Ray confident on Fort Madison prison safety despite guards
Gov. Robert Ray said he is confident guards and the Fort Madison administration run the state penitentiary amid guard concerns about inmate attacks. He noted the prison is near capacity with 700 inmates, and said problems are ongoing but not unusual. He cited ongoing reviews and not hiring more guards as a solution. He also warned against politicizing media coverage of prison issues.
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Des Moines
State Penitentiary
Robert Ray
Fort Madison
Ray
American Federation of State
State Corrections Division
Commissioner of Social Services
Corrections Division
Social Services Department
Repair Work At C N W Crossing In Mechanicsville
Don Pospil and Jim Rairden repair the signal light at the Chicago and North Western railroad crossing in Mechanicsville. They face the camera during the work showing hands on equipment and active maintenance in progress.
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Don Pospil
Jim Rairden
Chicago and North Western
Mechanicsville
Surplus property program in jeopardy for Iowa cities
Iowa faces jeopardy to its surplus property program as a 1980 defense act could raise the service charge to 2.1 percent of original cost, shifting costs to local units of government and limiting items available. Tom Roller warns Cedar Rapids helicopter and other aid could become unaffordable, after 33 years of low-cost aid and a revolving fund.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Tom Roller
Defense Department
Department of Defense
Cedar Rapids
Indian Hills Community College
Roller
Department of General Services
Six Die In Iowa Weekend Traffic Crashes
Six people died in Iowa traffic accidents over the weekend. Ann Virginia Thomas 26 of Hiawatha was found 25 feet from her car after a ditch crash on a Buchanan County road. Delaware County infant Christopher Fangman 17 months killed when his mother hit him on the farm. Ankeny 3 year old Misty Untrauer died after a motorcycle crash with her father in critical condition. Ellen Frazier 13 of Carroll died after being struck on a city street. Tim Heaton 20 of Glidden not charged. Marie Edison 52 and Richard Edison 59 of Des Moines plus Ray and Laura Robertson 81 and 80 also involved in a Wright County crash. Gene Bell 30 driving eastbound failed to stop at a stop sign. Gregory Leuwerke 19 of Ventura died in a Cerro Gordo County single vehicle crash.
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Thomas Fangman
Dundee
Fangman
Delaware County Sheriff's Deputies
Miss Frazier
Tammy DeVore
Carroll
Miss DeVore
Omaha
Neb
Tim Heaton
Glidden
Wright County
Ternoon
Marie Edison
Des Moines
Ventura
Cerro Gordo
Mason City
Leuwerke
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