SIOUXLAND RECOVERY FUND LAUNCHES ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
The Siouxland Recovery Fund has announced the launch of an individual assistance program to support the needs of flood victims in Plymouth, Woodbury, Union, and Dakota Counties.
The Siouxland Recovery Fund will partner with the Community Action Agency of Siouxland and the Salvation Army of Siouxland. They will divide the work between counties to ensure that those most impacted are helped. Individuals whose homes have been categorized as Destroyed, or with Major or Minor Damage, may apply for assistance as funds are available.
Residents of Plymouth, Union (SD), or Dakota (NE) should contact the Salvation Army of Siouxland at 712-255-8836.
Residents of Woodbury County should contact the Community Action Agency of Siouxland at 712-274-1610.
Donations can be made online at www.siouxlandrecoveryfund.com , by mailing a check to Siouxland Recovery Fund c/o United Way of Siouxland, 701 Steuben St., Sioux City, IA 51101, or delivering to any Security National Bank location.
INJURY ACCIDENT
Two people received serious injury in a three vehicle accident Wednesday in Woodbury County, southwest of Kingsley. 31 year old Deiler Reyes Pena, and a passenger, 29 year old Yanisleydis Perez Hechevarria, both of Storm Lake, were hospitalized with serious injuries at MercyOne in Sioux City. The Iowa State Patrol says Pena failed to yield from a stop sign at the intersection of Woodbury County Road D12 and Iowa Highway 140. Two oncoming vehicles, a pickup and a semi, crashed into the Pena vehicle. Those drivers, 42 year old Corey Lias of Sioux City, and 72 year old Steven French of Moville, were not injured.
LE MARS FARMERS MARKET
The Saturday Le Mars Farmers Market will set up in a new location this weekend. Rob Scheitler says after some discussions with city officials, they are moving downtown.
Scheitler says the farmers market was formerly located at the Olson Center, but inexplicably moved elsewhere. They are happy to return downtown.
Once they worked out liability issues with the city, the farmers market was ready to move.
Vendors are excited about the move.
The number of vendors fluctuates from week to week, but there is greater interest with the move to the Olson Center.
The farmers market downtown location will have a big impact.
Farmers Market will be at the Olson Center Saturdays at 9 a.m. until noon. This Saturday there will also be live music at the farmers market in Le Mars. Scheitler says this will be the location for the rest of this season, and also next year.
STORE EMPLOYEE ARRESTED FOR MISUSE OF A DEBIT CARD
A Hull man was arrested for using a debit card that was found at his place of work. The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday arrested 34-year-old Saul Santoyo of Hull.
Back on August 2, an individual reported that there were fraudulent charges on their debit card after the card was lost at the Casey’s General Store in Hull.
Upon further investigation, it was determined that Santoyo, an employee of Casey’s, had taken the debit card after it was turned in and made online purchases with the card totaling $667
Santoyo was transported to the Sioux County Jail where he was charged with unauthorized use of a credit or debit card and theft.
AG’S FROM IOWA AND 10 OTHER STATES SEEK EPA RULE ON ROUNDUP
The attorneys general from eleven states, including Iowa and Nebraska, are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to make it clear there’s a national standard for labeling of Roundup and other weed killers that contain glyphosate (GLY-foh-sayt). Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird says a new E-P-A rule is needed because California has proposed cancer warnings on Roundup and other products that contain the world’s most commonly used herbicide.
The E-P-A has said glyphosate is not likely to cause cancer in humans and in November, a federal appeals court ruled in favor of Monsanto — the maker of Roundup — and said California did not have authority to require a cancer warning on Roundup’s label. Bird says it’s time for the E-P-A to set things straight.
Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers (HILL-jers) says it’s about protecting the freedom to farm.
Kevin Ross, a farmer from Underwood who’s a former president of the National Corn Growers Association, joined the attorneys general at a news conference this (Wednesday) morning in Omaha. Ross told reporters there is no real substitute for glyphosate.
Monsanto’s attorneys have argued that a warning label on Roundup violates the company’s First Amendment right to be free from compelled speech that it disagrees with.
This spring, the Iowa Senate passed a bill to block lawsuits against farm chemical companies based on how the products are labeled, but it stalled in the House. Similar bills were introduced in other states.
Monsanto, now owned by Bayer, has settled about 100-thousand lawsuits and the company estimates there are more than 50-thousand pending.
