Poaching Crackdown: DNR Nab Hunter in Tama County
Aric Sloterdyk chased a pickup in Tama County after spotting hunters in blaze orange. Dennis Meeks was found with a dead white tailed deer and charged with illegal transportation of deer, facing a $140 fine. Officers cite 1991 poaching surge and untagged deer as key issues.
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Mike Kilen
Aric Sloterdyk
Sloterdyk
Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Tama County
Dennis Meeks
Belle Plaine
Meeks
Iowa
Big borrowers reap excess FmHA funds
GAO and IG investigators say FmHA forgave multimillion dollar loans to agribusiness borrowers who misled the government about their finances. Large borrowers, including individuals, partnerships and corporations, reaped millions in excess benefits after lax asset and income verification during loan restructurings. Between 1988 and 1991 about 710 large farm borrowers received $256 million in debt relief amid the 1980s recession.
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Washington
Farmers Home Administration
Fmha
General Accounting Office
GAO
Agriculture Department
Office
Inspector General
Associated Press
GAO flags $14 billion risk in FmHA loan portfolio
The General Accounting Office warned of widespread issues in the Farmers Home Administration portfolio and projected potential losses up to 14 billion dollars from delinquent or troubled farm borrower loans.
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General Accounting Office
Farmers Home Administration
Fmha
Polluter joins Sierra Club as part of sentencing
Cincinnati man Donald Bohnert and several Ohio offenders will join the Sierra Club as part of criminal sentences for illegal hazardous waste dumping. Bohnert, 63, must complete five years of probation, 1,000 hours of community service, and regular Sierra Club meetings. He faced eight years in prison and a 2.1 million dollar fine for 219 counts involving dumping and improper storage of hazardous wastes.
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Cincinnati
Donald Bohnert
Sierra Club
Ohio
Bohnert
Mount Healthy
Thomas Nurre
Nurre
Daylight Saving Time Returns Across the United States
Most Americans switch clocks to daylight saving time as 2 a.m. local time becomes 3 a.m. The period runs until October 25. Arizona Hawaii Puerto Rico the Virgin Islands American Samoa and part of Indiana do not participate. People in nonpartisan regions or those who forgot to adjust may be an hour off.
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Washington
Arizona
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
American Samoa
Indiana
Federal steroid probe under way in Iowa City
A federal investigation into steroid trafficking centers on Iowa City with help from former weightlifter Thomas Henderson. University officials say no student athletes are believed targeted, but will cooperate if contacted. Henderson pleaded guilty in Des Moines to conspiring to distribute anabolic steroids by mail.
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Associated Press
Iowa City
Thomas Henderson
Henderson
Des Moines
Jay Leno to Succeed Carson as Tonight Show Host
Cedar Rapids Aegis High School reporter's interview with Jay Leno portrays him as an average busy man with humor and surprising seriousness. The piece appears in Mondays Ga zette under Youth Plus.
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Cedar Rapids
Federal aid as system of taxes and gifts
The item jokes about federal aid as a government system that collects money and returns part to citizens, framing the process as a pretended gift rather than a straightforward policy.
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Tim Shrader
Old Capitol
Shrader
EOI Ccsssidicces
Deupree Sports Editorial
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