DNR Ends Iowa Trumpeter Swan Rearing Program
Iowa Department of Natural Resources will phase out its 18 year trumpet swan restoration program and hand it to the private sector. The agency will still offer expertise while local sites retain breeding stock and participate in spring relocations. Officials estimate winter feed costs at about 50 dollars per swan and note Iowa needs around 50 wild nests for a self sustaining population.
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Maquoketa
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Kevin Baskins
Baskins
DNR
Ann Burns
Conservation Department
Burns
Iowa
the Gazette
Parks and Natural Resources
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Center Point eyes pit bull ban after dog attack
Ruby Vandaver and her daughter walked their lab Maggie when a pit bull rushed from an apartment, attacking the dog. A neighbor with a handgun shot the pit bull in the head. Cedar Valley Humane Society euthanized it. Vandaver plans to push a city council ban on pit bulls. others urge dog owner responsibility. Several Linn County towns already enforce pit bull bans.
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Dave Franzman
Gazette
Center Point
Ruby Vandaver
Maggie
Vandaver
Felicia Rupe
Rupe
Cedar Valley Humane Society
Tiffany Leehey
Leehey
Zach Melton
Linn County
Alburnett
Springville
Fairfax
Kenny Knutson
the Gazette
Terry Reicks
Minor levy changes in Winneshiek plan
Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors approved a 2012 budget of 19.6 million with small property tax changes. Residential rates drop 5 cents to 7.15 per thousand, rural rates rise 3 cents to 8.87, and debt service levy falls to zero as renovations and jail construction loans are paid. Salaries rise 1.75 percent for elected officials and union staff, with Bockman requesting a 2 percent uplift.
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Supervisors
Les Askelson
Wellington Place
Teresa Bockman
County Compensation Board
Bockman
Decorah School District seeks higher tax rate for high school remodel
The Decorah district proposes a 90 cent increase to 16.74 per thousand for next year to fund a high school remodeling project. A public hearing is set for 6 p.m. Monday. Homeowners with evaluation of 100 000 would pay 812 in taxes, up from 743 this year, due in part to a higher levy and a higher taxable percentage. The board discussed the budget with zero growth and approved bids for bonds financed by a 2.79 interest loan from UMB Bank to fund the project.
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Decorah
UMB Bank of
Kansas City
North Winneshiek to hold 2012 budget hearing in library
North Winneshiek school board sets 4:30 p.m. April 11 budget hearing at the North Winneshiek Library. The property tax rate stays near 14.77 per 1000, with a $717 annual tax on a $100 000 home.
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North Winneshiek
Sarah
Decorah
North Winneshiek School Board
Fire at Iowa shed killed two found in Grand Mound
The State Fire Marshal says a March 3 blaze at a Grand Mound machine shed that destroyed by 7 15 p m was intentionally set. Two bodies were found and autopsies pending as investigators await DNA results to confirm identities.
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Iowa
Associated Press
Grand Mound
Scott County Jail death under investigation
Davenport man 47 year old Robert Wulf awaiting trial on two sex abuse charges found unresponsive in his Scott County Jail cell around 4 30 a m Thursday. Jail officers medical staff and fire rescue teams failed to revive him as investigators determine the cause. He was arrested in August.
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Davenport
Scott County
Robert Wulf
WQAD
Wulf
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