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WEST SALEM â For several years, Wayne Simmons has been on a quest to do what many like him have found impossible: Divide the family farmland outside West Salem into smaller parcels. In only a few minutes last week, those hopes were dashed.
In a two-to-one vote, the Polk County Board of Commissioners issued a swift denial of the proposal.
âIt took all of about 10 seconds when they made the decision,â Simmons said. âThere was no discussion, and we donât know why it went the way it did,â he added.
Board Chair Mike Ainsworth cast the dissenting ballot. Commissioners Craig Pope and Lyle Mordhorst voted to uphold the recommendation of the staff and the county hearing officer, who had concluded there was âinsufficient evidenceâ for a zone change allowing the sale of 10-acre lots from the 228-acre site.
waters of mobile bay in alabama today. they are searching for three members of the u.s. coast guard missing after their helicopter crashed. crews recovered the body of a fourth crew member. this morning rescuers located the helicopter partially submerged in several feet of water. the chopper was on a training mission when it went down last night. terrified school kids calling 911 when a fellow student started shooting this week in ohio. now we hear their voices. police released the phone recordings. just take a listen. 911 what is your emergency. we just had a shooting at our school. we need to get out of here. okay, ma am we got a school shooting what school? chardon high school. chardon high school? yes, ma am. all right. can you get administration? everyone is running away, so where is the shooter with the gun? i don t know. he was in the cafeteria and everyone just started running. it is hard to hear. that was monday morning. three teens were k
funnel cloud on video. several tornadoes were reported in kansas, we ll have more on the severe weather from the cnn severe weather center in just a couple minutes. rescuers are scouring the waters of mobile bay in alabama today. they are searching for three members of the u.s. coast guard missing after their helicopter crashed. crews recovered the body of a fourth crew member. this morning rescuers located the helicopter partially submerged in several feet of water. the chopper was on a training mission when it went down last night. terrified school kids calling 911 when a fellow student started shooting this week in ohio. now we hear their voices. police released the phone recordings. just take a listen. 911 what is your emergency. we just had a shooting at our school. we need to get out of here. okay, ma am we got a school shooting what school? chardon high school. chardon high school? yes, ma am. all right. can you get administration? everyone is run
for kyra phillips. we have a number of stories developing on this busy morning but we begin with your pocketbook. just minutes ago we learned the jobless rate has fallen to 8.3%. that s a pretty billing surprise seeing some economists expected it to tick up. let s get perspective from christine romans. what have you learned about how this number has gone down slightly? you know, the economy grew in january, and it grew jobs. it grew more jobs than anyone really thought. 243,000 jobs were created in january. the jobs growth, fredricka, was pretty widespread. in professional and business services, 70,000 jobs created. leisure, hospitality, health care again. but even manufacturing and health care jobs, those have been two bright spots the past couple of months. health care for maybe the past year or something. one thing that s interesting about these numbers is 243,000 jobs. we ve had a hard time having jobs growth like this and sustaining it. there was also more jobs created
i m fredricka whitfield in for kyra phillips. we have a number of stories developing on this busy morning but we begin with your pocketbook. just minutes ago we learned the jobless rate has fallen to 8.3%. that s a pretty billing surprise seeing some economists expected it to tick up. let s get perspective from christine romans. what have you learned about how this number has gone down slightly? you know, the economy grew in january, and it grew jobs. it grew more jobs than anyone really thought. 243,000 jobs were created in january. the jobs growth, fredricka, was pretty widespread. in professional and business services, 70,000 jobs created. leisure, hospitality, health care again. but even manufacturing and health care jobs, those have been two bright spots the past couple of months. health care for maybe the past year or something. one thing that s interesting about these numbers is 243,000 jobs. we ve had a hard time having jobs growth like this and sustaining it. the