Nuclear safety report shocks NRC officials and plant operators
NRC analysis highlights a potentially serious cooling problem in GE designed boiling water reactors. The Duane Arnold plant near Palo is cited as an example. Officials learned of the report via the Wall Street Journal.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Office
Wall Street Journal
General Electric
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Palo
Jan Strasma
Chicago
Strasma
Carlyle Michelson
Strasman
Michelson
Troopers Clash With New Work Standards in Iowa
State Patrol chief Ed Dickinson raises daily contact points to seven for troopers while critics say time spent in court or on non enforcement tasks should count. Officers like Ron Reid and Jerry Fehlhafer argue rural troopers face tougher targets and demand broader credit for investigations and court duties.
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State Patrol
Ed Dickinson
Ron Reid
The
State Troopers Association
Jerry Fehlhafer
Cedar Rapids
Fehlhafer
Reid
Des Moines
Davenport
Public Safety
William Miller
Miller
Dickinson
Robbery suspects sought after Cedar Rapids robberies
Police seek a man in his 30s about 5 7 with light brown thinning hair after two Cedar Rapids robberies. A 6 53 p m Clark grocery 1532 Ellis Blvd NW demand for cash failed when the clerk could not open the drawer. About 20 minutes later at Champlin service station 3345 Center Point Rd NE the robber fled after cash was taken and later more than 100 dollars recovered.
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Cedar Rapids
Clark Grocery
Ellis Boulevard
Champlin
Center Point Road
Four arrested on drunken driving charges in Linn County
Four persons faced drunken driving charges after arrests late Tuesday into today in Linn County. Veronica Goad 20 of Iowa City Brad Larsh 19 of Cedar Rapids Michael Behrle 19 of Cedar Rapids and Robert Malloy 28 of Cedar Rapids were taken into custody on multiple traffic offenses and license related charges.
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Linn County
Veronica I. Goad
Iowa City
25Th Street
Mount Vernon Road
Brad D. Larsh
Cedar Rapids
Judge Upholds Sand Pit Use Permit West of Cedar Rapids
A Linn District Court ruling upholds the conditional use permit for Aggragates Inc. to operate a sand pit near the Cedar River. More than 60 nearby property owners on Blairs Ferry Road challenged the permit, claiming insufficient notice and defective hearing procedures. Judge L. Vern Robinson rejected the amendments and ruled procedural defects did not void the permit, noting newspaper notices sufficed and the plaintiffs’ interest level did not mandate broader notice.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn
Blairs Ferry Road
Aggragates Inc
Cedar River
County Zoning Board of Adjustment
L. Vern Robinson
West Union Extends Cable TV Deadline One Month
West Union City Council approved a one month extension of the completion date for the citys cable television system. Quality Cablevision of Prairie du Chien Wis sought the extension citing legal technicalities and supply difficulties.
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West Union
Quality Cablevision
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Covington Residents Petition for Hard-Surface Roads
Residents of Covington presented a petition to the Linn County Board of Supervisors signed by 56 people requesting hard-surfaced roads. The board voted to file the petition and will study the issue further at a later date.
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Covington
Linn County
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Amana employee charged with theft of company funds
Allen E. Vredenburg Jr., 33, of Solon, was arrested in Cedar Rapids on a charge of false use of a financial instrument tied to theft of about $8,348 from Amana Refrigeration. The case involves roughly $19,000 in funds taken over time, with potential further charges. He allegedly created a credit memo for himself and obtained a cashier’s check after notifying Smulekoff’s that the funds were a company bonus. He was released to appear in court April 10.
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Amana
Cedar Rapids
Allen E. Vredenburg Jr
Route 4
Solon
Vredenburg
Smulekoff
House Acts to Curb Questionable Business Opportunities
Des Moines Iowa lawmakers move to regulate sale of business opportunities amid annual losses of about 2 million. A near unanimous 96 to 1 House vote adopts rules requiring registration with the state insurance commissioner, disclosure by sellers, bonds in many cases, and buyer cancellation windows of three days, 30 days for misrepresentation, and one year for noncompliance. Standard enforcement procedures would be issued by the insurance chief.
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Fayette
Fayette City
Des Moines
House of Representatives
House
State Commissioner of Insurance
Insurance Commissioner
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Dale Kueter
John McCain
Michael J. Behrle
12Th Ave
Robert E. Malloy
C Ave
Council Street
W. Union
Securities Counselors of
Iowa
John Huey
Tony Greif
John Knapp
Second Avenue S.E
Lowa Wats
Trad
Judd
Nui
Judd’s
United F
Ine
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Uerow
Seichow
Senate
Taeric
W.t
Jess) Fandel
Ralph Fandel JR
Ron R. Foster
Fandel
10Th Ave
S.W
Liberty Thrift and Finance Corporation
Second St
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