Iowa lawmakers weigh wage rise and choice of doctor bills
State lawmakers face a clash between business and organized labor as both chambers consider a plan to raise Iowa's minimum wage toward five dollars an hour and a "choice of doctor" measure allowing workers to select physicians for workers compensation cases. The debate hinges on GOP resistance and a potential veto from Gov. Branstad. The session also reviews Branstad's school financing plan and an excursion boat gambling bill moving through the Senate committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Brewer
Gazette
Des Moines
Bureau
Senate
House
Iowa
Bill Hutchins
D-Audubon
Hutchins
Jack Rife
Moscow
Rife
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Iowa Federation of Labor
IFL
Don Rowen
Rowen
House Labor Committee
Bob Arnould
Davenport
Arnould
Ways and
Bill Dieleman
D-Pella
Fire guts Elkader home injuring three residents
A fast moving blaze destroyed a northwest Elkader house Saturday evening trapping three residents, Patty Sue and Kim Fitzgerald and Patty Sue’s boyfriend. Fire Chief John Finley said the fire started in a basement fireplace with a gas log lighter fueling flames that spread quickly. The boyfriend suffered minor flash burns but received no hospitalization. Fire crews from Elkader and neighboring towns fought flames as the structure collapsed, with the roof and first floor caving into the basement by Sunday morning. The Fitzgeralds were returning from Florida. the occupants stayed with a relative awaiting insurance details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Val Swinton
Towa
Elkader
Patty Sue
Kim Fitzgerald
Pat Fitzgeralds
Fitzgerald
Florida
John Finley
Finley
Strawberry Point
Garnaville
Volga
Luana farm co op loss set at 250000
The Luana Farmers Cooperative station, hardware store and office burned early Sunday in a fire estimated at about 250000. Co op manager Bill Traetow and Fire Chief Dennis Landt described the extensive damage and heroic firefighting in subzero temps with help from Postville and Monona. The building, built in 1974, was metal, others saved include a pickup and records. State Fire Marshal probing cause, wiring or furnace area suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luana
Postville
Monona
Traetow
Co-Op
Clayton
Allamakee
Iowa researchers win grant to study biodegradable plastics
Iowa City two University of Iowa researchers Jonathan Cordick and David Rothwisch receive a three year 131000 dollar grant from The Sugar Association to develop water absorbent biodegradable polymers from table sugar and corn sugars. They aim to supply 6.5 billion pounds of sugar for rising demand driven by waste reduction and new state laws.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
U.S
Jonathan S. Cordick
David G. Rethwisch
U of I College of Engineering
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
The
Sugar Association, Inc
Rothwisch
United States
Dordick and
Rethwisch
Puppets Jazz Up Chamber Concert With Playful Jousting
The Scottish Rite Temple hosted a Casual Classics on the Go program led by Christian Tiemeyer with Daniel Llords guiding a puppet troupe of about 100 marionettes. The Chamber Orchestra delivered charming music from Mendelssohn to Ibert and Mozart while puppets enacted a breezy circus themed narrative. The Leeves of humor and deft lighting by Llords complemented a vivid, if cheeky, concert experience.
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Christian Tiemeyer
Scottish Rite Temple
Daniel Llords
Llords
Tiemeyer
Mendelssohn
Wed
Jacques Ibert
Stephen Sims
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Dubuque
Illinois
Pat Fitzgerald
Luana Farm Co-Op
Cordick and
Iowa State University
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Ellis
East 395
Center Pt. Rd
Kathy Roeder
Skogman Realty
God
Adam and Eve
Italy
Rome
Vesuvius
Moonstruct
Wall Street
HBO
Cinemax
Mudice Cinemax
Beetlejuice
COX Cable
Ben-Hur
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