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Empathy and Efficiency: Navigating Property Management with Derek Morton In this episode of REIGN, the Real Estate Investor Growth Network, hosted by Jen Josey, guest Derek Morton, owner and principal broker of Net Gain Property Management Services, shares insights on optimizing real estate investments through smart hiring, firing, and automation strategies. Jen emphasizes the importance of creating a self-sustaining real estate business. Derek, with a deep commitment to supporting underserved communities, discusses his approach to providing housing solutions and maintaining empathy and effectiveness in property management. He highlights strategies to support tenants facing financial hardships and mental health challenges while still ensuring property owners' needs are met. The episode also delves into Derek's personal journey in real estate, his dedication to bettering tenant relations, and his innovative management practices. 00:00 Introduction to REIGN and Jen Josey 01:01 Badassery Bestowment: When to Hire, Fire, and Automate 03:28 Guest Introduction: Derek Morton 05:04 Derek's Journey into Real Estate 09:07 Balancing Empathy and Business in Property Management 17:39 Strategies for Maximizing Rental Returns 21:30 Choosing the Right Property Owners 22:30 Challenges with Property Owners 24:40 Improving Communication with Tenants 29:00 Supporting Tenants Facing Hardships 35:02 Derek's Personal Insights and Advice 40:05 Conclusion and Contact Information Derek Morton is the Owner and Principal Broker of Netgain Property Management Services, LLC, and a housing solutions advocate for underserved communities. Derek is known for his innovative solutions to housing challenges––such as finding private investors to purchase housing for those coming out of homelessness and domestic violence situations, partnering with local providers to increase mental health access for tenants. Derek and his wife live with (Terre) their 3 children in Iron County, Utah. To learn more about Jen Josey, visit www.TheRealJenJosey.com To join REIGN, visit www.REIGNmastermind.com Stuff Jen Josey Loves: https://www.reignmastermind.com/resources Buy Jen Josey's Book: From Beginner to Badass: https://a.co/d/bstKlby
Colleen Rue, also known as the Voice of the Mountain, joined Scott Jones and guest co-host Kim Grykuliak. Colleen discussed her career in the legal system supporting victims and her personal athletic endurance journey. We spoke about experiences of 29029 Everesting from how she got involved with this amazing event, what she enjoys most as MC and Scott and Kim's perspective as participants. COLLEEN'S BIO (Emcee & Announcer Focus) Colleen Rue is a seasoned endurance athlete and dynamic media professional with a rich and varied career. She brings expertise and passion to her work, helping others achieve their goals and push their limits. Her unique skill set allows her to forge deep connections between people and brands, enhancing events and experiences with her engaging presence. Colleen's ability to foster personal growth and build lasting bonds is at the heart of her work. Whether she's motivating athletes to cross the finish line or captivating an audience with her words, she creates meaningful experiences that resonate long after the event is over. BIO NOTE As I mentioned, my original career was as a paralegal where I worked for small family law firms and large international firms: from family law to antitrust. I spent many years supporting Southern Utah's Guardian ad Litem, who represented abused and neglected children in the court system. I also served as the Victim Advocate for Iron County, Utah, USA working out of the Iron County Attorney's Office.
The unjustified slaughter of around 120 men, women, and children emigrants in Mountain Meadows Utah on September 11, 1857, was an unspeakable tragedy. For Latter-day Saints then and now, one of the many painful details about this event is that it was instigated under the direction of local LDS leaders in Iron County who served simultaneously as ecclesiastical, civil, and military leaders. On this episode of Church History Matters, we continue our discussion about the Mountain Meadows Massacre, with a focus on the aftermath of the atrocity. Specifically, we probe what we know of Brigham Young's reaction to the massacre and where the erroneous idea came from that he ordered the attack. We walk through what we know about who was brought to justice for the massacre and what the eventual fate was of those who instigated and participated in this heinous tragedy. For show notes and transcript for this and other episodes go to https://doctrineandcovenantscentral.org/church-history-matters-podcast/
Mike Ferguson in the Morning 11-19-24 (6:05am) Yeah, someone's making popcorn in our building at 6am AND DRIVING US CRAZY! St. Louis Zoo had to put down a 17-year-old African lion named Ingazi due to various illnesses. Story here: https://www.firstalert4.com/2024/11/18/saint-louis-zoo-humanely-euthanized-african-lion/ And a mountain lion was sighted in Iron County, MO, south of St. Louis (near Farmington, Fredericktown, and Mark Twain National Forest), and it was shot by a deer hunter. An investigation is underway. Story here: https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/mountain-lion-killed-by-missouri-deer-hunter-investigation-underway/ (6:20am) The final tally for MO Amendment 2 is still hanging in the balance. Story here: https://missouriindependent.com/2024/11/18/margin-on-missouri-sports-betting-amendment-narrows-as-counties-tally-official-results/ (6:35am) John Berlau, Senior Fellow and Director of Finance Policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), talks about the proposal to federally cap interest rates on credit cards. What could be the unintended consequences? Dick Durbin and Bernie Sanders are pushing for it, and Josh Hawley is also supporting it. From CEI: “The Senate hearing will be held today (Tuesday, Nov. 19) related to the horrible Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA). The hearing, proposed by Sen. Dick Durbin, seeks to examine the CCCA and push for new mandates on American's credit cards. This is a last-ditch effort to push the CCCA through before the end of the legislative session. Our experts at CEI have discussed at length the ramifications of this bill for the American people.” (https://cei.org/experts/john-berlau/) (@jberlau) (https://cei.org/) (6:50am) MORNING NEWS DUMP We're still waiting on the final tally for MO Amendment 2 for sports betting in the state as the margin is down to just a few hundred votes. The Biden administration is now asking Congress for another 100 billion in emergency disaster relief aid after the recent hurricanes. MO Congressman Sam Graves will not be the next Secretary of Transportation. Trump says he will nominate former Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy. Nominated "Border Czar" Tom Homan is zeroing in on illegal alien gangs, especially the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. MO Conservation agents are following up on the shooting of a mountain lion in Iron County, south of St. Louis. Blues host the Minnesota Wild tonight at Enterprise Center at 7pm. NewsTalkSTL website: https://newstalkstl.com/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/NewsTalkSTL Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/NewstalkSTL Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NewsTalkSTL Livestream 24/7: bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMSSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mike Ferguson in the Morning 11-19-24 (8:05am) As viewership and ratings plummet for MSNBC, Morning Mika & Joe Scarborough make a trip down to Mar-a-Lago to chat with Trump. Gee, what happened to all of their Hitler/fascist/racist accusations from the past few years?!?!? Let's see how podcaster/reporter Megyn Kelly feels about it: https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2024/11/18/megyn-kelly-unleashes-the-hounds-of-hell-on-mika-brzezinski-and-joe-scarborough-n2182168 Also story here: https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2024/11/18/hot-takes-meltdown-city-on-the-left-after-joe-and-mika-try-playing-nice-with-donald-trump-again-n2182157 (8:20am) MORNING NEWS DUMP We're still waiting on the final tally for MO Amendment 2 for sports betting in the state as the margin is down to just a few hundred votes. The Biden administration is now asking Congress for another 100 billion in emergency disaster relief aid after the recent hurricanes. MO Congressman Sam Graves will not be the next Secretary of Transportation. Trump says he will nominate former Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy. Nominated "Border Czar" Tom Homan is zeroing in on illegal alien gangs, especially the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. MO Conservation agents are following up on the shooting of a mountain lion in Iron County, south of St. Louis. Blues host the Minnesota Wild tonight at Enterprise Center at 7pm. (8:35am) Cori Bush brings back her trash-talking antisemitism as she bashes AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) once again. (8:50am) The Trump Dance is showing up everywhere...sports, politics, videos, backyards! Crank up YMCA and go for it! NewsTalkSTL website: https://newstalkstl.com/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/NewsTalkSTL Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/NewstalkSTL Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NewsTalkSTL Livestream 24/7: bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMSSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Final results from the recount in the election for Republican Congressional District 2 are expected by the end of the day Monday. Lannie Chapman, Salt Lake County Clerk, joins the show to discuss what the recount process looks like and what they found in the recount for SLCO. John Whitaker, Iron County Clerk joins Greg and Taylor to update us on what's going on with the recount in Iron County.
