House panel curbs Regents bond authority in Iowa
The House Appropriations Committee approved an 11 to 2 measure curbing the State Board of Regents power to bond for self funded projects without legislative approval. The bill would limit such bonds to student unions athletic facilities parking and related renovations and add ons. Regents could still bond for revenue producing projects deemed necessary for student welfare with legislative approval.
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Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
State Board of Regents
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
House Appropriations Committee
Tom Jochum
D-Dubuque
Richard Welden
Lowa Falls
Jochum
Iowa House backs shared program funding bill for districts
The Iowa House approved Monday a bill boosting funding for districts that share DES MOINES school programs. It clears 83 to 8 and would cost about 1 million dollars yearly from 1986-87. Senate approval required. The measure raises the student equivalent in shared programs from 1.1 to 1.5 for funding calculations.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa House
Senate
Iowa student to sell $51,000 McLaren car to fund college
University of Iowa junior Tom Kueny won a $51,000 McLaren in a Life Investors raffle for Camp Courageous of Iowa. He plans to sell the car to pay for college and invest the rest, keeping it in a heated Life Investors garage. The raffle raised over $60,000 for the camp.
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J.M. Flansburgazette
University of Iowa
Tom Kueny
Kueny
Life Investors
Camp Courageous
Iowa
Sity
Fort Dodge
Gazette
Paul Jens
State eyes new rules for fishing and boating
Iowa hearings plan changes permitting all night fishing in select state park lakes and allowing larger outboard motors on lakes over 100 acres if boats run at very slow speeds. Proposed rules target erosion by reducing wake while preserving bass boats and catfishing requests. Hearings in Des Moines this week and Friday, with potential May 1 implementation.
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Des Moines
Doyle Adams
Iowa Conservation Commission
The
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Fayette
Pleasant Creek
Palo
Adams
Lake Macbride
Solon
Iowa
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Union Grove
Keomah
Rock Creek
Commission
Wallace
Coralville Lake
Mississippi River
Macbride
Doyle
Lake Iowa
Millersburg
John Parson
Iowa County Conservation Commission
Gilman carrier found safe with girlfriend after vanishing
Perry Mike Bowers, a Semco High School junior, disappeared Monday after his newspaper bundles were left undelivered at a Gilman tavern. Police later located the 16 year old 12 miles away in Grinnell visiting a girlfriend, ending a six hour search sparked by fears of abduction.
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Perry
Mike” Bowers
Grinnell
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