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Wednesday, February 01, 2012 Top Stories JUDGE RULES ON COSTLY COUNTY LAWSUIT: INSUFFICIENT PROOF Fifth District Court Judge Brad McCall has issued a ruling in the expensive and high-profile case involving Madison County, the Iowa DNR, a Madison County farmer and a Des Moines area recycling company regarding materials that were applied to the farmer’s land as fill material. The case has been going on for years and was moved to Jasper County on a venue change. Judge McCall ordered that the county’s claims be dismissed and that counter-claims filed by the defendants – farmer Dan Patterson and recycling company, Phoenix C & D Recycling – also be dismissed. The judge also ordered that the county is responsible for court costs in the case, where costs have already topped three-quarters of a million dollars. In a lengthy court ruling that both sides in the case have been waiting for since late October, judge McCall said that while both sides sought for a directed verdict, the lack of insufficient proof “made it unnecessary to issue such a verdict”. [read the entire article] LOCAL AWARDS METED OUT AT ANNUAL CHAMBER BASH The Madison County Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting, banquet and awards ceremony Thursday night at the Jackson Community Building. Chamber members and citizens turned out in number to attend the popular yearly event and learn who 2011’s award recipients were. Willard Short was the man of the hour, winning the coveted Lifetime Achievement award. It is an award that is given to those who have shown outstanding contributions to the community, dedicated and quality leadership to a business or organization, involvement in local and county service projects and years in service. Short’s long-time friend, Jim Nelson presented the award. [read the entire article] TWO PERISH IN ICE FISHING INCIDENT A rural Madison County woman and a family friend from Polk County apparently fell through thin ice while ice fishing on the family pond Monday and drowned. Authorities say 80-year-old George Washington Pierce and 64-year-old Linda Lou Jones were ice fishing on the Joneses’ rural Prole farm north of Bevington Monday. The couple was fishing just off shore in about eight feet of water. Authorities say Pierce last talked to a family member shortly after 1 p.m. Monday. When Larry Jones got home later that afternoon, he realized his wife was not home. He started checking and noticed a hole in the ice. He called another friend, who subsequently summoned authorities to the scene shortly after 6:30 p.m. [read the entire article] UNION STATE BANK BUYS LAND; PLANS TO MOVE MOTOR BANK Winterset Union State Bank officials announced Friday that it has purchased land adjacent to the new Winterset Fareway store – about 2.13 acres east of the new store – and will move its drive-up bank from Highway 92 east to Highway 92 west. Plans are to build the new drive-up motor bank in 2013 or 2014. “We intend to relocate our existing motor bank ... to this new site,” said USB president and CEO Jeff Nolan. Nolan says bank officials expect this investment to help “the local community grow.” Union State Bank has a downtown Winterset presence, located one block west of the southwest corner of the downtown square. The present motor bank on Hwy. 92 east has two drive-up bays and an Automated Teller Machine (ATM). [read the entire article] LOCAL DEC. JOBLESS RATE SPIKE SEEN Madison County’s area jobless rate spiked in December from 5.2 percent to 6.8 percent, according to figures from state workforce development officials. The statewide average jobless rate stood at 5.6 percent in December, down from 5.7 percent in November. Experts estimate there were 500 people out of work in December, as opposed to 400 in November, among a local workforce of 4,100. An estimated 7,600 Madison County residents were employed in November, 100 more than in December. [read the entire article] SEVENTH SEASON OF CASINO GRANT MONEY AVAILABLE Officials with the Greater Madison County Community Foundation say grant application request forms will available beginning next week. An estimated $81,000 in grants will be available for Madison County groups and organizations this year. When the 2012 round of grants are announced, upwards of $500,000 in grants will have been made to the Madison County Community since the inception of the grant program back in 2006. Applications available county-wide Application forms will be available Feb. 6. [read the entire article] UPCOMING CIVIL WAR EXHIBIT TO BE HELD AT STATE HISTORICAL MUSEUM Members of the Madison County Civil War 150 Committee recently met at the Iowa State Historical Museum to discuss museum plans for a Civil War exhibit. Sheila Henke, Battle Flag Conservator for the Iowa State Historical Museum in Des Moines, met with members of The Iowa Division Sons of Confederate Veterans, the 9th Kentucky Reenactment Group, The Order of the Confederate Rose, and the Humanities Iowa Speakers Bureau to discuss plans for the museum’s upcoming Civil War exhibit and to plan the confederate exhibit. [read the entire article] TEACHER PLEADS ‘NOT GUILTY’ TO SEX CHARGES The 26-year-old Winterset Elementary School teacher accused of sexual exploitation of a minor plead ‘not guilty’ via his attorney during his written arraignment on Monday morning. Drew Christopher Lipovac faces three charges of sexual exploitation by a school employee, one of which is a class D felony. He was initially held on a $10,000 cash bond, but bonded out of jail shortly after he was arrested