The Cabin is presented by the Wisconsin Counties Association and this week we're featuring Iron County; https://bit.ly/3mHj06iThe Cabin is also presented by Jolly Good Soda: https://bit.ly/3TSFYY4Campfire Conversation: In this episode of The Cabin Podcast, we explore ten remarkable renovated spaces across Wisconsin. Join us as we highlight 10 South in Janesville, a historic armory from 1930 now transformed into a stunning wedding venue. Discover Topsy Turvy Brewery in Lake Geneva, which beautifully preserves its origins as a 1892 Methodist Episcopal Church. We'll take you to Menomonie's Brewery Nønic, set in a historic railroad depot, and Green Bay's Titletown Brewing Company, located in a former 1898 railway station. Milwaukee's Lakefront Brewery, housed in a 1908 coal-fired power plant, offers a unique brewing history. The Brewing Projekt in Eau Claire revitalized a historic brick building, while Superior's Thirsty Pagan Brewery and Ashland's Soo Line Depot showcase creative uses of former rail stations. We'll also visit Potosi Brewery, which now features the National Brewery Museum, and Madison's Garver Feed Mill, a multi-use facility with rich history. Tune in to be inspired by these incredible transformations redefining life, work, and play in Wisconsin! Inside Sponsors:Enbridge: https://bit.ly/48L2KYWWCA Group Health Trust: https://bit.ly/3evRaEQ
July 9th, 2024
Half a century ago, deindustrialization gutted blue-collar jobs in the American Midwest. But today, these places are not ghost towns. People still call these communities home, even as they struggle with unemployment, poverty, and other social and economic crises. Why do people remain in declining areas through difficult circumstances? What do their choices tell us about rootedness in a time of flux? Through the cases of the former steel manufacturing hub of southeast Chicago and a shuttered mining community in Iron County, Wisconsin, Amanda McMillan Lequieu traces the power and shifting meanings of the notion of home for people who live in troubled places. Building from on-the-ground observations of community life, archival research, and interviews with long-term residents, she shows how inhabitants of deindustrialized communities balance material constraints with deeply felt identities. McMillan Lequieu maps how the concept of home has been constructed and the ways it has been reshaped as these communities have changed. She considers how long-term residents navigate the tensions around belonging and making ends meet long after the departure of their community's founding industry. In Who We Are Is Where We Are: Making Home in the American Rust Belt (Columbia UP, 2024), Amanda McMillan Lequieu links the past and the present, rural and urban, to shed new light on life in postindustrial communities. Beyond a story of Midwestern deindustrialization, this timely book provides broader insight into the capacious idea of home—how and where it is made, threatened, and renegotiated in a world fraught with change. Michael O. Johnston, Ph.D. is a Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is the author of The Social Construction of a Cultural Spectacle: Floatzilla (Lexington Books, 2023) and Community Media Representations of Place and Identity at Tug Fest: Reconstructing the Mississippi River (Lexington Books, 2022). His general area of study is in the areas of social construction of experience, identity, and place. He is currently conducting research for his next project that looks at nightlife and the emotional labor that is performed by employees of bars and nightclubs. To learn more about Michael O. Johnston you can go to his website, Google Scholar, Twitter @ProfessorJohnst, or by email at johnstonmo@wmpenn.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Half a century ago, deindustrialization gutted blue-collar jobs in the American Midwest. But today, these places are not ghost towns. People still call these communities home, even as they struggle with unemployment, poverty, and other social and economic crises. Why do people remain in declining areas through difficult circumstances? What do their choices tell us about rootedness in a time of flux? Through the cases of the former steel manufacturing hub of southeast Chicago and a shuttered mining community in Iron County, Wisconsin, Amanda McMillan Lequieu traces the power and shifting meanings of the notion of home for people who live in troubled places. Building from on-the-ground observations of community life, archival research, and interviews with long-term residents, she shows how inhabitants of deindustrialized communities balance material constraints with deeply felt identities. McMillan Lequieu maps how the concept of home has been constructed and the ways it has been reshaped as these communities have changed. She considers how long-term residents navigate the tensions around belonging and making ends meet long after the departure of their community's founding industry. In Who We Are Is Where We Are: Making Home in the American Rust Belt (Columbia UP, 2024), Amanda McMillan Lequieu links the past and the present, rural and urban, to shed new light on life in postindustrial communities. Beyond a story of Midwestern deindustrialization, this timely book provides broader insight into the capacious idea of home—how and where it is made, threatened, and renegotiated in a world fraught with change. Michael O. Johnston, Ph.D. is a Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is the author of The Social Construction of a Cultural Spectacle: Floatzilla (Lexington Books, 2023) and Community Media Representations of Place and Identity at Tug Fest: Reconstructing the Mississippi River (Lexington Books, 2022). His general area of study is in the areas of social construction of experience, identity, and place. He is currently conducting research for his next project that looks at nightlife and the emotional labor that is performed by employees of bars and nightclubs. To learn more about Michael O. Johnston you can go to his website, Google Scholar, Twitter @ProfessorJohnst, or by email at johnstonmo@wmpenn.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology
Half a century ago, deindustrialization gutted blue-collar jobs in the American Midwest. But today, these places are not ghost towns. People still call these communities home, even as they struggle with unemployment, poverty, and other social and economic crises. Why do people remain in declining areas through difficult circumstances? What do their choices tell us about rootedness in a time of flux? Through the cases of the former steel manufacturing hub of southeast Chicago and a shuttered mining community in Iron County, Wisconsin, Amanda McMillan Lequieu traces the power and shifting meanings of the notion of home for people who live in troubled places. Building from on-the-ground observations of community life, archival research, and interviews with long-term residents, she shows how inhabitants of deindustrialized communities balance material constraints with deeply felt identities. McMillan Lequieu maps how the concept of home has been constructed and the ways it has been reshaped as these communities have changed. She considers how long-term residents navigate the tensions around belonging and making ends meet long after the departure of their community's founding industry. In Who We Are Is Where We Are: Making Home in the American Rust Belt (Columbia UP, 2024), Amanda McMillan Lequieu links the past and the present, rural and urban, to shed new light on life in postindustrial communities. Beyond a story of Midwestern deindustrialization, this timely book provides broader insight into the capacious idea of home—how and where it is made, threatened, and renegotiated in a world fraught with change. Michael O. Johnston, Ph.D. is a Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is the author of The Social Construction of a Cultural Spectacle: Floatzilla (Lexington Books, 2023) and Community Media Representations of Place and Identity at Tug Fest: Reconstructing the Mississippi River (Lexington Books, 2022). His general area of study is in the areas of social construction of experience, identity, and place. He is currently conducting research for his next project that looks at nightlife and the emotional labor that is performed by employees of bars and nightclubs. To learn more about Michael O. Johnston you can go to his website, Google Scholar, Twitter @ProfessorJohnst, or by email at johnstonmo@wmpenn.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology
Half a century ago, deindustrialization gutted blue-collar jobs in the American Midwest. But today, these places are not ghost towns. People still call these communities home, even as they struggle with unemployment, poverty, and other social and economic crises. Why do people remain in declining areas through difficult circumstances? What do their choices tell us about rootedness in a time of flux? Through the cases of the former steel manufacturing hub of southeast Chicago and a shuttered mining community in Iron County, Wisconsin, Amanda McMillan Lequieu traces the power and shifting meanings of the notion of home for people who live in troubled places. Building from on-the-ground observations of community life, archival research, and interviews with long-term residents, she shows how inhabitants of deindustrialized communities balance material constraints with deeply felt identities. McMillan Lequieu maps how the concept of home has been constructed and the ways it has been reshaped as these communities have changed. She considers how long-term residents navigate the tensions around belonging and making ends meet long after the departure of their community's founding industry. In Who We Are Is Where We Are: Making Home in the American Rust Belt (Columbia UP, 2024), Amanda McMillan Lequieu links the past and the present, rural and urban, to shed new light on life in postindustrial communities. Beyond a story of Midwestern deindustrialization, this timely book provides broader insight into the capacious idea of home—how and where it is made, threatened, and renegotiated in a world fraught with change. Michael O. Johnston, Ph.D. is a Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is the author of The Social Construction of a Cultural Spectacle: Floatzilla (Lexington Books, 2023) and Community Media Representations of Place and Identity at Tug Fest: Reconstructing the Mississippi River (Lexington Books, 2022). His general area of study is in the areas of social construction of experience, identity, and place. He is currently conducting research for his next project that looks at nightlife and the emotional labor that is performed by employees of bars and nightclubs. To learn more about Michael O. Johnston you can go to his website, Google Scholar, Twitter @ProfessorJohnst, or by email at johnstonmo@wmpenn.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies
Half a century ago, deindustrialization gutted blue-collar jobs in the American Midwest. But today, these places are not ghost towns. People still call these communities home, even as they struggle with unemployment, poverty, and other social and economic crises. Why do people remain in declining areas through difficult circumstances? What do their choices tell us about rootedness in a time of flux? Through the cases of the former steel manufacturing hub of southeast Chicago and a shuttered mining community in Iron County, Wisconsin, Amanda McMillan Lequieu traces the power and shifting meanings of the notion of home for people who live in troubled places. Building from on-the-ground observations of community life, archival research, and interviews with long-term residents, she shows how inhabitants of deindustrialized communities balance material constraints with deeply felt identities. McMillan Lequieu maps how the concept of home has been constructed and the ways it has been reshaped as these communities have changed. She considers how long-term residents navigate the tensions around belonging and making ends meet long after the departure of their community's founding industry. In Who We Are Is Where We Are: Making Home in the American Rust Belt (Columbia UP, 2024), Amanda McMillan Lequieu links the past and the present, rural and urban, to shed new light on life in postindustrial communities. Beyond a story of Midwestern deindustrialization, this timely book provides broader insight into the capacious idea of home—how and where it is made, threatened, and renegotiated in a world fraught with change. Michael O. Johnston, Ph.D. is a Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is the author of The Social Construction of a Cultural Spectacle: Floatzilla (Lexington Books, 2023) and Community Media Representations of Place and Identity at Tug Fest: Reconstructing the Mississippi River (Lexington Books, 2022). His general area of study is in the areas of social construction of experience, identity, and place. He is currently conducting research for his next project that looks at nightlife and the emotional labor that is performed by employees of bars and nightclubs. To learn more about Michael O. Johnston you can go to his website, Google Scholar, Twitter @ProfessorJohnst, or by email at johnstonmo@wmpenn.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/geography
Half a century ago, deindustrialization gutted blue-collar jobs in the American Midwest. But today, these places are not ghost towns. People still call these communities home, even as they struggle with unemployment, poverty, and other social and economic crises. Why do people remain in declining areas through difficult circumstances? What do their choices tell us about rootedness in a time of flux? Through the cases of the former steel manufacturing hub of southeast Chicago and a shuttered mining community in Iron County, Wisconsin, Amanda McMillan Lequieu traces the power and shifting meanings of the notion of home for people who live in troubled places. Building from on-the-ground observations of community life, archival research, and interviews with long-term residents, she shows how inhabitants of deindustrialized communities balance material constraints with deeply felt identities. McMillan Lequieu maps how the concept of home has been constructed and the ways it has been reshaped as these communities have changed. She considers how long-term residents navigate the tensions around belonging and making ends meet long after the departure of their community's founding industry. In Who We Are Is Where We Are: Making Home in the American Rust Belt (Columbia UP, 2024), Amanda McMillan Lequieu links the past and the present, rural and urban, to shed new light on life in postindustrial communities. Beyond a story of Midwestern deindustrialization, this timely book provides broader insight into the capacious idea of home—how and where it is made, threatened, and renegotiated in a world fraught with change. Michael O. Johnston, Ph.D. is a Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is the author of The Social Construction of a Cultural Spectacle: Floatzilla (Lexington Books, 2023) and Community Media Representations of Place and Identity at Tug Fest: Reconstructing the Mississippi River (Lexington Books, 2022). His general area of study is in the areas of social construction of experience, identity, and place. He is currently conducting research for his next project that looks at nightlife and the emotional labor that is performed by employees of bars and nightclubs. To learn more about Michael O. Johnston you can go to his website, Google Scholar, Twitter @ProfessorJohnst, or by email at johnstonmo@wmpenn.edu.
Half a century ago, deindustrialization gutted blue-collar jobs in the American Midwest. But today, these places are not ghost towns. People still call these communities home, even as they struggle with unemployment, poverty, and other social and economic crises. Why do people remain in declining areas through difficult circumstances? What do their choices tell us about rootedness in a time of flux? Through the cases of the former steel manufacturing hub of southeast Chicago and a shuttered mining community in Iron County, Wisconsin, Amanda McMillan Lequieu traces the power and shifting meanings of the notion of home for people who live in troubled places. Building from on-the-ground observations of community life, archival research, and interviews with long-term residents, she shows how inhabitants of deindustrialized communities balance material constraints with deeply felt identities. McMillan Lequieu maps how the concept of home has been constructed and the ways it has been reshaped as these communities have changed. She considers how long-term residents navigate the tensions around belonging and making ends meet long after the departure of their community's founding industry. In Who We Are Is Where We Are: Making Home in the American Rust Belt (Columbia UP, 2024), Amanda McMillan Lequieu links the past and the present, rural and urban, to shed new light on life in postindustrial communities. Beyond a story of Midwestern deindustrialization, this timely book provides broader insight into the capacious idea of home—how and where it is made, threatened, and renegotiated in a world fraught with change. Michael O. Johnston, Ph.D. is a Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is the author of The Social Construction of a Cultural Spectacle: Floatzilla (Lexington Books, 2023) and Community Media Representations of Place and Identity at Tug Fest: Reconstructing the Mississippi River (Lexington Books, 2022). His general area of study is in the areas of social construction of experience, identity, and place. He is currently conducting research for his next project that looks at nightlife and the emotional labor that is performed by employees of bars and nightclubs. To learn more about Michael O. Johnston you can go to his website, Google Scholar, Twitter @ProfessorJohnst, or by email at johnstonmo@wmpenn.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In northern Iron County sits more than 3,000 acres of a largely undeveloped flowage along the west branch of the Montreal River.The Gile Flowage will remain that way after the county is set to receive more than $4 million in federal funding to conserve it.
