Iowa riverboats and tracks post strong profits in 1999 audits
Audits filed with the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission show all state regulated gambling operations profitable in 1999. Peninsula Gaming reported a $2.4 million loss due to startup write offs, while Prairie Meadows, Ameristar, Harveys, Lady Luck, and Diamond Jo posted substantial earnings and payments to Polk County and charities. The President may profit as its fiscal year ends later in spring.
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Des Moines
Jack Ketterer
Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission
Commission
Iowa
Verne Welch
Council Bluffs
Iowa Gaming Association
Tom Coates
Norwalk
Coates
Waterloo
Altoona
Peninsula Gaming Co
Dubuque
Peninsula
Natalie
Schramm
Prairie Meadows
Racing Association of
Central Iowa
Polk County
Ameristar
Harveys Riverboat
Quad Cities
Lady Luck
Bettendorf
Davenport
Ketterer
Marquette
Clayton County
Escapee caught after jail escape and assault in Rock Rapids
Matthew Charles Gibbons 24 of Sioux Falls was captured after scaling the Lyon County Jail fence and allegedly abducting a woman, then forcing her to drive him. The car struck a pole. the woman fled to a store. He faces kidnapping sexual abuse and escape charges and is held without bond.
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Rock Rapids
Lyon County
Matthew Charles Gibbons
Sioux Falls
Gibson
Woodbury County imposes open burn ban
Woodbury County residents are barred from open burning until further notice after the Board of Supervisors asked the state fire marshal to enact the ban. Fire marshal Roy Marshall approved the move and the ban took effect at 5 p.m. Tuesday amid extremely dry, windy conditions and ongoing fire safety concerns.
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Sioux City
Woodbury County
Woodbury County Board of Supervisors
Roy Marshall
Gary Brown
Everest Essay Contest Encourages Student Goals
The Gazette invites 4th to 12th graders to submit an Everest essay answering what their own goal is The topic asks why the goal matters to the student and how they plan to reach it An example cites Chuck Huss whose goal is reaching Mount Everest Essays must include a cover sheet with student and guardian details and a signed statement of originality Entries are due May 1 2000 and should be mailed to The Gazette Everest Essay Contest Cedar Rapids IA.
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Gazette Newspaper
In Education
Chuck Huss
Mount
Everest
Gazette
P.O. Box
Cedar Rapids
May
Community
Iqwa.com
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