Farmstead Foods wins restraining order over unpaid meat sale
Farmstead Foods halted sale of $1.236 million in meat from its Cedar Rapids plant to Wilson Foods and Doskocil, ordered cash-only disposition, with escrow of proceeds. The court set a March 8 dissolution and March 5 hearing, while Farmstead plans related action in Minnesota to reclaim $323,000 in Albert Lea shipments.
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Dick Hogan
Farmstead Foods
Cedar Rapids
Wilson Foods
Oklahoma City
Doskocil Companies
Hutchinson
Kan
Cedar Rapids Meats
U.S. District Court
David Hansen
Wilson and
Doskocil
Farmstead
Wilson
Wilson’s
Bettendorf
Keith Barnes
Minnesota
Albert Lea, Minn
Union cancels Farmstead contract vote in Cedar Rapids plant
UFCW Local P-3 abruptly called off a vote to reopen the Farmstead Foods contract. President Mike Gardner canceled the all day election en route to Minneapolis for talks with international officials. He cited Farmstead’s position and stated the contract remains binding until May 1, 1992.
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Cedar Rapids
P-3
The
United Food and Commercial Workers
Ron Falconer
the Gazette
Mike Gardner
Gardner
Minneapolis
UFCW
Albert Lea, Minn
Farmstead Foods
Farmstead owner outlines cost cuts amid pension and health plan changes
Barnes details proposals to curb costs at Farmstead amid a severe 54 year crisis. He rejects wage concessions, cites health plan premiums, deductibles, and co insurance shifts, and proposes efficiency studies and earlier startup and stricter hiring tests. He notes unfunded Wilson Foods pensions to be handled by PBGC and a future union plan.
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Keith Barnes
Barnes
Farmstead
Mike Gardner
United Food and Commercial Workers Local
P-3
Cedar Rapids
Wilson Foods
Wilson
Federal Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp
Walker foster case prompts rights concerns and DHS critique
Iowa City police detained Terry and Lanora Walker’s two children for three days over an alleged risk with an expired license. The case raised concerns about communications, foster placement, and DHS authority as local officials call for review and possible legislative input.
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Paschang-Stannard
Terry Walker
Walker
Iowa City
van Horne
Victor
Lanora Walker
DHS
Lanora
Iowa City Police Department
Delvin Morris
Bob Burns
Patricia Meade
Sally Peck
Peck
Dick Myers
Prairie bond issue passes for Cedar Rapids schools
The Cedar Rapids area approves a 5.7 million bond package to fund Prairie High and related building projects aimed at modernizing facilities for the 21st century. Turnout reaches 2,420 with 1,635 yes votes, 785 no, marking a lower participation than last year. Tina Worley, a Prairie senior, supports the plan saying the school needed it and its condition was poor.
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St. Germain
Cedar Rapids
Robert Bostwick
Bostwick
Linn County Auditor’s Office
Ely
Prairie High School
Tina Worley
Shirley Worley
Bond vote centers on school district gains and taxes
Five minutes after leaving, Kathryn Worley Arnold aged 75 cast a yes vote for the high school bond and district where her grandchildren attend. Ray Dixon voted no at Fairfax City Hall citing already high property taxes. In Swisher, Marcia Conrad supported the bond, calling it a clearer plan and an investment for her daughter, and noting district leadership changes this year with Superintendent William Bach resigning and Robert Bostwick succeeding him.
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Kathryn Worley Arnold
Tina
Ray Dixon
Fairfax
Swisher
Marcia Conrad
Miller Seeks Third Term As Iowa Governor
Miller, a 45 year old former attorney general and Harvard graduate, announces a bid for a third four year term with a statewide swing and a kickoff at Kirkwood Community College Iowa Hall. He defends abortion stance and highlights farm, consumer, and prosecutions divisions as past achievements.
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Miller
Iowa Hall
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Branstad
Iowa
Tuohy
Harvard
Robert Kennedy
Richard Turner
Terry Branstad
Matt
Linda
Chicago
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