In this episode, we sit down with SUMA's Executive Director, Jessica Kinsey, to discuss an important part of our permanent collection, The Stillman Sculpture Court. We chatted about the changes that have taken place since the opening of SUMA and The Beverley Center in 2016, including new sculpture additions and updates to the overall design and landscaping. These changes have created a place of exploration, discovery, and contemplation that allows visitors to think about how they might see themselves reflected in the art. The Stillman Sculpture Court guide can be found here. Click the link for more information about the 2024 Director's Trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico. A most sincere thank you to the many supporters who helped make the sculpture court a reality: Larry and Liane Stillman family, Cedar Band Corporation, Cedar Livestock and Heritage Festival, Friends of SUMA, Iron County, Southern Utah University, Allan Houser Foundation, and Donna Law. We are also grateful to SUU Facilities for their efforts to beautifully maintain the sculpture court.
Iron County Sheriff Jeff Burkett resigned Wednesday just before the start of a civil trial to remove him from office over accusations he and two deputies helped a man in a parental kidnapping plot.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
In this episode, Hailey dives into the story of Hurley, including the community and its interwoven trail system. Hurley is tucked in Iron County–the snow capital of Wisconsin–and it surely lives up to its title. But the snow has never stopped the community from getting outside and connecting with one another by trail. Hurley continues to add on to their rich history by grooming trails, providing trails for visitors and locals alike to explore, and captures the heart of the community downtown. An integral part of Hurley's history is the White Thunder Riders Snowmobile Club, and their grooming traditions, which are now being passed down to the next generation. Because of their grooming efforts, Hurley has over 300 funded miles of snowmobile trails for everyone to enjoy. The best part? They all connect to the local businesses at the heart of the community. A few local gems are Sharon's Coffee Company and the notorious Iron Nugget.Read the blog here: https://discoverwisconsin.com/blog/the-story-of-hurley-connecting-trails-to-the-community/Hurley: https://hurleywi.com/; Iron County: http://www.co.iron.wi.gov/; White Thunder Riders Snowmobile Club: https://whitethunderriders.com/; Iron County Little Rippers Club: https://www.facebook.com/people/Iron-County-Little-Rippers/100066302209000/?paipv=0&eav=AfZcXvKXx_ZCP4fmSLQNlkxa0ws-2hzcaHfx715y6RvTgbqufQQ_RLli7galKIPZLqM&_rdr; Mercer Sno-Goers: https://mercersnogoers.com/; Iron County Forestry: https://ironcountyforest.org/; Snowmobile Trails: https://hurleywi.com/snowmobile-trails/; Ashland County: https://co.ashland.wi.us/; Price County: https://www.co.price.wi.us/; Vilas County: https://www.vilascountywi.gov/; Sharon's Coffee Company: https://www.facebook.com/sharonscc; Iron Nugget: https://www.ironnugget.com/; The Bobber: https://discoverwisconsin.com/blog/The Cabin Podcast: https://the-cabin.simplecast.com; Follow on social @thecabinpodShop Discover Wisconsin: shop.discoverwisconsin.com; Follow on social @shopdiscoverwisconsinDiscover Wisconsin: https://discoverwisconsin.com/; Follow on social @discoverwisconsin Discover Mediaworks: https://discovermediaworks.com/; Follow on social @discovermediaworksEnbridge: https://www.enbridge.com/; Follow on social @enbridge
Missouri gave Iron County more than $3 million to recover after the devastating December 14, 2005 flood triggered by the bursting of the Taum Sauk reservoir. Today, the money is nearly gone. Its funded projects included a coffee shop and bike park, but they made little impact to repair the damage. Tony Messenger, a columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, investigated the fund and found that most of the money has gone to insiders. Whistleblower Erich Jett, who worked for the board overseeing the fund, reveals what he saw as early as 2015 that led him to raise an alarm.
In 1857, Utah settlers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints were at war with the federal government. During the heightened hostilities, Iron County militiamen deliberately massacred a wagon train full of more than 100 men, women, and children traveling west from Arkansas. The Mountain Meadows Massacre was one of the worst atrocities of the American West and of the church's history. But how did it happen? And what do new details just published about the aftermath of the tragic event tell us about the risk that comes from current day hostilities and polarization in the country? In this week's episode of Utah Weekly Forum, FM100.3 Host Rebecca talks with historian Richard E Turley Jr., co-author, with Barbara Jones Brown, of the new book "Vengeance is Mine; The Mountain Meadows Massacre and its Aftermath."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sloyd is an education system developed in Finland in 1865 and is still widely used in Scandinavian countries.At its core, it teaches children character development through woodworking.A new school teaching the Sloyd Experience recently opened in Iron County, Wisconsin.As part of WXPR's We Live Up Here Series, Katie Thoresen takes us to one of the classes and introduces us to the man bringing the skill set to the Northwoods.
This is Derek Miller, Speaking on Business. rPlus Energies is a renewable energy development company based in Salt Lake City, and has been instrumental in opening Utah's market for utility-scale solar development. President Luigi Resta shares more on how they are helping meet the demands of the modern energy transition. LUIGI RESTA: Founded four and a half years ago, rPlus Energies develops utility-scale solar, wind, and solar plus battery projects, and, through a partnership known as rPlus Hydro, pumped storage hydropower projects. In Utah alone, we have eight large-scale projects under development or construction, or now in operation. Working closely with local stakeholders, landowners and county officials, rPlus developed Graphite Solar, which is operating in Carbon County, and is currently under construction on Appaloosa Solar in Iron County. These Utah-based projects denote more than a 2-billion-dollar investment in our economy, and continue Utah's energy legacy. rPlus values partnering with electrical utilities, incorporating customers as we strive to support them in achieving their energy goals by accessing the best mix of renewable resources and energy storage to enable a resilient, reliable and affordable power supply. Derek Miller: rPlus Energies develops large-scale modern power plants to contribute to the rebuilding of America's energy infrastructure. Prior to the formation of rPlus, its executives were instrumental in developing Utah's first utility-scale solar plant in 2015. For more information, visit the rPlus Energies website. I'm Derek Miller with the Salt Lake Chamber, Speaking on Business. Originally aired: April 3, 2023
We've seen it all over the news in just the last couple of weeks. Police investigating incidents of domestic violence including a man threatening a woman before setting a house on fire in Davis County, a boyfriend shooting and killing his 16-year-old girlfriend in Piute County, and a father killing his family before taking his own life in Iron County. And, of course, there are many more stories of domestic violence that don't make the headlines. This week Matt Rascon talks with Kait Sorenson, the executive director of Canyon Creek Services based in Cedar City. The local nonprofit is on the frontlines of the effort to end domestic violence every day in southern Utah. Over the last couple of weeks they've been working to help the community heal and learn from the tragedy in Enoch.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Cabin is presented by the Wisconsin Counties Association and this week we're featuring Iron County; https://bit.ly/3mHj06iThe Cabin is presented by Jolly Good Soda! Find them at your local grocery store and follow them on social media @jollygoodsoda; http://bit.ly/DWxJollyGoodCampfire Conversation: We are back for Wine-Sconsin: Part 2! Wisconsin has so many amazing and iconic wineries across the state that we had to come back for round 2. Plus, we have some new voices in The Cabin today to join in on the conversation! Welcome new co-host Apurba Banerjee to talk about some of the best and the newest wineries in Wisconsin. Plus, a conversation about natural wines, wine tours, and where to create your own wine are inside…Some wineries we discuss include; Von Stiehl Winery, Elmaro Winery, Trout Springs Winery, Rushford Winery & Meadery, Vines to Cellar Winery, Branches Winery, and more!Watch the full Discover Wisconsin episode, “Wisconsin's Iconic Wineries”; https://youtu.be/xiXR65Falw8Watch the full Discover Wisconsin episode, “Door County Wine and Cheese Tour”; https://youtu.be/OeauH5TKD7EThis Week's Wisconsin Treasure is sponsored by BetterHelp and you get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/cabinpod!This week we are featuring the Wisconsin Leadership Seminars helping to power the next generation of Wisconsin leaders; https://wils.us/.Shop Discover Wisconsin; Check out the Cabin Podcast merch and use code “CABIN” for a discount at; https://bit.ly/3PEtnFNGroup Health Trust; Serving local governments and school districts, the WCA Group Health Trust partners closely with members to fulfill their employee health benefit obligations in a fiscally responsible manner. Learn more at https://bit.ly/3JMizCX Marshfield Clinic; All of Us Research Program; https://bit.ly/3klM56EKnow Your Wisconsin: An Expanded Tradition: Ho-Chunk Pow Wows; https://youtu.be/svTuhV_sXkU
Hey... Make sure before you start recording that your mic is plugged in ;) Take it from us! This episode Katie takes back to Pleasant Grove, Utah and reminds us of the tragic history of Battle Creek and the possible spirits that may linger there. Along the way, April told us about the sad and very recent murder of young Stevie Shay Wilkerson from St. George, Utah after her body was found in a remote area of Iron County. Too bad you don't get to hear April's original telling of this story because we forgot to plug the microphone in *headsmack*. It's alright, enjoy this partial re-recording filled with our uncomfortable segues. Check out our website hauntandcold.com Remember to follow us on social media! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/haunt-cold/support
This episode features Erika Griggs, Chief Operating Officer at Iron County Medical Center. Here, she discusses the challenges & opportunities of being a rural medical center, what she is currently focused on, competition & strategy, and more.
Welcome back to episode 9 of the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we got the chance to chat with Becca Esplin, edtech coach for Iron County and Braxton Thornley, secondary ELA teacher and school technology coach from Jordan District, about how they teach their students to use a variety of digital objects and exercise their creativity.You can follow their work on Twitter - @edtechbyte for Becca, @BraxtonThornley for Braxton, and @KBeddes for Kiera. Kiera also referenced the book Originals by Adam Grant a couple times in this episode. You can check out the Amazon link for the book here.Over the course of this episode, we discuss the following questions (and more!) with our guests:How do you lead and model creativity?Why should students be creating?What role does feedback play in student creativity?At the end of the episode, we take a minute to spotlight the amazing eMedia resource in Utah's Online Library, EdcampUT happening in June, and the LAST #utedchat of the year. Next season's episodes of the UCET podcast will start again in September. Connect with us!UCET Newsletter: https://ucet.org/newsletter/UCET Edcamps: https://ucet.org/edcamp/#utedchat Weds at 9 p.m. on Twitter: https://ucet.org/utedchat/Special thanks to Matt Winters for the sound editing and Kiera Beddes for hosting.
