Iowa lifers may work outside under new correction policy
Des Moines AP reports Iowa corrections officials unveil a plan allowing some life-term inmates to work outside prisons after meeting security and behavioral criteria. Lifers must spend ten years in maximum security, then may move to medium, with five years there before possible outside work under guard.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Anamosa
Anamosa High School
Ronald Brewer
Council Bluffs
John Stites
Division of Adult Corrections
Luster Heights
Allamakee County
Riverview
Newton
Stites
Iowa State Penitentiary
Ken Wittry
IDOT Paint Bid Tops Over One Million Dollars
The Iowa Department of Transportation approved nearly four million dollars in purchases, including more than 1.1 million for paint to line highways and 200 000 for reflective beads. The package also covered 60 medium size trucks valued at over 1.7 million dollars.
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Ames
Iowa Department of Transportation
Idot Commission
Teen murder suspect faces hearing in Morning Sun
The Louisa County Juvenile Court will decide January 19 whether 14 year old James Anthony Rocky Nies should be tried as an adult for the Sept 19 1982 death of 39 year old Jerry Lee Dukes in Morning Sun. Dukes body was found beneath a pickup truck after Nies was charged with slashing his throat.
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Morning Sun
Iow
James Anthony
Rocky” Nies
Louisa County
Nies
Jerry Lee Dukes
Dukes
Burlington Medical Center
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Metz Baking to Give Free Bread to 1000 Unemployed Families
Metz Baking Co of Sioux City announced a pilot program to provide free bread products valued at $2 weekly to the families of about 1,000 unemployed workers. The eight week effort covers two to three day old bakery goods distributed two days weekly at four area thrift stores.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Metz Baking Co
William C. Metz