A DECORAH MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT WHO WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ON MAY 15TH HAS DIED. SCHOOL OFFICIALS NOTIFIED STUDENTS AND PARENTS TODAY ROBERT RONEY PASSED TUESDAY NIGHT AT SAINT MARY’S HOSPITAL IN ROCCHESTER. MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LEONA HOTH SAYS COUNSELORS WILL BE AVAILABLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT THE SCHOOL FOR SUPPORT.
IT COULD TAKE UP TO TWO YEARS BEFORE IOWA’S POULTRY FACILITIES THAT DESTROYED 26 MILLION CHICKENS AND TURKEYS TO STOP SPREAD OF THE AVIAN FLU WILL BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO BUSINESS. THAT’S THE WORD FROM IOWA POULTRY ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RANDY OLSON. HE SAYS POULTRY FARMS ARE WAITING ON WORD FROM THE U-S-D-A ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD AFTER LOSING ALL OF THEIR BUSINESS TO THE DISEASE
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AT MEETINGS IN NORTHWEST IOWA SATURDAY, IOWA AGRICULTURE SECRETARY BILL NORTHEY CAUTIONED THOSE IN ATTENDANCE THAT THERE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH HEALTHY CHICKENS AND TURKEYS WHEN FACILITIES ARE CLEARED TO HAVE THEM. SO THE DELAY COULD BE EVEN LONGER. THE IMPACT HITS THE STATE’S LABOR FORCE AS WELL. THE UNCERTAINTY’S CAUSED ONE TURKEY PROCESSOR TO LAY OFF OVER 200 PEOPLE LAST WEEK…AND OTHER IOWA-BASED PROCESSORS ARE EVALUATING IF THEY SHOULD CURTAIL OPERATIONS OR FOCUS ON OTHER AREAS NOT HIT BY THE H5N2 VIRUS.
DID YOU BUY A POWERBALL TICKET FOR THE DRAWING JUNE 28TH, 2014 AT QUILLINS FOOD RANCH IN WAUKON? YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO SOME DOUBLE-CHECKING. THE IOWA LOTTERY SAYS A 20-THOUSAND DOLLAR WINNING TICKET THAT WAS PURCHASED THERE REMAINS UNCLAIMED. LOTTERY OFFICIALS SAY PERSONS HAVE UNTIL JUNE 29TH TO CLAIM THE PRIZE. PRIZES CAN BE CLAIMED AT ANY OF THE LOTTERY OFFICES IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, STORM LAKE, MASON CITY, CLIVE AND CEDAR RAPIDS.
FEWER AND FEWER PEOPLE ARE BEING CONSIDERED UNEMPLOYED AROUND THE STATE. JIM BOYD REPORTS.
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