Wapsie Valley Creamery Wins Iowa State Fair Cheese Honor
Wapsie Valley Creamery of Independence earns the state fair grand champion cheese award for a cheddar from a 640 pound May block. The plaque and sample will be shown in Des Moines near the butter cow alongside honors for Twin County Dairy and Wisconsin Dairies.
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Deb Wiley Gazette
Iowa
Independence
Wapsie Valley Creamery of
Des Moines
Twin County
Kalona
Wisconsin Dairies
Decorah
Wapsie Valley
Iowa Conservation Commission Opposes Cheap Dredging Plan
The Iowa Conservation Commission balks at a Mississippi River dredging proposal and a plan to shift barge fleeting regulation to the Iowa Department of Transportation. Commissioner Marian Pike calls the measures threatening. Arnie Sohn notes riverine disposal risks and costs. The panel voiced opposition during Governor's Days in Clear Lake.
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Commission
IDOT
Judy Daubenmier
Zette
Mississippi River
Arnie Sohn
Iowa Department of Transportation
Sohn
Clear Lake
Lansing boat access project clears first hurdle at Village Creek
Iowa Conservation Commission awarded the first contract for a Lansing mouth boat access on Village Creek. The $391,000 project will dredge a 1,500 foot channel to the Mississippi River, with bids led by Iowa Dredge Inc. at $134,850. Completion hoped for next spring or fall, pending federal permits.
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Judy Daubenmier
Clear Lake
Iowa
Lansing
Mississippi River
Iowa Conservation Commission
Village Creek
Commission
Iowa Dredge, Inc
Decorah
Stan Kuhn
Storm Lake
al Farris
Beauty contest for cities ends in Iowa to shift toward industry development
The Iowa Development Commission will end the 13 year old community betterment contest this November and replace it with a program to teach cities how to attract industry. Commissioner Karen Merrick notes the prior effort was a beauty contest and cites limited staff in small towns as a problem. The new plan focuses on development basics, needs assessment, planning and citizen partnerships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Daubenmier
Gazette
Des Moines
Mason City
Iowa
Iowa Development Commission
Karen Merrick
Guttenburg
Clayton County
New Iowa development agency reorganizes staff
Iowa IDC adopts a five area structure marketing community development research and development government and internal affairs and communications. Governor Branstad attends Mason City session calling for ongoing economic growth and affordability.
Iowans Need Some Manners Says Iowa Official
MASON CITY Iowa A delegation from Hebei China visiting Iowa last month exposed protocol lapses described as real screw ups by Iowa Development Commission Director Jack Bailey He cited insensitive acts such as the governor and Branstad being last to receive coffee and a representative wearing a Taiwan flag pin The incident underscored Bailey's call for a state protocol chief as Iowa expands international ties and expert work
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Gazette
Des Moines
Mason City
Iowa
Hebei
Taiwan
People’s Republic of China
Bailey
Iowa Development Commission Approves Mission and Logo Change
The commission adopted a mission to enhance the economic and human progress of Iown through development promotion and marketing of its people products and resources. It also approved creating a new agency logo replacing the old cloverleaf symbol which had linked the state to the Iowa Development Commission.
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Iown
Blackett
Iowa Development Commission
Iowa considers zoned duck season split by I 80 line
The Iowa Conservation Commission seeks federal approval to create northern and southern duck seasons. If approved the north would open Oct 15 for 45 days and the south Oct 22 for 45 days with Interstate 80 as the divider. Decision expected by month end.
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Judy Daubenmier
Clear Lake
Iowa
Iowa Conservation Commission
al Farris
Lands and Waters
Commission
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Farris
Federal Service
Dowa
Bull Kills Tripoli Woman in Barn Incident
In Tripoli Iowa 40 year old Glennyce Axon died after a Holstein bull charged her Thursday afternoon Her son Craig found her about 430 pm in the family barn The animal had normally been confined to a stall and authorities are unsure how it got loose She died on arrival at Waverly hospital from head and neck injuries.
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Tripoli
Iowa
Bremer County
Glennyce Axon
Craig
Axon
Waverly Hospital
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Clarence Nielsen
W.C
Mark
W.C. Nielsen
Deb Wiley
Charles Hoover
Kevin Hansen
Peter Koskamp
Hoover
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Larry Wilson
Spirit Lake
Wilson
Minnesota
Loras College
Muscatine
Burlington
Terry Branstad
Branstad
IDC
Jack Bailey
John Butterfield
Doug Getter
Tom Blackett
North
Lowell Washburn
Winnebago and
Hancock Counties
New Life Fitness
Westdale Mall
Amana
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