T-bills to bring state 633000 windfall
State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald plans to raise about 633146 by selling low yield securities and buying U S Treasury bills with higher current rates. Twelve securities worth about 8 million were sold at a 199000 loss. future sales of 5 million more may bring further gains.
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Fitzgerald
Judy Daubenmier
Azette
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Michael Fitzgerald
U.S. Treasury
Michael Tramontina
Mondale faces farm crises as PIK grain spurs debt fears
Des Moines AP Mondale’s Iowa tour sparks critique from farm activist Jim Riordan who says payment-in-kind grain bailout benefits banks and could force thousands of farmers off land. Riordan cites bank demands to surrender PIK grain to secure loans. Mondale defends ethanol potential and questions broad PIK elimination.
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DES Moines
Walter Mondale
Jim Riordan
Iowa
Riordan
Jordan
Granteed
Mondale
Dennis Day
Crash Kills 7-year-old Boy Near Muscatine Farm
Eric Petersen age 7 of rural Muscatine died Friday at University Hospitals from injuries after a Tuesday accident. He fell from a three wheel motorized vehicle that skidded into a tree near the Petersen farm driveway while riding with his 11-year-old cousin.
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Muscatine
Eric Petersen
University Hospitals
Petersen Farm
Expectant father proclaims state day for mothers-to-be
Des Moines Governor Terry Branstad plans to issue a proclamation declaring September 9 as Expectant Mother's Day. Branstad, whose wife Chris is expecting their third child in January, said he was unaware of the plan at a news conference. He noted proclamations aim for state wide significance and can promote health initiatives or awareness.
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Harrison Wetheree
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Chris
Prairie du Chien Teen Killed In Wisconsin Crash
Laural Guerin 19 of Prairie du Chien died about 2 a.m. Friday when a car left a county road two miles northeast of town, flipped into a field. Passenger Andrea Bartholomew 16 of Eastman was in fair condition at Lutheran Hospital La Crosse. Timothy Nagel 20 of rural Wauzeka was treated and released at a Prairie du Chien hospital.
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Wis
Laural Guerin
Andrea Bartholomew
East
Man, Wis
Lutheran Hospital
LaCrosse
Timothy Nagel
Wauzeka
C R man given ten years for Vinton burglary
Randy D Huddleston, 21, of Cedar Rapids, was sentenced in Benton County District Court to 10 years in the Anamosa Men's Reformatory for second degree burglary. He was arrested April 14 inside the Linn Co op in Newhall stealing food from a freezer. Huddleston must repay $100 to the co op and pay court costs, with 120 days already served credited.
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Vinton
Randy D. Huddleston
16Th Ave
Cedar Rapids
Benton County
Anamosa
Linn Co-op
Newhall
Huddleston
Co-Op
FDL Foods presents final contract offer to Dubuque union
FDL Foods in Dubuque submitted its final contract proposal Friday to Local 150A of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. Union president Mel Maas declined details but said a Saturday meeting would explain the proposal before about 1,100 members vote on acceptance. The Local has been on strike since August 5 as contract talks continued.
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FDL
UFCW
Cedar Falls Record Ends After 83 Years in Merger
Cedar Falls 83 year old newspaper ceases publication as the Record merges into the Waterloo Courier. Howard Publications owns both papers after March sale from W H Hartman Co. Financial losses prompted the shutdown with more than a dozen staff laid off.
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Iowa
Cedar Falls Record
Waterloo Courier
Howard Publications Inc
W.H. Hartman Co
James Lewis
The
Courier
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