IDOT revenue grim forecast as fuel tax set to shrink
IDOT analysts project a five year slide in fuel tax revenue and license fees, as more fuel efficient cars cut gas consumption. Iowa drivers travel more but burn less fuel, with fuel tax income declining from 248.8 million in 1987 to about 246.3 million by 1993, and four year licenses reducing annual income before rebound.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa Department of Transportation
IDOT
Congress
Tom Jackson
Idot Commission
Jackson
Iowa Highway Watch: States Plan Border Improvements
Iowa planners note neighboring states push highway upgrades in the near term. Minnesota targets a five year project to raise standards on Highway 52 from Rochester to the Iowa border in Winneshiek County. Wisconsin aims to four lane 10 miles of Highway 151 from East Dubuque to Dickeyville. Illinois plans pavement and climbing lanes on Highway 20 from Dubuque to Freeport.
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Iowa
Iowa Department of Transportation Commission
Ames
IDOT
David Plazak
Minnesota
Rochester
Minn
Iowa Bar
Der
Winneshiek County
Wisconsin
East Dubuque
Dickeyville
Illinois
Dubuque
Freeport
Ill
Tama county hosts quasquicentennial events and rodeo week
Tama County marks its 125th anniversary with a Mesquakie Powwow at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday to Saturday on Powwow grounds, with $4 adults $3 children and free under five. The Double D Rodeo runs 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday seven miles north of Toledo at Dennis Dostal farm, with $5 adults $2 children under 12 and free for under six.
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TAMA
Tama County
Highway 30
Dennis Dostal
Toledo
Lincoln Highway
Chicago & North Western Railroad
Hoover birthday ceremonies set for West Branch speakers
Former Iowa Governor Norman Erbe and Nevada Senator Paul Laxalt will speak at the 113th Herbert Hoover birthday ceremony at the Hoover gravesite in the Hoover National Historic Site in West Branch. A dinner at the Highlander Inn Saturday night will feature Hugh Sidey of Time Magazine. The gravesite program Sunday is open to the public followed by a West Branch community picnic honoring Hoover born August 10, 1874.
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Oak Park
West Branch
Iowa
Norman Erbe
Paul Laxalt
Nevada
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Hoover National Historic Site
Erbe
Laxalt
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association
Highlander Inn
The
Hoover Historical Site
Heat blamed for deaths of 2 Iowans
An Associated Press report details weekend deaths in Iowa attributed to a heat wave. Mary H. Baum, 64, of Marshalltown died from heat exhaustion likely Saturday in a poorly ventilated home without air conditioning. Vera Parker, 85, of Council Bluffs probably succumbed to heat exhaustion with death likely Friday. Story County authorities say Ames veterinary professor Michael Justin Brown, 43, died of cyanide overdose and suicide, misattributed initially to heat.
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Mary H. Baum
Marshalltown
Marshall County
David Bethel
Bethel
Baum
Council Bluffs
Pottawattamie
E.A. “Penny” Westfall
Vera Parker
Story County
Ames
Michael Justin Brown
Iowa State University
Iowa State Arboretum
Donald Powers
Brown
D M race track hires consultant Bowker for Altoona project
Stanley Bowker the former Canterbury Downs general manager in Shakopee Minnesota has been hired as a consultant by officials of a new thoroughbred track to be built in Altoona Iowa. Bowker 44 will be paid 75000 dollars for 30 weeks of work to advise the Racing Association of Central Iowa during initial construction of the 651.4 million facility. Bowker previously spent 17 years at Ak Sar Ben in Omaha and left Canterbury about a month ago amid owner disagreements as the track struggled to attract top horses attendance and betting, reporting an 8 million dollar loss last year.
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DES Moines
Canterbury Downs
Shakopee
Minn
Altoona
Stanley Bowker
Racing Association of
Central Iowa
Bowker
Ak-Sar-Ben
Omaha
Neb
Canterbury
Twin Cities
Debate over IBP Manchester plant fuels Iowa policy clash
State economists, lawmakers, and plant leaders clash over a 474000 grant for Manchester road work to lure IBP. Otto and Haverkamp say 150 mile hog market supports a new slaughter facility, while critics warn of plant closures and job losses at Cedar Rapids Farmstead and Ottumwa Hormel amid industry overcapacity and modernization pressure.
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Iowa Department of Transportation
Manchester
Iowa “State University
Dan Otto
Leonard Haverkamp
Oklahoma City
Otto
Mid West
Otto-Haverkamp
Iowa
The
Gazette
Farmstead
FDL
Hormel
Ottumwa
IBP
Keith Barnes
Robert H. Wahlert
Cedar Rapids
Barnes
Wahlert
Spencer
Haverkamp
Wilson
Monmouth, Ill
Columbus Junction
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
Austin
Minn
Storm Lake
Iowa City
Michael F. Sheehan
Fisher
David Osterberg
Mount Vernon
Sheehan
Iowa Falls
Oscar Mayer
Davenport
IBP Deepens Its Turbulent Rise in Towa History
The Gazette continues its seven part series on IBP one of the state's most controversial companies. The report traces IBP’s push to become the largest meatpacker in the nation and examines the clash between its size and image versus public concerns and jobs.
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IBP
Towa
The
Gazette
Manchester
Top Beef Meatpackers Highlight 1986 1987 Chart
A chart listing the leading beef slaughtering firms for 1986 and 1987 is cited in a Gazette report about the expansion of Kansas feedlot operations. The piece links industry rankings to regional growth trends and plant activity.
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Gazette
Kansas
Beef Plants Change Hands in Major Meat Packing Deals
Excel acquires Sterling Beef and Spencer Beef plants with several idled facilities joining the portfolio. Swift also expands through a parallel acquisition, signaling consolidation in the meat packing industry with multiple facilities undergoing ownership shifts.
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Excel
Sterling Beef
Spencer Beef
Swift
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Hugh Sidey
Time Magazine
Associated Press
D.M. Race Track
Excel Corp
Cargill
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Ilinois
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Delaware County
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Farmstead President
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