by agents with the Department of Criminal Investigation at 10 a.m. on Jan. 6. He had turned himself in to authorities. Lipovac faces up to nine years in prison if convicted of one felony and two misdemeanor charges. [read the entire article] ST. CHARLES MAN SENTENCED TO 10-YEARS IN PRISON FOR SEX ABUSE A St. Charles man received a 10-year prison sentence on Monday after his motion for a new trial was denied. Ronald Marvin Sandusky, 46, of St. Charles was found guilty of sexual abuse in the third degree, in mid-December. The charges stemmed from a Sept. 2 incident, in which he unlawfully engaged in a sex act with a 16-year-old female against her will, according to court documents. The victim also stated to law enforcement agents that Sandusky had intercourse with her against her will on “numerous occasions during the last summer,” according to the affidavit. Sexual abuse in the third-degree is a class “C” felony. [read the entire article] TWO LOCAL MEN ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES Two Winterset men were recently arrested by the Madison County Sheriff’s Department for the delivery of meth. After a lengthy investigation into the matter, the sheriff’s department arrested two local men and charged them with delivery of a controlled substance (meth). [read the entire article] WINTERSET CASEY’S STORE GOES TO 24 HOURS Casey’s south in Winterset has evolved into a 24-hour convenience store, bringing to two the number of 24-hour gas and convenience store. Officials with the Ankeny-based Casey’s General Stores say Casey’s has purchased a number of stores which were of the 24-hour variety, and plans are to keep those facilities open as 24-hour facilities. [read the entire article] FIRST FORUM ATTRACTS ABOUT TWO DOZEN PEOPLE The first legislative forum of 2012 gathered a crowd of about two dozen people on Saturday, as constituents gathered to hear what both State Representative Julian Garrett and State Senator Kent Sorenson had to report. Garrett reported he has been working on the appropriations committee and while revenues look like they might be up somewhat this year, some expenses will also increase. “We’ve also got some expenses that are up ... one of them is Medicaid.” [read the entire article] YESSIR, YESSIR, SIX BAYS FULL Winterset residents were out in numbers Monday washing vehicles and taking advantage of the unusually warm weather. It reached a high of 66 degrees here in Winterset, according to SchoolNet8. Temperatures have been higher than average for most of the winter and reached new record highs across the southern half of the state on Jan. 30, with numerous locations reaching the 60s. Des Moines hit 65 degrees on Monday, breaking the Jan. 30, 1988, mark of 57. Lamoni’s 63 degrees topped its 1988 record, as did the 56 in Cedar Rapids.The high in Sioux City was 65 degrees, well above the 57 degrees recorded on Jan. 30, 1964. [read the entire article] WINTERSET THIRD-GRADE CLASS BOUNCES THROUGH THE SCHOOL DAY Winterset Elementary teacher Jenn Drake’s third-graders are bouncing. They bounce in the morning while they practice their writing skills. They bounce in the afternoon while learning mathematics. But it’s ok. In fact, it’s exactly what Mrs. Drake wants! This past November, the innovative Drake hauled her students’ traditional chairs down to storage and brought in brightly colored exercise balls for her students to sit, roll and even bounce on during their class time. Burning up their excess energy while allowing for greater concentration, the bright balls have become quite a hit at Winterset Elementary. [read the entire article] NEW WOMEN’S CIRCLE ESTABLISHES ROOTS Madison County is welcoming another service organization – one geared toward promoting dignity, equality, and opportunity for local women and children. The group, called the Madison County Circle of Giving, also plans to consider non-gender-specific projects that contribute to the betterment of Madison County. The founding Executive Committee members of the Circle of Giving include Lindsay Baessler of Winterset, Laura Bertelson of Van Meter, Ester Mae Cox of Peru, Tina Hoffmann of Winterset, Jacque Mohs of Winterset and Pat Nelson of Winterset. [read the entire article] ST. CHARLES HOSTS FEB. 24 SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC This month’s Spay/Neuter Cat Clinic will be located in St. Charles, once again. The date for the clinic this month will be Feb. 24. The cost is covered by a grant from the Miccio Foundation for Trap, Neuter and Return Programs. Costs will be covered on a first come, first served basis until the grant funds are gone. The cost of the clinic procedures after the grant funds are gone will need to be paid by the pet owners at the time the services are performed. [read the entire article] HISTORIC MONUMENT OR HOAX? This timeless soldier’s lament to a loved one back home appears on a small monument at what was once a farm site in Madison County: Dearest Tina: …. On the 22nd there was a general charge made all along the line, all of which failed …. It was useless expenditure of life and no one had a confidence in the successful end of the assault, but it has satisfied our generals that the enemy works cannot be taken by storm …. The generals have concluded that the works cannot be taken by a charge. So we will make a regular approach on their line of defence. This should have been done five days ago, before we lost killed and wounded seven or ten thousand government men …. Ever your own Henry [read the entire article]

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