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Friday, November 6, 2009

Paul Hughes and new carpet at the Shenandoah Days Inn

Paul Hughes and new carpet at the Shenandoah Days Inn

The new management at Shenandoah’s Days Inn hotel is dealing with what one former employee says is an old issue — bed bugs. A former employee who wishes to remain anonymous says the bed bug issue is nothing new.

He said, “They had bed bugs for about 6 – 8 months and would never get rid of them, they said it would cost too much to exterminate. I found one and put in a bag to show the health inspector,and the boss said, ‘Throw it away or you’ll be fired.’ They’d just wash the sheets with blood stains and bugs and put them back on the beds and not get new sheets. They knew about this for a long time.”

The man claims that OSHA just down the hotel this week because of the issue and the old management and many on staff recently quit because of cleanliness issues. New to the position this week is Essex native Paul Hughes. Hughes says crews are replacing every carpet and bed in the building. : “We’re getting everything taken care of that needed to be taken care of 6 months to a year ago. We’re doing this to better the hotel and give the people coming in to stay here a better place to stay,” Hughes says.

Hughes says they’re working to become a FEMA certified hotel.

Contributed by Kristan Gray, KMA, Shenandoah

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Harkin: enroll kids, along with seniors, in Medicare

by O. Kay Henderson 11/6/09 4:31 PM

Senator Tom Harkin says two new ideas are likely to be aired when the Senate debates health care reform legislation in November or December, although Harkin doesn’t expect either idea to win approval. One provision would enroll all American children in Medicare, through their 19th birthday. 
“We ought to debate it.  We ought to see, now, [...]

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Three more H1N1 deaths reported in the state

by Dar Danielson 11/6/09 4:14 PM

The Iowa Department of Public Health today confirmed three more H1N1 deaths. The health department says two adults in Polk County and one adult in Woodbury County are the latest victims of H1N1.
The department say two of the three who died had known risk factors for complications from the disease. The latest three deaths bring [...]

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Health official says don’t go overboard with hand sanitizers

by Pat Curtis 11/6/09 3:54 PM

The state’s medical director is warning users of hand sanitizers not to go overboard. During the flu season, the Iowa Department of Public Health has recommended using hand sanitizer when soap and water aren’t available. But, Dr. Patricia Quinlisk says it doesn’t much to do the trick.
“You don’t need to get a lot of this [...]

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Cities look to new budgets facing tough decisions

by Dar Danielson 11/6/09 3:50 PM

With local elections now completed, city governments will begin working on their budgets for next year. The budget picture for many communities does not appear as dire as the state budget situation, but it’s not going to be an easy year. The executive director of the Iowa League of Cities, Alan Kemp, says property tax [...]

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Documentary features Field of Dreams ghost players

by Matt Kelley 11/6/09 3:49 PM

A documentary about the afterlife of the ghostly baseball players who faded into the corn in the movie “Field of Dreams” will make its Iowa debut this weekend. Joe Scherrman, of Dyersville, is producer and director of “Ghost Player: Relive the Magic.” He says most of those dozen or so men who were hired as [...]

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Northwestern next in Iowa’s path to perfect season

by Todd Kimm 11/6/09 3:47 PM

The Iowa Hawkeyes can take another step toward a perfect season with a victory over Northwestern. Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says the Hawks have gotten to this point by treating each game like it is the biggest of the season and this one is no different. ferentz says the team understands they are going to [...]

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