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On Saturday a small plane crashed in Iron County which unfortunately took the lives of the four passengers who were on board. One of them was the pilot Deputy Steve Eatchel of Springville. Eatchel had been a deputy with Utah County Sheriff's office for nearly 12 years. Lindsay his wife, Thomas his brother and Danielle his brother's girlfriend was the other three. Debbie and Scott discuss the accident, as Scott Simpson, who is a pilot explains what went wrong. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode of Remote Work Radio, our host Marta Nielsen reconnects with Carri Beck, a remote worker living in Iron County, UT. Carri is an alumni of USU Extension's Master Remote Work Professional (MRWP) course who found a remote job as a staff accountant for LedgerGurus, a remote-first accounting company for e-commerce businesses. She provides an update on her recent promotion and her long-term plans for moving up within her company.
I have two theories about what's happening in our market right now. We're coming to you from high on the hill to talk about the possibility of a market crash. We get asked all the time if this is another housing bubble. The market feels bubbly, right? But, we have two theories that cover what might happen. Let's go over them: Theory No. 1 is that this thing crashes. It's very simple. This market feels like 2005 to a lot of people. We've seen stratospheric increases in home values; prices are rising too much, too quickly. 4% to 5% appreciation per year is normal. Guys, we saw 30% appreciation in Washington County in the last 12 months. Iron County and Cedar City saw the same thing, and we had 15% and 12% appreciation in the years before that. Home values in Washington County are up 100% since 2016. Your $250,000 home in 2016 is now a $500,000 home five years later. We're so used to it that we don't even notice it. Theory No. 1 is that there's a massive crash; it's 2007 and 2008 all over again. “This is just an exhale, the calm before the next storm.” Theory No. 2, which I'm leaning toward, is that the “bubble” that has been blown gets a pin hole in it and the market stabilizes. The difference between now and 2005 is that buyers are either paying with cash or thoroughly qualified for their home loans. There are still some folks buying sight-unseen…actually MANY are doing so because they can't physically get here quick enough to win the bid. But they aren't just buying flippantly like we saw in 2007. Lastly, let's talk about California. They have some lovely things like the beach and Disneyland. My videographer is here from California, but he's planning to move to Texas because California also has forest fires, burning cities, oil spills, and a failed gubernatorial recall! There are reasons people are leaning. People will continue to leave, and they're going to go right up the interstate to our town, which supports theory no. 2. Meaning we DO NOT foresee a market crash. If you're a Buyer waiting for prices to drop significantly, I'm not sure it's coming. What's your theory? Crash or no? Bursting bubble or just “blowing” a bubble? If you have any questions about our theories or real estate in general, don't hesitate to call or email us. We'd love to hear from you!
In “Death by a Thousand Cuts,” we discuss how compromises in the pursuit of money lead to corruption and how organizations that start out with great promise and make a fortune challenging the status quo, then become the status quo at the expense of their values, their mission, and the very animals they promised to protect. Oreo, an abused dog, was killed by the ASPCA, despite a rescue group offering to save her. Two volunteers of the group even went to the ASPCA but were escorted out after the ASPCA refused to meet with them. On a cold, Friday morning, 12 years ago this week, Oreo was killed; not by her abuser, but by those whose mission it was to protect her. As we solemnly observed the 12-year anniversary of the ASPCA's killing of Oreo, an abused dog, who a No Kill sanctuary offered to save, new legislation aims to stop this from ever happening again. A new study finds that even quieter sounds, like the low-battery “chirping” of a smoke detector, could trigger fear and anxiety in dogs and the anxiety could be just as intense as thunder or fireworks. A first hand look inside the PETA kill room. A Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that an officer who unreasonably shoots a dog can be held civilly liable for violating the constitutional rights of the dog's family. Why do animal shelters kill? Impossible foods, a company saving nearly 250,000 animals a year, wants to save even more with the launch of its Impossible meatballs. When “community sheltering” means no sheltering. The number of communities placing over 95% is increasing. And “Death by a Thousand Cuts,” an eye-opening discussion as to how humane organizations become corrupted in their pursuit of money, friendships, and power.These are some of the stories making headlines in animal protection:* We solemnly observed the 12-year anniversary of the ASPCA's killing of Oreo, an abused dog, who a No Kill sanctuary offered to save. Meanwhile, new legislation that aims to make this illegal will be taken up in New York State next year.* A new study finds that while most people recognize stress in dogs from loud, unusual noises like fireworks, they were less likely to understand that even quieter sounds could trigger fear and anxiety — and the anxiety could be just as intense as thunder or fireworks.* A first hand look inside the PETA kill room.* Police shooting of dogs is an ongoing problem. Thankfully, families are suing and winning. A Federal Court of Appeal has just ruled that an officer who unreasonably shoots a dog can be held civilly liable for violating the constitutional rights of the dog's family.* Why do animal shelters kill? The answer is not — as so many people believe — because “there are too many animals and not enough homes.” The answer is because they find killing easier than doing what is necessary to stop it.* First it was the Impossible burger. Then came Impossible sausage. Then Impossible nuggets. Now comes Impossible meatballs. An industry report says that Impossible Foods saves almost 250,000 animals every year. That will only increase with the launch of the new “delicious” meatballs.* When “community sheltering” means no sheltering. Regressive shelters are embracing a concept they call “community sheltering,” but which often means little more than closing their doors to animals in need.As more people turn to rescue and adoption and more shelters embrace progressive policies, the number of communities placing over 95% and as high as 99% of the animals is increasing. * Iron County, WI, reported a 99% placement rate for dogs and 94% for cats.* Lake County, FL, reported a 98% placement rate for dogs, 95% for cats, and 93% for rabbits and other small animals.* Oak Ridge, TN, reported a 96% placement rate for dogs and 96% for cats.These shelters and the data nationally prove that animals are not dying in pounds because there are too many, because there are too few homes, or because people don't want the animals. They are dying because people in those pounds are killing them. Replace those people, implement the No Kill Equation, and we can be a No Kill nation today.And, finally, how do organizations go from championing lifesaving to defending those who kill animals? From building parvo puppy wards and bottle baby programs to calling for fewer kennels, the cutting of shelter budgets, and closing the doors to needy animals? From hosting conference workshops on how to wage a campaign for No Kill reform to featuring directors who not only kill animals, but allow them to suffer horrifically? And from fighting regressive directors on behalf of shelter reformers to fighting shelter reformers to protect even abusive shelter directors?In an eye-opening podcast, we discuss how compromises in the pursuit of money lead to corruption and how organizations — like Austin Pets Alive and Best Friends — started out with great promise and made a fortune challenging the status quo, but then became the status quo at the expense of their values, their mission, and the very animals they promised to protect. (Two short audio clips are of Lester Bangs as portrayed in the 2000 film Almost Famous.) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit news.nathanwinograd.org/subscribe
President Joe Biden will take action in the near future to restore Utah's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante national monuments. Iron County water managers seek to tap aquifers in Beaver County's Pine Valley to fuel growth in Cedar City. And a lawsuit aims to topple Utah's cash-based bail system. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune […]
In this episode, our executive producer, Paul Hill, features the audio of the film “Empowering Rural Utah Through Remote Work," a short documentary on the impact of the Rural Online Initiative program in the lives of three women from rural Utah who found remote work: Marriah Birch in Carbon County, Vicky Kuykendall in San Juan County, and Carri Beck in Iron County. The film also features Joshua Aikens, Chief of Staff at Zonos, a Utah tech company, and Spencer J. Cox, Governor of the Great State of Utah. The full-length documentary is available on the USU Extension - Rural Online Initiative YouTube Channel.
