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Hanken bank robberies mark end of dairy family’s long decline
Jeff Hanken, a 41 year old Iowa dairy farmer, robbed two banks in separate towns to ease mounting debts after years of falling milk prices and a 1996 barn fire. His wife Renee describes years of stress, autism struggles for daughter Megan, and a farm selling off cattle as they await federal sentencing for a 47 month term.
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Jeff Hanken
Iowa Farm
Hanken
Lee Kilmer
Iowa State University
Madge Alberts
University of Minnesota Extension Service
Alberts
Paul Brown
Iowa State University Extension Service
Brown
Megan
Iowa City
Minnesota
Hankens
U.S
Robert Teig
Teig
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Madison
Wis
John Jarvey
Jarvey
Waukon
Renee
Jeff
the Gazette
Iowa
Waverly
Clermont
Elgin Echo
South Dakota
Hanken Place
Jeffs Dairy
Linn County
U.S. District Court
Jeffs
Castalia
Renee Hanken
Megan Hanken