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Sheriff seeks nod for more jail staff Pg. 3

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Leonard re-elected supervisors’ chairman Pg. 3

Kyle Wiebers wins prestigious award Pg. 6

MHC Christmas party Pg. 6

Falcon boys win two basketball games Pg. 8

Table of Contents More of Courier’s front page .......... 2 Family & Friends.........................6-7 Puzzles .......................................... 7 Sports .........................................8-9 Obituaries/Church Directory ... 10-11 Public Notices ............... 12,13,14,15 Classifieds ................................... 17 Courthouse News ........................ 18

Upcoming Events Ridge View FFA Soup Supper January 12 During O-A/BC-IG vs RV Game Holstein Ridge View HS

Ida Co. Cattlemen & Pork Producers Banquet January 13 • 5:30 pm Holstein Veterans Memorial Hall

Looking back at 2017 Courier headlines Following is a review of 2017 Ida County Courier headlines from July through December June/July OABCIG voters approve reorganization petition during special election June 27. O-A passed the petition with a 418 to 163 vote. BC-IG passed reorganization with a 540 to 70 vote.

Ray “Bubba” Sorensen II was in Holstein last week to paint Ida County’s Freedom Rock located along Highway 20 near Char-Mac Assisted Living.

Iowa Department of Natural Resources of icers killed a mountain lion June 27 near Galva after a calf was found killed.

Anna Van Dusen, Brittany Hamann, Bree Henningsen, Lexi Phillips and Claire Sohm vie for 2017 Ida County Fair queen contest.

Ty Tollufsen and Cheyenne Tomlinson compete in Ida County Fair king contest.

Tiffany Lindberg of Ida Grove serves as honorary chair of Ida County Relay For Life event. She will lead the survivor’s walk July 15.

Ida Relay For Life raises more than $42,700 July 15 during its annual walk. VT Industries of Holstein was the top fundraising team collecting $17,200.

Stacy Raasch, Brad Lundell, Stephanie Konradi, Tony Bennett, Jeff Rasmussen and Crystal Endrulat named to new OABCIG Board.

The King Theatre is the recipient of a $62,005 Enhance Iowa Community y and Tourism ggrant and a structural engig neer reports the back wall can be repaired. $232,000 The City of Galva receives a Iowa Finance Authority and Iowa Department

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O-A/BC-IG Transportation Director Kim Bleckwehl receives 2017 Holly Hoglund Klein “Iowa Woman in Transportation Award” July 18 at Iowa Public Transportation Association Summer Conference in Des Moines.

The 2017 Ida County Fair king and queen were crowned July 19. This year’s royalty is Anna Van Dusen and Ty Tollufsen, both of Ida Grove.

Former Galva-Holstein science teacher Jim Christensen receives the 2017 Buzz Aldrin Education Award.

The Ida Grove City Council tabled the sale of the King Theatre until it gets answer on insurance coverage.

OABCIG School Board approves a resolution calling for a special election for the issuance of $16.4 million in general obligation bonds July 31 to provide funds for repairs, remodeling, improving and equipping the Odebolt and Ida Grove buildings.

August Livestock sales receipts are up for 2017 Ida County Fair livestock sale. A total of 308 animals were sold for $290,989 compared to 342 animals sold for $279,703 in 2016.

Horn Memorial Hospital installs new cardiac/pulmonary rehab monitoring system. The new system replaces a 13-year-old

piece of equipment and is used for every patient attending cardiac or pulmonary rehab.

Ida County Planning and Zoning Commission votes to not accept wind turbine petition. Approves recommendations for conditional use permits for wind turbines to 1,500-feet setback and establishment of a complaint process.

Galva-Holstein will have race for open school board seats.

Filing papers for the open seats were Matthew Wittrock and Mike Hansen for the District 4 seat, Don Kalin for the District 6 seat and incumbents Jamie Whitmer (District 1) and David Kistenmacher (District 3).

Ida Grove City Council discusses a possible recreation development project and set front yard parking limits Aug. 7.

The Holstein City Council votes to sell property at 123 and 125 South Kiel St. during its Aug. 7 meeting.

Galva City Council votes to do its own street striping during its Aug. 14 meeting. The city will purchase the paint and a handicap stencil and have city crews do the striping.

Alan and LuAnn Bennett of Galva receives an Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Award Aug. 16 at the Iowa State Fair.

Area school of icials report they are ready for classes to resume and highlight changes students can expect when classes begin Aug. 23.

Ida Grove, Arthur, Battle Creek and Holstein Fire Departments responds to a hog barn farm at J&L Pork Aug. 18. In addition to the barn, a total of 110 sows and 1,000 to 1,200 piglets were lost to the blaze. Cause was unknown.

Craig Ehlers of Craig’s Ag Service receives four district and national awards at the Syngenta Golden Harvest Kick Off meeting.

Robert L. Butcher of Holstein is inducted into the 2017 Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame as Ida County’s representative on Aug. 20.

The Ida Grove City Council discusses a fall leaf pickup service and an employee bene its package during its meeting Aug. 21. d JaDistrict Court Judge Edward cobson is retiring as a district court judge effective Oct. 9.

September rroll Mobile Blasting Services of Carroll sandblasts the paint covering the front exterior brick of the King Theatre in Ida Grove Sept. 2.

The Ida County Board of Supervisors approves turbine rules for phase two on a two to one vote. Supervisors Rhett Leonard and Creston Schubert approves the rules. Raymond Drey voted nay.

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The Ida Grove City Council met with its engineer to review possible changes to the intersection in front of Horn Memorial Hospital and discussed city hall at its Jan. 2 meeting.

Cody Forch of JEO Engineering told the council there are no clear advantages to making changes to the intersection on East Second Street in front of Horn Memorial Hospital.

The city was considering making changes to the intersection as part of the county’s plan to make improvements, possibly next summer, to Harold Godbersen Drive that runs north of the railroad tracks to Highways 59/175.

Forch said accident activity at the intersection is very low and changing it to a more traditional four-way intersection would make very little difference in the number of accidents that may occur at a new intersection.

Forch said the city has bigger concerns right now in terms of how to spend its money. When questioned about the condition of the concrete in the area of the intersection, Forch noted if concrete work needs to be done, it could be accomplished in the normal course of street work.

Forch also asked the council to approve a general engineering task order agreement. Under the agreement, general engineering is de ined as assistance with studies, investigations, designs, bidding assistance, funding assistance or construction assistance in which the timetable demands a quick response.

Forch noted the agreement allows smaller projects to get done quicker “without jumping through a lot of hoops.”

The council approved the agreement, which includes a stipulation that there will be a $5,000 per request maximum cost with a $50,000 per year maximum.

Mayor Devlun Whiteing informed the council that a irm was due to view the community hall/city of ices Jan. 4 to provide information on the structural status of the building and what it would cost to make renovations to both the inside and outside of the building. Whiteing said one option for the community building is to restore the exterior to the way it was several years ago.

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(continued from front page) during a joint board meeting with Schaller-Crestland Oct. 9.

Judge Edward Jacobson of Ida Grove of icially retires as a Kistenmacher are running unopposed for their seats. Don Kalin of Galva is seeking election to the District 6 seat. Mike judge for District 3B of Iowa Oct. 9.

U.S. 20 Corridor Association hears update on four-lane HighHansen and Matthew Wittrock, both of Holstein, are seeking way 20 construction during its meeting Oct. 13 in Holstein. election to the District 4 seat.

Ida County Public Safety and Communications Commission Ida County Communications Center gets major upgrade durhears arrest update from Sheriff Wade Harriman during ing a remodeling project this summer. The upgrade pg included Oct. 17 meeting in Battle Batt Creek. adding two workstations, movingg the jail door, new carNovember pet and a new heating/cooling system. ystem.

Of icial enrollmen enrollments for Battle Creek-Ida Grove The Ida Grove City Council considers onsiders possible imshowed an increase of 3.56 students to 642.07, while provements to city hall. The council cil tabled action on an Odebolt-Arthur showed sho a decrease of 4.7 students amendment to the county’s urban n renewal agreement. to 334.4. Galva Galva-Holstein enrollment is 44, up OABCIG $16.4 million generall obligation ref17 studen students from last year’s 427. Schallererendum vote fails to get the required quired 60 Crestland’s enrollment is down ive Crestla percent yes votes to pass in the Sept. 12 students to 349.1. stud election. The bond failed with 433 33 yes Close to 100 neighbors, famand 490 no votes. ily and friends gathered on Paul Horn Memorial Hospital welVoge’s farm north of Galva Nov. comes new CEO Glen Winekauf.

3 to harvest Voge’s corn crop Winekauf is originally from Tipand paint a schoolhouse muton and is a retired Army Lieuseum located at the farm. Voge tenant Colonel with 27 years was diagnosed with abdomiof service. nal cancer this summer.

Chris Boyle, Trisha Winger Battle Creek Cre is the only city and Tracy Bengford are electOct: Judge Edward Jacobson of Ida Grove with a race in the upcoming ed to open O-A board seats ele Nov. 7. InSept. 12. BC-IG voters reelect- officially retires as a judge for District 3B of Iowa general election cumbent mayor m Lloyd “Doc” ed Danika Hinkeldey, Jeff Ras- Oct. 9.

Holmes is be being challenged by mussen and Crystal Endrulat.

The Odebolt-Arthur School Board held its organizational Charles Pierce. Incumbent councilpersons Myra Meek, Todd meeting Sept. 18. Board members bers are president Brad Lundell, Riessen, Judy Schau and Saf ire Petersen and John F. Peters are vice president Stacy Raasch, Trisha Winger, Chris Boyle and seeking election to the three open seats.

Arthur elects a new mayor during the N Nov. 7 general elecTracy Bengford.

The Battle Creek-Ida Grove School Board held its organiza- tion. Current Mayor Randy Fineran opted not to seek re-electional meeting Sept. 18. Board members are president Steph- tion. Gary Chase was elected mayor with 31 votes.

VT Industries holds ribbon cutting Nov. 8 to of icially open anie Konradi, vice president Tony Bennett, Crystal Endrulat, Danika Hinkeldey, Jeff Rasmussen, Myra Meek and Ryan Good- its 82,000 square foot addition to its architectural wood door manufacturing facility. man.

ISU honors Pete Madsen of Holstein Nov. 11 for being a Paige Todd and Jaxon Franken are crowned Ridge View High School homecoming queen and king during candlelight coro- Bronze Star recipient in 2011.

OABCIG facilities committee meets to discuss bond referennation/pep rally. dum vote and how to proceed with facility improvements.

October O-A/BC-IG High School will present “Our Miss Brooks” Nov. Alan and Kyle Bennett seek clari ication from the Ida County Board of Supervisors on a bridge classi ication on Pioneer Av- 10 and 11 in the high school cafetorium.

Ridge View High School will present “Annie” Nov. 10 and 11 enue, north of 170th Street, in Sections 2 and 3 of Silver Creek in the Rosemary Clausen Center for Performing Arts.

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The Ida Grove City Council discusses potential cost to city O-A/BC-IG homecoming court named. Candidates are Michael Streed, Abbi Ullrich, Ryan Bumann, Calli Wareham, Chase to add streets, sewer and water lines to a proposed housing Devitt, Bailey Ullrich, Madison Lansink, Ty Warnke, Bethany development. JEO Engineering says infrastructure improveRehse, Daltyn Swanger, Jordyn Fredericks and Isaac Endrulat. ments could cost $300,000.

BC-IG Board approves retirement resignation of SuperintenDr. Michael and Sara Luft of Ida Grove return home undent Terry Kenealy, effective June 30, 2018, at the O-A/BC-IG harmed after Las Vegas shooting Oct. 1.

Jan Hewitt attends Ida Grove City Council meeting to ask the joint meeting Nov. 13.

OABCIG board hires superintendent search irm to help in council to consider a housing development on seven acres he inding a replacement for Superintendent Terry Kenealy owns between West Fifth and West Seventh Streets.

Daltyn Swanger, son of Richy and Kourtnee Swanger, and Bailey Ullrich, daughter of Chris and Wendy Ullrich, were crowned king and queen of O-A/BC-IG’s homecoming during coronation ceremonies Oct. 5.

Holstein City Council discusses nuisance properties and ATV/Gator regulations during its meeting.

OABCIG board discusses master facilities plan and how to proceed with bond referendum for improvements to Odebolt and high school buildings.

Ridge View senior Jacob Kai builds 10-foot span footbridge over a small stream in Moorehead Park as Eagle Scout project.

G-H school board hears timeline for of ice addition project Nov: The mural honoring veterans on the north

more about — (continued from front page) improvements to those buildings.

Whiteing said the irm that will be looking at the current community building and the other two buildings will not charge the city to provide cost information.

Also at the Jan. 2 meeting, the council made several annual appointments including Peter Goldsmith and Laurel Boerner as the city’s attorneys; Marc Dennison was appointed city administrator and Scott Van Dusen was appointed ire chief.

On a related item, the council discussed Heather Sweeden’s position as deputy city administrator. The consensus of the council was to develop a plan to bring Sweeden’s job skill level up to a point where she could serve as city administrator if the need arose.

Gerrod Sholty was promoted to foreman of the public works department. Sholty, who is currently on the city crew, will assume more responsibilities and take on more supervisory duties. He was given a $3 per hour wage increase.

United Bank of Iowa and First State Bank were named as de-

who submitted his resignation effective June 30, 2018. Jeff Herzberg of Manson to conduct the search.

Pete Madsen of Holstein was honored as Veteran of the Game during a break at the ISU versus Oklahoma State football game Veterans Day, Nov. 11, in Ames.

The Ida Grove City Council approved a Wellmark Blue 3600 PPO employee insurance plan during its meeting Nov. 20. The plan offers the same bene its at a reduced cost for the city.

Ida County Sheriff Wade Harriman announces Michael Stehr and Corey Trucke have been promoted to sergeants as of Nov. 20. Sergeant Stehr will oversee the patrol division while Trucke will oversee the jail and communications center.

The Battle Creek City Council approves a ireworks ordinance Nov. 20. The ordinance sets limits for June 24-July 8 and Dec. 10-Jan. 3.

December Ida County Compensation Board approves 6 percent increases for sheriff, auditor, treasurer, attorney and supervisors and 7.5 percent increase for the recorder.

The Ida County Board of Supervisors approves an engineering services contract with JEO Consulting for improvements to Harold Godbersen Drive and M15 in Ida Grove.

Local band, Over The Border, releases a debut CD in memory of their father Fred Vermeys of Battle Creek.

The Ida Grove City Council talks about installation of a ire hydrant near Midwest Industries during its Dec. 4 meeting.

The projected cost to extend an existing water main to the road that enters Midwest’s property is $50,990. The estimated cost to run a line from that hydrant to the back of Midwest Industries and install a ire hydrant is $34,980.

The Holstein City Council sold three lots in the Eastridge Addition during its Dec. 4 meeting. Lot 3 was sold to Nathan and Katie Johnson and Lots 29 and 36 were sold to Holstein Housing Development LLC. Arthur librarian Pat Bell announces her resignation effective Dec. 31 during the Arthur City Council meeting Dec. 4.

The OABCIG board approves payout of early retirement incentives and steps to proceed with handicap accessibility projects at the Odebolt and high school buildings.

Joel Shanahan, a 15-year employee at GOMACO Corporation, was named the recipient of the H.W. Godbersen Award.

The Galva-Holstein School Board approves a $897,900 bid from Haselhoff Construction to construct a central of ice addition to the Holstein building.

The Ida Grove City Council received a request for tower space for a new Internet service during its meeting Dec. 18.

Council discussed a proposed water main and hydrant project for Midwest Industries.

The acreage value of Ida County farmland increases 1.09 percent in 2017, according to the annual Iowa State University survey of land values. Ida County farmland was valued at $8,256 per acre in 2017.

The Ida County Board of Supervisors discusses Tax Increment Financing with representatives of Ida County cities and schools Dec. 18.

side of the Skate Palace is completed.

. . . Ida Grove council positories of city funds. The Ida County Courier was named the of icial newspaper for the city.

Bob Bendixen, owner/operator of Xtreamair Wireless Internet, met with the council about renting space on the water tower for antennas for a new Internet service. Bendixen, who irst approached the council at its Dec. 18 meeting, asked the council for permission to go on the water tower to scout out an area for his antenna and asked what the cost to rent space would be.

The council indicated its willingness to work with Bendixen and instructed Goldsmith to draft an agreement, allowing Bendixen access to the tower and a contract to rent space on the tower.

Bendixen said he would like to wait for some warmer weather before going on the tower. He added, after he takes a look at the tower, it would probably be this spring before he would actually install an antenna to offer Internet service.

In other business •Councilman Scott Tomlinson said he has been in contact with Ida County Sheriff Wade Harriman about the number of

coyotes that have been spotted inside the city limits. Tomlinson said Harriman plans to contact the Iowa Department of Natural Resources regarding the situation.

•Goldsmith said progress is being made on a contract between the city and Verizon that would lead to improved service from Verizon.

•A contract with AT&T for space on the city water tower to provide cell phone service was approved.

•It was noted online bill paying is now available to city utility customers through the city’s webpage.

•Following a public hearing at which no one spoke for or against the sale of the King Theatre to the Ida Grove Community Development Foundation, the council approved the sale.

•A council subcommittee will meet to go over the various options to extend a water line and install a ire hydrant on the backside of Midwest’s factory. Midwest is requesting the extension to help protect its facility in case of ire. Currently, the closest ire hydrant is located approximately 1,000 feet from the back of the building. The city currently has

a ire hydrant within 300 feet of any location in the community.

The subcommittee will make a recommendation at the council’s Jan. 15 meeting. The city is also considering a plan to loop water lines north of Midwest to help increase the low of water in the area of the Village of Ida. •Lon Schluter of the city crew met with the council to go over a location to drill a test well. Bresnahan Well Drilling will drill a test well in the area southwest of the current city well ield north of the state shed. The test well will be closer to the Maple River than the current wells in hopes that sediment in that area will help with iltration and increase the volume of water available.

The purpose of the test well is to provide a backup well site in the event a new well would have to be developed.

•Sweeden reviewed rental agreements for the airport hangar. She noted one renter is $320 past due in rent and did not respond by a Dec. 28 deadline to return a contract agreement.

The council instructed Sweeden to contact the individual one more time and give them one week to respond or the city will begin the eviction process.

•The council approved the list of council standing committees and chairmen.

•Former wastewater treatment plant operator Mark Nielsen will be paid $50 per hour to act as a consultant on the operation of the waste treatment plant as the city transitions to the new plant operator. If Nielsen is needed for more than 10

hours a month, the mayor or city administrator will have to give their approval.

•Councilman Ryan Goodman said work on a city personnel handbook is nearing completion. He noted details relating to sick leave and vacation time still need to be ironed out.

•The next council meeting will be Monday, Jan. 15, at 6 p.m.

The King Theatre Renovation Board is selling caramel apples to help you show that special someone how much you care.

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Sheriff seeks nod for more jail staff Ida County Sheriff Wade Harriman requested the supervisors’ support for additional personnel for the Ida County Jail at the Jan. 2 Ida County supervisors’ meeting.

Harriman said he would like to see the irst of the additional jail staff hired for the start of the 2018-19 iscal year on July 1. Estimated cost of salary and bene its for the position is $52,395, said Harriman.

“I am budgeting for a top-end salary. You could start someone at $16 an hour,” said Harriman.

The supervisors did not take action, but the request will be part of the 2018-19 budget process and a meeting was held Jan. 8 on that by the supervisors.

“I think that position would help. We try to get as many hours as we can to cover the jail. If you wanted to have staff of the jail for 24 hours a day, seven days a week, we would need three-and-one-half to four-and-one-half additional,” said Harriman.

Harriman asked that the county pick up the cost of the added staff, since cities presently contribute to the sheriff of ice’s salaries, but the cities are facing decreased valuations. Of icials said it’s due to the residential rollback.

“I think that the county should step up and pay for those positions. The uniformed law enforcement across the county is the best program, but I don’t want to price the cities out of law enforcement. The jail is the responsibility of the county by code, by precedent and by law. We’ve been fortunate that the cities did share in that cost,” said Harriman.

Harriman said that the communications center will always have the higher priority.

The sheriff described a recent incident, which speaks to the need for more staf ing. On Dec. 1, an individual was ar-

rested and charged with OWI at about 1 p.m. and complained of a stomach condition. He asked to use the restroom, and deputies were brought in for that, but, for a few hours, could not come in. Harriman said the holding cell, built in 2009, did not have a toilet. The prisoner, after later seeing the magistrate, iled a complaint with the State Ombudsman of ice the next day regarding the lack of a toilet.

“I was honest with the ombudsman’s of ice and said it was a staf ing issue. They may come out with a report that we have to install a toilet,” said Harriman.

Harriman also gave a report on courthouse security recommendations.

“I would like to have a security committee meet this month.

In 1999, that was the irst time that the courts mandated that counties have safety committees. At that time, I put together the security and safety plan.

That plan has been in effect ever since. It deals with issues such as a tornado or ire, and every year, we do a good job of having a tornado drill during national severe weather preparedness week.

“The plan also covered incidents of violence in the courthouse and how to handle that and very basic security. Some very good things came of that, such as panic alarms. Our recommendation is that we restablish the courthouse safety security committee. This has to be the sheriff and his or her designee, the county attorney and his or her designee and one member of the board of supervisors, because there will be a discussion of some allotment for security purposes. The security committee needs to get going again and meet quarterly.

We can involve as many people as you wish, maybe someone from the administrative servic-

es’ side,” said Harriman.

“The Iowa Supreme Court has sent guidelines for policies for areas controlled by the judicial branch. In our courthouse, we are unique because we have two separate areas. You have the old courthouse and its irst loor with the magistrate’s of ice, the clerk of the court’s of ice which are areas occupied by the court staff. Also, the county attorney’s of ice and the parole of ice. On the second loor, you have the courtroom, DHS of ice and the Veterans’ Affairs of ice.

My recommendation is that we continue to ban weapons on that side,” said Harriman.

Harriman recommended that sheriff’s of ice staff the courtroom side of the building when court is in session.

“The administration of ices obviously are not used by anyone employed by the judicial branch. My thought is we continue to have the same policy that we do have now there. I don’t see it as a problem. The only 100 percent way to stop weapons from coming into that part of the building is to have private security or the sheriff’s of ice staff it,” said Harriman.

Harriman said he would like to see the sheriff’s entrance closed (which it is now, after 4:30 p.m.) weekdays with one public entrance used.

“Eventually, that is the direction we would like to go,” said Harriman.

Regarding additional staff, Harriman said that has been discussed at the Ida County Public Safety and Communications Commission meetings.

Harriman told supervisors that his department is in good inancial shape for the current iscal year, with about half of the expenses spent. “We need to build up the cash reserves and have some better years and carry over some money. But, it (jail staf ing) is not going to go away,” said Harriman.

Public hearing regarding TIF district The Ida County Board of Supervisors held a public hearing Jan. 2 on the amended Tax Increment Finance (TIF) district regarding Ida Grove’s wind turbine project. A required consultation with schools and cities was held Dec. 19.

Supervisors voted unanimously to approve Resolution 18-04 to declare necessity and establish an urban renewal area amendment.

In the public hearing, supervisors heard from Battle Creek Mayor Lloyd Holmes.

“That bothers me to have that money to pay and we will have to sell bonds. Is the interest included in what your total cost is?

That is what I am worried about,” said Holmes.

“That’s how it was presented to us by Jeff Heyl of Northland Securities,” said secondary road engineer Jeff Williams. “That’s what our thinking has been. The irst year, you don’t get it; the second year, you get 5 percent of the maximum. As that money goes out, they will expect payback on that bond, so there will be interest on the bond.”

“Our irst draw will be iscal year 2019. We will certify debt in December of this year,” said Auditor Lorna Steenbock. “We won’t collect anything in iscal year 2018. We want the base to be zero so we can capture as much as we can.”

“The irst draw on taxes will be in October, 2019. We have to certify the debt irst in iscal year 2018 and this is our base year, the year prior to certifying debt,” said Steenbock.

Ida County Assessor Joe Cronin gave a report on value of the wind turbines of $172,960,000 with 134 turbines, for a total of $23,176,640 minus the 10 percent commercial rollback.

Each tower had an initial value of $3,459,200, then 5 percent goes on as of Jan. 1, 2018, for $172,960, times 134 towers, $23,176,640. “There will be

more than this plus the $15 million for the substation and 5 percent of that would be $750,000,” said Cronin.

“The valuation of the windmills will not change for the 20 years,” said Williams.

“It would take supervisors’ action to change that in 19 years.

If the board decides to change their value, that is when it would happen. To do that, there would have to be enough of these type of projects to sell to be some type of market for them, evaluate them in a different way, by market,” said Cronin. “You may wish to follow the Buena Vista turbine values because they are at the end of their 20 years and they may choose to look at the valuations. We (Ida County) passed that years ago to adopt the Iowa Code in determining wind turbine evaluations in the wind ordinance. It lasts for 19 years after the beginning of a wind turbine project.”

“This $172,960 is the assessed value. But, for the auditor’s of ice, it will be rolled back, 10 percent, to $155,340,” said Cronin. “The substation goes to $765,000. It clicks up 5 percent each year until it goes to 30 percent when it is topped out. The Code of Iowa requires them to itemize all their costs to the assessor every project. They itemized everything $3,459,200 per turbine. That’s what they have done. It goes down to less than half of that for assessed valuation because the Iowa Code only allows them to be assessed at 30 percent of their cost and phased in,” said Cronin.

“We will get some value in 2018-19. Last year, 2017-18, there was zero; this year, there will be 5 percent,” explained Cronin.

In other business Supervisors heard from Donavan Davenport on his concerns of the status of a bridge at 310th and Market Avenue. He told supervisors he was told the bridge would be ixed in 2016, but it

has not been done. Landowners were told the county workers were going to do the job.

Williams said that was due in part to a transition when he was named secondary road engineer, but he said he will work with Davenport and three other interested landowners who attended the meeting.

Davenport said that he preferred a permanent solution to a temporary ix.

Williams said, due to the turbine work, the projects previously slated for repair would now be replaced.

Williams presented a dues’ bill from Hungry Canyons Alliance for $3,700. The supervisors supported paying the dues for another year.

Williams told supervisors that the county received $37,339 for a local detour on M-25 and D-15 for the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) Highway 20 work last construction season.

Williams also told the supervisors that, in 2019, there will be improvements done by the DOT on Highway 59 from Highway 20 to the Cherokee County line.

