Anamosa Light Bulb Replacement Crews Persevere
City crews led by Phil Harderson replace a street light in Anamosa on Tuesday. The bulb maintenance occurs every two years with old bulbs moved to accessible lights. Traffic on Main Street ebbed after over an hour of work as Chief Richard Stivers and aides Jim Eilers and Ralph Kromminga assisted.
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Richard Stivers
Anamosa
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Bedell touts hiring of ex-lawmaker as staff coup
Washington Rep. Berkley Bedell of Spirit Lake names Floyd Fithian, former Indiana congressman, as chief aide on the Small Business subcommittee on oversight and the economy. Fithian, a ex-professor at Purdue with a doctorate, will lead a long range study of the economy and structural business barriers.
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Iowa towns urged to seek free boat in federal giveaway
Mayors of Mississippi and Missouri River towns in Iowa were notified that the federal government will donate the William S. Mitchell dredging boat, built in 1934 and retired last year, to a suitable Iowa city at no cost. The state already received its sister ship, the William M. Black, sent to Dubuque.
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Lawmakers clash over path to fix jobless fund
Des Moines Republicans and Democrats exchange blame over solutions for Iowa's bankrupt unemployment trust fund. Halvorson cites a growing deficit while Sturgeon argues for study and notes past tax table freezes. Branstad proposes a $43 million tax raise with $17 million in benefit cuts, though unlikely to pass.
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al Sturgeon
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Evansdale Mayor seeks budget deadline extension
Evansdale city attorney will review a possible extension of the March 15 budget certification deadline. At the City Council meeting Mayor Henry Epperson said his working copy disappeared and he is starting over. He will try to meet the deadline but delays in redo work may prevent it.
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Iowa
Henry Epperson
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