Branstad, lawmakers near budget talks as ethics probe grows
Governor Branstad and legislative leaders resume talks to close a $300 million deficit and set funding for K-12. The Senate Ethics Committee moves to probe Senate leader Joe Welsh in the Iowa Trust Fund scandal while committees push bills on audits, ethanol incentives, and local government matters.
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Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Senate Ethics Committee
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Iowa Trust Fund
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Welsh
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Woman Still Recovers Two Years After Sioux City Crash
Doris Levenberg, 68, remains hospitalized at home two years after United Airlines Flight 232 crashed near Sioux City in July 1989 killing 111 and injuring many. She endured a shattered body, two bone grafts, and uses a walker while pursuing lawsuits against the airline and manufacturers.
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Munster
Ind
Doris Levenberg
Levenberg
Allan
Denver
United Airlines
Sioux City
Lawyers Challenge Statements Used Against Defendants
In Dallas County Iowa two men charged in a farmhouse shooting that killed two women and wounded a man seek to suppress statements made to investigators. Attorney John Wellman argued Harris Evans was questioned after saying he did not want to talk and could leave. Evans admitted being present at the shooting but denied being the triggerman.
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Des Moines
Dallas County District Court
John Wellman
Harris Evans
Wellman
Evans
Adel
Senate panel weighs teen work hour limits in school weeks
Senate Democrats back a bill to cap teen work hours during school weeks. The measure would bar 15 and under from more than 15 hours weekly and 16 and 17 year olds from more than 20 hours. 15 and younger could not work after 7 pm while older youths could work to 11 pm. Weekend rules and waivers are undecided.
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Des Moines
Senate
Democrats
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Dubuque
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Independence boy OK after being hit by car on Friday
A 6 year old boy, James King of Independence, was struck by a car in the 900 block of Second Street SW Friday afternoon. He was taken to People's Memorial Hospital then Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo and discharged Sunday. The driver was Kimberly A. Lee, 29, of Independence. no charges filed.
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Independence Boy OK
Independence
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People’s Memorial Hospital
Covenant Medical Center
Waterloo
Second Street
Kimberly A. Lee
Buchanan County Sheriffs Department
Oelwein Man Wounded in Gun Cleaning Accident
An Oelwein man accidentally shot himself last night while cleaning a gun at his home on North Frederick Avenue. Tony Sanders was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital and later by helicopter to University Hospitals in Iowa City for treatment. Further details on the shooting were not immediately available.
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Frederick Avenue
Tony Sanders
Mercy Hospital
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