Photo by: Deb Loger | Ida County Courier

Arthur council: The Arthur City Council held its organizational meeting Jan. 2. The council includes, front from left—city clerk Paul Arbegast and Mayor Gary Chase. Back— councilpersons Kristy Rosemeyer, mayor pro tem Anita Schlender, Jeff Gann and Paula Fried. Chris Schuett is also a councilman.

Ida supervisors delay raises Ida County supervisors discussed the county compensation board’s recommendations for salary increases for elected of icials and supervisors at its Jan. 2 meeting.

The supervisors, Rhett Leonard, Creston Schubert and Raymond Drey, arrived at a consensus of a 4 percent increase for the supervisors, Sheriff Wade Harriman, auditor Lorna Sheebock and treasurer Traci Riessen, which is a 33 and one-third percent reduction from what the compensation board recommended. Recorder Julie Phillips would receive a 5 percent raise, which is a 33 and one-third percent reduction from the compensation board.

When asked by supervisors, Steenbock presented information that all of the Ida County of ices rank in the bottom 10 of the state’s 99 counties.

The inal increase amount will be determined at budget talks for the iscal year 2018-19 budget.

In other business Supervisors approved Resolution 18-02 for the mileage and assessed valuation of all railroad lines, utilities and equipment, pipeline transmission lines and

such distribution plants belonging to the companies which are situated in each city, township and such lesser taxing districts in the county with information from the Department of Revenue, which shall constitute taxable value of the property for tax purposes. Total taxable values are as follows: telephone-telegraph, $5,353,692; railroads, $1,803,113; pipeline, $2,055,501; gas, $8,756,764; electric, $9,538,256.

Also approved by supervisors, by unanimous vote, was the construction evaluation resolution (master matrix).

“Iowa code sets out the procedure if a board of supervisors wishes to adopt a “construction evaluation resolution” relating the construction of a con inement feeding operating structure. Only counties that have adopted a construction evaluation resolution and submitted an adopted recommendation may contest the DNR’s decision regarding a speci ic application, and by adopting a construction evaluation resolution the board of supervisors agrees to evaluate every construction permit application for a proposed con inement feeding operation re-

ceived by the board of supervisors from Feb. 1 to Jan. 31, 2019, and submit an adopted recommendation to the DNR,” according to the resolution.

Supervisors heard a report from Ida County Economic Development Director Rita Frahm regarding Siouxland Interstate Metropolitan Planning Council’s (SIMPCO) request from the county for a $5,000 contribution to the U.S. Route 20 corridor.

SIMPCO made a presentation to the supervisors and said that the contribution would be part of a $25,000 applied-for EDA grant, and the result would hopefully be more development when U.S. 20 is completed next year.

Frahm said the report lacks in “deliverables” that the county can count on. Also, there could be other efforts, such as funds for GIS programs for the counties for hard traf ic counts. Also, a manufacturing emphasis may not be what the communities want, Frahm told the county supervisors.

Leonard said that a smaller amount than the $5,000 may be coming from Ida County when the inal decision is made in iscal year 2018-19 budget talks.

No action was taken.

Leonard re-elected supervisors’ chairman The Ida County Board of Supervisors held its annual reorganization meeting Jan. 2.

Current chairman Rhett Leonard of Ida Grove was re-elected by a three to zero vote. Vice chairman Creston Schubert of Galva was re-elected vice chairman by a three to zero vote.

Supervisors elected to keep their 2017 committee memberships. Which means they will be as follows: Ida Services, Inc., Ray Drey; Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Drey and alternate, Schubert; Iowa Workforce Development, Drey; Plains Area Mental Health, Leonard; Siouxland Regional Transit Services, Leonard, alternate, Schubert; Resource En-

hancement Committee, Leonard; E911 Board, Leonard, alternate, Drey; Youth Emergency Services (YES Center), Schubert; Ida County Public Safety Commission, Leonard, Schubert and Drey; Regional Hazmat Commission, Drey; Siouxland Interstate Metropolitan Planning Council Advisory Board, Schubert; Public Health, Drey; Ida County Safety-Wellness Committee, Leonard; Hungry Canyons Alliance, Leonard; Rolling Hills Community Service Region, Schubert, alternate Drey.

Ida County Board of Supervisors voted to set the holiday dates for 2018-19. They will be as follows: Feb. 19, President’s Day; May 28, Memorial Day; July

4, Independence Day; Sept. 3, Labor Day; Nov. 12, Veterans’ Day; Nov. 22 and Nov. 23, Thanksgiving holiday; Dec. 24 and Dec. 25, Christmas holiday and Jan. 1, 2019, New Year’s Day. Discussed a request from Ida County Planning and Zoning to appoint the planning and zoning administrator to receive monthly call logs and present to the board of supervisors’ regular meeting regarding how future wind turbine projects be handled. Supervisors said the position could impact Ida Grove wind turbines in phase two but not in phase one.

Voted to grant legal newspaper status to the Ida County Courier and the Holstein Advance.

IG council to review pit bull dog ban

Conservation District plans more Source Water Team meetings

The Ida Grove City Council is asking for public input on a city ordinance that bans pit bull dogs inside the city limits. In recent months, the city has been approached about eliminating the speci ic breed names on the ban, by just saying dangerous dogs versus calling out speci ic breeds of pit bulls.

The council is asking residents to attend the Monday, Jan. 15, meeting, which starts at 6 p.m. at the city hall chambers in the community building, to give their opinions on the ban.

The next opportunity to become involved in the meeting, Conservaton District of Iowa’s (CDI) Source Water Team (SWT) takes place this week.

Meetings will be at Ida Grove Jan. 10 and Holstein Jan. 11 at 6 p.m, said Bridget Durst regional facilitator of of CDI. The Ida Grove meeting will be at Ida Grove Recreation Center and the Holstein meeting will be at Stubbs Memorial Library.

She said response at the December SWI meetings was positive.

“I am really happy about how the movement is going. People

are interested in taking positive steps and have been more than willing to step up to the plate,” said Durst. “People are very motivated. After the public presentation in Holstein last month, I talked with a farmer who said he was more than willing to particpate but did not know of what he could do so I connected him to the NRCS,” said Durst.

The Source Water Team is one of seven steps recommended by the Conservation District of Iowa for source water protection plans and the participation is voluntary. The goal is to reduce the level of nitrates that

have been detected in the Ida Grove and Holstein water systems, said Durst.

Durst told supervisors that recent tests found nitrate levels to be a concern in both Ida Grove and Holstein water source wells.

In addition to talking to county supervisors about the SWT process, Durst has talked to the cities of Ida Grove and Holstein.

Also, this is a time of year when farmers and land owners plan for the future and next planting season.

Durst said cover crops are one option to deal with nitrate levels.

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Saloon: Chris Ohlsen’s saloon in Ida Grove, like every other bar in the county, was the target of temperance actions at the turn of the century. Pictured here are George Pelow, Chris Ohlsen, Robert Mein, Fred Winslow and Jim Conway.

Unknown identification for sixth person.

Out of the Past Forty years ago Work on midway bridge between Battle Creek and Ida Grove has been frozen out for the past two to three weeks. Dirt work on the approaches to the new bridge had to be stopped when temperatures headed for the cellar and concrete work is out of the question. A culvert near Highway 175 has been installed, but it will be sometime next summer before the bridge is inished.

The Galva Food Market, under the ownership of Pam Clark, opened for business Monday. The store became the irst food market in Galva since Baumgartner’s was leveled by ire three years ago.

The Holstein City Council appointed Dave Ehler as city clerk, water superintendent and director of public works last week. Ehler will receive a salary of $1,060 a month. He succeeds Robert Nicklas as city clerk.

Thirty years ago Supreme Court Justice Bruce Snell of Ida Grove has been voted Ida Grove’s citizen of the year by the Ida Grove Chamber of Commerce. Snell will be honored during a banquet in February.

The Department of Natural Resources has found Galva’s water supply contaminated with

a pesticide and other chemicals.

The water supply has been tested above the lifetime health advisory level for Atrazine, according to DNR tests. Other contaminants found in Galva’s water were Bladex, Di-Chloral Ethane and Benzene.

A lifelong Holstein resident died Saturday morning and her husband was injured in a ire, which destroyed their Holstein home. Holstein ire ighters were called to the Harry and Olga Thomsen home at 108 Davenport St. about 8:45 a.m.

Mr. Thomsen, 92, had escaped the home, going to his next door neighbor to call for help. He was treated for smoke inhalation.

Mrs. Thomsen, 88, who was found in an upstairs bedroom, died of smoke inhalation.

Twenty years ago The Ida County Chapter of Pheasants Forever received a Conservation Excellence Award Saturday at the Pheasants Forever state convention. The local chapter was recognized as one of ive outstanding chapters in the state for having raised more than $250,000 between 1988 and 1998 for local habitat and conservation programs.

The Ida County Conservation Board hired Kristen Leu of Havelock as a part-time

naturalist for Ida County. Leu will provide environmental education programs for schools, organizations and the public.

Among her plans for the coming year are a cross-country ski clinic, a summer day camp for children and a Halloween hike.

Ten years ago Ida County Democrats and Republicans met Thursday for their presidential caucuses. Thirty-seven percent of local Democrats supported Senator John Edwards; Senator Barack Obama inished with 33 percent and Senator Hillary Clinton, 33 percent. Local Republicans had six candidates to choose from. Gov. Mitt Romney received 29 percent approval. He was followed

by Gov. Mike Huckabee, 28 percent; Senator Fred Thompson, 20 percent; Senator John McCain, 14 percent; Congressman Ron Paul, 7 percent and Mayor Rudy Giuliani, 2 percent.

The Ida County Board of Supervisors approved a 9.1 percent reduction of the Ida County Compensation Board’s salary recommendations for county elected of icials Wednesday. Salaries effective July 1 will be: sheriff, $47,950; auditor and treasurer, $37,594; recorder, $36,589; county attorney, $37,563 and supervisors, $21,074.

by Chelsea Gross Recreation director We will be hosting a Young Chef’s Course starting Jan. 24 for boys and girls in third through sixth grade. You must pre-register. There is a minimum of eight participants for the class and a maximum of 12.

Get your cardboard sled ready. To celebrate the 2018 Winter Olympics in February, we will be hosting a cardboard sled contest. When we get enough snow, we will announce the date. So, have your sled ready by Feb. 1.

Youth basketball practices are going on now through the beginning of February. The gym will be busy on weeknights.

Please plan accordingly.

All itness classes are offered with a paid membership.

Pilates are held on Mondays at 8 a.m. Tabitha Bockelman is the instructor.

chre and 500. Prizes and a light snack are provided. Members play for free and non-members will be charged the daily admission fee.

Facility fund-raiser: If you have empty pop cans you’d like to donate to a good cause, you can drop them off at Lohff-Schumann anytime. Money collected will be put towards new equipment.

Birthday parties: Let LohffSchumann make your child’s birthday party a hit. The fee includes admission for your entire group, use of our gym, community room and children’s room, which now includes an eye play system and games for all ages, for three hours, a decorated sheet cake and ice cream. If interested contact Bagenstos.

Personal training: Personal training is always available at your convenience with Libby,

The average price received by farmers for corn during November in Iowa was $3.14 per bushel, according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Agricultural Prices report. This was down $0.09 from the October price and $0.06 below November 2016.

The November 2017 average price received by farmers for

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soybeans, at $9.21 per bushel, was up $0.06 from the October price, but $0.15 below the November 2016 price.

The November average oat price per bushel was $3.16, up $0.37 from October and $0.72 above November 2016.

All hay prices in Iowa averaged $128 per ton in November.

This was up $28 from the Octo-

ber price as well as the November 2016 price. The November 2017 alfalfa hay price averaged $133, up $27 from the previous month and $30 above November 2016. The average price received for other hay during November was $103 per ton.

This was up $12 from the October price and $19 more than last year.

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Budget, tax reform issues confront legislators â?š by MIKE THORNHILL

The 2018 Iowa legislative session opened on Jan. 8. Ida County representatives, State Senator Jason Schultz (R) of Schleswig and State Representative Matt Windschitl (R) of Missouri Valley, agree budget adjustments, tax reform and water quality will take center stage in the state capitol.

Budget Heading into the new session, the state has a $131 million funding shortfall, which will have to be addressed early in the session.

Windschitl said it is important for people to understand the state is not in negative territory as far as revenues are concerned. “People will look at that $131 million as if the state has some negatives as far as revenue, and that is not accurate,�

Windschitl. “The Revenue Estimating Conference makes an estimate of what the incoming revenues will be and that is what we base our budget on. Revenue is still coming in above what it was last year at this time, but it isn’t coming in at the predicted level set by the estimating conference.

We will have to make some adjustments in the current budget, which runs through June 30 and the next iscal year budget.�

Both legislators said across the board cuts are not the answer to trimming the budget. “We have to have a lineby-line review of the entire budget,� said Schultz. “I’ve advised Senate Republicans and the Governor’s of ice that it is my opinion that no one’s budget is off the table. It is only fair and prudent management that we look at the entire budget. “Medicaid and education make up 75 to 80 percent of the entire budget. Medicaid is an entitlement, so we don’t get to make cuts there, because we have to pay for services. “There are also some budget segments that are starving, because they’ve had to maintain the status quo for several years, so it isn’t fair to them to take away major segments of their budgets. We are going to have to look at the entire budget and make some thoughtful, dif icult decisions.�

Windschitl added, “When you make across the board cuts, you cut services in areas that impact people’s lives.

The better approach is to look at where we are at in the current budget and see if there are cost savings that certain departments have undertaken and then ind out if that money can be moved to other areas. The irst thing we will do is try to ind cost savings and ef iciency elsewhere. “In a perfect world, that sounds lovely. There may have to be budget cuts in some departments, but I don’t have a prediction on what cuts will be made. A lot of those decisions will take legislators getting together in Des Moines and talking with budget experts and the different agencies.�

Schultz said work on the

Jason Schultz State Senator budget should get done early in the session, but he is concerned the issue will drag out like it did last year, when $110 million had to be cut from the budget. “Last year, we were stalled for almost a month, waiting on agreements between the House, the Senate and the Governor’s of ice. I can see that happening again this year, because these are dif icult decisions and getting everyone on board is a lengthy process.�

Tax reform On the heels of passage of the federal tax plan, there is considerable talk about what will happen on the state level as far as tax reform. “The intention this year is to make tax reform revenue neutral,� said Schultz. “It will be essentially a streamlining and simpli ication of our tax process. There is going to be removal of some tax credits here and there. We have hundreds of millions of dollars of tax credits that have built up over the years that are all going to be reviewed. We are going to exchange tax credits for tax cuts. There will be a lowering of tax brackets that will be offset by changes in tax credits.� “There are a lot of things (about tax reform) that are being talked about,� said Windschitl. “The biggest question is going to be whatever we do, what is it going to cost? Anytime you do tax reform or tax relief, it is scored as a drain on the general fund. We’ll have to look at the budget projections that are coming in and look at our ongoing needs to ind out if there is enough money in the general fund to actually make tax reform viable. “As a conservative, I want to leave as much money as possible in the taxpayers’ pockets, but we also want to make sure we aren’t cutting services in order to make something as meaningful as it should be.�

Windschitl added, before making any decision about tax reform, he would like to know more about how the federal tax plan is going to affect Iowa. “When we do tax reform, we want to make sure the money is going back to the taxpayer and that it will have an impact on our economy.�

Windschitl noted the talk about changes in tax credits has been ongoing for several years. “There have been hundreds of tax credits implemented over the years,� said Windschitl. “Some have been very

bene icial for a lot of different Iowans and have an impact on economic development.

There are also a lot of credits that I wonder if we are getting the right bang for our buck.�

Schultz is expecting opposition to the tax plan from Democrats, but he also believes some Democrats will support it. “Randy Finestra, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, has done a very good job in the past year working on a thoughtful and well researched tax plan. We (legislators) have offered opinions, but he gets the credit for developing a good opening product, which will be re ined as we work through the session.�

Windschitl added he hopes to work with Democrats on a tax plan. “I would love for it to be done with Democrats. I would like to see what their ideas are, but, until you actually get legislation on paper, you’re not going to know who will support it.�

Water quality During the 2017 session, lawmakers worked on, but could not come to a inal decision on, a water quality program. Schultz and Windschitl said they believe one will be worked out this session, but the problem will be inding money to pay for it. “There are a lot of people who want a water quality plan in place, and we need to show action to the federal EPA that we are addressing the issue,� said Schultz. “There will be pressure to do something, but it will be dif icult to get anything done right away, because there is spending involved, and it is dif icult in a session where you are cutting budgets to put a spending plan out there.� “Water quality is on the agenda,� said Windschitl. “The governor has said it is one of her top priorities, so we will get something done. I just don’t know what the details will be. I don’t want to just throw money at a problem and say we ixed it.�

Medicaid The privatization of Iowa’s Medicaid system to a managed care organization (MCO) has not gone smoothly. The program came under scrutiny Oct. 31, after the state announced AmeriHealth, one of three private health insurers contracted to manage the state’s health plan for low income citizens, would be pulling out of its contract and dropping more than 10,121 members from coverage. This forced the state to enroll the affected people in the staterun “fee-for-service� Medicaid system Iowa used before privatization began.

The local legislators both say changes need to be made. “We absolutely need to rethink where we are at,� said Windschitl. “We need to look at what happened in transitioning to the private MCO and do a serious gut check and ask if this is truly reaping the bene its we hoped for. “There are people who

crunch numbers who say there are bene its because the state isn’t spending as much money in certain areas.

However, when you get down to the actual people who use Medicaid and are affected by the change in service, which is where you have to ask if this is bene icial. “I would like to see things simpli ied. I’m not a health care expert, but I will talk with my colleagues to ind out if there is a better approach. At this point, I don’t know what that will look like. We may have to move some services back under state control.�

Schultz agrees changes need to be made to the system. “I’m not going to defend how it is currently operating,� said Schultz. “We can’t go back to the old system. There was a reason we left that system; it was busting the budget. “We went to a system that 39 other states are using. The dif iculty we ran into was, we were the irst state to move to a MCO plan after the Obamacare expansion of Medicaid.

That threw all the numbers into limbo. All of the companies were using the old actuary numbers, but there was a new, expanded Medicaid reality, and that is where we ran into a brick wall. “We will need to ind a hybrid version of the MCO where they have a place, but we will have a few services that the state has to step into.�

Other issues Both Windschitl and Schultz have other issues that they are important to them.

Welfare reform is an issue that is high on Schultz’s agenda for the upcoming session. “I hope to be part of a welfare reform package,� said Schultz. “I’m hoping to get a good conversation started and maybe get a piece of legislation started so that we have something to work on. “We need to do something to make it less comfortable for people to just sit in the program. One item might be to require drug testing for welfare

As a native Iowan and banker serving agriculture in this state, I can absolutely identify the significant contribution livestock operations have made to the financial success of those involved. The strongest local rural economies are those with significant livestock operations in the area. The pork industry represents a valued opportunity for young farmers entry into agriculture. Ninety-four percent of Iowa’s hog farms are family owned and are a way

of life that generates predictable and regular income for those involved.

Livestock bring jobs to Iowa, provide great economic activity to share with the community business and successfully execute the everyday mission and goal of Iowa’s farmers – to feed this nation and the world. I am a strong and enthusiastic supporter of livestock production in Iowa.

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recipients. I’m also looking for a work requirement for those who are able to work, so they can’t just sit at home and get welfare bene its. “I’m fully aware that there are some people, who through no fault of their own, who are in need of assistance. I’m not looking to harass them or make things worse.�

Schultz is also looking at making improvements to Iowa’s bottle bill, which provides a ive-cent refundable deposit on most soft drink and beer cans and bottles. “Everywhere I go, people tell me they want to keep it and are willing to pay a little bit more to keep it,� said Schultz. “I’ve been working on a plan where we ind a little new money to come into the system to get redemption centers to open and to be pro itable in order to keep the program going. In order to do that, it is going to require some investment.�

Second Amendment rights (right to bear arms) and K-12 education are high on Windschitl’s list of issues. “K-12 education is always a priority, and we’ve demonstrated that by the amount of money we’ve put into education,� said Windschitl. “A lot of people say the amount of money we provide is not enough, but we have continually funded education. Only once in the years that I’ve been in the legislature have we made cuts to education, and that was in

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Sunday, Jan. 21, at 4 p.m.

Personal training: Bria Miller will offer one-on-one personal training to individuals and/or small groups of two to three people at Sole 2 Soul at 5:30 a.m., 6 a.m., 6:30 a.m. and other scheduled times by appointment. For information, call Sole 2 Soul.

Yoga: The next eight-week yoga session begins Monday, Jan. 8 at 6 p.m. These 50-minute classes are taught by AFAA certi ied trainer Barb Gebers on Monday nights and are for all ages and itness levels. Call 282-4426 for more information or to sign up.

Zumba: The next eightweek session of Zumba be-

gins Wednesday, Jan. 10 at 6 p.m. These 50-minute cardio dance classes are taught by certi ied Zumba instructor Christi Ladwig on Wednesday nights.

Tabata: Miller will be teaching an eight-week Tabata class Tuesday, Jan. 30. Tabata is fast-paced, high-intensity training that combines vigorous cardio and weight lifting for faster results. Class dates are Jan. 30 through March 20.

Class is full, if you want to be put on a waiting list call 2824426.

The Meeting Place is the ideal place to host your special event. Call 282-4426 for information.

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Letter to the Editor To the editor: A big part of Iowa’s economic success is the strong livestock industry. Livestock production provides more employment than land dedicated only to grain production and positively impacts every county in our state.

The pork industry alone employs nearly 40,000 Iowans and generates more than $1,000,000,000 in economic activity annually, which adds $750.4 million to Iowa State tax revenue.

Matt Windschitl State Representative

2010 under Gov. Chet Culver, when the state budget was in dire straits. “With the changes we made in collective bargaining rules last year, school districts have greater lexibility to appropriate the money they have coming in from the state, and that will be helpful to them. “If anyone knows anything about me, they know I will consistently push for protection of Second Amendment rights, which is a priority for me and many of my constitutions. We made great strides with the irearms’ ombudsman bill last year, but there are still areas and issues that need to be addressed.�

Contact information Schultz serves Senate District Nine, which includes all of Ida, Monona, Harrison and Shelby Counties, along with parts of Woodbury and Crawford Counties.

During the session, Schultz may be contacted at: Legislative email: jason. schultz@legis.iowa. gov Cell phone: 1-712-2692178 Senate phone: 1-515-2813221 Schultz’s committee assignments in the Iowa Senate include: Ethics (ranking member), Education, State Government, Ways and Means, Agriculture (subcommittee) and Natural Resources (subcommittee).

Windschitl represents House District 17, which includes all of Ida and Monona Counties, along with parts of Woodbury and Harrison Counties.

During the session, Windschitl may be contacted at: Legislative email: matt. windschitl@legis.iowa.gov Home phone: 1-712-6424334 Capitol phone: 1-515-2813221 Windschitl’s committee assignments in the Iowa House include: Administrative and Rules, Judiciary, Government Oversight, Legislative Council and Ways and Means.

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FAMILY & FRIENDS Kyle Wiebers from Holstein wins pres gious award Buena Vista University (BVU) student Kyle Wiebers, a senior psychology major from Holstein, has been awarded a Regional Research Award from Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology.

This year, the organization received more than 800 research abstracts for the 2018 Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) convention, but only awarded 28 students

from the society’s midwestern region. This is the irst time a BVU student has ever received the award.

Wiebers’ project, entitled, “Effect of Voluntary Alcohol Consumption on Behavioral Flexibility,” is being conducted in BVU’s new psychology rat research lab under the mentorship of Dr. Wes Beckwith, assistant professor of psychology at BVU.

“The psychology program is very proud of Kyle and Dr. Beckwith for this prestigious achievement,” said Dr. Wind Goodfriend, professor of experimental psychology at BVU. The award includes $300 and a certi icate of recognition from Psi Chi. Recipients of the award will present their research at the annual 2018 MPA convention in Chicago on April 12-14.

MHC Schedule The Morningside Healthcare Community (Ida Grove) activity schedule for Jan. 10-17 is: Wednesday, Jan. 10—8 a.m. devotions; 10:15 a.m. current events; 2:30 p.m. church with Morris Hurd.

Thursday, Jan. 11—8 a.m. devotions; 9:30 a.m. manicures;

2 p.m. 12 or less.

Friday, Jan. 12—8 a.m. devotions; 9:30 a.m. reading; 1:30 p.m. movie and popcorn.

Monday, Jan. 15—8 a.m. devotions; 10:30 a.m. Lutheran communion; 2 p.m. Auxiliary bingo.

Tuesday, Jan. 16—8 a.m.

devotions; 10:30 a.m. Bible study; 2 p.m. Would I Rather? game.

Wednesday, Jan. 17—8 a.m. devotions; 10:15 a.m. current events; 2:30 p.m. church with Pastor Lierman; 3 p.m.

Methodist communion; 6 p.m.

Catholic kids.

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Christmas party: Morningside Healthcare Community in Ida Grove held its resident Christmas party Dec. 21. Enjoying the party, from left, are George Trullender, David Schmidt, Santa (Myron Corbin), Allison Behrendsen and Warren Lindberg.

Odebolt Library The Odebolt Public Library added several books and DVDs to it circulation in December.

New books include: “The Story Keeper” and “The Sea Keeper’s Daughter” by Lisa Wingate, “The Child Finder”

by Rene Denfeld, “Past Perfect” by Danielle Steel, “Refuge Cove” by Janet Dailey and “Year One #1” by Nora Roberts.

New adult non iction books are “Promise Me, Dad” by Joe

Biden and “Killers of the Flower Moon” by David Grann.

New paperback books include: “Darker #5” by E.L. James, “I, Eliza Hamilton” by Susan H. Scott, “The Letter”

by Kathryn Hughes and “The Long Walk” by Brian Castner.

“Many a Twist” by Sheila Connolly, “All the Secret Places” by Anna Carlisle and “The Rooster Bar” by John Grisham were added to the large print collection.

College News Jadyn Mohr of Holstein graduated from Morningside College in Sioux City in December. She received her Bachelor of Science in business administration, cum laude.

Three area students were named to the South Dakota State University dean’s list for the fall 2017 semester.

Named to the list were Lora Brummer of Holstein, Ethan Tromp of Kiron and Creighton Allen of Odebolt. Brummer received a perfect 4.0 grade point average (GPA). Students named to the list must have completed a minimum of 12 credits and earned at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale.

