Saturday’s attacks by Hamas (hah-MAHS) left a thousand “innocent civilians” dead, according to Grassley, along with at least 11 Americans. The Pentagon is moving an aircraft carrier strike group, as well as squadrons of fighter jets, closer to Israel following the weekend terrorist attacks, but Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley doubts the U-S will dispatch soldiers directly into Israel - and into harm’s way. A-G Bird’s statement says these strict new mandates will create extreme costs and regulations to compete in the industry, forcing many family hog farms to close shop. Shipments of non-compliant pork into the state would be banned even pork meets all Iowa and federal safety and quality standards. A statement from Attorney General Brenna Bird’s office says the Massachusetts law goes even further than a similar California law. Iowa’s Attorney General is leading a 13 state coalition opposing a new Massachusetts law that puts restrictions on the sale of pork based on how the animals are raised. There was also an increase from Bureau of Prisons inmates. Most of that amount, 84-thousnd dollars, was from housing federal inmates for the US Marshals Service. Total jail revenue for the quarter was 110-thousand dollars, up 45-hundred dollars in the quarter. Te Brink says this is due to fewer auto-dials from cel-phones. Total E911 calls were 1761, down nearly 700 in the quarter. The number of complaints to the Sheriffs office was 1459, an average amount for the quarter. He says since covid, the number of civil papers services have gone down. This is due in part to Service fees being lower from the previous quarter. Sheriff Jeff Te Brink says their treasury report indicates a drop of 8-thousand dollars in the department’s running balance from July through September, to just over 12-thousand dollars. The Plymouth County Sheriff reported on the latest quarter’s activities. The school day continued as planned at the Storm Lake schools, with increased police presence throughout the day. The Storm Lake Police Department says there is no active threat, and all lockdowns were lifted later in the morning. Three juveniles were taken into custody for questioning. ![]() All other schools in Storm Lake were immediately notified, and they were also put on lockdown as a precautionary measure. School staff and officers quickly escorted students into the elementary building and into their classrooms. According to Storm Lake Police, officers got word of the threat during the morning drop-off period. ![]() Storm Lake Police took several juveniles into custody after a reported threat Wednesday morning at the Storm Lake Elementary School. There were 42 marriage license applications between July and September in Plymouth County. There were nearly 500 processed in this category. This is the time to renew ATV/ORV and Boat registrations. There were 199 applications for passports, and 239 passport photos. Plymouth County received 15-thousand, 700 dollars in mortgage fees. Sales, Use and LOST taxes totaled 57-thousand dollars in the quarter. Transfer taxes were 85-thousand of the total. Goodchild reported that total fees for the quarter ending September 30 was 202-thousand dollars, of which the county received 58-thousand, or 30%. Plymouth County Treasurer Jolynn Goodchild submitted a quarterly report to the County Board of Supervisors this week. there will also be opening discussions on next years budget. Their agenda includes Master Planning for trhe Hillview Recreation Area, the new maintenance building, and land acquisition. The Plymouth County Conservation Board meets tonight at 7 at Hillview Recreation Area. Discussion items include fiar groudnd snow removal and the Pioneer Village Christmas. ![]() Their agenda includes signup for the Iowa Association of Fairs conference, to take place December 8 through 10 in Des Moines. The Plymouth County Fair Board meets tonight at 7-30 pm at the lower level of the Le Mars Convention Center. The open house is from 5-30 to 7-30 at the high school/middle school library. The other three ballot questions relate to funding for the project. One question seeks approval for selling over 16 million dollars in bonds to expand school facilities. Voters in the Hinton Community School District will vote next month on four ballot questions which relate to the school district’s proposed expansion project.
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