Funds Go To Le Mars And Sioux Center Libraries
Dollar Tree is donating funds to boost literacy to the Le Mars area.
The Le Mars and Merrill Public Library will recevie 1,200 dollars and the Sioux Cienter LIbrary will receive 3,000 dollars. Northeast Community College will receive three-thousand dollars.The Dollar General Literacy Foundation (DGLF) announced the award of nearly $100,000 in literacy grants to Iowa nonprofit organizations, libraries and schools. The funds are a part of a record-setting, one-day donation in the Foundation’s history of more than $13.2 million to support adult, family, and summer literacy programs in the 48 states in which Dollar General operates.
The foundation says the grants aim to support schools, public libraries, and nonprofit organizations within a 15-mile radius of a Dollar General store or distribution center in implementing new literacy initiatives or expanding existing ones. Funding may be used to purchase new technology, books, materials, or software to enhance literacy programs. Learn more about the Foundation’s literacy grant programs online at http://www.dgliteracy.org.
Jet Gets Helicopter Ride In Sioux City To Be Refurbished
A Vietnam-era military jet flew over Sioux City for the first time in years with the help of two Iowa National Guard Chinook helicopters. The A-7 jet was moved Wednesday from the old Martin’s Airfield to the 185th Air National Guard base, where it will be restored and then be on permanent display at the Siouxland Freedom Park. Park board member Marty Hogan says they are excited to see the project happen.
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Hogan says they had to get ownership of the jet and then figure out how to get it moved and refurbished.
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Two Army National Guard Chinooks from Boone carried the plane from the airfield where it had been for the last 22 years to the 18th Airbase. This A-7 was used for training pilots at the 185th and was never flown in combat. The repainting is expected to take two or three months to complete.
THE CHILDREN’S MIRICALE NETWORK MEDIA-THON SURPASSES IT’S GOAL
THE FINAL TOTAL IS IN FROM THE CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK MEDIA-THON THAT TOOK PLACE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY ON POWELL BROADCASTING RADIO STATIONS AND KTIV-TV.
THIS YEAR’S GOAL WAS $115-THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND KSCJ REPORTER LUKE LARSON ANNOUNCED AN EVEN BIGGER NUMBER AT THURSDAY’S NEWS CONFERENCE AT UNITYPOINT ST. LUKE’S HOSPITAL:
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STACEY SELK, THE LOCAL C-M-N DIRECTOR THANKED EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED A DONATION AND TOOK PART.
ALL OF THE MONEY RAISED STAYS HERE IN SIOUXLAND TO SUPPORT CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THROUGH UNITYPOINT ST. LUKE’S.
HEALTHY KIDS IOWA
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service has approved a demonstration project for the state’s own summer food pilot program. Healthy Kids Iowa is an alternative to the summer EBT program that serves Iowa children healthier foods at a lower cost. The program leverages Iowa’s already-existing network of summer feeding programs and community providers.
Each family will be able to select $40 worth of fresh and nutritious food for each eligible child per month. Families will be able to choose their monthly items, respecting their preferences and cultural and dietary needs. Distribution sites across the state will offer a selection of foods that are healthy and kid- friendly. Sites will be selected in partnership with the Feeding America Foods Banks and will be established based on demonstrated need.
Households must meet the federal poverty level of 185% or below AND have children ages 4-18 in their care.Households will be allowed to choose from a selection of nutritionally balanced foods each month at their local participating pantry. Foods will include fruits, vegetables, dairy items, whole grains and proteins.
The Healthy Kids Iowa pilot program will run during the months of June, July and August 2025.NUMBER1
