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2019 Monte Thompson Progressive Ag Safety Day Poster Contest Winners Announced
In conjunction with the 2019 Monte Progressive Ag Safety Day, the planning committee offered all the 1st and 2nd grade participants in Palo Alto County a chance to participate in a poster contest. The theme of the contest was “Safety Day – One Thing I Learned”. First and second place winners were chosen from each participating school and grade. Below are the results:
Ruthven-Ayrshire – 1st Grade – Mrs. Hersom 1st Place – Rutledge Quinn 2nd Place – Jase Baldwin
1st Place – Rutledge Quinn 2nd Place – Jase Baldwin
4-H Halloween Workshop
A 4-H Halloween Workshop was held at the Palo Alto County Exten-sion Office on Saturday, October 12th. Five 4-H members enjoyed a day of making gross-looking food, includ-ing food for their lunch, doing some Halloween-themed science, learning to use oil pastels to do a Halloween art project, and playing a couple of Halloween games. Each participant then got to take home some snack items, their artwork, and a copy of all the recipes/experiments that they did during the workshop. Recipes included Zombie Dirt Cups, Cheesy Brain Dip, Harvest Hash Chex Mix, Mummy Hot Dogs, Spider Web Taco Dip, Pretzel Broomsticks, Apple Pie Mummy Slices, Vampire Drink, and Fanta Jack-O-Lantern Floats. Sci-ence experiments included Vanishing Ghosts, Ghost Rockets, and Foaming Jack-O-Lantern.
Questions about 4-H or how to join should contact the Palo Alto County Extension Office at 712-852-2865.
Jacob Radebaugh, Josephine Joyce, Audrey Garrelts, and Ava Salas are pictured here with their Cheesy Brain Dip.
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Page 2 The Ruthven Zipcode Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Proceeding of the Palo Alto County Supervisor’s
CourthouseEmmetsburg, IowaOctober 15th, 2019, 8:00 a.m. The Palo Alto County Board of
Supervisors met in regular session. Members present: Craig Merrill, Chair; Roger Faulstick, Linus Solberg, Keith Wirtz, Ron Graettinger. Present: Pe-ter Hart, County Attorney.
Unless otherwise indicated, all of the motions offered at this meeting were carried with the following vote: Ayes: Wirtz, Faulstick, Solberg, Mer-rill, Graettinger. Nays: None. Ab-stentions: None.
Motion by Graettinger, seconded by Faulstick to approve the agenda for October 15th, 2019. Motion Carried.
Motion by Solberg, seconded by Wirtz to approve the minutes for Octo-ber 8th, 2019. Motion Carried.
Motion by Graettinger, seconded by Wirtz to approve the Recorder’s monthly report for September 1st, 2019 through September 30th, 2019. Motion Carried.
The Board discussed the proposed Resolution to rezone 6.7 acres from A-C Agricultural-Conservation to Com-mercial in Section 29 of Freedom Township. Present: Aletha King, Zon-ing; Dan Cooper. The Board placed a call to Shane Kogel and survey is not complete.
Motion by Solberg, seconded by Faulstick to continue Resolution to re-zone 6.7 acres from A-C Agricultural-Conservation to Commercial until sur-vey is completed. Motion Carried.
No one was present for public com-ment.
Walter Davis-Oeth, County Engi-neer, met with the Board. Walter dis-cussed with the Board to Iowa Lakes Regional Water intent to issue utility ROW applications for future projects. The Board discussed what percentage they would allow for ROW easement for a future project. No action taken.
Aimee Devereaux, Environmental Health, met with the Board to present watershed septic grant applications.
Motion by Solberg., seconded by Wirtz to approve a watershed septic grant application for Travis & Melanie Rouse. Motion Carried.
Motion by Wirtz, seconded by Graettinger to approve a watershed septic grant application for Dan & Ruth Franxman. Motion Carried.
The Board held a conference call with Bob Goodwin, Attorney for Drain-age District No. 180 Lateral 1 Tile and Drainage District 28.
Motion by Graettinger, seconded by Faulstick to go into Closed Session at 8:58 a.m. per Iowa Code Section 21.5 (1)(c). Ayes: Wirtz, Solberg, Faulstick, Merrill, Graettinger. Motion Carried.
The Board exited closed session at 9:40 a.m.
