Tama beef plant loan debacle casts doubt on investments
The closing of the Iowa Quality Beef plant in Tama endangers more than $5.9 million in government grants and private loans. State officials had backed a farmer owned meatpacking venture to aid cattle producers, while critics call the plan poorly organized. The project faced a bovine spongiform encephalopathy scare and slow capital raising, with repayment not guaranteed if the plant remains closed.
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Iowa Quality Beef Cooperative
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Washington State
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CommStock Investments Inc
County board accused of illegal transfer of records
Lee County Board of Supervisors and officials face a dispute with County Attorney Mike Short over moving cassette tapes and minutes from Auditor Anne Pedersen to the board secretary Lori Grape. Short says the July 27, 2004 action violated open meetings laws and should be rescinded.
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Lee County Board of Supervisors
Mike Short
Anne Pedersen
Short
Iowa
General Assembly
Pedersen
Supervisors
Bob Woodruff
Lori Grape
Dan Dunagan
Dunagan
Iowa State Association of Counties
David Vestal
Lottery results and jackpot notes for Aug 22 weekend
Iowa Illinois Lottery draws list Pick 3 Evening 26 4 and Pick 4 Evening 50 10 while Powerball 3 16 27 39 40 with Powerball 3 and a 13.9 million jackpot, no winner. Wednesday jackpot rises to 21 million. Little Lotto 1 18 30 31 34 and Hot Lotto 4 14 24 26 30 with hot ball 19.
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Illinois
Iowa traffic crackdown targets highways 20 and 30
Law enforcement teams from 34 agencies plan Operation Double Aught with 195 officers to patrol U S Highway 20 and U S Highway 30 across Iowa. The effort aims to curb impaired driving, increase seat belt use, and reduce fatalities. Highways traverse many counties including Black Hawk and Linn.
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Nebraska
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Buchanan
Butler
Calhoun
Delaware
Dubuque
Franklin
Grundy
Hamilton
Hardin
Ida, Sac, Webster
Woodbury
Benton
Boone
Carroll
Cedar
Clinton
Crawford
Greene
Harrison
Linn
Marshall
Story
Tama
City council grapples with salvaged asphalt piles
Wapello residents urge removal of several tons of salvaged asphalt dumped on a city street for a nearby road project. Barb Keltner warns the mass is an eyesore and a danger to children. Officials say it will be moved once grading reaches the proper level.
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Wapello
Barb Keltner
Keltner
Roger Noble
North Fayette schools start restructure amid fiscal strain
West Union North Fayette Schools begin a restructuring in the 2004-05 year under Superintendent Ron O Kones. The plan cuts teachers, consolidates classes and begins busing by grade level to slow a deteriorating budget. Enrollment declined from 1244 in 1997 to 1019 in 2003 04.
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Ron O’kones
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