BECOME A PRODUCER! http://www.patreon.com/themidnighttrainpodcast Find The Midnight Train Podcast: www.themidnighttrainpodcast.com www.facebook.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.twitter.com/themidnighttrainpc www.instagram.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.discord.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.tiktok.com/themidnighttrainp And wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. Subscribe to our official YouTube channel: OUR YOUTUBE A story from a Union Screaming House Survivor By Steven LaChance, 2004 “Do you believe in ghosts? I used to be like many of you. I was a true skeptic. A true disbeliever. That was me until three years ago. Now I do believe. I wish I didn't. It would be easier for me to sleep at night. Even now, three years later, I am still woken up in the night by the memory of the screaming man, the child in pain, and the dark ghostly image that turned my world upside down and changed my beliefs forever. I do believe in ghosts. It was in May 2001. I needed desperately to find a place for myself and three children to live in Union, Missouri. Our lease was up at the apartment where we had lived for two years. I was a single father, and I was about to find myself and my children homeless. Like many, I had answered just about every ad in the newspaper for rentals. One evening I received a call from this woman telling me about this house. She said it was a rather large old house that was in very good shape. She invited me to an open house which was to be held that coming Sunday. Sunday rolled around. You can't imagine the surprise when my daughter and I rolled up in front of this large old white house. We walked in. The smell of cookies baking hit us immediately upon entering through the front door. To our surprise, we were standing in a living room with cherubs surrounding the top of the walls all the way around the room. All of the original woodwork was intact and a large wooden pole ran to the ceiling creating a divider which separated the living room from the family room. The house had two floors with three bedrooms, and a large family kitchen with a mudroom that led to the back door. The upstairs bedrooms had a breezeway that could be accessed from all rooms. The basement had an old butcher's shower and a fruit cellar. It was more house than we ever imagined for the price and immediately made up our minds that we had to have it. Anyone who has lived in an apartment for two years with three children would understand our desperation. We had to have this house. We spoke with the landlady and she gave me an application to fill out. There were many people there looking at the house so we knew we would have to compete to be its tenants. I handed my application to the landlady. “You understand the responsibility that comes with living in an old house such as this?” she asked. “Oh, yes I understand. It's beautiful.”, I quickly replied, not really understanding to what I was agreeing to. “Well then I will get back to you,” she quickly retorted and was off to peddle her wares to another of the visiting house hunters. She was a strange old lady and the way she showed the house wasn't in a real estate type manner. She showed the house as if she were showing a museum. We felt like we were on one of the house tours often given each year for charity. A week went by before the phone rang one evening. It was the strange landlady overly excited to tell me that she had selected me, my daughter and two sons to live in the old house. I was to meet her that following day at a restaurant to settle all of the paperwork and payment. I thought this was a little strange and I was a little disappointed because I couldn't wait to see the house that would now become our home. The papers were signed on the following day. That weekend was Memorial weekend and we were all set to move in. It seemed like years before Friday came that week, but we were finally there. Moving day. The move was a normal one and before we knew it all of our belongings were hidden safely inside the old white house. I was removing the last few items from the moving truck when a car slowed down, almost stopping in front of our new home. From the window of the slow-moving car, the passenger said, “Hope you get along okay here,” and then sped up and drove away. “What do you think of that dad,” my puzzled daughter asked. “Friendly neighbors I suppose,” I replied as I shut the sliding door to the truck. The first night in the house went by without fanfare. Maybe because we were so tired from the move or perhaps because the house wanted to draw us in a little closer before beginning its series of attacks and assaults upon me and my family. The next morning started like most any other day. Except I did notice one strange thing about the house. Each of the houses' interior doors had an old-fashioned hook and eye latch, but not on the inside of each rooms doors to keep someone out. The latches were on the outside of the rooms doors, as if to keep something in. “What is it dad?” my youngest son asked from behind. “Oh nothing,” I replied and went about the business of unpacking our things. The first incident happened in the living room when I was hanging a large picture of two angels. My daughter thought that this would complement the cherubs that surrounded the room. I hung the picture and turned to walk away. Crash! I turned to see that the picture had fallen to the floor. Re-hanging the picture once again, I turned away. Crash! The picture was once again on the floor. Hanging it for a third time, when I started walking away I felt a rush of air and something hit the back of my ankles. “What the hell…?” I turned to see the picture lying at my feet. More determined than ever, I hung the picture again and stated loudly, “Stay there dammit.” I had to laugh because I was alone. Who did I think I was talking to? The kids were playing on the front porch. “Dad come and see this,” my daughter's voice rang through the front door. I stepped out onto the porch. “Sit down and watch this,” she said excitedly. “Watch what?” I replied. No sooner were the words out of my mouth when my daughter pointed to an old man walking down the sidewalk toward our house. However, when he reached our property line he quickly crossed the street and continued his walk on the opposite sidewalk. “They don't like walking in front of our house dad. Isn't that weird?” my daughter, breathless with excitement stated. And right she was. I sat on that porch for a good three hours watching our neighbors cross the street away from our house any time they walked along our street. A couple of times I motioned as if to say hello, but they just dropped their heads and continued on their way at a brisker pace. “Maybe they are uncomfortable with new neighbors?” I rationalized trying to make sense out of the senseless situation. We went inside for dinner and the rest of the night went normally without incident. Sunday. The kids came home from church excited because we had set aside the whole day to work on our yard. This was a big deal for us because the only outside area our apartment provided was a front balcony. We mowed the grass and cleaned out the leaves from under the porch and in the front yard. Strangely enough, the trees seemed to be shedding their leaves as if it were Fall. Strange tree behavior, I thought, and made a mental note to mention it to the landlady when I talked with her next. I asked my youngest son to go inside and bring out the garden hose from the basement so we could clean off the walkways and wash down the weathered white of the house. A few moments passed when I heard him screaming from inside the house. Running frantically into the house, I found him standing in the kitchen shaking, in the middle of a puddle of urine. “What's wrong? What happened?” Looking at me with the scared eyes of a child, he said, “Something chased me up the basement steps.” “What chased you?” I asked, already thinking the overactive imagination of a little boy was at play here. “I don't know daddy, but it was big.” Me and my other two children checked the basement but found nothing except for the garden hose that had been dropped during his frightened escape. “Let's get you cleaned up,” I said. Naturally, there was teasing from my other two children about the proverbial basement monster. “Better watch out when you go into the basement because…” The glare of my eye finished my middle boy's sentence. The rest of Sunday and Monday went without any other incidents and we were so happy those first few days in the house. My daughter was making plans about gardens, decorating, and my boys thought it would be easy to walk to their baseball games because the park was very close. It was a normal, happy time which, unfortunately, did not last for long. Monday came. The last week of school for my kids and a long week of work for me. Each day we would leave the house and return each evening to find every light in the house turned on. I blamed the children for leaving the lights on in the morning. However, on Friday, my daughter and I sent the boys to the car while we toured the house making sure that every light was off. That night we returned home to again find every light burning. When I walked into the house I was a little shaken – there being no logical reason for all of the lights being on other than there was someone in our house. Searching the house in a panic, I found nothing. “Daddy, it's cold in here,” my daughter stated from the living room. What was she talking about? Sweat was pouring down my back and across my brow. However, when I stepped into the living room, the temperature dropped a good thirty degrees. That was the first time I felt its presence. I can't describe it any better than it felt like an electrical current running through my body, bringing tears to my eyes and bumps to my arms. It passed quickly. I remember thinking, “What the hell was that?” Soon, my daughter stated, “Daddy it's getting warm in here,” and sure enough the temperature was rising as I watched the thermostat climb. That night my children slept with me – what little sleep I got. Sunday night. We were sitting in the living room talking. I was getting ready to take a trip the following morning to Indianapolis for work and we were discussing their plans for a stay at Grandma's. The kids had their backs to the living room, for which I am still thankful because the memory of what happened next still haunts my dreams to this day. I noticed it first out of the corner of my eye. A quick glance. Something moving, standing at the kitchen doorway that led into the family room. Not something – someone. I looked toward it again. It was a dark figure of a man, even though there was full light. He was solid in form except there was a moving, churning, dark gray, black smoke or mist that made up his form. I looked down because I was sure I wasn't seeing this and that my eyes were playing tricks on me. One or two good rationalizations and we could go on with our lives without incident. A few moments passed and I was sure that when I looked up again that it would be gone. But, he was still there and he began to move. Moving into the family room and pausing in the center of the room, his form was still a mass of churning, turning blackness. He stood there for what seemed an eternity, but in actuality, it was only a few moments and then he melted into the air. Gone. I remember the thoughts that were racing through my head. ” I have two choices. We could run out of the house screaming into the night like those crazies you always see in the movies. You know the ones that are always based on fact. Or, the other choice, we could get up quietly, leave the house and figure all of this out.” My hands were shaking uncontrollably. “That's what we'll do. We will go quietly, orderly as if nothing was wrong” Standing up on shaky legs, I said in my calmest daddy voice, “Let's go get a soda and see grandma.” My youngest was instantly excited at the prospect of a soda before bed and the older two looked at me as if I lost my mind. “Come on guys, it will be fun.” Thank God, my car keys were on the coffee table in front of us. We moved orderly out the front door and I turned to lock the door, when a loud painful scream of a man came from inside the house. It sounded as if he was screaming in pain, so loud that it could be heard throughout the neighborhood and the dogs began to bark. To hell with orderly, “Get in the car!” I screamed at my children. At a dead run, we headed to the car and to drive to my Mom's house, which is still a blur to this day. I was in a panic and I knew that we had to get away from the old white house. But before we were away from the neighborhood, my youngest son, in a very scared voice, said, “Daddy the basement monster is standing in the upstairs window.” I looked back and sure enough, the black form was standing in the window watching us leave. That night we stayed at my parents' house. Early the next day, I gathered my things and left for my business trip. I had a whole week of rationalizations by the time I returned home to pick up my children. Where else were we to go? I had put everything I had saved, and then some, into the move. We had no other choice but to go back to the big old white house. Besides, after a week of talking myself out of the events of that night I was ready to return, so on Friday night we returned to the house. The weekend went by without incident, though we got very little sleep. I was taking another extended weekend to make up to my kids for my week away. On Saturday we explored the big shed at the back of the yard and in it, we found a number of personal belongings that appeared to belong to different people. My parents convinced me that maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea to call the strange old landlady and ask her some straight forward questions about the house. It was to be one of the most awkward and strangest phone calls of my life. Once I was able to reach her, I carefully chose my words and asked in a normal voice if any of the previous tenants had ever mentioned a ghost. Well of course, she said at first that she could not remember. However, she went on to say that one female tenant had claimed that her dead father came to visit her, but the old woman always thought she was crazy. The landlady said that some of the stuff in the shed had been left behind by the girl, but she couldn't get her to come pick it up. The other stuff in the shed evidently belonged to a man who had lived there but left in the middle of the night, leaving behind his things. But, no she had never heard of anyone talking about the house being haunted. I asked her how long ago did these people live there? And she said, “Not much more than a year honey, why do you ask?” The phone call wasn't of much help. And it didn't calm my fears much, but what else could I do? The rest of the long weekend came and went. I actually had convinced myself that it was just a one-time ordeal because nothing more was happening. That was until Monday night. I was on the phone with my mom. The kids were off playing in my bedroom which was located on the first floor. While on the phone, I began