There were no committee reports. Motion by Faulstick, seconded by
Solberg to adjourn. Motion Carried. Craig Merrill, Chairman
Carmen Moser, County Auditorpublished October 23, 2019
Election Day-Nov 5th Polling Location is the Graettinger Public Library from 7 am to 8 pm For Ruthven, Lost Island, part of Highland, part of Walnut and Graettinger
Ruthven Social Center Tuesday—October 29th, 2019
12 Noon to 7 p.m.
Ruthven City & School Election Satellite Voting
Palo Alto County Sheriff Department Report On Wednesday, October 16, 2019, at 7:35 pm, the Palo Alto County Sher-iff's Office received a complaint reference to a suspicious female in the 4000 block of 460th Avenue (Hwy 4). The reporting party advised a female was walking on the shoulder of the roadway, screaming and falling down. Following an investigation into the complaint, the Palo Alto County Sher-iff's Office arrested Ladawn Colvin (50) of Curlew for public intoxication, which is a simple misdemeanor. Colvin was transported, without incident, to the Palo Alto County Jail and booked in to await her initial appearance before a magistrate. On October 15, 2019 at 8:51 p.m., the Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Of-fice received a call of a motor vehicle accident in the 3700 Block of 360th Street near Ruthven. A 2015 Chevrolet Silverado owned by Miller Insula-tion Company of Bismarck, ND being operated by David Balderas (46) of Emmetsburg was eastbound on 360th Street. The Balderas vehicle met a westbound semi which was being followed by a 2008 Chevrolet Impala being operated by Luke Bormann (18) of Bode, IA. A cooler in the bed of Balderas’s vehicle flew out as it passed by the semi. The cooler hit the front of Bormann’s vehicle causing approximately $2,500 damage. No injuries were reported at the scene. On 10/15/2019 at 7:39 p.m., the Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office was called to investigate a car deer accident that occurred in the 4000 block of 400th Ave., Emmetsburg, Iowa. A silver 2018 Ford Explorer owned and operated by Kristina Wojahn (32) of Emmetsburg was north bound when a group of deer emerged from the west ditch and entered the roadway, and one of the deer collided with the vehicle. The vehicle sustained minor damage to the front bumper and grill estimated at $1000.00. Kristina did not report any injuries and the vehicle was able to be driven from the scene. On 10/14/2019 at 07:57 a.m. the Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office re-ceived a report of a two vehicle accident in the 3400 block of 530th Av-enue. Upon investigation it was determined that a white 2005 Ford F-250 driven by Kory Leonard Hagen of Emmetsburg and registered to Maple Hill Farms of Armstrong was southbound on 530th Avenue. Hagen was pulling a REM grain vac owned by Terry Naig of Cylinder. Hagen was struck from behind as he slowed to turn left onto 350th Street by a southbound blue 2007 Freightliner Classic driven by Cole Fredrick Wegener of Fenton and registered to TMK Farms Inc. of Fenton. Wegener was pulling a white 1993 Cornhusker trailer registered to TMK Farms Inc.The impact caused the REM grain vac to come detached from the Ford. The REM grain vac came to rest on its side in the roadway. The Ford was forced into the west ditch were it came to rest. Hagen was transported to Palo Alto County Hospital by ambulance for treatment of his injuries. Damage to the Ford is estimated at $7,000 and the Rem grain vac is estimated at $15,000. Damage to the Freightliner is estimated at $8,000 and the Cornhusker trailer is estimated at $13,500. The Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office was assisted on scene by the Cylinder Fire Department and Palo Alto County Ambulance Service. The investigation continues. On Saturday, October 12, 2019, at 9:30 pm, the Palo Alto County Sheriff's Office arrested Bradley Dahl (45) of Algona on a valid Palo Alto County warrant for contempt of court, which is a simple misdemeanor. The warrant stems from an original conviction of driving while suspended and ordered Dahl to serve a 10 day mittimus jail sentence. Dahl was transported, without incident, to the Palo Alto County jail and booked in to serve the remainder of his 10 day mittimus sentence. Two people were arrested following a traffic stop back on September 27th in Emmet County. Authorities say a deputy pulled over a vehicle on 440th Avenue near Ingham Lake and discovered what was alleged to be controlled substances and drug paraphernalia. The driver, 41-year-old Ashley Moritz of Emmetsburg, was charged with possession of a controlled substance...marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving with a revoked li-cense. A passenger, 53-year-old Timothy Moritz, also of Emmetsburg, was charged with possession of a controlled substance 3rd offense, methamphet-amine and possession of drug paraphernalia. “A Criminal Charge is Merely an Accusation, and the Defendant is Pre-sumed Innocent Until and Unless Proven Guilty.”
Ruthven City Council MeetingOctober 16, 2019 - 6:30 PMThe Ruthven City Council, of the City of Ruthven,
Iowa, met on the 16th Day of October, 2019, at 6:30 PM, in regular session, in Council Chambers at City Hall, pursuant to law and to the rules of said council.
Meeting was called to order by Mayor David J Kirk in the Chair, and the roll being called, the following members were present: Dustin Johnson, Jay Schon-ing and Marci Simington. Absent: Mitch Anderson and Terrance Williams
City employees present: Margaret TatmanPublic: None Motion Simington, second Schoning to approve:
minutes from October 2, 2019 council meeting, summary list of claims and clerk’s financial reports. Vote-Ayes: Johnson, Schoning and Simington. Nays: None. Absent: Anderson and Williams.