Four area students were named to the Buena Vista University’s dean list for terms one and two. Named to the list were Tina Madsen

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of Holstein, Heaven Gaskins of Holstein, Jacqueline Neal of Galva and Trisha Fink of Schleswig. Students named to the dean’s list must have a minimum grade point average of 3.5 for the two terms, based on a 4.0 grade point system and have taken at least 12 hours of coursework.

Caramel apples sales to raise funds for King The King Theatre Renovation Board is selling caramel apples to raise funds.

Royal treats for your Valentine are one for $15, two for $25 or 10 for $100. Order from Ida Grove City Hall or any board member.

Oyster Feed with with extras extras

“Turtles All the Way Down”

by John Green is now available in the young adult iction section.

New DVDs are “Despicable Me 3,” “Nut Job 2,” “The Hitman’s Bodyguard,” “Baby Driver,” “War of the Planet of the Apes,” “Annabelle: Creation,” “Demonic,” “Car 3,” “Wish Upon,” “Logan Lucky,” “Rememory,” “Dark Tower,” “Home Again” and “Kingsman: Golden Circle.”

IG Chamber names ligh ng winners Winners of the Ida Grove Chamber of Commerce holiday lighting contest were: irst place—Jeffrey Matthias, 210 Seventh St., and second place—Kit Svendsen, 205 Washington St.

Sign up for tournament at the club: 712-368-2530 Everyone welcome!

Cake making: Willow Dale Assisted Living tenants Jo Ann Riessen, Einar Nielsen and Shirley Downing were making “wacky cake” and having some “wacky” conversations with staff member Savannah Luscombe.

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by Crystal Hopkins Activity director The Odebolt Specialty Care activity calendar for Jan. 1017: Wednesday, Jan. 10—10:15 a.m. Catholic communion; 2:30 p.m. dominoes; 3 p.m. social.

Thursday, Jan. 11—10 a.m.

WESCO; 3 p.m. social.

Friday, Jan. 12: 10 a.m. art; 2:30 p.m. bingo; 3 p.m. social.

Saturday, Jan. 13—3 p.m. movie and popcorn; 7 p.m.

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Lutheran communion; 2:30 p.m. Bethel Lutheran Church; 3 p.m. social; 3 p.m. movie.

Monday, Jan. 15—10 a.m. current events; 2:30 p.m. nails; 3 p.m. social.

Tuesday, Jan. 16—10 a.m. word builder; 2:30 p.m. bingo; 3 p.m. social.

Wednesday, Jan. 17—10:15 a.m. Catholic communion; 10:30 a.m. Bible chat with Kris; 2:30 p.m. darts; 3 p.m. social.

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Mt. Hope Cemetery Associa on holds lot prices for next six months

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Special visitor: Santa (Myron Corbin) visits with Morningside Healthcare Community resident Kay Reis Dec. 21 during the facility’s annual Christmas party.

The Mt. Hope Cemetery Association held its biannual meeting Dec. 27 at the Battle Creek Community Building. Present were Arthur and Donna Georgopoulos, Dixie Brueck, John Peters, Gordon Morrice and Sheldon Pettit.

The minutes from the June 27, 2017, meeting were read and approved. The treasurer’s report was presented and accepted.

Only one lot was sold since June. Bills were presented and approved for payment.

Lot prices were discussed and will remain at the current price for another six months.

The mowing contract was reviewed. The board voted

to offer the job to the Tietsort family for 2018. A report concerning the Holstein and Ida Grove Cemetery finances was presented and reviewed.

The board voted to charge $100 for maintenance for each grave opening, beginning Jan. 1. An updated report of deaths, lot sales and corrections for the coilbound cemetery map books will be prepared and mailed to those who have a book.

Letters of information and a request for increased support will be mailed to the City of Battle Creek and the Maple Township Trustees in January.

The next meeting was set for Tuesday, June 26.

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Holiday hug: Santa (Myron Corbin) gives a holiday hug to Wayne Gosch during the Morningside Healthcare Community resident Christmas party Dec. 21.

Essay contest offers grades 7-11 students chance to win $1,000

Ida Grove and Battle Creek students are invited to apply for the 2018 H.W. and Leone L. Godbersen Family Foundation Scholarships. Application forms are available online at www.gomaco.com/ scholarship, at the O-A/ BC-IG High School from guidance counselor Megan Dooley or Carrie Odgaard at GOMACO Corporation.

The deadline for these scholarship applications is Monday, March 19.

The H.W. and Leone L. Godbersen Family Foundation Scholarships include individual scholarships up to $2,500 per year, renewable for four consecutive years, awarded to students who plan on attending a four-year

college. Students who plan on attending a two-year college or technical school will be awarded individual scholarships up to $1,000 per year, renewable for two consecutive years.

The application forms should be saved to a computer and sent as an e-mail attachment to Carrie Odgaard at GOMACO Corporation.

Applicants can expect a confirming e-mail that an application has been received for consideration.

It should be noted that this scholarship is not affiliated with Dollars for Scholars and needs to be applied for separately.

All Ida Grove and Battle Creek graduating seniors are encouraged to apply.

Piggy presents: Odebolt Specialty Care held its resident Christmas party Dec. 21. Here, resident Wesley Berg shows off his piggy presents, which included some pink pig slippers.

Years ago, Berg was known in the Odebolt-Kiron-Boyer area for having a record-setting hog at the Iowa State Fair. Upon its death, the hog was stuffed and was a local attraction for a time. Others will recall the years Berg was a janitor in the Odebolt school building.

RV FFA hos ng soup supper The Ridge View FFA is hosting a soup supper Friday, Jan. 12, at Ridge View High School in Holstein during the Ridge View versus O-A/BC-IG game.

The FFA will be serving bottomless bowls of chili, chicken noodle and potato soups, cinnamon rolls, cornbread, lemonade, coffee and water for $5.

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Essays are due by March 16. The student with the winning essay will be selected as Iowa’s Money Smart Kid for 2018 and receive $1,000 toward a college savings funded by the Iowa Bankers Association.

The Money Smart Kid will serve as an ambassador during Money Smart Week Iowa, which will be April 21-28 in several communities across the state.

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Students in grades seven through 11 can now enter the 12 th annual Money Smart Kid essay contest and compete for the chance to win $1,000 to help boost their college savings. The Iowa Bankers Association sponsors the statewide essay contest.

Eligible students can enter the contest by writing an essay of 400 words or fewer, addressing the following: Please write a brief newspaper article describing the potential devastating effects of a natural disaster (fire, flood, hurricane, etc.) on a family’s financial situation.

Please select only one type of natural disaster for the focus of your article. Be sure to include tips and resources for readers to help prepare them for a potential future unexpected crisis.

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SPORTS Falcon boys win two games The O-A/BC-IG boys’ basketball team picked up two wins last week to kickoff off the second half of the season.

The Falcons improved to 7-5 overall and to 3-2 in the conference.

It is another busy week for the Falcons this week as they host Woodbury Central Tuesday, Jan. 9; travel to Holstein to play Ridge View on Friday and host Denison-Schleswig on Saturday.

O-A/BC-IG 63, L-B 44 A 29 to nine scoring advantage in the late third quarter through the fourth quarter propelled O-A/BC-IG to a 19point conference win over Lawton-Bronson in Ida Grove Friday.

The Falcons had leads of 17-13 after one quarter and 26-25 at halftime before trailing 35-34 midway through the third quarter.

From that point on the Falcons took control of the game and rolled to their third conference win of the season in ive tries.

“In the irst half we panicked a little bit and were doing things too quickly and doing things we didn’t need to do,” said coach Steve Brown.

“At halftime we told the kids we hadn’t played a good irst half, but still had the lead. We said start doing the things we are suppose to do and we will be okay.

“After the game we asked the kids what won this game for you and they had three good answers— irst, we ran our offense all the way through and didn’t try to force things; second, we were 19-23 from the free throw line and that will win you a lot of games and third, we did a better job of rebounding

down the stretch. I thought all three of those things were good answers on their (players) part.

“We know our kids are always going to play hard, but making them understand the game will make things easier the rest of this season and in future years. If you can get them to understand the game, you are halfway home.”

Quarter scores OABCIG 17 26 43 —63 L-B 13 25 35 —44 O-A/BC-IG stats Field goals: 20-45, 44%.

Free throws: 19-23, 83%.

Scoring: Ladwig, 16; Warnke, 12; Ray, 8; DeJean, 8; Newquist, 7; Cranston, 4; Conover, 4; Kolpin, 2; Devitt, 2 Rebounds: 22 (Ladwig, 8) Assists: 10 (Warnke, Ray, DeJean, 2 each) Steals: 11 (Ladwig, 5; DeJean, 3) Blocks: 1 (Newquist, 1) Fouls: 11 O-A/BC-IG 72, I-K-M-M 64 A hot shooting irst half was the key to the Falcons nonconference road win against I-K-M-Manning Saturday. The Falcons had a 17-point lead at halftime.

“In the irst half we played as well as we could, both offensively and defensively and our shots were falling from all over the place,” noted coach Brown.

O-A/BC-IG led 18-14 after one quarter and 43-26 at halftime. I-K-M-M went on a 22 to eight run in the third quarter to pull within 51-48 going into the fourth quarter.

The Falcons outscored the Wolves by ive points in the inal quarter to hold on for the victory.

“We knew I-K-M-M would make a run at us because they have a good team and their kids would play hard to

the end,” said Brown. “In the irst two to three minutes of the second half we hardly had the ball and they cut our lead to eight points pretty fast.

“Our kids hung in there and did a good job of not losing their composure during that time frame. I-K-M-M used a lot of energy getting back into the game and sometimes the energy you use on defense starts to show up on offense when your shots start to come up short and that is what happened to them.”

Even though the game got close in the second half, Brown was pleased with the overall effort of his team.

“For the whole game, it was a good performance by our kids, especially in a game following a game the night before,” said Brown. “Our kids did a great job of executing the offense. We had ive players score in double igures and a lot of the kids had their best games of the season.”

Landon Ray led the Falcons in scoring with 20 points.

Cooper DeJean added 16 points; Kaden Ladwig, 14; Austin Newquist, 12 and Ty Warnke, 10.

As a team, the Falcons shot 50 percent (22-44) from the ield and 81 percent (21-26) from the line.

Quarter scores OABCIG 18 43 51—72 IKMM 14 26 48—64 O-A/BC-IG stats Field goals: 22-44, 50%.

Free throws: 21-26, 81%.

Scoring: Ray, 20; DeJean, 16; Ladwig, 14; Newquist, 12; Warnke, 10 Rebounds: 16 (Newquist, 7) Assists: 15 (Warnke, 5; Ladwig, 4) Steals: 12 (Ladwig, 3; DeJean, 3) Blocks: 2 (Ladwig, 1; DeJean, 1) Fouls: 12

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Defense: O-A/BC-IG’s Sarah Petersen (20) and Beth Rehse (32) set up in a zone defense in an effort to keep Lawton-Bronson’s offense at bay during L-B’s 53-48 conference win in Ida Grove Friday.

O-A/BC-IG girls fall in back-to-back games The O-A/BC-IG girls lost to Lawton-Bronson in conference play Friday and to I-K-MManning in a non-conference contest Saturday.

The Falcons entered play this week with a 2-10 record overall and 1-4 in the conference.

O-A/BC-IG hosted Woodbury Central Tuesday, Jan. 9; travel to Holstein this Friday to play Ridge View and host Denison-Schleswig on Saturday.

L-B 53, O-A/BC-IG 48 Lawton-Bronson held off a fourth quarter rally by O-A/ BC-IG to claim a ive-point conference win in Ida Grove Friday.

The Falcons were down seven points, 43-36, entering the fourth quarter before pulling to within one point, 47-46, on Ryder Cranston’s three-point shot with 4:02 to go in the game. L-B had a 5048 edge with one minute to play before making three of ive free throws to inish off the game.

“I was extremely proud of the kids’ effort and performance,” said coach Kurt Brown. “They played hard, rebounded well and did a lot of good things. It was just another one of those games where we can’t get over the hump.

“We have to get to a point

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In play: O-A/BC-IG’s Kaden Ladwig keeps the ball in play while being harassed by a LawtonBronson player Friday. Ladwig scored 16 points in the Falcons’ 63-44 victory.

WVC mat tournament The Western Valley Conference wrestling tournament is scheduled for this Saturday at Westwood High School in Sloan. The tournament starts at 9:30 a.m.

Westwood is the defending champion. O-A/BC-IG placed second last season while Ridge View was seventh.

Former O-A/BC-IG wrestler and two time high school state champion, Cash Wilcke, recently won the 197 pound championship at the Midlands Wrestling Tourney held the weekend of Dec. 30 at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Wilcke wrestles for the University of Iowa and is currently 12-0 on the season. He is ranked second in the Big 10 conference and ifth nationally.

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where when we are in close games down the stretch we make the baskets we need to make. It becomes a con idence thing.”

Sophomore Kylee Weber led the scoring effort with 21 points on 10 of 14 ield goals. Beth Rehse added 11 points and pulled down 12 rebounds.

Quarter scores OABCIG 14 23 36 —48 L-B 16 31 43 —53 O-A/BC-IG stats Field goals: 20-49 41%.

Free throws: 6-12, 50%.

Scoring: Weber, 21; Rehse, 11; Cranston, 6; Hemer, 6; Zobel, 2; Winterrowd, 2 Rebounds: 27 (Rehse, 12) Assts: 15 (Petersen, 5). Steals: 13 (Cranston, 5; Weber, 4).

Blocks: 2 (Rehse, 1; Peterson, 1) Fouls: 15 I-K-M-M 62 O-A/BC-IG 44 O-A/BC-IG’s game with IK-M-Manning Saturday in Manning was pretty much decided in the second quarter where the Wolves owned a 21 to nine scoring advantage.

The 12-point scoring imbalance in the second quarter accounted for most of the 18-point difference between the two squads. I-K-M-M had two point scoring differences in the irst, second and third

quarters.

“We played a pretty good game against I-K-M-M, which has traditionally been one of the best teams in northwest Iowa,” noted Falcon coach Kurt Brown. “For the most part we stayed right with them. We struggled a bit in the second quarter offensively and they got hot. We made some defensive adjustments at halftime and the kids did a really good job in the second half, but we couldn’t make up that second quarter de icit.

“Overall, it was a pretty good game. That second quarter was our downfall, but overall I was proud of the girls’ efforts.”

Beth Rehse tallied 19 points and eight rebounds for O-A/ BC-IG. Quarter scores OABCIG 11 20 31 —44 IKMM 13 34 47 —62 O-A/BC-IG stats Field goals: 17-50, 34%.

Free throws: 6-11, 54.5%.

Scoring: Rehse, 19; Cranston, 7; Hemer, 6; Zobel, 6; Weber, 2; Petersen, 2; Lindner, 2 Rebounds: 29 (Rehse, 8) Assts: 13 (Winterrowd, 4; Rehse, 3) Steals: 6 (Winterrowd, 2; Rehse, 2).

Blocks: 3 (Zobel, 2) Fouls: 16

Bowling Scores WEDNESDAY NIGHT LADIES’ LEAGUE United Bank of Ia. 250.5 Horn Physicians 243.5 First State Bank 241 Barry Motor 238.5 GOMACO 234.5 Bye 88 HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAME Linda Martin 230 Brenda Hansen 210 Zolene Streck 186 Shari Simmons 186 HIGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES Linda Martin 581

Brenda Hansen 509 Shari Simmons 506 HIGH TEAM GAME GOMACO 659 Barry Motor 578 Horn Physicians 535 HIGH TEAM SERIES GOMACO 1920 Horn Physicians 1583 First State Bank 1545 THURSDAY NIGHT LADIES’ LEAGUE Rod’s Fertilizer 267 Kin Pins 259 Hanson Auto 239 United Bank of Ia. 201 Backdraft 180

HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAME Trisha Hoffman 245 Shelley Malcom 189 Katie Chisholm 178 HIGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES Trisha Hoffman 506 Shelley Malcom 480 Katie Chisholm 449 HIGH TEAM GAME Kin Pins 617 Rod’s Fertilizer 574 Backdraft 565 HIGH TEAM SERIES Backdraft 1658 Rod’s Fertilizer 1626 Hanson Auto 1604

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Raptor girls bring down state-ranked Westwood Ridge View toppled Westwood, ranked 15th in the state in class 1A, 52-47 in a conference game in Holstein Friday.

“It’s a big win for us and the home crowd made it a great atmosphere for a game,” said Raptor coach Brian Bode. “It really opens the conference race back up. We can enjoy it for a little while, but we need to be humble and stay hungry as we move through the second half of our season.”

The game was close from the beginning as Ridge View was up 10-8 after one quarter.

The game was tied 22-22 at halftime. Westwood had a 3534 edge after three quarters of play.

Ridge View owned a 43-41 lead with about two minutes to play. At that point, Beth Pickhinke, who inished with 14 points, knocked down a three

pointer and Ridge View came up with a couple of steals for lay-ups to preserve the lead down the stretch. Westwood was able to stay close thanks to a couple of three-point shots in the closing minutes of the game.

“Our girls played a tremendous game,” said Bode. “We executed properly and stayed with our game plan. They earned this win in more ways than one.

“Defensively, I thought our ball pressure made Westwood work hard to make passes.

It allowed for us to force turnovers and score off of them. We limited their second chance points and didn’t give up easy transition points.

“We were the team more on the attack and we inished inside. We made smart decisions with the ball and understood

the situations throughout the game.”

Kara Richard also scored in double igures (12 points) for Ridge View. She also pulled down 10 rebounds.

Ridge View improved to 5-4 overall and to 3-2 in the WVC. The Raptors played Cherokee Monday, MV-A-O on Tuesday and will host O-A/BC-IG this Friday.

Quarter scores RView 10 22 34 —52 Wwood 8 22 35 —47 Ridge View stats Field goals: 17-60, 28%.

Free throws: 16-24, 66%.

Scoring: Pickhinke, 14; Richard, 12; Dutler, 8; Else, 7; Wunschel, 7; Todd, 2; Mason, 2 Rebounds: 36 (Richard; Else, 7). Assists: 12 (Dutler, 5; Else, 3). Steals: 14 (Else, 4; Dutler, 3). Blocks: 3 (Wunschel, 2; Richard, 1) Fouls: 13

Westwood slips by Raptors Westwood slipped by the Ridge View’s boys 48-42 in a conference basketball game in Sloan Friday.

Westwood was up 25-17 at halftime, but Ridge View battled back to tie the game with three minutes left in the third quarter thanks to a 10-0 run to open the second half. The game went back and forth in the fourth quarter and was tied when Westwood hit a three-pointer in the latter stages of the inal quarter. The Rebels were able to hold onto the lead to win the game.

“It was a good all around effort by our boys,” noted Ridge View coach Mike Smith.

“Westwood’s leading scorer

(Drew Brekke) was averaging 18 points a game and we held him to 12 points. However, their second post player (Jacob Miller) who was averaging eight points a game, scored 15 points. We did a good job of shutting down their main scorers, but other guys stepped up and contributed.

“Our effort and focus were there; we just couldn’t hit our shots. We had a tough game shooting the ball. We shot just three of 26 from the threepoint line. Hopefully, one of these games everything will click for us and our shots will start to fall.”

Jake Tokheim scored 15 points for Ridge View. Jaxon

Franken added 13.

Ridge View’s overall record was 2-7 and 2-3 in the conference heading into action this week. The Raptors played Cherokee Monday, MV-A-O on Tuesday and will host O-A/ BC-IG this Friday.

Quarter scores RView 7 17 31 —42 Wwood 17 24 32 —48 Ridge View stats Field goals: 16-56, 28.5%.

Free throws: 7-11, 64%.

Scoring: Tokheim, 15; Franken, 13; McGuire, 8; Miller, 4; Klint Blum, 2 Rebounds: 36 (Miller, 8; Cuthrell, 7). Assists: 8 (Tokheim, 3). Steals: 10 (Franken, 4). Blocks: 0 Fouls: 19

Falcon grapplers open second half of season O-A/BC-IG participated in ive duals and the Ames tournament in its irst week back on the mat after the Christmas break.

In dual competition, the Falcons were 1-4 to send their overall record to 7-6 and their inal WVC mark to 4-3.

The Falcons were ninth at a tournament in Ames Saturday.

Jan. 2 duals O-A/BC-IG defeated Woodbine (43-42) and lost to Logan-Magnolia (51-30) and Atlantic (48-33) in duals hosted by Woodbine Jan. 2.

“These are tough duals to win when you do not have a full roster,” noted coach Randy Nieman.

“I felt in many matches we wrestled very well.

I was certainly pleased with Ethan Mortensen and Devin Behrendsen. Both wrestled three very good matches. Tyler Anderson continues to impress me. A real solid effort by the entire team.”

O-A/BC-IG 43, Woodbine 42 •106 Caleb Reitz won by forfeit. •113 Jake Nieman won by forfeit. •120 Kurtis Krager won by forfeit. •126 O-A/BC-IG lost by forfeit. •132 Jarrett Hewitt won by fall in 4:58. •138 O-A/BC-IG lost by forfeit. •145 Ethan Mortensen won by fall in 3:53. •152 O-A/BC-IG lost by forfeit. •160 Gavin Parks lost by fall in 1:18. •170 O-A/BC-IG lost by forfeit. •182 Devin Behrendsen lost by fall in 1:37. •195 Blake Anderson lost by fall in 3:52. •220 Tyler Anderson won by fall in 1:28.

•285 Ryder Meek won by fall in 4:43.

Atlantic 48, O-A/BC-IG 33 •106 Reitz lost by fall in 1:36. •113 Nieman won by fall in 5:06. •120 Krager won by fall in 2:36.

•126 O-A/BC-IG lost by forfeit. •132 Hewitt lost by fall in 5:26. •138 O-A/BC-IG lost by forfeit.

•145 Mortensen won 9-7 in overtime. •152 O-A/BC-IG lost by forfeit. •160 Parks lost by fall in :43. •170 O-A/BC-IG lost by forfeit. •182 Behrendsen won by fall in 1:11. •195 Blake Anderson won by fall in 1:18. •220 Tyler Anderson won by fall in 1:00. •285 Meek lost by fall in 1:44.

Lo-Ma 51, O-A/BC-IG 30 •106 Reitz lost by fall in 2:40. •113 Nieman lost 9-7. •120 Krager won by fall in 1:53. •126 O-A/BC-IG lost by forfeit. •132 Hewitt lost by fall in :32. •138 O-A/BC-IG lost by forfeit. •145 Mortensen lost by fall in :30. •152 O-A/BC-IG lost by forfeit. •160 Parks lost by fall in :25. •170 O-A/BC-IG lost by forfeit. •182 Behrendsen won by fall in 3:34. •195 Blake Anderson won by fall in 2:39. •220 Tyler Anderson won by fall in :50.

•285 Meek won by fall in :35.

Jan. 4 dual The Falcons traveled to Moville Thursday to

take on Woodbury Central and Sheldon-South O’Brien in a double dual. The Woodbury confrontation was the inal WVC dual of the season.

Woodbury 45, O-A/BC-IG 36 •106 Reitz lost by fall in 1:11. •113 Nieman won by fall in 1:26. •120 Krager won by fall in :31.

•126 Dylan Hemer lost by fall in :57. •132 Hewitt lost 11-2. •138 Mortensen won by fall in 5:22. •145 O-A/BC-IG lost by forfeit. •152 O-A/ BC-IG lost by forfeit. •160 Parks lost by fall in 1:43. •170 O-A/BC-IG lost by forfeit. •182 Behrendsen lost by fall in 1:32. •195 Blake Anderson won by fall in :47. •220 Tyler Anderson won by fall in 1:12. •285 Meek won by fall in :31.

Sheldon 45, O-A/BC-IG 36 •106 Reitz lost by fall in 1:00. •113 Nieman won by forfeit. •120 Krager won by fall in 1:43. •126 Hemer won by fall in :36. •132 Hewitt lost by fall in 1:51. •138 Mortensen lost by fall in :20.

•145 O-A/BC-IG lost by forfeit. •152 O-A/BC-IG lost by forfeit. •160 Parks lost by fall in :38. •170 O-A/BC-IG lost by forfeit. •182 Behrendsen lost by fall in 4:00. •195 Blake Anderson won by fall in 3:37. •220 Tyler Anderson won by fall in 1:00.

•285 Meek won by fall in 3:17.

Ames tournament O-A/BC-IG placed ninth out of 17 teams at the Jack Mendenhall Tournament in Ames Saturday.

Blake Anderson had the team’s best individual placing when he took second at 195.

Going into the tournament we all knew how tough it was going be; we see some of the best wrestlers in the entire state at these events,” noted coach Nieman. “Our wrestlers are able to learn from these events, win or lose. The tournament gives us experiences that we can draw upon later in the season.

“Blake Anderson had a fabulous tournament and I was very impressed with the determination shown by Jarrett Hewitt winning some very close matches. The tournament can be both mentally and physically taxing, but most of our wrestlers came away better for it.”

Blake Anderson earned a berth in the 195pound championship match by virtue of a irst round bye; a fall in 1:31 over Philip Minkler of Pocahontas Area in the quarter inal round a fall in 5:41 over Cael Knox of Cedar Rapids Kennedy in the semi inals. In the championship match, Anderson lost 3-1 to Reece Bowlin of Indianola.

Placing third were Jake Nieman (113) and Kurtis Krager (120). Tyler Anderson was fourth at 220. Placing eighth were Caleb Reitz (106) and Jarrett Hewitt (132).

Cedar Rapids Prairie won the team title with 174.5 points. The Falcons were ninth with 91 points.

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Ridge View meet: Ridge View hosted an archery meet at the high school gym in Holstein Saturday. The Raptors placed second as a team in the 3D shoot. The placing was the team’s best showing in a tournament since the program began in 2016.

RV places second at 3D duals The Ridge View archery team achieved its highest placing in its short history as they finished second overall at the 3D Duals held Jan. 6 at Ridge View High School in Holstein.

The Raptors scored 2,939 points, while team champions Sergeant Bluff-Luton shot 3,255. Lawton-Bronson finished third (2,811), and MMC-RU rounded out the top four with a score of 2,578.

Individually, SB-L took home a lot of hardware with four girls and four boys medaling (top five in each division medal). Ridge View’s Cassie Allen medaled fourth (265) in

the female division while L-B’s Adam Larson finished third (276) in the male division. Individual champions, both from SB-L, were Alexis Hansen (276) and Cameron Hanner (281).

In addition to Allen’s 265 to round out the top five for the Raptors, Ridge View was led by quality efforts from Jaden Droegmiller (271), Rayann Volkert (263), Brant Price (258) and Jon Madsen (248).

Next up for all four teams is the L-B tournament, which will be held on Jan. 13 beginning at 8:30 a.m. in Lawton.

