Steam customers face costs as Alliant plans future pricing
Eight large steam customers including PepsiCo’s Quaker plant and Mercy Medical Center weigh options after Alliant Energy outlined that customers would bear the costs of restoring and operating the steam system. Hospitals have installed temporary boilers and are studying permanent ones while talks explore localized steam grids and future uses for the Sixth Street plant.
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International Paper
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Ralston Foods
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SunOpta
Allianz
Mercy
St. Luke’s
Laura Rainey
Sixth Street
Craig
Doug Neumann
Economic Planning and Redevelopment Corp
Uncle Ed and Little Joe's wartime bond across oceans
American soldier father Catalino Page died in the Camp John Hay bombing during Japanese invasion. Joe, a boy from Seville Santa Cruz, walked miles to camp for meals and company. Uncle Ed funded a new home after their house burned, then disappeared as Joe moved to Manila and Ed to Cedar Rapids. Joe reunited with Ed via the Internet years later to thank him.
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John Hay
China Sea
Luzon
Joe
Seville
Santa Cruz
Little Joe
Uncle Ed
Manila
Cedar Rapids
Juanito
Little Joe” Page
San Jose
Calif
Ed” Bernacki
Skorton Reflects on Cornell Move and US Higher Education
Former US president Mark Skorton discusses his switch from Iowa to Cornell University and compares Cornell with UI. He warns of years of higher education financial challenges tied to endowment markets, urges universities to aid economic recovery through research, and notes ongoing ties to Iowa and UI president Sally Mason. He will speak at the Iowa City Area Chamber banquet January 30.
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Cornell
Skorton
New York
University of Iowa
Middle East
Iran
Robin Davisson
Dar Rapids
Iowa
Sally Mason
Sally
Iowa City Area
Crosswinds blamed in Continental jet runway veer at Denver
Aviation safety experts said strong crosswinds likely contributed to a Continental Airlines Boeing 737-500 veering off a Denver runway and burning in open fields after landing with 110 passengers aboard. Gusts reached 87 mph but may not explain the crash alone. possible mechanical failure or pilot error remains.
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Washington
Continental Airlines
Denver
Denver International
Eric Doten
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Daytona Beach
Fla
Iowa Debates Gas Tax Amid Post Disaster Infrastructure Push
Iowa lawmakers weigh ways to fund repair after last year’s disaster with options including tapping the emergency fund and raising the gas tax while facing a weakened budget. GOP leaders push infrastructure spending despite tax hesitations as disaster recovery and unemployment loom.
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Iowa
House
GOP
Kraig Paulsen
Hiawatha
Culver
David Vaudt
Iowa considers stimulus funded infrastructure upgrades
Gov. Culver and the Legislature eye rapid action on aging Iowa infrastructure. Proposals include using state emergency funds and bonding, raising the gas tax, or selling assets to supplement federal stimulus and disaster aid. Projects total over 9,150 statewide valued at about 850 million, with Cedar Rapids listing over 150 projects and Palo about 49 projects.
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Pat Murphy
D-Dubuque
Culver
Chet Culver
Portation
Iowa
Iowa Legislative Preview Schedule by Day
A sequence lists daily focus areas for the Iowa legislature over a week including previewing the budget deliberating taxes reconsidering incentives rebuilding infrastructure protecting resources reviewing labor laws addressing flood damage and hot button issues.
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