Iowa officials drop welfare case quota amid criticism
Iowa officials announced the end of a quota system pressuring county welfare workers to tag a set number of cases for investigations. State inspections and appeals will still use numeric goals to ensure fiscal accountability, while critics say quotas invite bias and unwarranted probes.
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Tom Miller
Polk County Net
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Ketch
Charles Sweeney
Accused arsonist faces arraignment on eight charges
Michael Sackwill, 22, was arraigned Thursday on eight arson charges from fires on July 16 in Iowa City. The Johnson County attorney filed seven second degree arson counts for cars and one first degree arson for a building at 806 College St. Sackwill was released on $100,000 bond. police are probing a dozen other car fires in the past month.
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Robert Sackwill
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Jurors Interviewed in Murder Trial of Former ISU Nude Model
In Fort Dodge 77 potential jurors were interviewed for the first degree murder trial of Yvette Marie Louisell age 18. The case stems from the December 1987 stabbing death of Keith Stilwell 42 in Ames and may be compiled for a 30 minute TV program On Trial. The venue change due to media coverage moved proceedings to Webster Court. Louisell pleaded not guilty and was held after transfer from juvenile to adult status following the crime and related credit card use.
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Yvette Marie Louisell
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Keith Stilwell
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Story County
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Gsebruary
Me Moines
Shever Hall Juvenile Center
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