to hear the inside doors rattling. Listening closely, they rattled again and I yelled at the kids to quit playing games. I told my Mom that everything was okay, just the kids playing tricks. They rattled again, this time harder. So, I scolded the children this time louder to behave and stop playing tricks. At this time they rattled louder, but before I could scold them, my daughter's scared voice cut me off., “Daddy, I'm in here reading and my brothers are asleep.” Now I will try to recreate what happens next to the best of memory. Some of it I remember clearly. Other parts are a blur to this day. Just as soon as I heard my daughter the temperature in the house instantly dropped a good thirty degrees. With it came the feeling of the electrical charge running through my body. Along with its energy a horrible stench that I cannot describe permeated the room. And then, the screaming started – softly at first, but building in momentum. I yelled through the phone to my mother to come help – we were getting out. Then the whole house began to shake and come alive. From above, I could hear something large coming down the stairs. Boom. Boom! BOOM! The screaming of the man over and over. The screaming of my daughter, “Daddy what is happening!” Along with this came the thought that one of my two bedroom doors connected to the stairs. BOOM! BOOM! It was coming down those stairs! I had to get to my children! The whole house was alive with noise. The floor beneath me was shaking as I made my way to the bedroom door. I felt something behind me and I knew I didn't want to turnaround to see it! BOOM! SCREAMING! A new scream mixed into the man's scream – this one from a child. BOOM! SCREAMS! BOOM! I made it to my bedroom door but it wouldn't open. By this time I, too, am screaming. Throwing myself against the door it still wouldn't budge. I continued to throw myself against the door again and again until it finally slammed open. My daughter was in shock by this point. I instructed my middle son to grab his brother and run out the front door and head for the car. BOOM! BOOM! SCREAMS! My daughter won't move and I finally had to slap her to bring her to life. Finally responding, I grab her and head for the door as I hear the other bedroom door slam open behind us. It was on our trail and I knew I couldn't let it reach us. The whole house was still shaking and alive with noise and something big on our heels. When we reached the front door and out onto the porch, I slammed the front door behind us. As we got into the car we could still hear the noise coming from the house. I drove away and parked at the top of the street where I could still see the house and wait for my parents to arrive. We could see “it” searching through the house. Searching! Searching for us! It's blackness moving from room to room methodically. That was our last night in the house. My children never returned. When I returned to get a few of our things on several occasions I never went alone. Everyone I brought into that house with me would also witness something happen. A scream. Whispers. Pounding from the floor above. It was not selective anymore at who it let hear its fury. I remember what the old lady said to me as I turned over the key. Standing there, the whole side of my arm and torso still bruised from throwing myself against that bedroom door, she said, “Some people are meant to live in an old house like that. And some people aren't. I never thought you were the old house type.” And I guess she was right. About a month after moving out of the old house a friend sent me a website address that she wanted me desperately to see. “Put John T. Crowe, Union, Missouri into your search engine,” she said. When I did, the face of a man came onto my screen. The same face that showed up in a picture my brother took in the fruit cellar one afternoon while I was packing for the move. The man was famous. The land itself is famous, with a history dating back to the civil war. About a year ago, someone I know saw a police car race up to that house one night and witnessed a family running out of its front door in their nightclothes. As for the house today – the old lady turned it into a dog kennel this past fall. I guess she ran out of people that could live in an old white house like that one. You see I do believe in ghosts. I still drive past that house every once in a while and when I get enough nerve I look up at the upstairs window and it's there. Watching. Waiting. Angry. Sometimes its screams still wake me from my sleep, its infectious scream creeping into my dreams, turning them into nightmares. I still don't sleep very well. In my dreams I see a faceless man standing in that basement washing away blood from his naked blood-covered body. Grunting. Panting. Breathing. The breathing you'd hear when you were alone with it in a room. The breathing you would hear when you knew it was there. Heavy. Labored. Breathing. Yes, I do believe in ghosts. I do believe in ghosts. And maybe you should too? Submitted by Steven LaChance. Updated: March, 2017 who wrote a book about his experiences called The Uninvited. Ok, so who was this captain John T. Crowe? Well, we found his actual obituary from 1923. Obituary for John Thomas Crowe from the Republican Tribune, Union, Missouri April 20, 1923 Captain John T. Crowe died at his house nine miles west of Union Monday night, April 16, 1923, aged 81 years, three months and nineteen days having been born in the home in which he passed away, December 28, 1841. Captain Crowe belonged to one of the most highly respected families of the county and one that perhaps has been as long connected with the progressive spirit of the county as any of the many prominent families that have left their imprint upon our county's progress. Captain or Judge Crowe, as he was sometimes called, belonged to one of the oldest families in the state as well as in the county. His great-grandfather, Godfrey Crowe, was born and raised in Germany and came to Missouri in 1796 and settled in St. Charles county. Michael Crowe, the grandfather of Captain Crowe was born and reared in St. Charles county. He married a Miss Green, the daughter of Col. Jas. Green, who was born in Virginia and came to Kentucky, where he took part in the Indian troubles and was a close companion of Daniel Boone. When the latter came to Missouri, Colonel Greene came with him and settled in St. Charles county, towards the close of the 18th century. Michael Crowe and his wife came to Franklin county in 1808 and settled near Labaddie. March 1, 1818, he was killed while loading a log on a wagon. The father of Captain John T. Crowe, Martin Luther Greene Crowe, was born August 18, 1818. A few months after the death of his father, he was married to Jane Catherine Jump, daughter of Samuel Jump, July 25, 1838. The father died November 14, 1890 and the mother, February 7, 1891. Martin L. G. Crowe was elected county assessor in 1854. At the expiration of his term as assessor he was elected county judge and in 1859 he became county clerk and served faithfully in that capacity until January 1, 1871. To Mr. And Mrs. M. L. G. Crowe, six children were born: two died in infancy, one son, Samuel, died in 1886 at the age of almost 30 years, Mrs. William Leiser, the only daughter, died in Montana a few years ago and one son. George Crowe is at present living in Nogales, Arizona. When the father took charge of the county clerk's office in 1859, his son, John T., although only 18 years old, immediately became his father's assistant and main reliance and remained to the office until President Lincoln's first call for 75,000 men to serve three months. John Crowe was one of the first to respond to his country's call. At the end of three month's service, he returned to Union and enlisted in Co. E, 26th regiment of Missouri volunteers infantry. This company was organized in the southern part of the county in December 1861. It was recruited by Robert C. Crowell, who desired and expected to be captain. At the election of officers, however, John T. Crowe, who was just twenty years old, was almost unanimously elected captain. But owing partly to his youth, but more largely to the loyalty to his older friend, positively declined any office in his company whatever. He accepted, however, the position as adjutant for the regiment. He took this because he realized what all others knew, that owing to his office experience and education he was better fitted for the place than anyone in the regiment. He was appointed 2nd lieutenant of the company June 26, 1862 and six months later was transferred to company I and promoted to first lieutenant, August 22, 1862. He became captain of the company June 23, 1863 and remained at the head of his company until the expiration of his enlistment, which was December 25, 1864. He lacked three days of being 24 years of age and was one of the youngest captains in the service. Soon after its organization the regiment joined the expedition under General Pope against New Madrid and as an officer Captain Crowe took part in the following military activities: Battles of Tipton, Farmington, Corinth, Iuka, Port Gibson, Missionary Ridge and in Sherman's famous march to the sea and through the Carolinas. The late Judge Ryers, who made a study of the army reports told that the official records of Captain Crowe were among the very best of any in the state. When he reached Union after the expiration of his enlistment he was commissioned adjutant to the second military district of Missouri. When the war was over he came back to Union and resumed his duties in the office of the county clerk and continued to relieve his aged father of as much of the work as he could. He retired from his duties as deputy when his father's term expired, December 31, 1870. In 1868 he was admitted to the bar of Franklin county but did not enter the regular practice of law. In 1872 he was elected sheriff over John R. Roberson. He was reelected in 1874 and in 1876 he was elected probate judge over H. R. Sweet and served until January 1, 1881 when he was appointed deputy internal revenue collector at a much larger remuneration than he had received as probate judge. He served as deputy revenue collector until the election of Cleveland when he retired to the old homestead and where he has made his home practically ever since. He was elected as representative in the legislature in 1890 and served the county faithfully in the 36th general assembly. He was by nature a great lover of agricultural pursuits and sold all his real estate in Union and lived the remainder of his life on his farm which was well fitted with modern conveniences. On January 16, 1860, John T. Crowe married Minerva M. Breckenridge, a daughter of Asa Breckenridge, a most highly respected citizen and relative of the famous Breckenridge family of Kentucky. To this union four children were born, Asa B., a prominent merchant of Sullivan; Martin Luther, who was killed in a railroad accident October 17, 1890; Maude, the wife of R. L. Allen, a banker of Farmington; and Nellie, the wife of Lilburn W. Brown, with whom the father made his home on the old homestead. Mrs. Crowe died in July, 1874. On March 9, 1877, Mr. Crowe was again married, this time to Miss Sarah E. Hendricks, a member of an old and honored family. To this union three children were born; Addie, the wife of Fred Lyford, a civil engineer living in Iowa; and John and Howard Crowe, prominent business men of Southwest Missouri. The second wife died September 18, 1895. In addition to the six children above enumerated captain Crowe is survived by one brother, George Crowe, of Nogales, Arizona, who arrived at the bedside just four hours before his brother died. He also leaves sixteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Captain Crowe had been a prominent Mason since early manhood. He was a member of some three or four old soldiers' organizations and always attended their meetings as long as he was able to do so with comfort. Captain John T. Crowe was a patriot in the fullest sense of the word and proved it by his facing the enemies of this country in the most trying circumstances. He was always courteous and amiable in society and was always a gentleman. But above and beyond all he left a family that are each and all an honor to themselves, their country and the communities in which they live. No man could leave a greater or nobler heritage to posterity. Paranormal groups and the Catholic Church were called in to investigate the home. Historically, the home was supposedly built on the remains of a slave quarters cabin from the pre-Civil War era. Within five hundred feet of the home was an older cemetery, while across the street in a separate home, a violent ax murder once took place. Paranormal groups have documented dozens of EVPs and photographs of the activity in the home. Such documentation has not come without a price, while some investigators have been bitten or scratched. The Catholic Church issued a rare 156-page report on the home claiming it was indeed manifested with a strong demonic presence. The Screaming House was built in 1932 and was placed upon the actual spot which once held the slave quarters. In all historical documents, you will not find one incident where the Captain admittedly was a slave owner. The slaves were always listed as belonging to his wife Minerva who came to Union, Missouri with her family from Kentucky. There is talk of Minerva having improper relations with at least one of her male slaves which may have led to her death and the deaths of all of the young male slaves on the property. One of the sources of this atrocity was an actual member and heir of the Captain himself. Captain Crowe sold his land in Union, Missouri to A.J. Saey who later became the first Governor of Oklahoma. Captain Crowe moved to Beaufort, Missouri where he spent the rest of his years. Below you will see the grave sites of the Captain and his beautiful wife. Standing on the hillside overlooking Union City Park is a huge Nursing Home. In its day this building was used as a Civil War Hospital and was also used after the war as the County Poor House. It is a well known fact among Union residents that if you don't know where one of your ancestors is buried they are most likely buried in one of the mass graves in the city park. One of these mass graves is not far from the Screaming House. In 1974, a replaying of a modern Lizzy Borden case took place almost directly across from the Screaming House on the next street over. A woman took an ax and killed her husband. Once she had completed her dirty deed, she took a gun and committed suicide. You might be thinking that a woman using a gun to commit suicide is uncommon, but not in Union, Missouri. Several women have ended their lives at the end of a gun. Another house across from the Screaming House a man committed suicide in front of his young nephew with a gun. So all in all there is plenty of reason for the Screaming House to be haunted. It seems the land on and surrounding the house is just bad. If you speak to some of the residents of the town who will talk about the haunting. They will tell you that you get an awful feeling from the home and some claim to even get physically ill when they are near it. Others will tell you that not only the house is haunted but the entire neighborhood as well. It seems that Union, Missouri is rife with axe murders. From Sue Blessing at emissouri.com “A story from an 1875 issue of The Record first alerted me to this murder, as the woman accused of the crime was then being housed in the jail at Union. I was particularly drawn to the case because the account stated the perpetrator was the widow of Capt. William Eads, whose steamboats had plied the waters of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers in an earlier era. William Eads Sr., and William Eads Jr. were both riverboat captains. It is possible she could have been married to the younger Eads, who died in 1863 at age 27, but this is mostly speculation. However, the case was an interesting one so I began searching for more information. I'll start at the beginning, drawing on at least a dozen resources. The murder was said to have taken place on April 1, 1872. At the time, Mrs. Eads was living on a farm in Jefferson County with a hired man by the name of Joe Howard, two children she had adopted, Louis Merrill Taylor, age 6, and his sister, Mary Josephine Taylor, age 13. Also living in the home was Charles Eads, a young man she had raised and apparently given her surname to. Whether she had any children of her own is not known. According to an 1875 issue of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Mrs. Eads was very abusive to the young children, often cuffing them about. One day, two or three eggs were missing and she accused young Louis of taking them. He denied having done it and told Mrs. Eads the dog was the guilty culprit. Not believing the boy, Mrs. Eads became enraged. She picked up an axe handle and struck the child over the head. He fell to the floor dead. Howard and young Eads came into the house and, after seeing what had happened, volunteered to bury the body. Mary Josephine had been churning butter in the next room, but had seen the killing. She ran away and hid. She was found and threatened with instant death if she ever told anyone. As was the case with several aspects of this story, there are two versions as to what happened to Mary Josephine. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch version, she was sent to live with her Uncle Eldridge who lived 3 miles northwest of Camden Point in Platte County. The Record told a different story. Not wanting to kill Mary Josephine, Mrs. Eads came up with the idea of sending her off into the wilderness and leaving her to starve to death. Eads and Howard put the child on a bareback mule and took her 40 miles from the scene of the murder and left her in the woods far from civilization. In the meantime, Mrs. Eads left her farm home. After much suffering, Mary Josephine found her way to a house but, because she feared for her life, did not tell the whole story. She asked for help and said she wanted to go to the home of her Uncle Eldridge, who lived in Platte County. The plot thickens. Mary Josephine's Uncle Eldridge had no respect for Mrs. Eads because she had been caught in a conspiracy to have her parents done away with so she could get her hands on their fortune. Mary Josephine opened up to her uncle and told him everything. Both Mary Josephine and her uncle kept their own counsel until the day young Mary Josephine spotted Charles Eads in Platte County. She told her story to the authorities and Eads was soon arrested. Her uncle believed Eads had come to Platte County with the intention to do him harm. While jailed, Eads wrote a letter to Mrs. Rebecca Boltinghouse, 2620 Papin St., St. Louis. The Platte County sheriff at once suspected that Mrs. Boltinghouse might be Mrs. Eads. He contacted the St. Louis chief of police and it was determined that his suspicions were right. Mrs. Eads, age 40-plus, had been living as the mistress of Frank Boltinghouse, a 24-year-old brakeman on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Mrs. Eads was arrested. Frank Boltinghouse came to the jail to see her and they had a good cry together. They decided to get married and the ceremony was performed in the police captain's office. Mrs. Eads, who had been living with Boltinghouse since November 1874, was expecting a baby. Both Mrs. Eads-Boltinghouse and Charles Eads were jailed in Union for a time because an affidavit alleged the crime had taken place in Franklin County. The scene of the crime, however, was Jefferson County, and they were eventually sent to Potosi for trial. She was charged with killing young Taylor and Eads was charged with assisting her in concealing the body. A change of a venue took the case to St. Francois County where Mrs. Eads-Boltinghouse was found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiary. Due to a defect in the charge on which she was tried, the judgment was arrested and both Eads-Boltinghouse and Eads were remanded back to Jefferson County to wait for the grand jury to act on the case. In the January 1877 term, Mrs. Eads-Boltinghouse was again indicted, but Charles Eads was released. A second change of a venue resulted in the murder trial being moved to Iron County where she was tried and found guilty of murder in the second degree. She was sentenced to serve 10 years in the penitentiary. According to a list of prisoners published in the Warden's Report, Rose B. R. Boltinghouse, white, born in Ohio, entered the penitentiary on Nov. 23, 1881. The 1888 Goodspeed history gives her complete name as Rosabelle Rebecca Boltinghouse.” So, what the hell is going on in Union, Missouri? Axe murdering women… a creepy captain that just won't go away. Whatever it is that's haunting the area, it's a pretty amazing story and we want to know what you think! Is this house just someone's overactive imagination or is the Captain still lingering about, attempting to wash the blood from his hands, screaming and moaning, warning anyone that will listen. (MOVIES INTRO) Top Ten Movies About Haunted House Attractions 10 Awesome Horror Movies About Haunted House Attractions – Halloween Year-Round (wordpress.com)
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The Cabin is presented by the Wisconsin Counties Association and this week we’re featuring Iron County!Campfire Conversation: You won’t look at tomato juice and vodka the same way again after hearing today’s episode of The Cabin Podcast. Join the Cabin Crew, and guest host, Rick Rose, as we talk about where you can find the wildest Bloody Mary cocktails throughout the state! Some of the destinations mentioned in today’s episode are: Wicked Hop (Milwaukee), West Allis Cheese & Sausage in the Milwaukee Public Market (Milwaukee), Mars Cheese Castle (Kenosha), V&M Campground & Bar (Rice Lake), Sayner Pub (Sayner), Two of a Kind (Dundas), Backhaus Sportsmen Retreat (Wabeno), The Tavern on Central (Florence), Loopy’s Grill & Saloon (Chippewa Falls), Pepi’s Pub & Grill (Racine), RumRunners Pub (Green Bay), Matty’s Bar (New Berlin), and Sobelmans Pub n Grill (Milwaukee).Jolly Good Soda:Make sure to follow Jolly Good Soda on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts (@jollygoodsoda) for all of their fun promotions or to win a “Case of the Mondays” every Monday throughout 2021! Know Your Wisconsin: Pipeline Construction
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The World Bank has offices in more than 130 places and staff from more than 170 countries. Starting more than a decade ago, one of those staff members worked from a wood-paneled office overlooking a small lake outside Mercer. He was among the first telecommuters in Iron County, Wisconsin, a part of the first wave of work-at-home employees whose number has now spiked in the area. Gary Theisen had lived for years in Washington, DC, working at the headquarters of the World Bank and traveling internationally. In the mid-2000s, he wanted to move back to Wisconsin, eventually to a home on Clear Lake near Mercer. Somewhat surprisingly, that home had an internet connection. “It was dial-up. It was very slow and frustrating,” he said. “But at least I could get some access.” Theisen had a pitch to the World Bank. Could he telecommute from Wisconsin and keep his job? The World Bank cautiously said yes. At the time, there were just nine employees working remotely for the agency, which employed 9
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COVID has hit businesses hard, but there’s still time to get help. Iron County Auditor Dan Jessen tells co-hosts Jennie Hendricks and Jesse Harris how impacted businesses can still apply to Cedar City and Iron County for CARES Act funding to help keep you afloat. Music by Amoebacrew licensed under Creative Commons: https://soundcloud.com/free-cc-music/background-indie-rock Original image for the logo by The Greater Southwestern Exploration Company licensed under Creative Commons: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gsec/40582095822/in/photostream/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ColorCountryPol Facebook: https://fb.me/ColorCountryPolitics YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjwFph4yuEORlHk5VCR-vEQ
In this episode of Remote Work Radio, our host Marta Nielson interviews Carri Beck from Iron County, Utah. Carri completed the Rural Online Initiative's Master Remote Work Professional (MRWP) certificate course and was soon after hired as a 'remote' accounting specialist for LedgerGurus. In this interview, she shares how she discovered this remote job opportunity, the hiring process with a virtual accounting firm, and how the skills she learned in the MRWP course at USU Extension made all the difference.
Walking out onto a muskeg, or wetland, the first things most people notice are the sensation of sinking and sound of suction. Saturated sphagnum moss, or peat moss, covers the wetland. It's walkable, but only with knee boots on. Legs sink to calf-level. They're buoyed by the moss, although water seeps in. But upon arriving at this wetland in Iron County, Aaron Marti first noticed a different sensation. “If you take a deep breath,” he said, “you can get a bit of a whiff of, it's kind of a sweet, almost spicy aroma.” That wetland smell takes Marti, now a DNR wetlands specialist, back to his Boy Scout days, learning about wetlands and feeding his interest in science. He discovered this wetland near Caroline Lake a few years ago while doing research and loved its carpet of moss, interspersed tamarack trees, and diversity of species. “When I came and saw this that fall, I thought, what an iconic picture,” he said. “I should send this to the tourism bureau or something like that.” Before
Pressure to resume statewide lockdowns is building amidst a growing number of reported Covid-19 cases. John Daniel Davidson gets right to the point: Americans should never again comply with pandemic lockdown orders. Those ordering us to do so have burned their credibility and lost all moral authority to order us to do anything. It's been two weeks since the Utah Business Revival held its groundbreaking Collin Raye concert in Cedar City. Iron County commissioner Paul Cozzens just posted a very telling chart showing Covid-19 infections in that county following the gathering. Not a single positive case can be traced to someone who attended this event. Are you starting to see signs in various businesses warning that exact change may not be available? Claudio Glass warns that the war against cash has been ramped up considerably during the Covid crisis. How do you live in a world gone mad? Alex Tabbarok says, watch what you do or say on social media. Seems like sound advice. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support
The issue of reforming policing is rapidly becoming a false dilemma--either support the blue line or abolish policing entirely. Peter C. Earle has another option: make the police part of the market. Many of us have serious heartburn over the compulsive wearing of face masks. Arthur Diamond makes a strong case that voluntarily wearing the masks may hasten the opening of the economy and may just save lives in the process. The Utah Business Revival pulled off its biggest event yet with a highly successful concert by country music superstar Collin Raye in Iron County, Utah. County commissioner Paul Cozzens joins us to discuss why his county embraced this event where others sought petty political advantage. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support
Officially official? Iron County is the third try for Eric Moutsos and Utah Business Revival's controversial Collin Raye concert, and it looks like it's a go. Just yesterday, they got their permit. We'll ask him if a recent spike in cases has him worried.
Thousands have descended on downtown SLC in the past week for a series of protests over the death of George Floyd, and three DIFFERENT protests are planned for tonight at the Capitol. We've been told mass gatherings are SUPER SPREADERS for COVID-19. Also, the nation's most controversial concert has been revived (we think). Iron County officials are reportedly on board. We'll speak with Tooele County Commissioner Alma Adams.
Steve Smith has your Saturday KZRG news: A total of four Joplin residents have now been certified as fully eligible to run in the April 7 City Council election. They are Harvey Hutchinson, Charles Copple, Phil Stinnett and Christina Wilson.* U.S House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is with holding the articles of impeachment from the Senate. Missouri Senator Roy Blunt says Pelosi is just playing games. You can listen to our full interview with Sen. Blunt on the KZRG app.* Dangerous bridges are slowly going away in Missouri. The first of 250 planned for repair or replacement is now partially open to traffic in Iron County in east-central Missouri.
Steve Smith has your Saturday KZRG news: A total of four Joplin residents have now been certified as fully eligible to run in the April 7 City Council election. They are Harvey Hutchinson, Charles Copple, Phil Stinnett and Christina Wilson.* U.S House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is with holding the articles of impeachment from the Senate. Missouri Senator Roy Blunt says Pelosi is just playing games. You can listen to our full interview with Sen. Blunt on the KZRG app.* Dangerous bridges are slowly going away in Missouri. The first of 250 planned for repair or replacement is now partially open to traffic in Iron County in east-central Missouri.
Mike Bleak has served as commissioner in Iron County, Utah since 2016. He previously worked in public safety for more than two decades, most recently as a detective with the Cedar City Police Department. Here, Mike and his wife Amy talk about “the choking game,” a topic Mike is passionate about preventing and speaks about close to home, across the United States, and abroad. Mike is also open and candid about experiencing post-traumatic stress from his career in law enforcement.
Abe Hunt is a software engineer from Iron County who has worked remotely for most of his career. Abe recently completed the Rural Online Initiative's Master Remote Work Professional certificate course and shares how valuable the course was for him even though he already has years of remote work experience.
