Le Mars Residents Can Vote For K-9 Police Dog For A Grant
(Le Mars) — Le Mars residents have the opportunity to cast a vote for the Le Mars Police Department’s K-9 unit to win a $5,000 grant. Officer Bob Rohlmiller is the K-9 handler for the Le Mars Police Department. He says people have until midnight, Tuesday, October 26th to vote in the Aftermath K-9 contest for Le Mars Police Dog, “Ace”.
Rohlmiller says Rexwinkle Funeral Home submitted the nomination. He says people can cast their vote each day until the deadline.
The Le Mars Area Chamber of Commerce has sent a link for the voting to its membership, otherwise, Rohlmiller says Le Mars residents can go online to the Le Mars Police Department Facebook page and cast their vote.
The contest involves local police departments and county sheriff’s offices from the states of Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa.
Man Serving Life Sentence In Prison Dies
(Des Moines, IA) — The Iowa Department of Corrections reports a prisoner serving a life sentence died Friday morning from a prolonged illness that was not COVID related. Forty-six-year-old Timothy Keith Palmer was found guilty of first-degree murder in and first-degree robbery in Polk County in 1995 in the beating death of a man in Des Moines. Palmer began serving his sentence in November of 1995.
Deer More Active This Time Of Year
(Undated) — It’s the time of year where you are more likely to encounter a deer out on Iowa’s roadways. D-N-R’s wildlife research biologist, Jim Coffey, says deer movement is generally triggered by the timing of the sun change. He says the peak deer rut is going to be the first or second week of November — but they start to ramp up in the end of October. Coffey says the old saying that when you see one deer there’s usually another isn’t a myth — it’s biological — as the bucks are attracted to the scent of a doe and will often be chasing them when the doe comes into heat. Coffee says dawn and dusk are the most active times for deer, and the best way to avoid a collision is to be more cautious at those times.
Record Rainfall Recorded Sunday
(Johnston, IA) — The National Weather Service says rainfall records were set in several Iowa cities Sunday — including Ottumwa, Waterloo, and Des Moines, where nearly three inches fell, breaking a record set in 1908. There is a report from an N-W-S spotter in Clarke County of three-point-six-three inches of rain. The thunderstorms knocked out the power in the Quad Cities to several thousand customers. Power was restored to a majority of them this (Monday) morning.
Union Leader Says Deere Workers Striking For Now And Future
(Undated) — The president of the Iowa Federation of Labor AFL-CIO says the pandemic has changed the way workers think about their jobs. Charlie Wishman says it was no surprise members of the United Auto Workers went on strike against John Deere as they are drawing a line in the sand for themselves and future workers. He says one of the issues is Deere wants to remove the retirement system for anybody hired after November 1st. John Deere announced Friday it will continue providing health care benefits to union workers. The union would have had to start providing health care to striking workers, but the benefits would not have been the same as the plans Deere employees have now. A spokeswoman for the company said Deere and Company is taking these steps to demonstrate its commitment to doing what’s right by John Deere employees.