Raptor grappler earns 100th win Ridge View wrestling’s team gained a split in a pair of conference duals in its last home dual during senior night Thursday and competed in the West Sioux tournament Saturday.

A highlight of Saturday’s tournament came when senior Trent Miller earned the 100th victory of his high school career by pinning Spencer’s Zach O’Clair in 14 seconds in a 220pound match.

Senior Lance Else was 2-1 at West Sioux, which garnered him his 98th and 99th career wins.

Seniors recognized on Thursday were managers Kaitlyn Currie and Brittany Vincent and wrestlers Else, Cam Steffens and Miller.

“All of these seniors have put in a great deal of time and effort for our program, they will all be greatly missed in the future,” said coach Caleb Christensen.

“Each of them has displayed great character, hard work and dedication the past four years.

We wish them much success in their future endeavors.”

Duals Ridge View lost to Westwood 57-12 in the Raptors’ irst dual Thursday and defeated Kingsley-Pierson 39-24 in the second dual. Ridge View inished the conference season with a 1-6 dual record and moved to 2-14 overall.

“Westwood is a solid team with good wrestlers up and down the line-up,” noted Christensen. “It’s tough to compete with such a good team with so many open weights in our lineup. Our guys wrestled tough though. It’s a tough dual to start with after the Christmas break, but our guys handled it well.

“Against K-P, it was nice to be able to match up with a team enough that we can come out on top. Our guys who wrestled, wrestled tough in order to secure the win.”

Westwood 57, Ridge View 12 •106 Ridge View lost by for-

feit. •113 double forfeit. •120 Damien Garcia lost by fall in 1:11. •126 Ridge View lost by forfeit. •132 Ridge View lost by forfeit. •138 Gary Baughn lost 6-5. •145 Dylan Wood lost by fall in 3:57. •152 Ridge View lost by forfeit. •160 double forfeit. •170 Lance Else won by fall in 1:18. •182 Cam Steffens lost by fall in 1:25.

•195 Chance Hansen lost by fall in 1:25. •220 Trent Miller won by fall in 2:45. •285 Ridge View lost by forfeit.

Ridge View 39, K-P 24 •106 Ridge View lost by forfeit. •113 Ridge View lost by forfeit. •120 Garcia won by forfeit. •126 double forfeit.

•132 double forfeit. •138 double forfeit. •145 Baughn won by fall in 1:10. •152 Wood won by forfeit •160 Else won 15-8. •170 Ridge View lost by

forfeit. •182 Steffens lost by fall in 3:43. •195 Hansen won by forfeit •220 Miller won by forfeit. •285 Phillips won by forfeit.

West Sioux tournament Five Raptors placed at the West Sioux Tournament. Else had the best showing with a second place at 160. Miller was third at 220.

Else posted a 2-1 record. His loss came in the championship match, 9-2, to Logan Koedam of MOC-Floyd Valley. Miller was also 2-1. His loss came in the semi inal round.

Other placings were Gary Baughn, ifth at 132; Damien Garcia, seventh at 120 and Dylan Wood, eighth at 145.

Ridge View scored 60.5 points, which placed the team 10th. Central Lyon won the team title with 237 points.

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Miller 100: Ridge View wrestler Trent Miller earned the 100th victory of his high school career Saturday by pinning Spencer’s Zach O’Clair in 14 seconds in a 220-pound match at the West Sioux tournament.

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Ethel “Lorraine” Woebke May 19, 1924 – Dec. 28, 2017 IDA GROVE – Services for Ethel “Lorraine” Woebke, 93, of Ida Grove were Jan. 3, 2018, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ida Grove. The Revs. Neil Wehmas and Richard Salcido of iciated.

Burial will be at a later date.

Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Home in Ida Grove was in charge of arrangements.

She died Dec. 28, 2017, at Morningside Healthcare Community in Ida Grove.

Ethel “Lorraine” Woebke, daughter of Adolph and Christina (Albertsen) Hansen, was born May 19, 1924, on a farm called the sixmile house in Goodrich Township, Crawford County. Lorraine grew up in Crawford County, where she attended country school. She was con irmed as a Lutheran April 2, 1939.

On June 25, 1944, Lorraine married the love of her life, Walter Woebke, in 101-degree heat in the shade at Schleswig. They lived in Holstein and the Crawford Country area before making their forever home in Ida Grove in 1955. Lorraine and Walter were blessed with four boys: Wayne, Larry, Richard and Donald.

Lorraine was employed by Koons Bakery, the sale barn and Ida Grove Café and worked for 22 years as a dietary aide at Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove before retiring.

She enjoyed cooking, baking cookies for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, playing cards, collecting owls and especially loved wintering in Texas for 13 years with

Ruth E. Schmidt Aug. 24, 1935 – Dec. 29, 2017

her husband, Walter. You might remember Lorriane and Walter from square dancing, which the couple enjoyed for 16 years, four nights a week, with the Ida Grove Twirlers.

Lorraine most recently made her home at Morningside Healthcare Community in Ida Grove. She enjoyed daily visits with her husband, Walter, and the many activities the home offered, along with many new friends she made while living there.

Left to cherish her memory are her husband of 73 years, Walter Woebke of Ida Grove; and her sons: Wayne (Kimberly) Woebke of Mission, Texas, and Don Woebke of Evens, Colo.

Also surviving are her grandchildren: Darren (Lori) Woebke of Kansas City, Mo., Chris Woebke (special friend, Jennifer Senhen) of Ida Grove, Dorian (Boyd) Maxwell of Kansas City, Mo., Stacy (Ron) Witter of Kingsley, Megan (Zach) Montgomery of Ida Grove and Cody Woebke (special friend, Becca Schmidt) of Ida Grove.

Additional survivors include her greatgrandchildren: Blake, Deandra, Autum, Caitlyn, Dylan, Carter and Maia; a sister, Helen Woebke of Forest Grove, Ore.; a daughter-inlaw, Kimberly Woebke of Ida Grove; extended family, and friends.

Lorraine was preceded in death by her sons, Richard Woebke and Larry Woebke; her parents, Adolph and Christina (Albertsen) Hansen; a sister, Malinda Abbe, and a brother, Bernie Hansen.

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IDA GROVE - Services for Ruth E. Schmidt, 82, of Ida Grove were Jan. 4, 2018, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ida Grove. The Revs.

Richard A. Salcido and Neil Wehmas of iciated.

Burial was in the Ida Grove Cemetery at Ida Grove. Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Home in Ida Grove was in charge of arrangements.

She died Dec. 29, 2017, at Willow Dale Wellness Village in Battle Creek.

Ruth E. Schmidt, daughter of Herbert and Lucille (Carlson) Bennigsdorf was born Aug. 24, 1935, in Denison. She grew up in Charter Oak and was baptized and con irmed into the Lutheran faith.

Ruth was a faithful member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ida Grove. She was active in her church circle and Dorcas Society, helping make many quilts.

On Dec. 13, 1954, Ruth married Earl D. Schmidt at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ida Grove. To this union, four children were born: Merle, Sherri, Sheryl and Colleen.

Ruth took pleasure in being a homemaker and running her in-home daycare for 20 years.

She treasured spending time with her family and going to Monday morning coffee club.

She enjoyed lower gardening, puzzles, dancing, watching and feeding her birds, camping and traveling. Ruth’s kindness will be remembered by all the lives she touched throughout her life.

William Greg Wallace Oct. 17, 1959 – Dec. 26, 2017 ODEBOLT – Services for William Wallace, 58, of Odebolt were Jan. 1, 2018, at St. Martin’s Catholic Church in Odebolt, with the Rev. Joe Dillinger of iciating.

Burial was in St. Martin’s Catholic Cemetery. Farber and Otteman Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

He died Dec. 26, 2017, at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Omaha, Neb. William Greg Wallace was born Oct. 17, 1959, in Ida Grove to William and Rachel (Fettes) Wallace. He grew up in Odebolt, where he attended grade school and high school and then continued his education at Northwest Iowa Community College. Bill was baptized and con irmed at St. Martin’s Catholic Church in Odebolt.

Bill married Rendee Nelson Dec. 1, 1979, at St. Martin’s Catholic Church in Odebolt. This union was blessed with two daughters: Kristina and Angela. They made their home in Odebolt, where Bill owned and operated Wallace Soft Water.

Fred A. Stough Nov. 27, 1933 – Dec. 28, 2017

He was a volunteer on the Odebolt Ambulance Service, kept books at the Odebolt Library and answered phones at the Chronicle. In his free time, he loved to hunt and ish. He also enjoyed going to NRA gun shows, selling knives and scopes and motorcycle riding.

He never let his ailments hold him back and loved meeting new people. Bill loved to be with his family and enjoyed every minute he got to spend with them. He was an amazing husband, father and grandfather and will be truly missed by those who knew and loved him.

Left to cherish his memory are his loving wife, Rendee Wallace of Odebolt; two daughters: Kristina (Larry) Boysen of Ida Grove and Angela Wallace (special friend, Taylor Ironshell) of Ida Grove; and a special daughter, Jalee Everetts (special friend, Nathan Hare) of Ida Grove.

Also surviving are his grandchildren: Mason, Maddox, Ella, Elijah, Temperance and Natalee; his parents, William “Bill” Sr. and Rachel Wallace of Odebolt; two sisters: Linda (Roger) Sleight of Odebolt and Lisa (Jim) Spech of Omaha, Neb.; other extended family, and friends.

William was preceded in death by his nephew, Jeffery Renze.

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MAGNOLIA, ARK. – Graveside services for Fred A. Stough, 83, of Magnolia, Ark., formerly of Las Vegas, Nevada, were Jan. 2, 2018, at Marysville Cemetery with Bro. Micah Carter officiating.

Lewis Funeral Home in Magnolia, Ark., was in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers were Jimmy Stough, Kenny Stough, Thomas Stough, Sheldon O’Dell, Laine O’Dell, Justin Pettigrew and Terry Davis. Honorary pallbearer was Charlie Stough, who is currently serving in active duty in the U.S. Army.

He died Dec. 28, 2017, at his home in Magnolia, Ark. Fred was born Nov. 27, 1933, in Ida Grove to James and Ruby Stough. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church.

Fred graduated from Ida Grove High School with a football scholarship to the University of Iowa. He was not able to go to college, due to being drafted into the Korean War. He served his country in the U.S. Army for four years and was honorably discharged.

He met Dorothy Gerrow Stough two years later. They were married and had six

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wonderful children. He worked for General Telephone Company for 10 years.

He went to work as the lead supervisor for the southwest region of the United States and retired at 64. He then moved to Magnolia, where he spent the rest of his days with family.

He is survived by his daughters: Ruby O’Dell and Caroline Stough of Magnolia, Ark., Tina Calvin of Texas, and Kathy Davis and husband, Terry, of Las Vegas, Nevada; his sons: Jimmy Stough and Kenny Stough and wife, Shawna, all of Magnolia, Ark.; a brother, Don Stough and wife, Georgia, of Texas; a sister, JoAnn Evans of California; 13 grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.

Fred was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Dorothy Stough, and a brother, Ray Stough.

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Left to carry her memory on are her four children: Merle (special friend, Julie Rae Grace) Schmidt of Ida Grove, Sherri (Steve) Skarin of Decorah, Sheryl (Randy) Goodman of Battle Creek and Colleen Lainhart of Kansas City, Mo. Also surviving are her grandchildren: Heidi Abbate of Henderson, Colo., Meagan (Danny) Cordova of Brighton, Colo., Jason (Brita) Skarin of Decorah, Matt (Carissa) Skarin of Cedar Falls, Lindsey Terrel of Lincoln, Neb., Ryan (Dana) Goodman of Ida Grove, Shane (Tobi) Goodman of Atlanta, Ga., Jamie (Brett) Scholting of Dakota Dunes, S.D., Melanie (Tom) Bauler of Wallingford, Nicole (James) Long of Blackwell, Okla., and Jared (Sara Hilliard) Lainhart of Kansas City, Mo. Additional survivors include her brothers: Lonnie (Marva) Bennigsdorf of Battle Creek, Russell (Clara) Bennigsdorf of Ida Grove, Darrell Bennigsdorf of Ida Grove and Vern (Edith) Bennigsdorf of Montrose, Colo.; her sisters: Leila (Bernard) Lansink of Ida Grove and Carol (Maynard) Miller of Atlantic; a sister-in-law, Sharon Bennigsdorf of Ida Grove, extended family and friends.

Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, Herbert (Lucille) Bennigsdorf; her husband, Earl D. Schmidt; two brothers, Gary Bennigsdorf and Robert “Bob” (Marlene) Bennigsdorf; a sister, Dorene Wonder; a grandchild, Sara Schmidt; a sister-in-law, Marlene Bennigsdorf, and a brother–in-law, Leroy Wonder.

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Lyle Bielenberg May 23, 1954 – Dec. 29, 2017

Helen Marie (Pryor) Sales June 7, 1925 – Dec. 29, 2017 She was a faithful member of First Presbyterian Church in Battle Creek, where she was honored as a 50-year member. Helen enjoyed working with the Presbyterian women to served the local Lions’ Club and also belonged to Pleasant Valley Women’s Club.

She was a wonderful role model for everyone.

She led by her honesty and respect for other people. One of her sayings was, “If you don’t have something nice to say about someone, don’t say anything at all.” (A good lesson for all.)

With all the responsibilities of a farm wife, there was not a lot of extra time for hobbies.

Helen was an extraordinary cook and forever in the kitchen, cooking and baking, knowing, on any day, that Dad would bring the feed salesman or delivery man in for lunch or a noon meal.

As the years passed and the girls left home, Mom and Dad began gol ing, playing cards, traveling and dancing. Oh, how they loved to dance. They enjoyed the “big bands” and sharing that time with many friends.

Left to cherish her memory are her husband, Lou Dale Sales; and her daughters: Jeannette (Richard) Ott, Barbara Meier, Diane (Tom) Castle, Charlotte (Bill) Uhl and Karen “Corky” (Darwin) Blackmore.

Also surviving are her grandchildren: Kevin Ott, Susan (Calvin) Carver, Sandra (Bill) Allen, Sherri (Kel) Anderson, Shelli (Jason) Dannenberg, Michael (Heidi) Meier, Adam (Randi) Castle, Jeana (Lane) Todd, Matthew (Sandy) Castle, Sarah (Micah) Gitlin, Lori (Darrin) Roeder, Lisa (Bryan) Quirk, Sean (Tamie) Blackmore and Shannon (Jenny) Blackmore.

Additional survivors include 35 greatgrandchildren; a brother, Bill (Carol) Pryor; extended family, and friends.

Helen was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Cleo Wolfson; a brother, Robert Pryor; an infant brother, Bernard Pryor; a grandson, Lynn Ott; two great-grandsons, Smith and Wesson Blackmore; a great-granddaughter, Lindsey Quirk, and a son-in-law Richard “Dick” Meier.

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Dennis E. Hoaglund July 22, 1948 – Jan. 2, 2018 HOLSTEIN – Services for Dennis E. Hoaglund, 69, of Holstein were Jan. 6, 2018, at United Methodist Church in Holstein with the Rev. Doresa K. Collogan of iciating. Burial was in the Holstein Cemetery at Holstein. Nicklas D. Jensen Funeral Home in Holstein was in charge of arrangements.

He died Jan. 2, 2018, at Cherokee Regional Medical Center in Cherokee.

Dennis Eugene Hoaglund was born July 22, 1948, to Elmer and Delores (Boock) Hoaglund in Cherokee. He was a graduate of Holstein High School.

He married Bonnie Alioth Sept. 27, 1974, in Holstein. They raised three children: Tim, Julie and Amy. Denny, a lifelong Holstein resident, worked at Holstein Lumber and Williams Lumber and retired from Menards in 2013. He also delivered the Sioux City Journal for many years.

He was a member of Holstein United Methodist

Church. He enjoyed woodworking, ishing and attending children and grandchildren’s activities.

Family was very important to him, and he loved them with all of his heart. He enjoyed his yearly trips to Wyoming to visit family. Denny never knew a stranger and always had a story to share.

He is survived by his wife, Bonnie Hoaglund of Holstein; a son, Tim Hoaglund of Leesburg, Va.; and two daughters: Julie (Tim) Boekhout of Rock Rapids and Amy (TJ) Deeds of Pinedale, Wyo. Also surviving are his grandchildren: Brennan (Katie) Hoaglund of Spencer, Brandt and Brecken Boekhout of Rock Rapids and Madelynn and Treyton Deeds of Pinedale, Wyo.; a brother, Doug (Cindy) Hoaglund of Hartley; a sister, Diane (Charles) Murphy of Farwell, Mich.; his mother-in-law, Bernice Alioth; and many cousins, nieces and nephews.

Denny was preceded in death by his parents; his father-in-law, Fred Alioth, and several aunts and uncles.

Online condolences can be made at nickladjensen h.com.

IDA GROVE – Services for Lyle Bielenberg, 63, of Ida Grove were Jan. 5, 2018, at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Ida Grove. Pastor Shari O’Bannon of iciated.

Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Home in Ida Grove was in charge of arrangements.

He died Dec. 29, 2017, at Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove.

Lyle R. Bielenberg was born May 23, 1954, in Denison, youngest of 10 children born to Irwin and Eva (Jepsen) Bielenberg. He grew up in Charter Oak, where he graduated from Charter Oak-Ute High School in 1972.

In his youth, Lyle enjoyed going to the stock car races and spending time with friends. He was employed at auto body shops in Denison and Charter Oak during this time.

On Sept. 30, 1978, Lyle married his sweetheart, Patricia “Pat” Lorenzen, and they made their home in Ida Grove. They were blessed with two children, a son, Justin, and a daughter, Caitlin.

Lyle went into business on his own in 1978, with Bielenberg Body Shop, which was located in downtown Ida Grove. In the early 1990s, he closed his shop and tended to his rental properties while working various jobs.

He most currently was employed with PCI. Lyle thought a good bargain was a horrible thing to waste. Besides taking care of his rental properties, he liked to tend to his “used goods;” a collector of “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” He found used items for up cycling, like old wood, carpet and much more.

He enjoyed bowling league, attending Hawkeye games with his son, Justin, watching golf and having the opportunity to attend the PGA Championship in 2016. He was also an elder at Westminster Presbyterian Church.

You could often ind Lyle with a cold Diet Dr. Pepper, ready for a good chat or spoiling his precious granddaughter, Taylee.

He will be remembered as a loving brother, husband, father, grandfather and friend. With a heart of gold, he was always ready to lend a helping hand or go the extra mile to help out a neighbor in need.

In the words of his granddaughter, “Papa Lyle is a beautiful angel now riding on a unicorn,” and his memory will be forever treasured by those he knew and loved.

Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Pat Bielenberg of Ida Grove; his children: Justin (Allison) Bielenberg of West Des Moines and Caitlin (Joe) Thornburg of Tif in, and his granddaughter, Taylee Bielenberg.

Also surviving are his brothers: Richard (Retha) Bielenberg, Virgil (Kathy) Bielenberg, Ronald (Susie) Bielenberg and Dale (Kate) Bielenberg; his sisters: Shirley Raszler, Lois Weiss and Linda (Melvin) Cerny; his fatherand mother-in-law, Harold and Bev Lorenzen; a sister-in-law, Barb Lorenzen; dear friends Mike (Patti) Andrews and Rhett (Kathy) Leonard, and numerous extended family and friends.

Lyle was preceded in death by his parents, Irwin and Eva Bielenberg; a brother, Merle Bielenberg; a sister, Barb Fritz, and three brothers-in-law: Ron Fritz, Aaron Raszler and Mark Lorenzen.

Condolences may be sent online at www. christensenvanhouten.com.

Arnelda Schramm Aug. 24, 1933 – Jan. 5, 2018 BATTLE CREEK – Services for Arnelda Schramm, 84, of Battle Creek were Jan. 9, 2018, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Battle Creek. The Rev. Randy D. Cormeny of iciated.

Burial was in Mount Hope Cemetery in Battle Creek.

Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Home in Battle Creek was in charge of arrangements.

She died Jan. 5, 2018, at Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove.

Arnelda E. Schramm, daughter of C.W. and Elizabeth (Shermer) Fink, was born Aug. 24, 1933, in Franklin County, Latimer, Iowa.

Arnelda grew up on the family farm southwest of Latimer and graduated from Latimer High School. After high school, she worked as a clerk in a bank located in Hampton.

On June 18, 1955, Arnelda married the love of her life, Winferd C. Schramm, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Latimer. They made their home on a farm in Knoke, Iowa, and began farming. Arnelda and Win were delighted to adopt two bundles of joy, a son, Curtis, and a daughter, Jolene.

In 1973, the family relocated to Battle Creek, where Win went to work for Jensen Feed and Implement. In her early years, Arnelda sold

AVON, was employed at VT Industries and worked in the housekeeping department of Morningside Care Center.

She took great pride in her home, which was evident by her lovely holiday décor and wonderful meals she served. She will be remembered for her famous, warm, chocolate chip cookies and other delicious, baked goodies.

Arnelda had a gift for gardening, which was apparent by her beautiful lowers and abundant vegetable garden. As her daughter would say, “My mother had a green thumb; people would bring her a dead plant and she could bring it back to life again.”

She treasured all of the small moments with her family and friends and will be truly missed by all who knew her.

Left to cherish her memory are her devoted husband of 62 years, Win Schramm of Battle Creek, and her children: Curtis (Rosland) Schramm of Battle Creek and Jolene (Ross) Peffer of Cedar Rapids.

Also surviving are her grandchildren, Michael and William Eakens; a great-grandchild, Shane Eakens; a sister, Elwilda (Carroll) Etchen of Clear Lake; extended family, and friends.

Arnelda was preceded in death by her parents, C.W. and Elizabeth Fink, and two brothers, Verald Fink and Marvin Fink.

Condolences may be sent online at www. christensenvanhouten.com.

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BATTLE CREEK – Services for Helen Marie (Pryor) Sales, 92, of Battle Creek were Jan. 3, 2018, at First Presbyterian Church in Battle Creek. The Rev. Kevin J. Freese of iciated.

Burial was in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Battle Creek.

Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Home in Battle Creek was in charge of arrangements.

She died Dec. 29, 2017, at Good Samaritan Society-Holstein.

Helen Marie (Pryor) Sales, daughter of Howard and Leta (Straight) Pryor was born June 7, 1925, at the home of her paternal grandparents in Council Bluffs. Her early years were spent in rural Logan and Dunlap, were her parents farmed.

She began kindergarten in Dunlap but soon moved to the country, where she was advanced to the irst grade. This resulted in her early graduation at 16. She shared fond memories of her youth in Willow Township, attending school at Willow #3 and Willow #4 country schools.

At 80, Helen was able to trace her youth, with her daughters, throughout the Loess Hills and took them to these schools and the farms where she spent her youth. Helen’s parents moved to Woodbine when she was in junior high school.

She and her sister, Cleo, boarded in Dunlap during the week and returned home on the weekends. During this time, she babysat for a school teacher and worked at the drug store.

Helen graduated from Dunlap High School in 1942.

On Feb. 26, 1944, Helen married Lou Dale Sales in Omaha, Neb. They began their married life in Woodbine before relocating to Battle Creek in 1945, where they have shared 73 years of marriage together.

The family grew in size with the births of their ive girls: Jeannette, Barbara, Diane, Charlotte and Karen (Corky). As Dad would say, he was surrounded by six women. Home was like a college dormitory with the business of all their activities. Many times, Helen would be mistaken for “just one of the girls.”

Leva Johnson Aug. 5, 1921 - Jan. 1, 2018 Johnson, and the family made their home in Odebolt. Duane welcomed Cathie and Connie as Leva welcomed Duane’s children, Vicki and Art. Leva was an excellent homemaker. She also worked outside of the home during her life as a CNA and on the Rockwell City Ambulance crew, as a driver. She enjoyed sewing, reading, traveling, camping and spending time with her family.

Left to cherish her memory are her four children: Cathie McCullough of Lohrville, Connie Ruge of Cherokee, Vicki Stull of Omaha, Neb., and Art (Kathy) Johnson of Tacoma, Wash.

Also surviving are ive grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; numerous nieces and nephews; extended family, and friends.

Leva was preceded in death by her husbands, Ross Ridge and Duane Johnson; a son, Harlan Ridge; ive sisters: Verna Brown, Muriel Hemmerick, Atha Muller, Velma Smith and Violet Felsing; a brother, Hollis Keele, and a son-in-law, Duane Ruge.

Condolences may be sent online at www. christensenvanhouten.com.

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POMEROY – Services for Leva Johnson, 96, of Pomeroy, formerly of Odebolt, were Jan. 6, 2018, at Christensen–Van Houten Funeral Home in Ida Grove. The Rev. Bruce Kaihoi of iciated. Burial was in Hayes Township Cemetery at Arthur.

Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Home in Ida Grove was in charge of arrangements.

She died Jan. 1, 2018, at Pomeroy Care Center in Pomeroy.

Leva Lorene (Ridge) Johnson, daughter of Harlan B. and Pearl M. (Sexton) Keele, was born Aug. 5, 1921, near Hendrickson, Mo. The family relocated to Iowa and lived in the Rockwell City and Laurens areas, where Leva attended and graduated from Ware High School in 1940.

On May 25, 1940, Leva married Ross G. Ridge and they settled on a farm south of Rockwell City. They were blessed with a son, Harlan G. Ridge, and had the joy of adopting twin girls, Cathie Irene and Connie May. On Aug. 12, 1981, Leva married Duane E.

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City of Ida Grove

City of Ida Grove IDA GROVE CITY COUNCIL MEETING 6:00PM, OCTOBER 2, 2017 CITY HALL The meeting was called to order at 6:04 p.m. by Mayor Whiteing.

Roll Call: Scott Tomlinson, Gregor Ernst, Ryan Goodman and Paul Cates present.

Doug Clough not present.

Others Present: Jan Hewitt, Bob Lorenzen, Gary Mahood and Heather Sweeden.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Ernst to approve the agenda.

Motion carries unanimously, 4-0.

Appearances, Petitions and Communications: Kathy Johnson discussing the dangerous dog ordinance and the Staffordshire bull terrier as a breed being targeted. Talking about stereotyping of the Pit Bull breed. Unnecessary breed specific legislation. Discussing raising and treating dogs as well as training dogs. Ida Grove is a nice community and would not be a spot for dog fighting or breeding events. Discussing options to consider. Talking about muzzleing a dog when outside the home, insurance requirements or fining owner of dog. Ms. Johnson will come back and discuss further with council.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Cates to amend the agenda to allow Jan Hewitt to speak. Motion carries unanimously 4-0.

