Iowa Commission Orders Utilities to Provide Home Energy Audits
The Iowa Commerce Commission set audit participation goals and warned that utilities failing to meet them must cover audit costs. Walk-through audits at no customer cost may replace fuller evaluations, aiming for at least 5 percent participation by February 1985 and 7.5 percent the next year amid only 2 percent current uptake. By last summer 15,000 audits had been done among 770,000 eligible customers.
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DES Moines
Iowa Commerce Commission
Commission
Andrew Varley
Varley
Energy efficiency rule ties utilities to building codes
The Iowa Commerce Commission adopted a rule that new houses and apartments must meet minimum energy efficiency standards in the state building code before utility service is connected. Utilities will require a signed statement from builder or owner confirming standards are met, with local codes needing to be at least as stringent as the state code.
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Des Moines
Iowa Commerce Commission
Commission
Andrew Varley
Maharishi to testify at MIU deposition in Fairfield
The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi will testify Tuesday at MIU about two lawsuits tied to the university. The session moved on security grounds to the MIU campus after a prior postponement and a judge ruled one suit out while another seeks over 1 million in damages.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Maharishi International University
MIU
Mark Brown
Maharishi
Brown
Robin Carlsen
Carlsen
Dan Morrison
Oskaloosa
Switzerland
Tax return preparer fined and placed on probation
Rodney O. Urdahl a Mason City book keeper who prepared tax returns was fined 2000 dollars and given two years probation after pleading guilty to two counts of failing to file state income tax returns. He owed 655 dollars for 1980 and 1107 dollars for 1981 with reported taxable incomes of 13957 and 20083 dollars. He has now paid the taxes plus interest and penalty.
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Towa Newspaper Association
Mason City
Rodney O. Urdahl
Cerro Gordo County
William Vanderpool
Urdahl
Vanderpool
Iowa Rep Evans heads to Africa to boost grain exports
Rep Cooper Evans of Iowa will tour seven African nations including Zimbabwe Zambia Gabon Nigeria Ivory Coast Liberia and South Africa to assess demand for U S corn wheat and other grains He travels with Melvin Sims of the Foreign Agricultural Service and aims to expand markets and discuss food aid and barter options returning January 21.
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Washington
Cooper Evans
Iowa
Africa
U.S
Zimbabwe
Zambia
Gabon
Nigeria
Ivory Coast
Liberia
South Africa
United States
Evans
Melvin Sims
Foreign Agricultural Service
Hearing dog training center faces shutdown in Milwaukee
The Great Lakes Hearing Dog Program may close by week’s end after the Wisconsin Humane Society board decided to relocate. Jill Franke said no suitable rent-free Milwaukee site was found for the training center serving Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan Illinois Iowa and Indiana since 1981.
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Milwaukee
Midwest
Jill Franke
Great Lakes
Wisconsin Humane Society
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Franke
Protesters arrested at Offutt Air Force Base
About 40 demonstrators crossed the base boundary at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska to protest nuclear weapons. Capt. Jack Hesse said the protesters were detained, fingerprinted, and charged with trespassing at the Strategic Air Command headquarters.
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Offutt Air Base
Offutt Air Force Base, Neb
Offutt Air Force Base
Jack Hesse
Strategic Air Command
Illinois man dies in Farley road crash near Highway 20
Thomas Peterson, 37, died when his car collided with 18-year-old Jay R. Hafel's vehicle on Highway 20 near Farley in Dubuque County. Peterson's mother Vivienne Peterson, 65, was hospitalized with multiple injuries along with Hafel. snow and limited visibility from a passing semi contributed to the crash. A separate report notes an 18-year-old Derby man killed on Highway 65 near Lucas, Iowa, with three others in serious condition at Mercy Hospital Des Moines.
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Farley
Loess Park
Highway 20
Dubuque County
Thomas Peterson
Jay R. Hafel
Hafel
Vivienne Peterson
Dyersville
Mercy Hospital
Dubuque
Highway 65
Lucas
Southcentral
Iowa
Umbanhower
Betty
Des Moines
Ripperger
Cindy Rogers
Lacona
Snow Fun By Cascade Second-Graders At Aquin Elementary
Cascade youths Shawnda Trpkosh and Johnda Houck, both second graders at Aquin Elementary, enjoy holiday break with snow play amid winter scenery in Cascade.
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Shawnda Trpkosh
Johnda Houck
Cascade
Aquin Elementary School
Elkader Man Sentenced on Sex Charge
Elkader resident Robert Cheeseman 30 was sentenced by Judge L John Degnan to 10 years at the Iowa Men's Reformatory Anamosa for third degree sexual abuse. He pleaded guilty after charges were reduced from two counts of second degree sexual abuse and one count of lascivious acts with a child. The investigation covered June 1 to December 31 1982 involving a 7 year old girl. Bond on appeal set at $10000.
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Northeast County Bureau
Elkader
Robert T. Cheeseman
L. John Degnan
Iowa Men’s Reformatory
Anamosa
Cheeseman
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