an extended magazine was recovered from the S-U-V. The 20-year-old driver was cited for unsafe entry onto a roadway and failure to use headlamps. Investigators say there were several bullet holes in the home, but no injuries were reported.
Omaha Man Pleads Not Guilty to Fatal Mason City Pedestrian Crash
(Mason City, IA) — A man from Omaha is pleading not guilty to a drunken driving crash in Mason City that left a pedestrian dead. Thirty-five-year-old Christopher Rathfon is charged with vehicular homicide in the death of 62-year-old Dawn Merrick of Mason City. Police say Rathfon was driving drunk when he hit Merrick in a Fleet Farm parking lot June 8th and she died in the hospital a couple days later. The criminal complaint says a breath test show Rathfon’s blood alcohol content was three times the legal limit in Iowa. His trial is scheduled for September 21st in Cerro Gordo County.