Discussion of development around West 5th Street. Talking about a housing development and taxbase must be generated to meet the cost of infrastructure.

Discussion of a storage building with the apartments being attached. Mr. Hewitt was going to put duplexes out there in the past. A lot of houses are empty, but not a lot of good homes are available. Discussion of a ¾-acre 2 or 3 bedroom homes.

Talking about street layout and building homes off of it. Discussion about a culde-sac being designed for the area. How would the project be staged? Looking to see if the city would do a Fleenor-type of deal and maybe take a little bit off.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Cates to approve the agenda.

Discussing the hangar lease of Don Poggensee and reimbursement. Talking about a revenue report for the library and budgeting for property taxes.

Motion carries unanimously 4-0.

Old Business Discussion of the Downtown Revitalization project. The final payment to RDG is $3,684.72. Discussion of all the participants and any issues they had. Talking about the Brenner building and the leaking issues.

Motion by Council member Tomlinson, second by Council member Cates.

Motion carries unanimously 4-0.

Discussion of the King Theatre. The theatre is being worked on and the front of the building looks good with the power washing.

The city will find out if we received any funding for the Pleasant Valley Trail by the next city council meeting.

The city will put sludge on Lanny Cipperley’s fields after harvesting.

Skipping resolution 2017-12 providing sale of the King Theatre.

Discussing Moorehead Avenue bridge. Talking about a future bridge project. Talking about the timeline on the project. Discussing getting ballpark numbers from Calhoun-Burns next meeting.

Skipping the fireworks ordinance.

Discussing the back yard pool and hot tub ordinance #551. The first reading is 10/2/17. Scott Tomlinson asking if it is one permit per year or a continuous permit. It is a continuous permit. Discussion of defining fence height in the ordinance.

As measured from all points from the ex-

terior perimeter of the pool. Talking about owner versus renter of the property and owner of the pool. Whoever owns the pool is responsible for fencing the pool.

Discussion of fines and penalties.

Discussion of the employee benefits package. Going to talk to insurance carriers to get various plans. Have some ideas to move forward, but need hard numbers. Will have a proposal for the next meeting.

Discussion of amending Ordinance #554 raising cat and dog licensing fees.

Talking about section five regarding kennel dogs and cats and the verbiage “run at large.” Discussion of fines, rates for new dogs and timeline to get a license.

Talking about animals being confined to their kennel.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Cates to approve Ordinance #554 changes. First reading.

Motion carries unanimously 4-0.

Discussion of a test well and identifying a spot next week.

No discussion of the Urban Renewal Joint Agreement with Ida County as the county has not given the city the agreement with the necessary changes requested by the city.

Discussion of the signs for the Pleasant Valley Trail. Will meet on Friday.

Discussion of Resolution 2017-17 amending the code of ordinances for the City of Ida Grove Iowa by enacting an ordinance to allow the city council to assume the responsibilities of any board, agency, commission or similar entity that does not have a quorum.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Tomlinson to approve Resolution 2017-17.

Motion carries unanimously, 4-0.

Discussion of Ordinance #557 to allow the city council to act where a city board, agency, commission or other similar body does not have a quorum.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Tomlinson to approve Ordinance #557 to allow the city council to act where a city board, agency, commission or other similar body does not have a quorum.

Motion carries unanimously, 4-0.

New Business Discussion of the tree trimming contract with Ratchet. He is half done with the project and will finish up next weekend. He highly recommends taking down an additional tree. Maybe use alternative funding to get more trees planted.

Talking about topping out trees. Council member Ernst discussing the contract.

Ratchet talking about trimming 50 some odd trees marked to be trimmed. Ratchet cutting the dead out of the trees. It takes a lot of time to get it done. Parks Superintendent Lorenzen discussing the trees, no damage to the park. Bob is good with the work.

Discussion of the picnic table policy at City Park.

Skipping the Ida Grove Recreation Valley, Online Asset Management System agenda items.

Discussion of a third party vendor for online bill pay. Talking about fees for paying with a credit card for online bill pay.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Clough to go with Forte for the third party vendor for online bill pay.

Motion carries unanimously.

Discussion of storage of dirt and hauling from the Highway 20 project. Talking about the amount of dirt needed for the West Access Project. Discussion of the amount of trucks needed to haul the amount of dirt. Talking about the cost, which would be more than $200,000.

Can’t justify the cost, but can help them out and take the dirt.

Discussion of the City Hall improvement project. Scott Tomlinson says it will

cost a lot of money to fix the inside of the building, more than $150,000. Does not include painting the outside and tuckpointing the building as well as the leaking around the air conditioner. Discussion of the improvement of the office with new paint and doors possible. Debating renovation vs. purchasing a new building.

Skipping the city hazmat recycling/disposal policy and procedure agenda item.

Discussion of the Urban Renewal Joint Agreement with Ida County. Talking about the wording of the agreement.

Discussing getting the correct language for the agreement and agreeing to the joint agreement in two weeks. When the agreement is sent to the City Administrator, he will pass it on to the City Attorney for review.

Motion by Council member Ernst, second by Council member Goodman to approve the Urban Renewal Joint Agreement with Ida County pending the review of the City Attorney.

Motion carries unanimously.

Skipping the capital improvement planning software agenda item.

Discussion of signs for the Pleasant Valley Trail. Talking about the different signs to be used in the different areas of the trail in the city. Debating having a friendly community for recreationalists as well as cyclists. Drivers must be aware of cyclists and yield to pedestrians at the crosswalks. Attorney Goldsmith discussing creating crosswalks where the trail crosses the street with signage and painted lines. Council member Clough will work on this issue.

Skipping trees and plantings policy for the city agenda item.

Discussion of approving the renewal of the city’s CoD for 12 months at a rate of 1.25%.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Ernst to approve the renewal of the city’s CoD for 12 months at a rate of 1.25%.

Motion carries unanimously.

Skipping approval of the variance request for Stan Chisholm agenda item.

Discussion of the Fiscal Year 20162017 payroll audit and audited premium schedule.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Cates to approve the FY 2016-2017 payroll audit and audited premium schedule.

Motion carries unanimously.

Discussion of the replacement for the north approach for Zobel’s bridge. City Administrator Dennison will work with Streets Superintendent Sholty to contact Godbersen-Smith and work with them to replace the approach to the bridge.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Tomlinson to approve the replacement for Zobel’s bridge.

Motion carries unanimously.

Other Business Scott Tomlinson discussing the 5th and th 7 Street bridge projects and getting reimbursed for the project. Talking about Stan Chisholm’s request for a vacation of the alley behind his house at 707 Elm Street.

Doug Clough talking about the CAT awards.

Gregor Ernst discussing the conditions at the tennis court in City Park.

Talking about city taxes for utilities: what is it? Are we getting it? Where is it? Discussion of a plan to replant trees.

Devlun Whiteing discussing the Rec Center for wellness for employees, city crew and supervisor.

Deputy Administrator Heather Sweeden discussing the TV for the city council chambers donated by Kiwanis.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Cates to adjourn at 9:20 p.m.

(Published in the Ida County Courier on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018)

IDA GROVE CITY COUNCIL MEETING 6:00PM, AUGUST 21, 2017 CITY HALL Call to Order by Mayor Whiteing at 6:00 p.m.

Roll Call: Scott Tomlinson, Gregor Ernst, Ryan Goodman, Paul Cates. Doug Clough is absent.

Others in attendance: Parks Superintendent Bob Lorenzen, Streets Superintendent Gerrod Sholty, Justin Georg of Ida County Sanitation, Recreation Center Chelsea Gross, Deputy Administrator Heather Sweeden.

Motion to approve the agenda by Council Member Tomlinson, second by Council Member Cates.

Motion carries 4-0.

Appearances, petitions and communications: Justin Georg of Ida County Sanitation talked to equipment sales people regarding rigs that could be leaf pickup vehicles.

He checked into leasing vehicles. Justin put together a rough pricing per household. Council Member Goodman asking if the City did a leaf pickup two or three times a year for five years, what would that do to the pricing? Justin replying the pricing could be per hour, but it would be tough to calculate. Council Member Goodman asking if any other communities have shown any interest? Justin replying no, no other community has shown any interest. Justin Georg showing a video of operation of the leaf pickup rig to the City Council members. Justin stating that a pull-behind costs $26,000.

Justin offering he could ask other communities if they would like to participate.

Council Member Goodman discussing possible costs to citizens. Discussion of a compost route to pick up grass clippings and other yard waste. Justin is open to suggestions from the council. The City Council is not interested in the leaf vacuum plan. The council will discuss the issue over the winter. Justin commenting the new garbage can system is working well, just finished putting out small cans.

Motion by Council Member Goodman, second by Council Member Ernst to approve the consent agenda.

Motion carries 4-0.

Old Business: Discussion of the Downtown Revitalization Project. The Council will not approve a final payment to RDG of $3,684.72 until the participants have been contacted by the City Administrator and their concerns at least heard or addressed.

Discussion of the King Theater. The soil borings are completed and will put in the wall 2 feet above the alley grade. The frame of the wall will be wood and steel.

The concrete part of the wall will be foam core and 12” poured concrete.

The Pleasant Valley Trail Grant proposal will be announced on October 11, 2017.

Discussion of the proposals for the Ordinance/Code book for the city. Talking about which proposals the City Council likes.

Discussion of the timelines to complete the project. Council member Goodman would like to see a hard deadline and keep some money back if the deadline was not met.

Motion by Council Member Goodman, second by Council member Tomlinson to accept the proposal from Code Publishing Company and to receive a contract request.

Motion carries 4-0.

Discussion of the airport lease charges and airport lease policy. Council member Tomlinson and Council member Ernst looking to hold off on a decision and to get aircraft storage rates.

Discussion regarding future sludge hauling sites. Talking about the floodplain map for the area near the airport. Debating of whether Mr. Schau would accept the sludge. It is a real challenge to get rid of. Discussion of costs and hassle for this issue for farmers and the city. Talking

about the cost to dry the sludge.

Discussion of sending out a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a city engineering firm. Talking about the RFQ format.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Cates to send out the RFQ for a City engineering firm.

Motion carries 4-0.

Discussion of Resolution 2017-12 Providing for Sale of King Theater Property.

The city council will put off a decision on this issue until the insurance for the theater is settled.

Discussion of 6th Street repair project and wait for the city engineering firm to be hired.

Discussion of the Iverson/Groene alleyway. The City will wait for the engineering firm to make a decision.

Nothing to report for the Moorehead Avenue bridge.

The appropriate committee will meet later to discuss a fireworks ordinance.

Discussion of the city vacating the alley near 707 Elm Street. Stan Chisholm is working on it, but wants to put it off for a little bit.

The committee will work on a revision of the back yard pool and hot tub ordinance currently in the books. The committee ran out of time to discuss the issue further.

Discussion of the second reading of Resolution 2017-15 amending the code of ordinances for the city of Ida Grove Iowa, by enacting an ordinance to prohibit vehicle parking in front yards. Talking about winter parking, snow plowing and people who do not have driveways currently.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Tomlinson to approve the second reading of Resolution 2017-15 Amending the Code of Ordinances for the City of Ida Grove Iowa,

by Enacting an Ordinance to Prohibit Vehicle Parking in Front Yards.

ORDINANCE NUMBER 2017-556 AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT VEHICLE PARKING IN FRONT YARDS BE IT ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Ida Grove, Iowa.

Section 1.

Title II, Chapter 2, Article 10, Section 06 (2.1-2.1006 Parking Prohibited) is amended to add an additional Subsection 20 as follows: 2.1-2.1006(20) Front Yards.

Anywhere between the front of a house or other building and the street, except on a driveway. For the purpose of this subsection 20, a corner lot shall be considered to have two fronts, one facing each street. Grass or dirt areas are not considered as driveways. Driveways are defined as a paved area designated for the purpose of parking a motor vehicle. Rock or gravel driveways without a curb or with a curb cut are considered valid driveways if installed prior to the effective date of this ordinance. Exceptions to this ordinance are granted for the sole purpose of actively loading and unloading contents to/from a vehicle and building.

The duration of such loading and unloading activity may not exceed four hours and is not permissible between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. (overnight hours). Unless a curb has been cut, for the purpose of accessing a driveway, driving over a curb to park in the city right of way or front yard is prohibited.

Parking a vehicle where a portion of the vehicle is in the street and a portion of the vehicle is in the city right of way or front yard, is not permissible.

Section 2.

When Effective. This ordinance will be in effect after its final passage and approval and publication as provided by law.

Section 3.

If any portion of this ordinance is determined to be invalid, such determination will not affect the remainder of the ordinance.

New Business: Discussion of the fuel tank at the airport. Roger Frank would like to buy the tank for his business. Talking about the fuel currently in the tank. Debating to put in the newspaper fuel for sale in sealed bids. Must purchase all of the fuel. Approximately 1,000 gallons of high octaine fuel. Discussion of the tank itself. The bid process should be for fuel, the tank or a combination of the two.

Discussion of the Ida Grove Recreation Valley. Council member Clough will provide more information at the next meeting.

Discussion of raising dog license fees.

Talking about fees, fines and registration dates. Discussion of ordinances. Talking about the cost the city incurs from the licensing process.

Discussion of approving Shannon Hazelton as the Waste Water Treatment Plant Operator at $22 per hour. Talking about policies and pay hikes in relation to passing the tests.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Ernst to hire Shannon Hazelton as the Waste Water Treatment Plant Operator at $22 per hour on the condition he passes the grade I and II operator license within a reasonable amount of time set by the Personnel Committee.

Motion carries 4-0.

Discussion of purchasing an outdoor pool heater. One week before the end of the swim season, the heater stopped working. Hemer gave a quote. 2006 was the last time a pool heater was purchased. Discussion of replacing or repairing the heater. Talking about getting a second quote.

Motion by Council member Tomlinson, second by Council member Goodman to repair the natural gas pool heater.

Motion carries 4-0.

Discussion of purchasing a golf simulator for the Recreation Center. The simulator has not been working for a couple of years.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Ernst to pay $17,757.14 for a golf simulator for the Recreation Center and be reimbursed by Gary and Sharon Godbersen.

Motion carries 4-0.

Discussion of the city employee benefits package. Talking about how bad the benefits package is in relation to vacation time, ability to take vacation and maternity leave as well as cost for family health insurance.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Ernst to cap the employee cost of health insurance at $300 per pay period.

If the employee wants to go with the family plan, the employee contribution would be capped at $300 per pay period.

Motion fails as it was withdrawn before a full vote.

Talking about concerns regarding employees taking city health insurance and costing the city more. Discussion of the current high rates. Staff will provide feedback to the City Administrator on the current plan. City Council wants to do the right thing for the employees. Talking about the budget implications for this issue. Debating open enrolment, incentives to switch insurance plans and insurance rates. Discussion of balancing costs vs. new employee and old employees.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Cates to adjourn at 7:57 p.m.

(Published in the Ida County Courier on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018)

PUBLIC NOTICE City of Ida Grove

IDA GROVE CITY COUNCIL MEETING 6:00 p.m., NOVEMBER 20, 2017 CITY HALL The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Mayor Whiteing.

Roll Call: Scott Tomlinson, Gregor Ernst, Ryan Goodman and Paul Cates present. Doug Clough not present.

Others Present: Deb Loger of the Ida County Courier, Grant Patera of the Hoffman Agency, Dan Remer of the Chamber of Commerce and Parks Department Superintendent Bob Lorenzen.

Oath of Office taken by Gregor Ernst.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Tomlinson to approve the agenda.

Motion carries unanimously, 4-0.

Appearances, Petitions and Communications: Lisa Thompson giving a presentation to the council asking them to allow her to meet with city employees to discuss going with AFLAC. Lisa will discuss the issue with the City Administrator and set up a time to talk with all of the city employees.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Cates to approve the consent agenda.

Motion carries unanimously, 4-0.

Old Business Discussion of the King Theatre. Volunteers are starting to move wood into the building and ready to get started.

No discussion of the Resolution 2017-12 Providing for Sale of the King Theatre.

Discussion of the gambling license application. The City Administrator informing the council of which license would be most optimal to the city.

Motion by Council member Goodman, seconded by Council member Tomlinson to apply for the 2-year qualified organization gambling license application.

Motion carries unanimously, 4-0.

Discussion of the Moorehead Avenue bridge. Federal aid funding, 80/20 match is very competitive. The bridge is 10 to

15 spots out of getting funding. The city can allow the bridge to age to get posted and reduce and paint bridge down to 3 lanes and buy the city some time. Discussion on closing the bridge or bond for the bridge. Debating on re-decking the bridge or go new. Discussion on the steps to where the city needs to be in order to get a new bridge.

No discussion of the Fireworks Ordinance.

Discussion of the back yard pool and hot tub ordinance #551. Talking about the ordinance and lockable hard cover for a hot tub.

Motion by Council member Goodman, seconded by Council member Tomlinson to have the third reading and approve the back yard pool and hot tub ordinance #551.

Motion carries unanimously, 4-0.

Discussion of the employee benefits package. Council member Goodman discussing the Wellmark (My Blue 3600 PPO) plan, keeping the plan similar to the old one and creating a savings for the city. Council member Ernst discussing reducing costs, create more coverage, two agencies presenting at the same meeting. He is looking for ways the agent can save the city money, thinking of a consultant fee for a presenter.

Gregor Ernst is in favor of paying the other agent a consultant fee for their efforts. Grant Patera of the Hoffman Agency discussing the situation and understanding he was operating under.

Gregor Ernst is impressed with what the city has, a win-win with the city and the employees. Maybe communication was an issue, that apples and oranges were being compared. Ryan Goodman discussing the reasoning behind going with the Hoffman Agency.

Motion by Council member Goodman, seconded by Council member Cates to approve the Hoffman Agency Wellmark Plan (My Blue 3600 PPO).

Motion carries unanimously, 4-0.

Shannon Hazelton resigned today to start at Ida Grove in two weeks. He

will have COBRA insurance. Council member Goodman recommends the city pays COBRA and temporary housing. How much is his COBRA? Council member Ernst discussing insurance and costs and timing of insurance. What are the costs? Discussion of Shannon getting the current plan through Ida Grove.

Can’t have his kids uninsured for the month of December. Talking about outof-pocket costs and starting dates. Can go on short-term plan, fairly inexpensive, doesn’t count towards ACA. Council member Tomlinson wants Shannon to pay something out-of-pocket. Ryan Goodman, Paul Cates and Scott Tomlinson discussing the costs, ability/responsibility for out-of-pocket costs incurred.

Grant Patera discussing alternatives for Shannon and family to receive insurance and the city to incur lower costs. Discussion by City Attorney Goldsmith on taxes and costs to Shannon.

Motion by Council member Ernst, seconded by Council member Cates to cover Shannon Hazelton’s insurance payable to his insurance provider, up to $859.95 for the month of December and $500 relocation assistance package.

Motion carries, 3-1. Council members Ernst, Cates, Tomlinson voting aye and Council member Goodman voting nay.

Discussion of a test well. Mayor Whiteing is trying to talk to Ronnie Bresnahan and he is trying to get Ronnie to talk to Water Department Superintendent Lon Schluter.

No discussion of signs for the Pleasant Valley Trail. Will wait for Council member Clough.

Discussion of amending the city’s dangerous dog ordinance. Council member Ernst talking about the city’s reaction to this ordinance, muzzle laws and classes for owners. Gregor would like to meet in the middle and allow mentioned breeds and have a muzzle for them. The Mayor wants to have a written proposal for input.

Possible fine for owners may be needed to be written in, or a municipal infraction.

Council member Goodman not in favor

of making a change to the ordinance as currently written. Discussion of muzzles, dogs, owners and responsibility for incidents. Talking about training, credentials for dog owners. Mayor Whiteing asking a committee to meet to get information and create a proposal.

Will postpone the development proposal by Jan Hewitt until a new housing study is completed.

City Attorney Peter Goldsmith is still working with Verizon Wireless on an antenna contract as well as working on the AT&T antenna contract.

Discussion of trees and plantings policy for the city. The Mayor is opening the bids for the tree removal list. The three bids are as follows: Lansink: $3,680 for 8 trees Jerry’s Trees: $4,400 for 8 trees Ratchet: $3,575 for 8 trees Discussion on Lansink having the crew and the equipment, fast reaction to issues and has a history of good performance.

Motion by Council member Scott Tomlinson, seconded by Council member Ryan Goodman to approve the Lansink tree removal bid to cut down the 8 trees on the tree list.

Motion carries unanimously, 4-0.

New Business Discussion of the Personnel Handbook. Talking about getting Doug to finish it by the end of the year.

Discussion of downtown enhancement including street signs and planters. Talking about small changes to the downtown, by painting trash cans.

Decoration of downtown for the winter.

Council to split costs with the Chamber of Commerce for 3 years. $750 for the winter portion. Discussion of the planters and who owns which ones and past projects. Talking about street signs to make them look better. Council member Ernst discussing longer term plans with the Chamber of Commerce, wants a welcoming look to downtown.

Motion by Council member Ernst, seconded by Council member Cates to

share 50% of the costs of the winter pot plantings.

Motion carries, 3-0 with Council member Ryan Goodman abstaining.

Discussion of a fire hydrant along Father Dailey Drive behind Midwest Inc. Midwest wants a hydrant in the area to pull water from, if there is a fire in the area. Midwest wants to partner with the city to provide fire coverage. Council member Tomlinson discussing placement of hydrants and asking Midwest to pay for the hydrant placement. Council member Goodman talking about safety of the employees and rebuilding if the building burned down.

Discussion of a master services agreement and task order for the CIP. Piggybacking on city engineering position. Outlining legal ins and outs, procedures and standard agreements. Cody Forch of JEO describing the process of the agreement and task orders. Council member Goodman discussing rate schedules. In favor of the issues, lays the groundwork for expectations. Council member Gregor Ernst thinks City Attorney Peter Goldsmith should give his blessing. Discussion of PASER ratings of streets, wastewater plant and create a 5 to 10 year CIP. JEO will give a fee breakdown, etc. Gregor Ernst talking about having an estimate done to see what the cost is to discuss cost sharing.

Motion by Council member Goodman, seconded by Council member Tomlinson to approve the Master Services Agreement from JEO. Motion carries unanimously, 4-0 Discussion of televising culverts for the levy system. Cody Forch of JEO talking about the culverts and the steps to the process to repair the culverts. Parks Superintendent Bob Lorenzen discussing two culverts that put the city out of compliance with the Army Corps of Engineers. Council member Goodman talking about televising the sites and recording them to send to the Corps to satisfy the Corps’ requirements. Needs to be done every 5 years.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Ernst to accept the task order for the required levy inspection analysis estimated at $15,124.

Motion carries unanimously, 4-0.

Discussion of public works dumping rock on the alley behind 707 Elm Street.

Debating the responsibility of the alley and maintenance of the alley.

Discussion of a consultation fee for health insurance data gathering. Talking about the process, past issues, being local, being a taxpayer. Going to save money and to maintain relationships.

Somewhere between $300 and $500 for relationships. Talking about the process, comparing apples to oranges, different presentations. Discussion of lack of knowledge of the process.

The Mayor tables discussion on the issue until the December 18th City Council meeting.

Other Business City Attorney Peter Goldsmith challenges all of the contractors to be lean and get good deals on contracts.

Gregor Ernst says the city can purchase a port-a-pot for less than $700 and use it for the city’s own or rent it to others.

Mayor Whiteing discussing the train over both intersections and blocking them. Debating municipal fines to Landus or the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company. Discussing de-coupling of cars to not block intersections. Talking about Badger Creek washing out and culverts going bad. Discussing Harold Godbersen Drive and the bad condition it is in. Talking about snow equipment, a 91” bucket, ballast box, tractor and bucket loader. Funds can come out of the streets’ budget. Snow blower replacement.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Cates to adjourn at 8:49 p.m.

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City of Ida Grove

City of Ida Grove

IDA GROVE CITY COUNCIL MEETING 6:15PM, NOVEMBER 6, 2017 CITY HALL

budgeting for property taxes.

Motion carries unanimously 4-0.

Old Business Discussion of the King Theatre. Mid American will move the gas line and then the volunteers will put the tin on and the concrete.

No discussion of the Resolution 201712 Providing for Sale of the King Theatre.

No discussion of the gambling license application.

No discussion of the Moorehead Avenue bridge. Will meet with JEO, DOT on November 9th.

No discussion of the Fireworks Ordinance.

Discussion of the back yard pool and hot tube ordinance #551. Talking about the ordinance and lockable hard cover for a hot tub.

Discussion of the employee benefits package. Grant Patera of the Hoffman Agency talking about insurance options.

Debating copays, deductibles and HRAs and paying upfront. Discussion of savings with different options. Talking about having a meeting to work out the specifics of a plan. Council member Goodman would like to let Shannon Hazelton to know what the city is planning with health insurance. Discussion of the waiting period.

Discussion of amending ordinance #557 raising cat and dog license fees.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Paul Cates to approve amending ordinance #557 raising cat and dog license fees.

Motion carries unanimously, 4-0.

Discussion of a test well. Ronnie Bresnahan is very busy. Superintendent of Water Department Lon Schluter and Mr. Bresnahan are talking back and forth about the test well.

No discussion of the Urban Renewal Joint Agreement with Ida County.

No discussion of signs for the Pleasant Valley Trail. Will wait for Council member Clough.

New Business No discussion of hiring a part-time snowplower. Will discuss the issue at a later time.

Discussion of a Turkey Trot Run/Walk on the Pleasant Valley Trail.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Tomlinson to approve a permit for a Turkey Trot Run/ Walk on the Pleasant Valley Trail.

Motion carries unanimously, 4-0.

Discussion of the placement of a fire hydrant behind Midwest Inc. Talking about water mains in the area and the history of the issue.

Discussion of the Holiday streetlights for the city. Talking about changing the lights to LED lights, need 30 new plug adapters. Discussion whether to do it now or wait.

Discussion of the SIMPCO survey and flyer by Nicole Peterson. Talking about survey question wording and the amount of questions. Discussion of economic development. Talking about surveys being distributed online at the library and at city hall. Discussion of the electric company.

Talking about the collection method via the city website.

Motion by Council member Cates,

The meeting was called to order at 6:16 p.m. by Mayor Whiteing.

Roll Call: Scott Tomlinson, Gregor Ernst, Ryan Goodman and Paul Cates present. Doug Clough not present.

Others Present: Cathy Johnson, Anne Thornhill, Nicole Peterson of SIMPCO, Larry Albrecht, Sheriff Harriman, Rita Frahm of Ida County Economic Development.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Tomlinson to approve the agenda.

