Iowans miss out on extra unemployment weeks
Culver administration decisions last year kept Iowa from pursuing a federal extension that would have added 13 weeks of benefits funded by the federal government. Labor data indicate about 18,000 Iowans exhausted benefits between November and June, with economists noting a potential economic impact from the missed extension.
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Ed Tibbetts
Jund City Times
Culver
U.S. Department of Labor
Senate Democrats
Polly Carver-Kimm
Iowa Workforce Development
Iowa
Dave Swenson
Iowa State University
Swenson
RAGBRAI prep continues in Manchester amid flood damage
Manchester prepares for RAGBRAI with as many as 20 000 cyclists despite a Maquoketa River flood. City officials and 300 volunteers organize 19 committees to ensure safety and guest comfort while estimating a 400 000 dollar economic impact mostly for nonprofits bars and restaurants. Quasqueton also hosts riders with 200 volunteers serving food and entertainment for 4 000 wraps and numerous pies.
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Orlan Leve Ne Gazette
Manchester
Jack Klaus
Manchester City
Tim Vick
Cochairman
Vick
Klaus
Iowa
Quasqueton
Ragbrai Committee
Staton
Block date stone move under review by historic panel
Cedar Rapids officials question a 10000 dollar charge to move a 2500 pound 1929 date block from the Sinclair plant to The History Center. The block, saved for the potential marker, was moved after demolition work funded by FEMA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cindy Hadish
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Historic Preservation Commission
Sinclair Meatpacking
Third Ave
Carl and Mary Koehler
First Ave
Sushil Nepal
Commission
Sinclair
D.W. Zinser
Walford
John Riggs
The
Zinser
Riggs
History Center
Maura Pilcher
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
University of Iowa plans multiuse power plant near Finkbine lot
The West Campus Energy Plant would be a natural gas turbine facility to supply backup power and steam for campus buildings and the Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building. It aims for about 80 percent efficiency and could sell excess power during peak demand. Funding and final design await Board approval with construction hoped for 2013.
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Dave DeWitte
Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
West Campus
Finkbine
Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery
Ferman Milster
Milster
Board of Regents
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