McKinley opposes privatizing Iowa Lottery noting leasing plan
Iowa Senate minority leader Paul McKinley argues leasing or selling the lottery to the Iowa Public Employees Retirement System would yield only short term revenue and long term losses. He critiques privatization as a gimmick while Culver weighs leasing as part of recession driven considerations.
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Fred Love
Des Moines
Bureau
Iowa
Senate
Paul McKinley
McKinley
R-Chariton
Statehouse
Iowa Public Employees Retirement System
Chet Culver
Donna Mueller
Culver
Man follows, pushes girl near Mark Twain School
Iowa City police seek a black man about 5 feet 9 inches tall in baggy jeans and a brown coat who followed a 7 year old girl home from Mark Twain School then pushed her down but she was not injured. A Crime Stoppers reward up to 1000 dollars is offered for tips.
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Iowa City
Mark Twain
Cottonwood Avenue
Des Moines Man in Wheelchair Died in Subzero Cold
Leonard Nance, 65, was found outside his Des Moines area home in subzero temperatures. An autopsy cites hypothermia as the cause, with officials noting a possible coronary event but unable to confirm a heart attack.
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Des Moines
Leonard Nance
Polk County
Francis Garrity
Nance
Iowa costs for indigent defense climb 80 percent
A state budget report shows the cost of low income defendants' court representation in Iowa rising 80 percent from 1998 to 2008, reaching 52.5 million dollars in fiscal 2008. Factors include new crimes stiffer penalties enforcement and more defendants unable to afford lawyers.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mason City approves 62 properties for buyouts
Mason City council approves 62 flood damage buyouts totaling about six million dollars with the city covering roughly nine hundred seventy thousand. Four applications were rejected in the final buyout step announced Tuesday by the Carson Street council.
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Mason City
Council
Jury finds C R man not guilty of disaster benefits fraud
Jermaine Graham, 33, of Cedar Rapids, was acquitted by a federal jury in Cedar Rapids on a disaster benefits fraud charge related to FEMA aid. The jury deliberated over 12 hours across two days, finding insufficient evidence he lived at 318 E Ave NW during the flood period.
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C.R. Man
Trish Mehaffey
Cedar Rapids
Jermaine Graham
U.S. District Court
Anthony Voss
Marion
Graham
E Ave
FEMA
Stan Roush
Iowa women's prison tests inmate e mail system
Mitchellville state women's prison begins a pilot allowing inmates to receive e mail from family and friends with printouts delivered by staff. The system uses bar coded paper for replies and costs 25 cents per message. Two way e mail is limited to within the facility and is designed to reduce labor and prevent contraband.
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Mitchellville
Iowa Department of Corrections
Mitchellville State Women’s Prison
John Baldwin
Iowa Board of Corrections
Iowa
Atul Gupta
Advanced Technologies Group
West Des Moines
Gupta
Federal
American Bar Association
Johnie Hammond
Ames
Jean Basinger
Citizens United For the Rehabilitation
Basinger
Assault Charges Filed in Eastern Iowa Log
The Log reports charges from public safety and county attorney offices in Eastern Iowa. The text notes possession of methamphetamine and assault charges as accusations pending court determination.
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The
Gazette
Iowa
Mount Vernon and Cedar Rapids suspects face various charges
Stephanie Behrens faces an operating while intoxicated charge after a snowmobile incident in the 7400 block of West Mount Vernon Road. Tammie Phipps is accused of forging a prescription for Adderall and taking it to Hy Vee on Edgewood Road NE. Wayne Sams is charged with manufacturing meth at 2210 16th Ave SW. Tiamo Blackcloud allegedly assaulted a man at the Lary Nelson Center. Kyle Anderson faces bodily injury assault on East College Street Iowa City. Stephanie Campos is accused of domestic abuse assault with a weapon after a stabbing in Coralville. Public records access to the victim’s identity was denied.
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Stephanie L. Behrens
Linn Grove Rd
Mount Vernon
W. Mount Vernon Road
Tammie Phipps
Agin
Tiamo L. Blackcloud
Bever Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Micky Medberry
Lary Nelson Center
Kyle B. Anderson
S. van Buren St
Apt. A
Iowa City
East College Street
Stephanie D. Campos
Fourth Ave. Pl
Apt. 12
Coralville
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Iowa News
David Johannsen
Sutherland
Johannsen
Liberty Products
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Associated Press
Brian Ray
the Gazette
Iona
Voss
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U.S
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