Motion carries unanimously, 4-0.

Appearances, Petitions and Communications: Mike Triplett discussing the Street Parking Ordinance. Needs clarification on parking in front of the home or park beside the house. Rents a house that has a tiny garage in back in the alley and can park a car by about 6 inches off the alley. Burns is a narrow road, across the street neighbor has a large truck parked on the street. Mr. Triplett was parking in the yard and was told by a neighbor he couldn’t park in the yard. Can he cross the parking strip or not? Council member Ernst talking about keeping Ida Grove nice, talking about intent of the ordinance.

Talking about snowfall event and plowing.

Council member Ernst talking about curb cuts and parking and driveways.

Sheriff Harriman discussing the Sheriff’s Report. Friday, November 10th at the Assessment Center. Discussion of the promotion of two sergeant positions.

County is paying for the assessment form fees received from citations. Discussion of firearms training as well as other training exercises, including precision driving. The department releases arrests to the newspaper and county website. Questions from citizens; what are the things you see as the most – drugs and alcohol violations. Driving on barred or suspended licenses has increased.

Booked in over 220 inmates, 55 citations were given in the city of Ida Grove. Discussion of the reserve officer program.

Council member Ernst discussing the RN employed by the Sheriff’s department.

Talking about the Department of Health at the County courthouse.

Larry Albrecht discussing the Library Report. The Library had a pretty good year. Discussed what to do to promote the Library. The Library has put ads in the newspaper to get people in, sometimes attendance was good, sometimes it was bad. Discussion of insurance increase and costs for the Library. Talking about the digitization of old newspapers. Over 10% of the budget is donations. Looking for ideas on how to enhance communication and participation in the Library.

Discussion of sign out front of the Library, replace or repair.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Cates to approve the agenda.

Motion carries unanimously, 4-0.

Discussing the hangar lease of Don Poggensee and reimbursement. Talking about a revenue report for the library and

second by Council member Goodman to accept the survey with the questions amended.

Motion carries unanimously, 4-0.

Discussion of an agreement to accept yard waste at the Ida County Citizens Convenience Center.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Tomlinson to accept the Yard Waste at the Ida County Citizens Convenience Center.

Motion carries unanimously, 4-0.

Discussion of amending the dangerous dog ordinance of the City of Ida Grove. Talking about taking specific breeds from the ordinance. Mrs. Johnson thinks specific breed ordinances are a thing of the past. Council member Goodman discussing the what ifs of removing the restriction and people letting their dogs run at large. Discussion of dangerous dogs and being reactive. Council member Ernst talking about the muzzleing concept for dogs. Mrs. Johnson will bring in AKC information.

Discussion of raises for part-time Rec Center staff. Council member Goodman describing the new rate schedule for part-time Rec Center staff. Council member Cates wanting employees to do more to get paid more. Council member Ernst asking if the employees can do more to be successful at it. Council member Tomlinson talking about retainage of employees through pay. Want them to be more involved in city projects.

Motion by Council member Goodman, second by Council member Tomlinson to approve raises for part-time Rec Center staff.

Motion carries, 3-1. Ayes: Council members Goodman, Tomlinson, Ernst.

Nays: Council member Cates.

Discussion of the development proposal by Jan Hewitt. Talking about JEO looking at the proposal designs. Council member Cates discussing the Fleenor deal. Council member Tomlinson talking about snow plowing and cul-de-sacs.

Need to monetize the development and then decide what the deal can be. Discussion of costs, tax amounts and recouping costs from taxes to pay for infrastructure.

Discussion of the Verizon Wireless antenna contract. City Attorney Goldsmith will keep talking to them. They have not responded to him. Justin Owen is the 3rd party contractor.

Discussion of the AT&T antenna contract. Peter Goldsmith will talk to the AT&T 3rd party contractor and send Council member Ernst’s red line document to him for a decision.

No discussion of trees and plantings policy for the city.

No discussion of floodplain issues.

No discussion of the Personnel Handbook.

Other Business Discussion of 500 Burns Street and 508 Moorehead Street. Talking about contacting Marc Schwanz to see if he will take down the houses on Moorehead Avenue.

Motion by Council member Tomlinson, second by Council member Cates to adjourn at 8:50 p.m.

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IDA GROVE CITY COUNCIL MEETING 6:00 P.M., DECEMBER 18, 2017 CITY HALL Mayor Whiteing called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. Council members Clough, Tomlinson, Cates, Ernst and Goodman in attendance with no council members absent. Others present at the meeting were; City Administrator Dennison, City Attorney Peter Goldsmith, Amanda Lichtenberg, Bob Bendixen of Xtream Air Wireless Internet, Cody Forch of JEO, Deb Loger of the Ida Courier and Deputy Administrator Heather Sweeden.

The oath of office was taken by Mayor Devlun Whiteing, Council Member At Large Ryan Goodman and Council Member for Ward II Amanda Lichtenberg.

Motion by Ryan Goodman, seconded

by Doug Clough to approve the appointment of Paul Cates as Mayor Pro Tem. Motion carries unanimously, 4-0.

Motion by Doug Clough, seconded by Paul Cates to approve the agenda.

Motion carries unanimously, 5-0.

Appearances, Petitions and Communications: Presentation by Bob Bendixen from Xtream Air Wireless Internet. Mr. Bendixen has been offering service since before August 1st of this year. He has over 200 customers so far. Ryan Goodman discussing bandwidth of the system. Bob says his system provides 500mb and can go up to 1 gig of service with special equipment. Mr. Bendixen’s system has redundancy, so if one antenna goes down, the system will roll over to another.

By line of sight, the antenna can reach 20 miles. Gregor Ernst discussing the space on top of the water tower and rate to put them up there. Holstein is $400/month for fees. Ryan Goodman asking how big a customer base is needed. Discussion of the antenna layout. Peter Goldsmith telling the council the city can put more antennas on the water tower. Discussion of an enclosure needed for equipment.

Motion by Ryan Goodman, seconded

by Doug Clough to approve the consent agenda.

Motion carries unanimously, 5-0.

Motion by Ryan Goodman, seconded

by Doug Clough to approve the consent agenda.

Motion carries unanimously, 5-0. a. Claims List b. Financial Reports c. Minutes – Board of Adjustment November 6, 2017, Board of Adjustment November 27, 2017, Transportation Committee November 9, 2017, Special City Council Meeting November 9, 2017. d. Liquor License New Business Discussion of Cora Hansen hiring for lifeguard at the Rec Center for $9 per hour.

Motion by Doug Clough, seconded

by Scott Tomlinson to approve the Cora Hansen hiring for lifeguard at the Rec Center for $9 per hour.

Discussion of Resolution 2017-10 providing sale of the King Theatre property on January 2, 2018. Doug Clough talking about insurance and the process of selling the theater.

Motion by Scott Tomlinson, seconded

by Doug Clough to approve Resolution 2017-10 providing for the sale of the King Theatre property on January 2, 2018.

Motion carries unanimously, 5-0.

Discussion on the public hearing notice providing for the sale of the King Theatre property on January 2, 2018.

Motion by Doug Clough, seconded by Ryan Goodman.

Motion carries unanimously, 5-0.

Discussion of the cost estimate of the water main extension and fire hydrant along Father Dailey Drive behind Midwest. Cody Forch of JEO talking about revisions to the original plan. The revision will be 300 feet shorter, saving the city $10,000 on the project. Cody feels $1,500 for an easement is a reasonable price. Mr. Forch would like to keep the water line within the city right of way. Costs of the water line includes permitting documents. Cody is looking at $120,000 to loop the water main to Old Town or $60,000 for easements and halfway behind the Midwest building.

Discussion of the Zobel’s Addition pipe failure. Cody says there is no need for permits from the Army Corps of Engineers as the “levee system” is not their project. The city will contact local contractors to have them fix the pipe for around $15,000. The issue needs to be addressed within 24 months or else the pipe failure will breach the levee.

Discussion of purchase of shell jackets for the Mayor, Administrator, Deputy Administrator and Council members. The Mayor discussing how it would be nice to have a jacket when staff and council members are at meetings to represent the city.

Motion by Ryan Goodman, seconded

by Doug Clough.

Motion carries unanimously, 5-0.

Discussion of a 2017 bonus. The Mayor discussing the idea of giving a bonus to employees based on years of service.

Doug Clough agreeing it is a good thing to do for staff that work hard for the city.

Motion by Doug Clough, seconded by Scott Tomlinson.

Motion carries unanimously, 5-0.

Discussion of the City Donating $50 to the Iowa Rural Water Association Scholarship Fund. Talking about other scholarships and those who would be eligible for the IRWA scholarship.

Motion by Doug Clough, seconded by Gregor Ernst.

Motion carries unanimously, 5-0.

Discussion of the personnel handbook. Debating the issues of vacation and sick policies as well as carryover and Family Medical Leave Act. The Personnel Committee will meet next week for an hour to discuss the issues.

Discussion of a City Administrator job description ordinance. Mayor Whiteing discussing the need to write down what the Administrator is in charge of. The Personnel Committee will look at the job description created to advertise for the position and go off of that.

Discussion of a Public Works Foreman position. Mayor Whiteing talking about the issue and would recommend a promotion of one of the Public Works employees with a raise of $2.00 per hour more for the position. Discussion of a training structure, roles and responsibilities. Talking about the reporting structure

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and the job description for the position.

Ryan Goodman stating the city does not need a new high level position or employee.

Discussion of Mark Nielsen’s reimbursement. Mark helped Gerrod Sholty with the Wastewater Treatment Plant operation and answered his questions.

Discussion of a consultation agreement and being on call and not a set amount of hours. Talking about not wanting to jeopardize Mark’s IPERS and the 90 day timeline.

Motion by Ryan Goodman, seconded

by Doug Clough to approve $500 to Mark Nielsen for consultation fees.

Motion carries unanimously, 5-0.

Discussion of a consultation fee for health insurance data gathering. Doug Clough is not in favor of the issue, but wants to hear from those that are in favor of it. Gregor Ernst is in favor of the issue, it is wrong as a council having both insurance agencies come in at the same time.

Discussion of work done to bring in new ideas for health insurance plans. Gregor does not want to deter future competition for contractors. Talking about not being more educated on health insurance and asks being different. Gregor Ernst stating he is abstaining from the vote as the company he is talking about is run by a friend of his and the city should look at making good on the work done.

Other Business • Moorehead Avenue bridge • Fireworks Ordinance: Doug Clough asking where the ordinance is at. The committee dealing with the ordinance is waiting for the new year to pass to determine if a fireworks ordinance needs to have further restrictions on use of fireworks.

• Test Well: Lon Schluter will talk with Ronnie Bresnahan to decide where the test well will go.

• Dangerous Dog Ordinance • Development by Jan Hewitt • Verizon Wireless Antenna Contract • AT&T Antenna Contract: Discussion of moving the issue to New Business for the next meeting. Peter Goldsmith and Gregor Ernst had looked over the contract and will present it to the council at the next meeting.

• Trees and Plantings Policy • Harold Godbersen Drive and M-15 Road Projects Other Business Mayor Whiteing congratulating Doug Clough on his service on the council.

Gregor Ernst will miss Doug Clough going forward. Discussing TIF and the County’s Rohwer Street Project. The Mayor has attended many meetings and has a list of Ida Grove projects the County is going to TIF for and discussing windmills.

Ryan Goodman discussing the Budget Workshop process and will not miss Doug Clough as he will see him a lot already.

Paul Cates thanks Doug Clough also and will see him a lot. They are almost ready to open up the alley behind the King Theatre and will continue to do work inside the theatre.

Motion to adjourn at 7:33 p.m. by Doug Clough, seconded by Ryan Goodman.

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PUBLIC NOTICE City of Ida Grove

IDA GROVE CITY COUNCIL MEETING 6:00 P.M., AUGUST 7, 2017 CITY HALL Mayor Whiteing called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. Council members Clough, Ernst, Goodman and Cates in attendance with Council Member Tomlinson absent. Others present at the meeting were City Attorney Peter Goldsmith, City Administrator Dennison, Roger Walter of BC-IG Schools, Julie Schiernbeck, Dustin Schiernbeck, Dennis Clausen and Ross Schwade.

Motion by Ryan Goodman, seconded

by Doug Clough to approve the agenda.

Motion carries unanimously.

Appearances, Petitions and Communications: Discussion of the Pool Ordinance by Dustin Schiernbeck. Talking about how confusing and vague the ordinance is.

Debating the height of fence requirements, is it around the pool at ground level or is it from the edge of the pool ledge if it is an above ground pool? Discussion of slats and openings between them in the fence. Talking about keeping kids safe from drowning in back yard pools. Gregor Ernst discussing ordinances in other communities. Debating on wading pools and covers on them.

Talking about hot tubs. Would definition cover hot tubs and make it a swimming pool instead of a hot tub? Have the committee that would address this issue work on re-wording the ordinance. Doug Clough, Ryan Goodman and Paul Cates would be on the committee to address this issue.

Discussion on drainage issues at the Elementary School by Roger Walter.

Roger wants to run four 8-inch storm water lines into the ditch on the opposite side of 2nd Street. He would take up the street and replace it. He could bore under it, but taking up the street and replacing would be cheaper. The timeline would be two to three days for construction. Streets Superintendent Sholty would like to dredge out the ditch. It is a tough street to close for any length of time. Discussion of open catch basins at the building, if any overflow it would be on the property. Railroad tracks are higher than the street. The Council asking if the ditch could handle the run off.

Superintendent Sholty replying that it can. Discussion about the timeline and

possible construction dates, needs to be done before harvest. Mr. Walter will get a permit.

Dennis Clausen talking about the sewer bill policy. Asking why changing the policy on the sewer bill and waiving the 2nd and 3rd hearing. Discussing why the sewer rates were changed. Dennis stating that more people were hurt by the averaging than helped and no notification was given as well as the council moved too quickly. The council wanted people to pay for what they used. Discussion of sprinkler systems.

Motion by Ryan Goodman, seconded

by Paul Cates to approve the consent agenda.

Motion carries unanimously. a. Claims List b. Financial Reports c. Liquor License – Ida Grove Cenex (400 E. Hwy. 59 & 175, Ida Grove Iowa, 51445-0000) Class B Wine Class C Beer Sunday Sales Old Business: Discussion of the Downtown Revitalization project. The final payment to RDG for $3,684.72 was again postponed. Scotney did some work, the City will wait to see if the wicking systems installed will work in heavy rains.

Discussion of the King Theatre update. Talking about the work being done on the building. The storm water intake in the alley behind the building is too small.

Discussion of the Zobel’s Block Party on August 19th as well discussion of the street.

Motion by Doug Clough, seconded by Paul Cates to approve the Zobel’s Block Party on August 19th.

Short discussion about Nelson and Rock Contracting creek sloughing. Work was done; the City will send a payment.

Pleasant Valley Trail grant proposal will be decided on October 10th.

The proposals for digitizing the Code and Ordinance Books will be on the agenda for the August 21st City Council meeting.

Discussion of the airport lease charges and airport lease policy. Talking about the new lease, the size of the hangars.

Discussion of the policy regarding bumping rights if a person has a plane and wants to rent a hangar. Debating the

charges for renting the hangars. Gregor Ernst will review the lease and get back to the City Council. Gregor Ernst, Paul Cates and Scott Tomlinson as a committee will work on the issue.

Talking about the fence repair/replacement at Badger Creek Park. The project has been completed and it looks good.

Discussion of a City Hall credit card and Library credit card. Talking about how the Rec Center has no need for a credit card. Debating where the cash back goes to. Does it go to petty cash or does it go to pay back other line items?

Discussion regarding future sludge hauling sites. Public Works Superintendent Sholty will talk to Schau to see if he is interested.

Discussion on JEO as City engineering firm. The City will have a RFQ for nearby engineering firms. City Administrator Dennison will get a list from Ryan Goodman and give information to the City Council.

Discussion of Resolution 2017-12 Providing for Sale of King Theater Property. The City will wait until the wall is rebuilt.

Discussion of the 6th Street repair project. Streets Superintendent Sholty and City Administrator Dennison will get the project ready in the winter and bid out the project for next year.

Discussion of additional modules for ACH payment system and receipt management for city hall.

Motion by Gregor Ernst, seconded

by Ryan Goodman to move forward on the $6,602.50 quote by Data Tech for the ACH payment and receipt management system.

Motion carries unanimously.

Discussion of Strategic Plan proposal

by SIMPCO. The City needs to get going on this issue. Debating between option #1 and option #2.

Motion by Ryan Goodman, seconded

by Doug Clough to approve option #2 of the SIMPCO Strategic Plan.

Motion carries unanimously.

Discussion of bringing back the city taxi service. This issue would be a good one to have SIMPCO address in the strategic plan.

Discussion of Steve Iverson/Bob Groene Alleyway. Talking about the sidewalk being tilted towards the house and not towards the street, the gravel al-

leyway and drainage issues of the area.

Will wait for the City Council to decide on an engineering firm and let them give the City Council options.

Discussion of the Moorehead Avenue Bridge project. The City Administrator will keep the project on the radar.

Discussion of a fireworks ordinance.

Ryan Goodman and Gregor Ernst will work on it in the future.

Discussion of a vacation of the alley near 707 Elm Street. Stan Chisholm said he was talking to Ronnie Ladwig about agreeing to allow a vacation of the alley.

New Business: Discussion of opening the large gates to the ballfields to make the area more welcoming to visitors. City Council asking where this issue is coming from.

Talking about using signage to direct people to the smaller gates.

Discussion of Resolution 2017-15 amending the code of ordinances for the City of Ida Grove, Iowa, by enacting an ordinance to prohibit vehicle parking in front yards. Debating curb cuts and definitions of curb cuts as well as driveways.

Not waiving any readings.

RESOLUTION NUMBER 2017-15 RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF IDA GROVE, IOWA, BY ENACTING AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT VEHICLE PARKING IN FRONT YARDS WHEREAS, the City of Ida Grove, Iowa, desires to amend its ordinances to prohibit vehicle parking in front yards; and WHEREAS, an ordinance doing so is attached hereto as Exhibit A. IT WAS THEREFORE moved

by Council Member Ryan Goodman and seconded by Council Member Paul Cates that the ordinance set forth in the attached Exhibit A be approved.

Said resolution is passed by City Council by a vote of four (4) in favor and none opposed, with Scott Tomlinson absent from voting.

Ayes – in favor of enactment of the resolution.

Doug Clough Gregor Ernst Ryan Goodman Paul Cates Nays – namely opposed to the enactment of the resolution.

Reliable Service.

Outstanding Quality.

APPROVED BY THE City Council and SIGNED by the Mayor on the 7th day of August, 2017.

Devlun Whiteing, Mayor ATTEST: Marc Dennison, City Administrator Opening of sealed bids, discussion of 506 Zobel Lane Street Project. Mayor Whiteing reading the bids. Discussion of the dimensions of the project.

Motion by Ryan Goodman, seconded

by Gregor Ernst to approve the Ladwig proposal for the project at $6,850.

Motion carries unanimously.

Opening of sealed bids, discussion of trimming trees in City Park. Mayor Whiteing reading bids. Talking about cutting down all of the ash trees in the park.

It is a dangerous situation right now with the dead branches.

Motion by Doug Clough, seconded

by Paul Cates to accept the low bid by Ratchet Enterprises for pruning and trimming trees at City Park.

Motion carried unanimously.

Ratchet Enterprises says they will be done before the end of August.

Discussion of Resolution 2017-16 approving of the land use agreement between the City of Ida Grove and Kid Zone.

RESOLUTION NUMBER 2017-16 RESOLUTION APPROVING LAND USE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF IDA GROVE AND SEALED WITH A KID, INC./ dba KIDZONE WHEREFORE, the City of Ida Grove wishes to allow Sealed With a Kid, Inc./DBA Kid Zone to use, on a temporary basis, a portion of the easement for West Fourth Street in Re-platted Hillcrest Addition; and WHEREAS, a proposed agreement has been presented to the City, a copy of which is incorporated herein by reference; WHEREFORE it was moved by Council Member Ryan Goodman and seconded by Council Member Paul Cates that the agreement set forth in the attached Exhibit A be approved.

Said resolution is passed by the City Council by a vote of four (4) in favor and none opposed, with Scott Tomlinson absent from voting.

Ayes – in favor of enactment of the resolution.

Doug Clough

Gregor Ernst Ryan Goodman Paul Cates Nays – namely opposed to the enactment of the resolution.

APPROVED by the City Council and SIGNED by the Mayor on the 7th day of August, 2017.

Devlun Whiteing, Mayor ATTEST: Marc Dennison, City Administrator Discussion of an ad in the Travel Iowa Guide for 2018. Talking about the process of how to submit a proposal.

Debating on how attractive the ad would be and if the ad would help Ida Grove.

Discussion on the size of the ad to be effective in increasing attractiveness of Ida Grove. Debating the size of the ad and prices. City Administrator Dennison will talk to Rita Frahm to find out more information on the design side of the ad.

Motion by Ryan Goodman, seconded

by Doug Clough to approve the purchase of a ½ page ad in the Travel Iowa Magazine.

Motion carries unanimously.

Discussion of the Ida Grove Recreation Valley by Doug Clough. He would like to pursue grants on this issue. Discussion of opportunities to enhance Ida Grove with outdoor activities. Debating marketing of the Odebolt Creek or the Maple River or both.

Discussion of the City employee dress code. Talking about how the city employees need city shirts with the new logo on them. Discussing ordering shirts for the employees. City Administrator Dennison will contact the Public Works employees, City Hall employees, council members, Library employees and Rec Center employees to get an idea of what they need for work.

Discussion of other business. Doug Clough talking about training with Spireworks on the City website the week of August 21st or the following week. Discussing print ad for signing up for the City web site. City Hall will have a signup sheet at the front desk for the City web site. Discussing a City Facebook page. Paul Cates discussing having past minutes entered into the City web site.

Motion to adjourn by Ryan Goodman, seconded by Doug Clough. Adjournment at 8:40 p.m.

(Published in the Ida County Courier on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018)

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PUBLIC NOTICE Ida County Board of Supervisors

IDA GROVE, IOWA JANUARY 2, 2018 The Board of Supervisors convened in adjourned session, members present Chair Rhett Leonard, Creston Schubert and Raymond Drey.

Schubert moved and Drey seconded the motion to approve Leonard as 2018 Board Chair. Motion carried, all voting Aye. A motion by Leonard and seconded by Drey to approve Schubert as the 2018 Vice Chair. Motion carried, all voting Aye. Minutes of the meeting held December 29, 2017, were read and approved.

Dick Sievers, Mid Sioux Director, was present to review his annual report and requested $6,500 for the FY-19 budget.

County Engineer Jeff Williams was present to present an Utility Permit for West Central Iowa Rural Water located in Grant Township Section 29 to Section 32 crossing at 330th St. (Marc Knudsen).

Drey moved to approve and authorize the Chair to sign said permit. Schubert seconded the motion and it carried, all voting Aye. Leonard moved to approve and authorize the Chair to sign 2 Hungry Canyon project extensions/amendments Project Agreement 14-1-Soldier River. Schubert seconded the motion and it carried, all voting Aye. Leonard moved and Schubert seconded a motion designating Board representation of the various Boards and Commissions requiring Supervisor member attendance as follows: Ida Services, Inc.-Drey, Mid-Sioux Opportunities-Drey, alternate-Schubert; Iowa Workforce Development-Drey; Plains Area Mental Health-Leonard; Siouxland Regional Transit Services-Leonard, alternateSchubert; Resource Enhancement REAP Committee-Leonard; E911 BoardLeonard, alternate-Drey; Youth Emergency Services (YES Center)-Schubert; Third Judicial District-Department of Correctional Services-Schubert; Ida County Public Safety Commission-Leonard, Schubert, and Drey; Regional Hazmat Commission-Drey; SIMPCO- Advisory Board-Schubert; Public Health-Drey; Ida County Safety/Wellness CommitteeLeonard.

Hungry Canyons-Leonard; Rolling Hills Community Service RegionSchubert, alternate Drey. Motion carried, all voting Aye. Drey moved to approve and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 18-01 Construction Evaluation Resolution. Schubert seconded the motion and it carried, all voting Aye. RESOLUTION # 18-01 CONSTRUCTION EVALUATION RESOLUTION WHEREAS, Iowa Code section 459.30(3) sets out the procedure if a board of supervisors wishes to adopt a “construction evaluation resolution” relating to the construction of a confinement feeding operation structure; and WHEREAS, only counties that have adopted a construction evaluation resolution can submit to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) an adopted recommendation to approve or disapprove a construction permit application regarding a proposed confinement feeding operation structure; and WHEREAS, only counties that have adopted a construction evaluation resolution and submitted an adopted recommendation may contest the DNR’s decision regarding a specific application; and WHEREAS, by adopting a construction evaluation resolution the board of supervisors agrees to evaluate every construction permit application for a proposed confinement feeding operation structure received by the board of supervisors between February 1, 2018, and January 31, 2019, and submit an adopted recommendation regarding that application to the DNR; and WHEREAS, the board of supervisors must conduct an evaluation of every construction permit application using the master matrix created in Iowa Code section 459.305, but the board’s recommendation to the DNR may be based on the final score on the master matrix or may be based on reasons other than the final score on the master matrix; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF IDA COUNTY that the Board of Supervisors hereby adopts this construction evaluation resolution pursuant to Iowa Code section 459.304(3). /s/ Rhett Leonard, Chair ATTEST: /s/ Lorna Steenbock, Auditor A motion by Leonard and seconded

by Schubert to approve Resolution 1802 Utilities Resolution. Motion carried, all voting Aye. RESOLUTION #18-02 Be it Resolved by the Board of Supervisors, Ida County, Iowa, that the County Auditor be and is hereby instructed to place on the Resolution Book of Ida County, Iowa, the mileage and assessed valuation of all railroad lines, utilities and equipment, pipeline transmission lines, and such distribution plants belonging to said companies situated in each city,

township and such lesser taxing districts in the county as fixed by the Department of Revenue, which shall constitute the taxable value of said property for tax purposes (after any application of percentages to utility and railroad property, if ordered) and the taxes on said property when collected by the County Treasurer, shall be disposed of as other taxes on real estate, all of which in accordance with Chapters 433 to 438 inclusive of the Code of Iowa, and Chapter 441.21.

Detailed information available in the Auditor’s Office.

Total Taxable Values: Telephone-Telegraph-5,353,692; Railroads-1,803,112; Pipeline-2,055,501; Gas-8,756,764; Electric-9,558,256.