Jesse Harris of Iron County shares his insights on how to set yourself up for success as a remote worker. Jesse has been a remote worker for quite some time and has recently completed the Rural Online Initiative's Master Remote Work Professional certificate course.
As the snow melts in Bayfield County, and our rivers and streams are at their highest, spring is the best time to make a trip out of visiting the waterfalls in northern Wisconsin. Director of Bayfield County Tourism Mary Motiff describes the tallest and most picturesque waterfalls and introduces the new brochure that includes maps and descriptions of the waterfalls in this episode or Bayfield County Wild. Plus, Co-host Nancy Christopher talks with Ryan Brady, a conservation biologist, about birding and why it’s so popular in Bayfield County. Flowing Falls There are more than 20 waterfalls in northern Wisconsin within Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas and Iron Counties. Iron County has the most, followed by Bayfield County with five waterfalls. The tallest is Big Manitou Falls in Douglas County. Mary says it would take a good week to explore and hike all 20 of them, but you can make multiple trips and see one or two at a time. A new brochure is now available that features all of the waterfalls with photos, descriptions and an overview map to make the most of your journey. You can order the brochure online at www.travelbayfieldcounty.com The Best Birding is in Bayfield County A conservation biologist and bird monitoring coordinator for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Ryan Brady says his life is for the birds…literally. Ryan talks about the world’s #1 sport, birding, and its significance in Bayfield County. According to Ryan, this is one of the best regions in the U.S. to spot birds because of the wide variety of habitats. Bayfield County has water, wetlands, shorelines, grasslands, forests and even Pine Barrens, which are globally unique. Plus, a lot of this is public land where people can come and enjoy the birds along with all the trails and other wildlife you might see. Spring is Ryan’s favorite time for birding because the birds are singing and in their most colorful plumage. This time of year, we see lots of migrating birds and waterfowl such as sandhill cranes, swans and blue heron, followed by insect-eating birds like the Orioles. Bayfield has seen an increase in several bird species, including Bald Eagles, Peregrine Falcons, Trumpeter Swans, Turkeys and Canadian Geese. Among the declining species are the Eastern Whippoorwill, the common Night Hawk, Evening Grosbeaks and Meadowlarks, Bobolinks and grassland birds. The decline in these species is mostly because of changes in habitat. Bayfield County has seen some rare species like the Whooping Crane, Piping Plovers, Scissortail Flycatchers and Lewis’ Woodpeckers. The rarest, however, were the Wilson’s Plover, Tropical Kingbird and Ross Gull, which has only been seen once in 2001 and comes all the way from the Arctic and Bering Sea. Ryan says there are things we can do to draw more birds to our backyards. Birds are looking for water, food and shelter, so he recommends having water bird fountains and shallow ponds. Planting trees, shrubs and other plants will help to attract insects and arthropods as food sources. Brush piles are also great for providing natural shelters for birds. If you would like to get involved in helping birds, Ryan also recommends a number of clubs and associations that encourage membership like the Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative and Wisconsin Audobahn Chapters. You can also become a volunteer by getting involved in one of Wisconsin’s many citizen science projects. Lastly, if you are already birding, you can share your bird counting on Ebird.org or get involved in the 2019 Great Wisconsin Birdathon by either collecting pledges or simply donating to the cause. Birding & Nature Festival For 13 years, the Northern Great Lakes Visitors Center has been hosting the Chequamegon Bay Birding & Nature Festival. This year’s event is being held May 16-18. The festival offers 3 days of birding and nature activities on the southern shore of Lake Superior at the peak of spring migration. There will be more that 100 field trips and programs about nature, including birds, butterflies, wildflowers, snails, spiders, elk, frogs, fish and mushrooms. April Activities April 6: Syrup Saturday at the Iron River National Fish Hatchery April 6: Cellar Jazz Concert at the White Winter Winery in Iron River, WI April 26 – 27: Washburn Brokedown Blues Fest View the full schedule of events on our website and Facebook page. May Preview Our guest is Naturalist Emily Stone. As the naturalist/education director at the Cable Natural History Museum in Cable, Wisconsin, Emily writes a weekly “Natural Connections” column published in more than a dozen local and regional newspapers. She has also earned multiple Excellence in Craft awards from the Outdoor Writers Association of America. 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In our final conversation with Barbara Jones Brown, we'll talk about who was most culpable for the massacre. Was it John D. Lee, Brigham Young, or militia leaders in Iron County? https://youtu.be/D3tCgrl_Jes Barbara: [Brigham Young] starts to come to believe that John D Lee and Isaac Haight we're involved. Now at this time, he doesn't have civil authority. He just has church authority, right? Because he's not the governor anymore. And so, he excommunicates John D. Lee and Isaac Haight, eventually. GT: Would it be safe to say that those were the two most responsible people for the massacre? Barbara: I think William Dame is also responsible because he gave the final okay to go ahead and carry it out as Iron County militia commander. Phillip Klingensmith was clearly very much involved and clearly received much of the spoils. We know from a clerk of Phillip Klingensmith that he was pilfering tithing funds and stealing from the people long before the massacre. But is Brigham Young completely blameless? Barbara: I agree with Juanita Brooks' conclusion that his rhetoric before the massacre was very dangerous. You know, privately he was writing and saying, "I don't want any bloodshed in this conflict." But he was definitely whipping people up into a state of hysteria. ... GT: Would Brigham Young be an accessory to that with his rhetoric? Barbara: I don't think he's an accessory to the crime. I look at President Donald Trump today and some of his rhetoric that he uses. Did he tell people to do what happened at Charlottesville? No. But did his rhetoric make people think it was okay to do what they did? Did some people think it was okay to do what they did at Charlottesville? Probably. So, would you call Trump an accessory to any crime? Would you call Trump an accessory to the crime that occurred at Charlottesville when you had one of these people drive a car into protesters? No. I wouldn't call Trump an accessory to that crime. No. But did his rhetoric encourage some people to think that was okay? Possibly. Check out our conversation…. Are there others responsible for the deaths at Mountain Meadows? Check out our other episodes with Barbara! 260: After the Killing (Jones Brown) 259: Cattle Rustling Turns Deadly (Jones Brown) 258: Tackling Myths of Mountain Meadows (Jones Brown) 257: Revenge for Haun's Mill & Pratt's Murder? (Jones Brown) 256: Utah War & Mountain Meadows Massacre (Jones Brown)
Seeking truth, exposing injustice, sparking change. In this podcast, the stories of two UW-Madison alumni who used very different talents and skills to confront longstanding issues involving race and inequality. First, thank you, Iron County for Joseph Sullivan. He grew up in Hurley and was a former Badger football standout. Sullivan graduated in 1938, and joined the FBI. He played a key role in many major investigations, including the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers in Mississippi. Novelist Tom Clancy called him “the greatest lawman America ever produced.” Then, the story of 1997 grad Gillian Laub. Her photographs of a segregated prom in Montgomery County, Georgia, published in the New York Times Magazine, lead to a national outcry for change in 2009. Laub later returned to Georgia to produce a documentary about changes in the community. However, the documentary took a dramatic turn when a young black man is shot by an older white man.
The day after approximately 100 immigrants from Arkansas were killed, Mormon leaders in Iron County got together to discuss how to explain the deaths. Barbara Jones Brown tells how leaders dealt with Brigham Young's message to leave the immigrants alone, and how they decided to blame the Indians for the atrocity. https://youtu.be/k6qs7z-vZxg Barbara: On the day after the massacre Haight and Dame arrive at the Mountain Meadows to see what's happened, what's been done. Lee and Klingensmith are already there because they were major participants in the killings, in the atrocity. They come and then Lee talks about watching Haight and Dame argue over who's to blame for this as they see the horrible, butchering, just the horrible, butchered bodies lying all across the meadows, including all of the women and children. Dame says, "We have to report this." And Haight says, "How? As an Indian massacre?" And Dame says, " I'm not sure I would report it just as that, because Dame knows he's ordered out the Iron County militiamen to do this. Isaac [Haight] says, "You have to report it as an Indian massacre or you'll implicate yourself." Dame says, "Isaac, I didn't think there were so many of them. You told me that most of them were already dead, that there were just a few more witnesses that had to be killed." Haight yells at him and says, "If you blame this whole thing on me, I will follow you to hell to make sure you pay for it," basically. So there's just this horrible argument going on the day after. So, Lee gets back to Fort Harmony and starts bragging to his congregation about what he's done. He's proud of it. A letter from Brigham Young arrives on September 13th, two days later. It arrives in Cedar City telling Isaac Haight, "The Indians will do as they please, but you must not meddle with the immigrants. If those who are there will go, let them go in peace." Isaac Haight receives that letter and says, "Too late, too late." So he forwards that message to Harmony and also to Washington. The same thing happened in Washington. The militiamen returned to Washington and they're bragging about what they've done. They're proud of it, until that message arrives, that Brigham Young had said, "No. Let them go in peace." So Haight calls Lee to him in Cedar City and says, "We're in a muddle." He says, "You need to go report this to Brigham Young and take as much of the blame for it as you can." So Lee says, "Why don't you just tell him you're the [leader.]" He [Haight] says, "Well, you could tell him better than I." So he sends Lee north to report the massacre to Brigham Young. And so the blame game begins. Check out our conversation…. What Happened after the Killing at Mountain Meadows? Don't miss our other conversations with Barbara! 259: Cattle Rustling Turns Deadly (Jones Brown) 258: Tackling Myths of Mountain Meadows (Jones Brown) 257: Revenge for Haun's Mill & Pratt's Murder? (Jones Brown) 256: Utah War & Mountain Meadows Massacre (Jones Brown)
Mike Bleak has served as commissioner in Iron County, Utah, since 2016. He previously worked in public safety for more than two decades, most recently as a detective with the Cedar City Police Department. Here, Mike and his wife Amy talk about “the choking game,” a topic Mike is passionate about preventing and speaks about close to home and across the United States, as well as in Europe and South America. Mike is also open and candid about experiencing post-traumatic stress from his career in law enforcement.
A conversation with Neil Klemme, 4-H Youth Development Educator with University of Wisconsin Extension in Iron County, about how He's gotten youth involved in a community First Impressions survey, in creating a campaign for attracting and retaining young people to the county, and in designing the Iron County Regional Trail project.
Before becoming an Iron County Sheriff's Deputy, Devin Lauritzen was a well known and accomplished paramedic. Sheriff Mark Gower says this gives him a lot of confidence in his deputy. Often deputies have to deal with medical challenges until paramedics can get on the scene. Deputy Lauritzen is able to do a lot of good in those first few minutes responding to medical emergencies. Deputy Lauritzen's abilities really make a difference in Iron County, a large rural county where deputies are usually on the scene well before medical personnel. Sheriff Gower also says that the paramedics often look to Deputy Lauritzen for instruction as he is usually the highest ranking medical professional on the scene. On his days off, Deputy Lauritzen also works for Life Flight. Deputy Devin Lauritzen is also a member of the S.W.A.T, Search and Rescue, and Ropes Rescue teams.
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