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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 2001
Page
12
A Des Moines AP report says the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program faces a $20.45 million funding gap to match last year. Officials warn rising natural gas prices and a harsh winter strain aid, with eligible households rising from 62,000 to an estimated 75,000.
Iowa state government employed 20,246 full time workers at year end, up 9.8 percent in six years. Prisons drive growth as 65 percent of new staff join Corrections, with three new facilities including one in Fort Dodge nearing completion. DHS, Transportation, and Corrections dominate hiring. average age is 44.7, with retirements looming.
Two more children at the Johnston Children's Habilitation Center died in late December and early January from respiratory illness. Health officials seek to identify the virus, while several residents were hospitalized. The center previously faced an October outbreak linked to an adenovirus.
Four Iowa men were sentenced in Cedar Rapids federal court for involvement in a Mason City drug conspiracy. Richard DiMarco of Mason City got 5 years plus 8 years supervised release and forfeited $5,138. Juan Solano of Clear Lake received 8 years and nine months with five years supervised release and forfeitures of $17,546 and firearms. Israel Solano of Des Moines drew 135 months with five years supervised release. Chad Jacobson of Des Moines was sentenced to 117 months with five years supervised release and forfeited $957.
A southwest Iowa man, his wife, and their 4 month old son were killed when their car collided with a pickup on a Montgomery County road near the Page County line five miles west of Villisca. The victims, Gerry Owen 46 Holly Owen 31 and Daniel 4 months, were from Clarinda. Two people in the pickup were injured.
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