The vote on the above and foregoing Resolution resulted as follows: Ayes: /s/ Raymond Drey, /s/Rhett Leonard and /s/ Creston Schubert. Whereupon the Chair declared the Resolution duly passed and adopted the 2nd of January 2018. Attest: /s/ Lorna Steenbock, Auditor, and /s/Rhett A. Leonard, Chair.

Details of the Resolution are on file and may be reviewed in the Auditor’s Office.

It was noted that Resolution 18-03 Elected Officials Salaries was not approved. It was the consensus of the Board to reduce the Compensation Board’s recommendation by 33-1/3% for budgetary purposes and that official action will be taken when the proposed budget is approved. Attorney, Auditor, Supervisors, Treasurer and Sheriff from 6% recommendation to 4% and Recorder from 7.5% to 5%.

Drey moved to approve the members of the 2018 Compensation Commission for Eminent Domain. Schubert seconded the motion and it carried, all voting Aye. A motion by Leonard and seconded

by Drey to designate the following 2018 holiday dates to be observed during the upcoming year and the County offices be closed as follows: Feb. 19th President’s Day; May 28th Memorial Day; July 4th Independence Day; September 3rd Labor Day; Nov. 12th Veteran’s Day; Nov 22nd & 23rd Thanksgiving; Dec. 24th & 25th Christmas Holiday and January 1, 2019, New Year’s Day. Motion carried, all voting Aye. A motion to approve the Ida County Courier and the Holstein Advance as legal newspapers for Ida County was made by Drey and seconded by Schubert. Motion carried, all voting Aye. The Planning and Zoning Commission requested that the County needed to set up a person to receive the monthly call logs and present them to the Supervisors to be reviewed at their regular meetings regarding the conditions in connection with the permitting process of the Ida Grove Wind II Project. Schubert moved to designate the Planning and Zoning Administrator to receive the monthly call logs and present them to the Board of Supervisors. Leonard seconded the motion and it carried, all voting Aye. At 10:30 a.m., this being the time and place as published, Chair Leonard opened the Public Hearing with regards to Resolution 18-04 to Declare Necessity and Establish an Urban Renewal Area, Pursuant to Section 403.4 of the Code of Iowa and Approve Urban Renewal Plan Amendment for the Ida County Urban Renewal Area. Those present were Engineer Jeff Williams, Donavon Davenport, Battle Creek Mayor Lloyd Holmes, Courier Reporter Steve Peterson and Assessor Joe Cronin. Discussion was held on TIF proceeds to pay interest on anticipated bonds and the assessed and taxable values of the turbines and the substation.

At 11:00 a.m., Chair Leonard closed the Public Hearing. Schubert moved to approve Resolution 18-04 and Drey seconded the motion and it carried, all voting Aye. RESOLUTION NO. 18-04 Resolution to Declare Necessity and Establish an Urban Renewal Area, Pursuant to Section 403.4 of the Code of Iowa and Approve Urban Renewal Plan Amendment for the Ida County Urban Renewal Area WHEREAS, as a preliminary step to exercising the authority conferred upon Iowa counties by Chapter 403 of the Code of Iowa (the “Urban Renewal Law”), a county must adopt a resolution finding that one or more slums, blighted or economic development areas exist in the county and that the development of such area or areas is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety or welfare of the residents of the county; and WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Ida County (the “County”) has previously created the Ida County Urban Renewal Area (the “Urban Renewal Area”) and adopted an urban renewal plan (the “Plan”) for the governance of projects and initiatives therein; and WHEREAS, a proposal has been made which shows the desirability of expanding the Urban Renewal Area to add and include all the property (the “Property”) lying within the legal description set out in Exhibit A hereto; and WHEREAS, the proposal demonstrates that sufficient need exists to warrant finding the Property to be an

economic development area; and WHEREAS, an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Plan has been prepared which (1) covers the addition of the Property to the Urban Renewal Area; and (2) authorizes the undertaking of new urban renewal projects in the Urban Renewal Area consisting of using tax increment financing to pay the costs of undertaking county road, bridge and culvert improvements for the improvement of transportation infrastructure and the promotion of economic development; and WHEREAS, notice of a public hearing by the Board of Supervisors of the County on the question of establishing the Property as an urban renewal area and on the proposed Amendment for the Ida County Urban Renewal Area was heretofore given in strict compliance with the provisions of Chapter 403 of the Code of Iowa, and the Board has conducted said hearing on January 2, 2018; and WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission of the County has reviewed and commented on the proposed Amendment; and WHEREAS, copies of the Amendment, notice of public hearing and notice of a consultation meeting with respect to the Amendment were mailed to the cities of Ida Grove, Holstein, Galva, Battle Creek, and Arthur (collectively, the “Cities”); the Battle Creek-Ida Grove Community School District, the Odebolt-Arthur Community School District, the Schleswig Community School District, and the Galva-Holstein Community School District; the consultation meeting was held on the 18th day of December, 2017; and responses to any comments or recommendations received following the consultation meeting were made as required by law; and WHEREAS, the Cities have executed and delivered joint agreements (the “Joint Agreements”) consenting to the County’s proposed urban renewal activity on the Property; and NOW, THEREFORE, It Is Resolved by the Board of Supervisors of Ida County, Iowa, as follows: Section 1. An economic development area as defined in Chapter 403 of the Code of Iowa is found to exist on the Property.

Section 2. The Property is hereby declared to be an urban renewal area, in conformance with the requirements of Chapter 403 of the Code of Iowa, and is hereby designated the 2018 Addition to the Urban Renewal Area.

Section 3. The development of the Property is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety or welfare of the residents of the County.

Section 4. It is hereby determined by this Board of Supervisors as follows: A. The Amendment and the projects and initiatives described therein conform to the general plan of the County as a whole; B. Proposed agribusiness, commercial and industrial development projects described in the Amendment are necessary and appropriate to facilitate the proper growth and development of the County in accordance with sound planning standards and local community objectives.

Section 5. The Amendment attached hereto and made a part hereof, is hereby in all respects approved.

Section 6. All resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, to the extent of such conflict.

Passed and approved January 2, 2018. Chairperson /s/ Rhett Leonard; Attest: /s/ Lorna Steenbock, County Auditor.

Schubert moved to approve the initial introduction of Ordinance #29-Providing for the Division of Taxes Levied on Taxable Property in the 2018 Addition to the Ida County Urban Renewal Area.

ORDINANCE NO. 29 An Ordinance Providing for the Division of Taxes Levied on Taxable Property in the 2018 Addition to the Ida County Urban Renewal Area, Pursuant to Section 403.19 of the Code of Iowa WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Ida County, Iowa (the “County”) previously enacted an ordinance entitled “An Ordinance Providing For The Division Of Taxes Levied On Taxable Property In The Ida County Urban Renewal Area, Pursuant to Section 403.19 of the Code of Iowa”; and WHEREAS, pursuant to that ordinance, certain taxable property within the Ida County Urban Renewal Area in the County was designated a “tax increment district;” and WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors now desires to increase the size of the “tax increment district” by adding additional property; BE IT ENACTED by the Board of Supervisors of Ida County, Iowa: Section 1. Purpose. The

purpose of this ordinance is to provide for the division of taxes levied on the taxable property in the 2018 Addition to the Ida County Urban Renewal Area of the County, each year by and for the benefit of the state, city, county, school districts or other taxing districts after the effective date of this ordinance in order to create a special fund to pay the principal of and interest on loans, moneys advanced to or indebtedness, including bonds proposed to be issued by the County to finance projects in such Area.

Section 2. Definitions. For use within this ordinance the following terms shall have the following meanings: “County” shall mean Ida County, Iowa.

“2018 Urban Renewal Area Addition” shall mean the 2018 Addition to the Ida County Urban Renewal Area of Ida County, Iowa, the legal description of which is set out below, approved by the Board of Supervisors by resolution adopted on the 2nd day of January, 2018: Certain real property situated in Ida County, State of Iowa, more particularly described as follows: Certain real property bearing the following Ida County Property Tax Parcel Identification Numbers: Ida County Turbines: #1 SILGA 06-18-376T; #2 LOGBI 05-24-101T; #3 SILGA 06-19126T; #4 LOGBI 05-25-351T; #5 LOGBI 05-25-301T; #6 SILBI 06-30-276T; #7 SILBI 06-29-376T; #8 SILBI 06-28326T; #9 SILBI 06-28-301T; #10 SILBI 06-28-126T; #11 SILBI 06-28-176T; #12 SILBI 06-31-301T; #13 SILBI 06-32151T; #14 SILBI 06-32-176T; #15 SILBI 06-33-251T; #16 SILBI 06-33-301T; #17 SILBI 06-33-426T; #18 SILBI 06-34326T; #19 SILBI 06-34-427T; #20 BLABI 07-04-226T; #21 BLABI 07-04-451T; #22 BLABI 07-04-476T; #23 BLABI 0703-351T; #24 BLABI 07-09301T; #25 BLABI 07-09-426T; #26 BLABI 07-09-476T, #27 BLABI 07-10-376T; #28 BLABI 07-10-426T; #29 BLABI 0710-401T; #30 BLAOA 07-11326T; #31 BLAOA 07-11-301T; #32 BLABI 07-16-251T; #33 BLABI 07-16-151T, #34 BLABI 07-16-401T; #35 BLAOA 0715-351T; #36 BLAOA 07-15301T; #37 BLAOA 07-15-426T; #38 CORBI 08-28-151T; #39 CORBI 08-28-176T; #40 CORBI 08-27-251T; #41 BLAOA 07-27-251T; #42 BLAOA 07-26-301T; #43 BLAOA 0726-301T; #44 BLAOA 07-26426T; #45 BLAOA 07-26-401T; #46 BLAOA 07-25-376T; #47 BLAOA 07-25-451T; #48 BLAOA 07-25-476T; #49 CORBI 08-32-376T; #50 CORBI 0832-301T; #51 CORBI 08-22401T; #52 CORBI 08-33-326T; #53 CORBI 08-33-301T; #54 CORBI 08-33-151T; #55 CORBI 08-34-351T; #56 CORBI 0834-376T; #57 CORBI 08-34151T; #58 CORBI 08-35-151T; #59 CORBI 08-35-176T; #60 CORBI 08-36-251T; #61 BLABI 07-34-126T; #62 BLAOA 07-34-301T; #63 BLAOA 07-34-426T; #64 BLAOA 0734-401T; #65 BLAOA 07-35326T; #66 BLAOA 07-35-301T; #67 BLAOA 07-35-426T; #68 BLAOA 07-36-426T; #69 GRABI 11-04-401T; #70 GRABI 11-03-326T; #71 GRABI 11-03276T; #72 GRABI 11-03-151T; #73 GRABI 11-03-176T; #74 GRABI 11-01-251T; #75 GRABI 11-01-301T; #76 GRABI 11-01-426T; #77 GRABI 11-01401T; #78 HAYBI 12-06-451T; #79 HAYBI 12-06-401T; #80 HAYBI 12-05-251T; #81 HAYBI 12-05-276T; #82 HAYBI 12-05151T; #83 HAYBI 12-05-176T; #84 HAYBI 12-04-201T; #85 HAYBI 12-04-401T; #86 HAYOA 12-03-326T; #87 HAYOA 12-03-276T; #88 HAYOA 1203-151T; #89 HAYOA 12-02251T; #90 HAYOA 12-02-276T; #91 HAYOA 12-01-276T; #92 SILBI 06-19-401T; #93 HAYOA 12-01-101T; #94 GRABI 11-11426T; #95 GRABI 11-12-251T; #96 GRABI 11-12-276T; #97 GRABI 11-12-151T; #98 GRABI 11-12-176T; #99 GAYBI 12-07-351T; #100 HAYBI 1207-376T; #101 HAYBI 12-07151T; #102 HAYBI 12-07-476T; #103 HAYBI 12-08-151T; #104 HAYBI 12-08-176T; #105 HAYBI 12-08-452T; #106 HAYBI 12-08-477T; #107 HAYOA 1210-201T; #108 HAYOA 12-10126T; #109 GRABI 11-17-101T; #110 GRABI 11-16-226T; #111 GRABI 11-16-201T; #112 GRABI 11-15-276T; #113 GRABI 1113-376T; #114 GRABI 11-13-

301T; #115 GRABI 11-13-151T; #116 GRABI 11-13-176T; #117 HAYBI 12-18-126T; #118 HAYSC 12-18-376T; #119 HAYSC 12-18-426T; #120 HAYSC 1218-401T; #121 HAYBI 12-16326T; #122 HAYBI 12-16-301T; #123 HAYBI 12-16-176T; #124 HAYBI 12-15-251T; #125 HAYOA 12-14-326T; #126 HAYOA 12-14-276T; #127 HAYOA 12-14-426T; #128 HAYOA 12-14-401T; #129 GRABI 1104-426T; #130 GRABI 11-15126T; #131 GRABI 11-23-251T; #132 GRABI 11-23-201T; #133 GRABI 11-23-126T; #134 HAYSC 12-19-226T; and An approximately 14 acre tract located in the Southwest Quarter (SW¼) of the Northwest Quarter (NW¼) of Section 10, all in Township 87 North, Range 39 West of the 5th P.M., Ida County, Iowa, more particularly described as: Beginning at the West ¼ corner of said Section 10, thence N01°42’08”E, 705.03 feet along the West line of said SW ¼ NW ¼ to a point; thence S88°52’05”E, 910.05 feet to a point; thence S01°42’08”W, 705.03 feet to a point on the South line of said SW ¼ NW ¼; thence N88°52’05”W, 910.05 feet along said South line to the point of beginning. Said parcel contains 14.72 acres, more or less, which includes 0.53 acres, more or less, of existing road right-of-way.

“Urban Renewal Area” shall mean the entirety of the Ida County Urban Renewal Area as amended from time to time.

Section 3. Provisions for Division of Taxes Levied on Taxable Property in the 2018 Urban Renewal Area Addition.

After the effective date of this ordinance, the taxes levied on the taxable property in the 2018 Urban Renewal Area Addition each year by and for the benefit of the State of Iowa, the County and any city, school district or other taxing district in which the 2018 Urban Renewal Area Addition is located, shall be divided as follows: (a) that portion of the taxes which would be produced by the rate at which the tax is levied each year by or for each of the taxing districts upon the total sum of the assessed value of the taxable property in the 2018 Urban Renewal Area Addition, as shown on the assessment roll as of January 1 of the calendar year preceding the first calendar year in which the County certifies to the County Auditor the amount of loans, advances, indebtedness, or bonds payable from the special fund referred to in paragraph (b) below, shall be allocated to and when collected be paid into the fund for the respective taxing district as taxes by or for said taxing district into which all other property taxes are paid. For the purpose of allocating taxes levied by or for any taxing district which did not include the territory in the 2018 Urban Renewal Area Addition on the effective date of this ordinance, but to which the territory has been annexed or otherwise included after the effective date, the assessment roll applicable to property in the annexed territory as of January 1 of the calendar year preceding the effective date of the ordinance which amends the plan for the 2018 Urban Renewal Area Addition to include the annexed area, shall be used in determining the assessed valuation of the taxable property in the annexed area. (b) that portion of the taxes each year in excess of such amounts shall be allocated to and when collected be paid into a special fund of the County to pay the principal of and interest on loans, moneys advanced to or indebtedness, whether funded, refunded, assumed or otherwise, including bonds issued under the authority of Section 403.9(1), of the Code of Iowa, incurred by the County to finance or refinance, in whole or in part, projects in the Urban Renewal Area , and to provide assistance for low and moderate-income family housing as provided in Section 403.22, except that taxes for the regular and voter-approved physical plant and equipment levy of a school district imposed

pursuant to Section 298.2 of the Code of Iowa, taxes for the instructional support program levy of a school district imposed pursuant to Section 257.19 of the Code of Iowa and taxes for the payment of bonds and interest of each taxing district shall be collected against all taxable property within the taxing district without limitation by the provisions of this ordinance. Unless and until the total assessed valuation of the taxable property in the 2018 Urban Renewal Area Addition exceeds the total assessed value of the taxable property in such area as shown by the assessment roll referred to in subsection (a) of this section, all of the taxes levied and collected upon the taxable property in the 2018 Urban Renewal Area Addition shall be paid into the funds for the respective taxing districts as taxes by or for said taxing districts in the same manner as all other property taxes. When such loans, advances, indebtedness, and bonds, if any, and interest thereon, have been paid, all money thereafter received from taxes upon the taxable property in the Urban Renewal Area Addition shall be paid into the funds for the respective taxing districts in the same manner as taxes on all other property. (c) the portion of taxes mentioned in subsection (b) of this section and the special fund into which that portion shall be paid may be irrevocably pledged by the County for the payment of the principal and interest on loans, advances, bonds issued under the authority of Section 403.9(1) of the Code of Iowa, or indebtedness incurred by the County to finance or refinance in whole or in part projects in the Urban Renewal Area. (d) as used in this section, the word “taxes” includes, but is not limited to, all levies on an ad valorem basis upon land or real property.

Section 4. Repealer. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.

Section 5. Saving Clause.

If any section, provision, or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.

Section 6. Effective Date.

This ordinance shall be effective after its final passage, approval and publication as provided by law.

First consideration passed by the Board of Supervisors of Ida County, Iowa, the 2nd day of January, 2018. Chairperson: /s/ Rhett Leonard; Attest: /s/Lorna Steenbock, County Auditor Donavon Davenport, Burdell Knudsen, Cordell Knudsen and Roger Frank were present to discuss the replacement of a bridge located on 310th St. and Market Ave in Hayes Township. Weight limit concerns were presented and the County Engineer Jeff Williams offered various alternatives with regards to upgrading the bridge to meet inspection guidelines or total replacement.

Rita Frahm, Ida County Economic Development, was present to discuss the SIMPCO Hwy. 20 Study Allocation/ Support. Rita encouraged the Board to emphasize outcomes with regards to the study, such as GIS maps for site locations or various other GIS information necessary for economic expansion. No action was taken with regards to the amount of support.

Sheriff Wade Harriman was present to discuss Courthouse Security. He felt the weapons’ ban in the old courthouse was necessary with regards to court days, but did not feel it should be required in the annex, since it would probably require a single access to the courthouse and a security person on duty. He requested a Courthouse Security Committee be established and meet quarterly to address various security issues and costs related to the securing the Courthouse.

The Board acknowledged receipt of manure management plans from The Maschhoffs/Schubert Site and Chester Finisher Farm/H & R Partnership.

A claim in the amount of $29.08 from Benefits, Inc. from the Self-Funding Fund was approved.

There being no further business, the Board adjourned to meet again at 9:00 a.m., Monday, January 8, 2018, for a Budget Workshop, and Monday, January 15, 2018, or on call of the Chair. /s/ Lorna Steenbock, Auditor /s/ Rhett A. Leonard, Chair

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Arthur council makes appointments

Greetings, moviegoers.

Playing for an extra weekend at the State is Disney’s “Coco” (PG). Despite his family’s generations-old ban on music, young Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel inds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead. After meeting a charming trickster named Héctor, the two new friends embark on an extraordinary journey to unlock the

real story behind Miguel’s family history.

Coming soon: “Murder on the Orient Express” (PG13), “Pitch Perfect 3” (PG-13), “Stronger” (R), “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” “The Greatest

Showman” (PG) and “Jumanji” (PG-13).

For more information, visit www.holsteinstatetheatre. com and “Like” our Facebook Page. Call 712-368-6226 for show times.

Odebolt council discusses city hall building project The Odebolt City Council discussed the city hall building project during its meeting Jan. 2.

Patrick Mouw with Sundquist Engineering discussed the boring results on the proposed city hall building site and three possible solutions.

The councilmembers all agreed to set May 31 as the deadline for Chewy Mohr to re-compact the site and have testing done as he re-compacts the site. This will raise the cost of the project but will be sure that soil compaction at the site isn’t going to be a problem in the future.

Mouw discussed speci ics in order to inalize the plans to put the project out for bid. He suggested checking thresholds because the city may not need to put out the electrical, heating/plumbing, sheetrock/ looring, painting, etc., out for bid but could do quotes instead. Mouw will put the shell of the building out for bid.

The city asked Mouw for a rough estimate to give the Odebolt Betterment Committee (OBC) and Iowa Rural Schools Museum for the bathrooms. Mouw said roughly $30,000 for two bathrooms, wall, ixtures, looring, doors and grading/accessible access to the restrooms. If they eliminate one bathroom, it could take off $10,000 off the cost.

The council will relay the information to the OBC/Rural School to be sure they are willing to undertake this project. If not, there will be no doors added.

Nuisance abatements were discussed. The city attorney hasn’t heard anything on the sale of the Rigby house. The council directed city clerk Christy Hoe ling to contact city attorney Joe Heidenreich

to proceed with iling nuisances with the owners of the Bendixen and Lloyd houses.

Fire Chief Greg Neville presented a proposed increase for the ire department budget. He told the council their gear has to be updated every 10 years and costs more than $70,000. He also said their budget hasn’t been increased since 1993. The council advised him they would work on this during their budget meeting Jan. 15.

A resolution was approved to rehire the city attorney and all full-time employees at the same wages. The city attorney’s rehiring was with the understanding that he will attend meetings when requested and itemize bills.

Resolution 18.11 was approved, setting Monday, Feb. 5, at 7:10 p.m. as the date for a public hearing to vacate the alley at Dewey/Lincoln and Fourth/Sixth Street.

Superintendent Bill Tysor reported there was an informal complaint that a garbage container had been hit. Tysor will call Rudd and ask them to be sure they set them back on the parking.

A reminder will go out in the newspapers and on Facebook that garbage and recycling containers need to be placed on the parking, not the street or driveway.

Tysor discussed the maintenance contract for the sewer pump lift station will be approximately $1,074 this year and will need to be done annually.

Tysor reported three bridges are due for inspection, which will cost about $1,375 this year, and will need completed every two years.

A discussion was held on downtown business areas needing to have snow scooped quickly after it

snows.

The council discussed Lauren Beckman is able to manage the pool again this year but suggested hiring and paying a trainee hourly to learn the position. The council does not feel the city is in a position to hire someone to add additional costs, as they may try it out and decide they do not want to do it the following year.

A formal complaint was issued that a mailbox was hit, but they could not prove it was the snowplows.

Delinquent water bills were discussed, and Bill will work on trying to contact those with no numbers tomorrow.

Mayor Mike Hoefling passed around the Sac County League meeting dates for 2018 and asked each council member to take at least one.

Meier’s permit to put up a snow fence was approved.

The permit was approved prior to meeting with signatures.

Council member Ruth Ann Mohr reported on the memorials and donations that have come in for the pool.

The council acknowledged the following donations and memorials to the pool: United Bank of Iowa, Joan (Story) Wruck and Mohr; in memory of Shirley Hemer—Rick and Kris Schroeder and Twyla Prall-Wilken; in memory of Betty Hansen–Ranell and Kathy Drake and Brian and Janet Down, Joan and Larry Hoaglund, United Bank of Iowa and Gary and Sharon Babcock; in memory of Eddie Kluver—Ranell and Kathy Drake; in memory of Travis Tysor, Florence Schultz, Peg Sievers and John Scanlan—

by Mohr and in memory of John Scanlan—First State Bank and Jo Bond.

PUBLIC NOTICE City of Arthur

1-2-2018 The Arthur City Council met in regular session on the above date with Mayor Gary Chase presiding.

Council members present: Schlender, Gann, Fried, Rosemeyer. Absent – Schuett.

Guest: Ron Sorensen (SCMTC).

Motion by Rosemeyer second by Schlender to approve the Consent Agenda. All ayes. Motion carried.

Agenda: Receipts, Expenditures, Minutes of 12-4-2017.

Bills Presented: Al’s Corner Oil Company, Gas #571 $138.53 Baker & Taylor, Books 14.02 Bomgaars, Shop Towels Windex 14.46 City of Arthur, Water Bill 20.25 Demco, Library Supplies 119.80 EFTPS, Fed./FICA Tax 1,268.65 Feld Fire, Misc. & Pass Key 176.14 Hanson Auto Supply, Tractor Batteries 233.31 I & S Group, Operating Services 375.00 Ida County Sanitation, Garbage Contract 1,629.90 Ida County Sheriff Dept., Sheriff’s Contract 8,998.75 Ida Grove Family Health, Joseph Eneboe Physical 125.00 Iowa One Call, Locates 18.90 IPERS, IPERS 715.13 ISU Treasurer’s Office, Training 50.00 Mangold Environmental, Wastewater Garb.

42.00 Mid-America Publishing, Legal Publishing 65.12 MidAmerican Energy, Electric Bill 875.42

Pat L. Bell, Reimbursement 80.00 Postmaster, Postage 68.00 Sac County Mutual Telephone Co., Phone/Internet 184.59 Staples, Toner 85.79 Taste of Home, Memorial Cook Book 25.95 Treasurer State of Iowa, State Tax 580.00 West Central Ia. Rural Wa. Assoc., Purchased Water/ Loan Pmt. 1,784.64 Bell, Pat L. 486.75 Brandt, Anita L. 184.00 Anderson, Lealand G. 210.00 Fineran, Randall E. 650.00 Gann, Jeffrey L. 150.00 Schlender, Anita R. 150.00 Chase, Gary R. 150.00 Rosemeyer, Kristy R. 150.00 Schuett, Chris L. $150.00 DISBURSEMENT SUMMARY – General – $15,223.40; Garbage – 1,652.57; Road use – 1,051.40; Water – 2,588.02; Sewer – $823.01.

RECEIPT SUMMARY – General – $13,491.14; Garbage – 2,030.34; Road Use – 1872.38; Water – 4,719.18; Sewer – $6,241.28.

Ron Sorensen was present on behalf of Sac Co. Mutual Telephone Co. He presented the Council a list of things Sac Co. Mutual does for the city.

Mayor Appointments: Mayor Pro Tem – Anita Schlender. Motion made by Gann to accept Anita as Mayor Pro Tem, second by Rosemeyer.

Streets & Sidewalks: Anita & Kristy.

Water & Sewer: Jeff & Paula.

Properties: Chris & Paula.

Council Appointments: E911 Motion made by Kristy. second

by Paula to accept Gary as primary and Anita as alternate to attend County E911 meetings. All Ayes. Motion Carried.

Motion made by Anita. second by Jeff to accept Joe Heidenreich as city attorney. All Ayes. Motion Carried.

Motion made by Kristy. second by Jeff to accept UBI as the depository. All Ayes.

Motion Carried.

Motion made by Anita. second by Paula to accept employees for the current year. All Ayes. Motion carried.

Motion made by Jeff, second by Anita to accept Mid-America Publishing as the Official Newspaper. All Ayes. Motion carried.