Clerk Tatman ran through the Fiscal Year End 19 Annual Financial Report with mayor and council. Clerk informed council that the report will be printed in the October 16, 2019 Ruthven Zipcode as required by law.
Discussion was held on the continued nuisance property abatements. Council decided to send 4 properties to city attorney for him to handle as munici-pal infraction violators. Property addresses are: 1305 Burns St., 1003 Center St., 1201 Haugen St. and 1501 Ruthven St. All the other properties that have not already completed their cleanup will be sent 15 day clean up letters and further review of the proper-ties will be done before the next city council meeting.
Mayor informed council members that Cliff Steffen has given his notice of November 1, 2019 he is done digging graves for the city. PWD Conlon is working on getting quotes from other businesses/individuals interested in filling the position.
Mayor and Council asked Clerk Tatman to get the word out about Satellite Voting for City and School Board Elections being held in Ruthven at the Social Center on Tuesday-October 29, 2019 from Noon un-til 7:00 p.m. by putting on the city website, city sign, Ruthven Roll-up and posting throughout town.
Motion Schoning, second Simington to adjourn meeting at 7:00 p.m. Vote-Ayes: Johnson, Schoning and Simington. Nays: None. Absent: Anderson and Williams.
Signed: Attest:
David J. Kirk, Mayor Margaret Tatman, City Clerk
City of Ruthven Revenues and Claims Report10/3 to 10/16/2019
Vendor Description AmountA & M Laundry contracted services 39.25Access Systems copier contract 143.32Amazon library magazines 149.96Arnold Motor Supply pool/cemetery supply 47.88Bomgaars Supply Inc shop sup/clothing allow 124.90Counsel library copier contract 123.35EFTPS fed/fica tax 1641.46Elm USA Inc library operating supply 25.00Emmetsburg Publishing library periodical 54.00Fire Proof Plus Inc icap safety grant extinguisers 340.00Gale Cengage Learning library books 72.57Gator Plumbing water repair 800.00HSA Tatman HSA employee 32.20I & S Group logoon phase II engineering 14,445.00IA Lakes Electric elect lift station 100.00IA Department of Natura water permit 95.00Iowa Prison Industries street signs 296.56Jamie Neff-lib petty cash post-age supplies audio visual 157.83Koenig Portable Toilets pump lagoon 743.75Mangold Environmental water tests 111.00Menards Spencer cemetery/sewer supplies 59.96Mid American Energy monthly utility bill 2127.67Norgaard Sand & Gravel storm sewer repair 112.46OCLC library metadata 109.43Palo Alto County Engineer vehicle fuel 411.63Pixler Electric water tower repair 391.43Pro Cooperative cemetery spray 235.72RA School little league field build 65887.50River Valley Tele Coop tele/int/cameras 517.39Ruthven Zipcode publishing/printing 632.07UPS water/sewer tests postage 24.25USA Blue Book icap safety grant products 91.40Wellmark Blue Cross Blue employee health ins 3895.01Claim Fund AmountGeneral Fund 2914.05Road Use Tax Fund 2147.84Employee Benefits Fund 1558.01Local Option Sales Tax Fund 18155.26Per Capita Fund 47732.24Lagoon Project phase 2 fund 13500.00
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Proceeding of the City of Ruthven
Water Fund 4833.05Sewer Fund 3198.47Claims Total 94038.95Revenue Fund AmountGeneral Fund 70079.18Road Use Tax Fund 9210.58Property Tax Emergency 1689.99CDBG Housing Grant 5000.00FEMA Generator Grant 17219.00Water Fund 10340.51Sewer Fund 18061.45Revenues Total 131600.71published October 23, 2019
Iowa Insurance Division Issues Summary Cease & Desist Against
Joyce The Iowa Insurance Division has issued a summary cease and desist order against Andrew Joyce, Joyce Funeral Home of Emmetsburg and Joyce-Alesch Funeral Home of Graettinger. The Iowa Insurance Division says Joyce and the funeral homes are ordered to cease acting as a preneed seller and sales agent. The action follows a recent request for receivership to protect funds held in trust. Iowa Insurance Division Communi-cations Director Chance McElhaney said in a release “Andrew Joyce’s deceptive and fraudulent activities have violated the public trust by fail-ing to place funds in trust as required by Iowa law and commingling those funds with personal and unrelated expenses, selling without a license, and many other various violations of Iowa law.” Iowans that are known to have worked with Joyce regarding pr-eneed planning or who have out-standing agreements or contracts with Joyce, Joyce Funeral Home, or Joyce-Alesch Funeral Home have been contacted via postal mail. Any Iowans that have not been con-tacted and believe they have out-standing agreements or contracts are urged to contact the Iowa Insurance Division immediately.
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