Iowa environmental chief resigns to join Argonne Lab
Steve Ballou executive director of the Iowa Department of Water Air and Waste Management resigns effective June 13 to lead an environmental research program at Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago. Ballou has headed the department since 1982 as state reorganization consolidates agencies into the Department of Natural Resources. He notes friction between flexibility for economic development and environmental protection.
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Ballou
Branstad
Department of Water, Air and Waste Management
Department of Natural Resources
Iowa Conservation Commission
Larry Wilson
WAWM
Division of Environmental Protection
Wilson
Steve
Dick Vohs
Steve Ballou
Vohs
Department of Environmental Quality
Natural Resources Council
Iowa
Laboratory
Robert Ray
Iowa Environmental Agency
Iowa IOLTA Grants Aid 12 Legal Support Groups
Des Moines AP Iowa awards 282004 to 12 legal aid groups under the new IOLTA program begun July 1 by Iowa Supreme Court. Grants range from 8,150 to 50,000 for civil aid and justice projects.
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Des Moines
Community Dispute Settlement Center Inc
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
IOLTA
Iowa Supreme Court
Attor
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Iowa Lakes Area Agency On Aging
Spencer
Legal Services Corp. of
Help Through Education and Law Program Inc
Davenport
Legal Aid Society of
Polk County
Story County
Muscatine Legal Services
Polk County Bar Assoociation Volunteer Lawyers Project
Southern Iowa Economic Development Association
Ottumwa
Iowa Center For
Urban Dreams Legal Education Project
Security failure prompts county jail review
Lee County Sheriff Bud Arnold reports eight months of inmates in the maximum security blocks could open locked doors enabling access to the day room. Doors, installed in 1981, resist repair efforts by the manufacturer, who would bill $450 daily plus travel and living costs for an engineer to inspect the problem.
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Fort Madison
Lee County Board of Supervisors
Bud Arnold
Arnold
Iowa
Amtrak Ridership Rises Across Iowa Stations
Amtrak ridership in Iowa increased 16 percent for the six months to March 30 with Mount Pleasant up 37 percent and Osceola up 32 percent. Between October 1985 and March 1986, 26,333 passengers used the six Iowa stations, up 3,630 from a year earlier.
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Amtrak
Iowa
Des Moines
Mount Pleasant
Cedar Rapids-Iown City
Osceola
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