Motion made by Anita, second by Jeff to raise the water rate to $6.00/1,000. All Ayes. Motion carried.

Motion made by Anita, second by Jeff to accept JBE LLC’s contract as operator services by affidavit, effective March 1st and ISG will be terminated effective February 28th. All Ayes. Motion carried.

Discussion was had regarding the current pet ordinances. We will be looking into other options.

Maintenance Report – Arbegast reported he replaced 2 batteries in the tractor, purchased a new circulating pump for the water tower, and burned the dump.

Council Concerns – a new sign will be made for the dump. Anita and Kristy will be making a list of houses that will need a copy of the snow removal for sidewalks.

There being no further business, the council adjourned upon motion by Jeff, second by Kristy.

Mayor Gary Chase ATTEST: City Clerk/Manager Paul Arbegast (Published in the Ida County Courier on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018)

The Arthur City Council approved council appointments during its first meeting of the year Jan. 2.

The following mayoral appointments were approved: Anita Schlender, mayor protem; streets and sidewalks—Schlender and Kristy Rosemeyer and water and sewer—Jeff Gann and Paula Fried; properties— Chris Schuett and Fried.

Council appointments approved were as follows: E911–Mayor Gary Chase and alternate Schlender; Joe Heidenreich—city attorney; United Bank of Iowa as depository; accepted employees for the current year and MidAmerica Publishing as the official newspaper.

The council approved raising the water rate to $6 per 1,000 gallons.

JBE LLC’s contract as operator services was accepted by affidavit effective March 1 and ISG will be terminated effective Feb. 28.

Ron Sorensen was present on behalf of Sac County Mutual Telephone Company.

He presented the council a list of things Sac County Mutual does for the city.

Discussion was had regarding the current pet ordinances. The council will be looking into other options.

Under his maintenance report, Paul Arbegast re-

ported he replaced two batteries in the tractor, purchased a new circulating pump for the water tower and burned the dump.

Council concern—a new sign needs to be made for

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PUBLIC NOTICE City of Ida Grove

IDA GROVE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING 6:00 P.M., NOVEMBER 28, 2017 CITY HALL Mayor Whiteing calls the meeting to order at 6:03 p.m. Council members Scott Tomlinson, Doug Clough, Gregor Ernst, Ryan Goodman and Paul Cates in attendance.

Motion by Council member Goodman, seconded by Council member Ernst to approve the agenda.

Motion carries, unanimously, 5-0.

New Business.

Discussion of the Annual Financial Report for 2017. Talking about the ending fund balance and general obligation debt.

Motion by Council member Goodman, seconded by Council member Clough to approve the annual financial report for 2017.

Motion carries unanimously, 5-0.

Discussion of the Urban Renewal Report for 2017. Council member Goodman discussing TIF, borrowing and the value increase of property.

Council member Ernst talking about borrowing.

Motion by Council member Goodman, seconded by Council member Tomlinson to approve the urban renewal report for 2017.

Motion carries unanimously, 5-0.

No discussion of the TIF Certification, Resolution 2017-20 as it was not needed and stricken from the agenda.

Adjournment at 6:20 p.m, by Council member Clough, seconded by Council member Goodman.

(Published in the Ida County Courier on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018)

CITY COUNCIL PERSONNEL COMMITTEE MEETING AUGUST 10, 2017 12 NOON Call to order at 12:06 p.m. by Chair Ryan Goodman.

Roll call: Doug Clough, Ryan Goodman, Gregor Ernst.

Motion by Doug Clough to approve the agenda, second by Gregor Ernst.

Motion carries unanimously.

Motion by Gregor Ernst, second by Doug Clough to move into closed session as per section 21.5 (1) closed session. A governmental body may hold a closed session only to the extent a closed session is necessary for any of the following reasons: To evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring, performance, or discharge is being considered when necessary to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual’s reputation and that individual requests a closed session.

To discuss information contained in records in the custody of a governmental body that are confidential records pursuant to section 22.7, subsection 50.

Motion carries unanimously.

Closed Session.

Interview candidates for the Waste Water Treatment Plant Operator position with the City of Ida Grove.

Motion by Ryan Goodman, second

by Gregor Ernst to move into open session.

Motion carries unanimously.

Motion to adjourn by Doug Clough, second by Gregor Ernst.

Adjournment at 12:49 p.m.

(Published in the Ida County Courier on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018)

PUBLIC NOTICE City of Ida Grove

PUBLIC NOTICE City of Ida Grove

IDA GROVE CITY COUNCIL PERSONNEL MEETING 12:00 NOON, OCTOBER 10, 2017 CITY HALL The meeting was called to order at 12:10 p.m. by Council member Ryan Goodman.

Roll Call: Ryan Goodman, Doug Clough and Gregor Ernst present.

Others Present: Mayor Devlun Whiteing and Grant Patera of the Hoffman Agency.

Motion by Council member Ernst, second by Council member Goodman to approve the agenda.

Motion carries unanimously, 3-0.

Grant Patera of the Hoffman Agency discussing the history of the relationship between the Hoffman Agency and City. Grant can do every makeup and breakup. Has four options, can do more as well as the Wellmark wellness plan.

New 2018 rates. Debating office copays and premiums from least to most. Discussion of 11 full-time employees. Talking about risk and HRAs. Discussion of max out-of-pocket costs and insurance rates for children. Talking about what the employees don’t like about the current insurance plan. Discussion of insurance paid for the individual, but family insurance is expensive. Debating the pharmacy provision in the health plan and age branded insurance. Discussion of Wellmark and paying employees and half for spouses. Ryan Goodman discussing a max payment of $1,000 per employee/family. Talking about copays and frontloading HRAs. Discussion of employees that would take the city insurance. Want to cap insurance contribution by the city at $1,000 for each employee single or family. Will send in applications for underwriting. Discussion of contribution by employee versus contribution by the city. Ryan Goodman talking about how the employee should be responsible for premium for half of kids’ cost and half of spouse cost.

Motion by Council member Ernst, second by Council member Clough to adjourn at 1:20 p.m.

(Published in the Ida County Courier on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018)

the dump. Schlender and Rosemeyer will be making a list of houses that need a copy of the snow removal ordinance for sidewalks.

Councilman Chris Schuett was absent.

CITY COUNCIL PERSONNEL MEETING NOVEMBER 16, 2017 12:00 NOON Mayor Whiteing calls the meeting to order at 12:05 p.m. Council member Scott Tomlinson, Council member Doug Clough, Council member Gregor Ernst, Council member Ryan Goodman present. Council member Paul Cates, absent. Others present, City Administrator Dennison and City Attorney Peter Goldsmith.

Motion to approve agenda as published by Scott Tomlinson, seconded by Doug Clough.

Motion carries unanimously, 4-0.

Motion by Council member Goodman, seconded by Council member Clough, to Move Into Closed Session as Per: Section 21.5 (1) Closed session.

1. A governmental body may hold a closed session only to the extent a closed session is necessary for any of the following reasons: i. To evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring, performance, or discharge is being considered when necessary to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual’s reputation and that individual requests a closed session. k. To discuss information contained in records in the custody of a governmental body that are confidential records pursuant to section 22.7, subsection 50.

Motion carries unanimously, 4-0.

Closed Session.

Motion to Move Into Open Session

by Council member Goodman, seconded by Council member Tomlinson.

Motion carries unanimously, 4-0.

Discussion of Employee Benefits.

Talking about dental and other employee benefits. Discussion of Shannon Hazelton the new WWTP operator.

The Personnel Committee will get more information to the City Council. Discussion of putting the consultation fee for insurance data gathering on the next City Council agenda.

Adjournment at 1:32 p.m., by Ryan Goodman, seconded by Gregor Ernst.

(Published in the Ida County Courier on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018)

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City of Ida Grove IDA GROVE CITY COUNCIL PERSONNEL MEETING 12:00 NOON, OCTOBER 2, 2017 CITY HALL The meeting was called to order at 12:17 p.m by Council member Ryan Goodman.

Roll Call: Ryan Goodman, Doug Clough and Gregor Ernst present.

Others Present: Mayor Devlun Whiteing.

Motion by Council member Ernst, second by Council member Clough to approve the agenda.

Motion carries unanimously.

Council member Clough not participating in the discussion as his wife is employed by the Rec Center. Discussion of raises for part-time staff. Raises for all part-time receptionists, all have been with the Rec Center. The Rec Center has been static with raises, not 3% every year. They are worth more than $7.25/hour. Talking about years of service worked versus hours of service worked. Going over wage recommendations. Discussion of issues with shift differential. Scheduling employees can be difficult. Talking about baseline pay.

Recommendations for pay scale/structure. Discussing performance pay. Talking about a request to have employees work weekends.

Discussion to make Dawn Schreiber a full-time Administrative Assistant. Talking about job title; executive assistant versus administrative assistant job title.

Discussion of Deputy Rec Director job description. Talking about pay rate and going back to the Board for their recommendation. Discussion of benefits and cost. Talking about pay rate going to $11/hour and benefits for Dawn. Discussion of the Rec Center Board.

No discussion of the Administrative Assistant job description.

Discussion of employee benefits.

Talking about insurance costs. Different plans presented. Discussion of amount employee would pay. Talking about individual cost versus family plan cost.

Discussion of paying up to $1,000 per employee and family. Talking about maximum city contribution. Discussion of employee contribution. Talking about maximum single contribution. Discussion of maximum family contribution.

No discussion of the new employee manual.

Motion by Council member Ernst, second by Council member Goodman to adjourn at 1:23 p.m.

(Published in the Ida County Courier on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018)

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From our backyard . . . by: Doug Clough

It’s been a brittle week in the backyard, friends. Our dogs’ water bowl shows it. Thirty-two degrees down to 20 degrees makes a shell of clear ice, which makes a pop when thrown on the concrete. Twenty degrees down to 10 makes a solid block with a few rings, shatter to splinters.

Ten degrees and below creates a dull-white chalky lump that swells the neoprene container, cracking into chunks when hurdled onto the hard-water pile.

I require my mannerless mongrels to water and feed outside, but they’ve spent a lion’s share of this past week’s brutal temps hunkered in the house. We watched “Marley and Me” and “A Dog’s Purpose;” I make it a special point to draw their attention to the commercials highlighting dogs that can be saved for ‘pennies a day.’ Unlike our children, they listen – no eye rolling. They don’t hinge their love on Wi-Fi and pizza delivery.

If our late mother found a dog hair on her dinner plate, she would get up from the table white as a sheet and not return.

Pet our dog? No way. If he was barking too much, she’d go outside and chastise him at a twofoot distance from the fence. The only time my childhood dogs ever entered the house was during a tornado warning and then only under Mom’s duress.

During this past cold-snap, I called my 85-year-old father

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to ask him about his youthful experiences with brutally cold temperatures. My dad was born in 1932 in Whitten, a town of 100 or so folks in Hardin County.

“We only had heat in the living room or at the kitchen stove,” he said. “Coal was cheap but wood was free, so we used wood, especially during the depression.

“I always wanted coal as it didn’t need to be stoked and fed as much. We were lucky, though; we had feather beds to sink into and siblings to share them with – additional body heat helped because our rooms were only as comfortable as the outside.”

We treat our dogs better than 1930s life treated people.

To further the point, the Des Moines lood of 1993 wasn’t near as hard on my folks as those of a different, new-improved generation. The waterworks plant was compromised, taking down the water supply of Des Moines. “In Whitten, we had an outhouse that we traversed to,” Dad said. “In 1993, we followed our waterworks manager’s golden rule, ‘If it’s yellow, let it mellow. If it’s brown, lush it down.’ Following a decree like that is easy when you remember tip-toeing shoeless to the biffy in snow and ice.” My dad also created a make-shift shower in the garage by hanging a copper watering can full of rain water from a rafter.

It’s no wonder then that when my dad tried something new, he did so with a ‘What could possible go wrong?’ attitude. Take, for instance, our irst adventures in cycling. When training for our inaugural RAGBRAI, my dad took me, at 14-years-old, on

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a trip to Marshalltown for our irst round-trip century ride. For those unfamiliar with Highway 65 in the late 1970s, the road had no shoulder and was thoroughfare for a steady stream of semi-truck traf ic. Ten years after the experience, I found myself lamenting to my dad about a life problem, and he replied, “That’s unfortunate but still not as tough as that ride to Marshalltown.” And, he was right.

Now that I’m in my 50’s, I need to remember that trip to Marshalltown: the rolling hills, the heat and being blown off that highway by traf ic. We didn’t have the lightest bikes or the best cycling gear, and we conquered a notable feat that day.

In an era of hand-held entertainment and expected creature comforts, I have been willfully enabled to a life of ignoble ease; I have also found myself less happy and more troubled in my aged days. President Teddy Roosevelt said, “I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.”

And, to that end, I’m searching to challenge myself more, not just physically but mentally and spiritually as well. With the weather exiting the negative digits, I’m starting by walking daily, even during snowy weather – with good-traction shoes, of course – staying upright is an important part of the plan.

Please look for my re lective gear as I’ll be out there during the doldrums of winter, friends.

I just may have a dog or two with me, if I can get them off the couch.

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THANK YOU: The family of Bernett Andresen Indorf would like to thank everyone who sent cards, food, flowers or memorials to our family. Thanks to the staff at Good Sam for the good care you gave Mom. Thanks to Rev. Collagan for the nice service & your prayers. Special thanks to the ladies of the United Methodist Church of Holstein for serving the luncheon. Also, special thanks to Nick Jensen for making this difficult time so much easier for us. Your thoughtfulness will never be forgotten. Thanks, all of you, so much!

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Ida County Courier

From the Ida County Sheriff ’s Log

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Fire officers: The Battle Creek Fire Department officers for 2018 are, front from left— assistant chief Craig Young, chief Deron Schmidt and treasurer Jordan Alm. Back—safety officer Tom Peterson, captain Dan Hedberg, secretary Tom Cooper and training officer Kevin Dausel.

Courthouse Report Real Estate Transfers Susan and Merlin Jensen, quit claim deed to Jeffrey Jensen, a one-fourth interest in a one half interest in the NW ¼, Section 11, T-88-N, R-40-W, Ida County.

Conservatorship of Bruce Emil Schmidt, court of icer deed to David and Mary Cronin, Lot 7, Block 1, O.L.G.C. Addition, Holstein.

Trent Else, warranty deed to Trent Else trust, SE ¼, Section 21 and the west 52.75 acres of the N ½ NW ¼, Section 17, all in T-89-N, R-39-W, Ida County.

Morningside College, warranty deed to Lorelei and Darwin Rohlk, NW ¼, Section 17, T-86-N, R-40-W, with exception, Ida County.

Lorelei and Darwin Rohlk, warranty deed to Bryce Riessen, SW ¼, Section 23, T-86-N, R-41-W, Ida County.

Dennis and Faith Johnson, warranty deed to Dennis and Faith Johnson, E ½ SE ¼, Section 9, T-86-N, R-39-W, Ida County.

Harold and Jeanne Freese, quit claim deed to John Freese, a 2 percent interest the W ½, Section 8, T-89-N, R-40-W, with exception, Ida County.

Clerk of Court Due to a change in procedures at the Ida County Clerk

of Court office, information is only provided electronically.

The following information is from data filed by the Ida County Clerk of Court office.

Traffic and other charges might include charges that were dismissed. For more information on specific cases contact the clerk of court or visit www.iowacourts.gov.

Traffic charges Speeding Ashley Pickner, Sioux Falls, S.D.; Piyapit Utthachoo, Sioux City; Charles Coll, Holstein; Bradley Holman, Amarillo, Texas; Kerry Doty, Deep River; Dalton Long, Denison; Frank Schnabel, Yankton, S.D.; Jack Mentzer, Early; Leslie Cervantes, Des Moines; Allen Gloede, Mapleton.

Other Craigmile Kafton, Danbury, possession of alcohol.

Kennady Steele, Battle Creek, registration violation.

Kennady Steele, Battle Creek, seat belt.

Nybuoy Gach, Worthington, Minn., no valid driver’s license.

Michael Eason, Ida Grove, failure to maintain control.

Michael Eason, Ida Grove, open container—driver.

Damien Bridgeman, Mapleton, permit under 18 year-

old to consume/possess alcohol on property.

Jan Bauer, Marcus, registration violation.

Rolando Villarreal, Cherokee, failure to provide proof of financial liability.

Larry Hein, Mapleton, no deer license or tag.

Joseph Sokolowski, Holstein, possession of alcohol.

Criminal Aaron Corbin, Moville, possession of marijuana, deferred judgment, $315 civil penalty, one year unsupervised probation.

Judgments and Liens Against Michael Kirchner, in favor of City of Holstein.

Against Allison Lynch, in favor of LF Noll, Inc. Against Kimberly Mathies, in favor of Ally Financial.

Against Derek Mefferd, in favor of Betsy Mefferd.

Against Kimberly Siebrecht, in favor of Sioux City Child Support Recovery Unit.

Against Kimberly Siebrecht, in favor of Daniel Becker.

Against Linda Sloss, in favor of Capital One Bank.

Dissolution of Marriage Amanda Eason and Michael Eason, court decree— dissolution.

Depu es charge 10 with possession of alcohol The Ida County Sheriff’s Of ice has released information on several charges made and arrests iled during the past week.

On Dec. 31, Steven Alan Wood, 65, of Ida Grove was arrested and charged with public intoxication. He was transported to the Ida County jail where he was held overnight. He was released the following day after appearing before the magistrate.

On Jan. 1, Dakota Andrew Hunt, 22, of Holstein was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and interference with of icial acts. He was transported to the Ida County jail and later released after posting bond.

On Jan. 1, several charges of minor in possession of alcohol were iled after deputies responded to an underage alcohol party in rural Ida County.

Charged were: Joseph Henry Sokolowski, 19, of Holstein;

Sheriff reports two vandalisms The Ida County Sheriff’s Of ice has released information on two property crimes reported during the past week.

On Dec. 31, Betsy Renae Mefferd of Battle Creek reported $50 vandalism to a Trac phone and minutes.

On Jan. 1, Travis David Brockman of Holstein reported $300 vandalism damage when two tires were cut on a vehicle.

Montana Everett Else, 19, of Holstein; Cody Allen McCormick, 20, of Anthon; Season Brie Reinert, 19, of Remsen; Justin Dean Harding, 19, of Cherokee and Kelsey Marie Sippel, 19, of Galva.

Also charged was one juvenile female from Orange City; one juvenile female from Hull; one juvenile female from Galva and one juvenile female from Correctionville.

On Jan. 1, Stephanie Grimes, 43, of Arthur was arrested on an outstanding warrant from Bue-

na Vista County. In addition, the sheriff’s of ice iled a charge of harassment in the third degree against her. She was taken into custody and later released into the custody of the Buena Vista County Sheriff’s Of ice.

On Jan. 4, Taylor Wade Iron Shell, 32, of Ida Grove was arrested and charged with willful injury and disorderly conduct after an incident that occurred on Dec. 30 in Ida Grove. He was transported to the Ida County jail and later released after posting $5,000 bond.

BC firemen answer calls The Battle Creek Fire Department was called out twice during the past week.

On Jan. 2 at 9:24 p.m., the fire department was called for a house fire at 2407 Alpine Ave. According to Fire Chief Deron Schmidt, hot electrical wire ignited insulation in the attic, causing the fire. Damage was mostly due to smoke.

Schmidt said homeowner John Krayenhagen had the

fire out when the department arrived on scene. The fire department was at the scene 45 minutes.

On Jan. 4 at 1:13 p.m., the department was called to the Juston Shever farm at 2706 Carriage Ave. for an outbuilding fire. Cause of the fire was a faulty heat lamp.

There was a dog in the building that the firemen got out.

The department was at the scene an hour.

Thursday, Dec. 28 Of icers received 21 calls for service. Among the calls were 11 parking complaints, three Advance Life Support (ALS) transfers and one Basic Life Support (BLS) transfer.

7:49 a.m.: Sick/ lu-like symptoms in the 500 block of Sunset Street 9:02 a.m.: Accident report, property damage only, in the 5900 block of Highway 175 11:37 a.m.: Assistance at the courthouse 1:18 p.m.: Motorist assist at 180th Street/Highway 59 4:36 p.m.: School bus violation in the 200 block of Main Street 7:33 p.m.: Welfare check Friday, Dec. 29 Of icers received 25 calls for service. Among the calls were four traf ic stops, two 911 transfers and one 911 wrong number.

5:59 a.m.: Vehicle unlock in the 400 block of Taylor Street 9:13 a.m.: Assist outside agency 9:30 a.m.: Civil paper service in the 700 block of Second Street 9:50 a.m.: Civil paper service in the 500 block of Second Street 10:58 a.m.: Property found in the 400 block of Moorehead Street 10:59 a.m.: Civil paper service in the 4800 block of 210th Street 12:29 p.m.: Accident, property damage only, in the 900 block of Highway 175 1:18 p.m.: Motorist assist in the 100 block of Highway 175 1:41 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 400 block of Maple Street 1:55 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 800 block of Fifth Street 2:10 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 3100 block of Eagle Avenue 2:43 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 4800 block of 210th Street 3:23 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 100 block of Hanover Street 4:22 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 300 block of Third Avenue 5:53 p.m.: Unresponsive in the 300 block of Second Avenue 9:21 p.m.: Domestic disturbance in the 200 block of West Street 9:52 p.m.: Domestic disturbance in the 300 block of North Street Saturday, Dec. 30 Of icers received 23 calls for service. Among the calls were four traf ic stops, one

MLK holiday—

DOT offices closed All Iowa Department of Transportation locations will be closed Monday, Jan. 15, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

All Iowa DOT driver’s service centers, normally open Tuesday through Saturday, will be closed Saturday, Jan. 13. Normal business hours will resume at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16.

Many people may be able to complete driver’s license business online at www.iowadot.gov or at one of the conveniently located self-service kiosks. Kiosk users should check the host location’s holiday schedule to determine hours and availability.

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911 transfer, one 911 wrong number and one ALS transfer.

12:13 a.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 100 block of Altona Street 1:32 a.m.: Fight in progress in the 600 block of Second Street 2:18 a.m.: Medical assistance needed in the 200 block of Second Street 7:06 a.m.: Alarm in the 600 block of Highway 175 8:46 a.m.: Civil paper service in the 400 block of Main Street 9:10 a.m.: Civil paper service in the 3100 block of Eagle Avenue 9:38 a.m.: Civil paper service in the 4800 block of 210th Street 11:15 a.m.: Assist outside agency 11:50 a.m.: Vehicle unlock in the 400 block of Willow Street 2:40 p.m.: Vehicle unlock in the 200 block of Third Avenue 3:31 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 4800 block of 210th Street 3:57 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 3100 block of Eagle Avenue 6:09 p.m.: Motorist assist at German Avenue/Highway 20 7:01 p.m.: Structure ire in the 5900 block of Highway 175 7:29 p.m.: Sick/ lu-like symptoms in the 500 block of Second Street 7:44 p.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 200 block of Rohwer Street Sunday, Dec. 31 Of icers received 31 calls for service. Among the calls were three traf ic stops, two abandoned 911 calls, two 911 transfers, one 911 wrong number and 15 parking complaints.

10:38 a.m.: Animal complaint in the 2700 block of Carriage Avenue 12:44 p.m.: Reckless driving, speeding at Brady Avenue/Highway 20 2:28 p.m.: Talk to of icer 3:37 p.m.: Welfare check 5:16 p.m.: Motorist assist in the 300 block of Highway 175 7:14 p.m.: Harassment/ threats in the 300 block of Minnesota Street 7:55 p.m.: Suspicious person/activity at German Avenue/Highway 175 10:49 p.m.: Party complaint in the 1200 block of Indian Avenue Monday, Jan. 1 Of icers received 22 calls for service. Among the calls were two traf ic stops, one ALS transfer, one BLS transfer and one 911 transfer.

1:37 a.m.: Motorist assist in the 6000 block of Highway 175 1:52 a.m.: Attempted suicide 8:17 a.m.: Health and safety check 10:21 a.m.: Breathing problems in the 600 block of Morningside Street 10:52 a.m.: Talk to of icer 11:05 a.m.: Criminal mischief in the 700 block of Kast-

ner Drive 12:33 p.m.: Vehicle unlock in the 500 block of Merkley Street 2:37 p.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 5500 block of Highway 20 4:10 p.m.: Controlled burn in the 3100 block of Eagle Avenue 4:26 p.m.: Animal complaint in the 5600 block of Highway 175 4:45 p.m.: Harassment/ threats in the 400 block of Minnesota Street 5:37 p.m.: Animal complaint in the 500 block of Third Street 6:21 p.m.: Animal complaint in the 500 block of Third Street 7:51 p.m.: Warrant in the 300 block of Third Avenue 8:05 p.m.: Burning complaint in the 400 block of Moorehead Street 9:23 p.m.: Motorist assist at Eagle Avenue/Highway 175 10:08 p.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 300 block of Moorehead Street Tuesday, Jan. 2 Of icers received 26 calls for service. Among the calls were ive traf ic stops, ive parking complaints, one ALS transfer, one BLS transfer and one abandoned 911 call.

4:39 a.m.: Assistance in the 2600 block of Faith Avenue 7:59 a.m.: Chest/heart pain in the 400 block of Second Street 8:18 a.m.: Motorist assist at Dodge Avenue/Highway 20 10:19 a.m.: Motorist assist in the 500 block of Hughes Lane 12:24 p.m.: Vehicle unlock in the 500 block of Highway 175 1:45 p.m.: Accident, property damage only, in the 2000 block of Indorf Avenue 2:59 p.m.: Sick/ lu-like symptoms in the 400 block of First Street 7:44 p.m.: Medical assistance needed in the 400 block of Quimby Street 7:56 p.m.: Sick/ lu-like symptoms in the 700 block of Third Street 8:58 p.m.: Family/custody problems in the 500 block of Sixth Street 9:05 p.m.: Assistance in the 600 block of Main Street 9:24 p.m.: Structure ire in the 2400 block of Alpine Avenue 10:09 p.m.: Info/data at the courthouse Wednesday, Jan. 3 Of icers received 18 calls for service. Among the calls were 10 traf ic stops, one abandoned 911 call and one 911 wrong number.

3:08 a.m.: Assistance in the 500 block of Elm Street 12 p.m.: Warrant at the courthouse 12:43 p.m.: Motorist assist in the 900 block of Highway 175 3:41 p.m.: Non-family civil dispute in the 200 block of Court Street 4 p.m.: Vehicle unlock in the 200 block of Oak Grove Drive 6:27 p.m.: Animal complaint at 290th Street/Eagle Avenue.

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