Audit highlights alleged misuse by former health director
State auditors say it is early to decide on criminal charges against Charles City based former Northeast Iowa Emergency Medical Services Association director Charles O. Taylor. The audit covers 1977 to 1982 and cites thousands spent on meals liquor trips and other items, 212 checks signed with a board member’s name, and missing or inadequately documented funds. It flags possible conflicts involving Gene Shepard and questions over grant matching funds and equipment purchases.
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Satelte
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa
Richard Johnson
Northeast Iowa Emergency Medical Services Association Inc
Johnson
Charles O. Taylor
Clayton
Floyd County
Ron Noah
Taylor
Iowa income tax revenue falls short of last year
State revenue data show $44 million collected in the last week of February through March, $5 million below the previous year, with Iowa officials cautioning that farm-related tax payments and a potential growth rate lag may affect the fiscal year's projections. The comptroller says the shortfall need not alter the 1.9 percent growth forecast, as gains in sales taxes could offset the dip.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
Iowa Revenue Department
Revenue Department
Ronald Mosher
Lowell Jenkins
Montrose
Mosher
Patrol caps I-35 enforcement surge in Des Moines area
Iowa State Patrol deployed fifty officers along I-35 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. aided by four aircraft. The effort, with DOT checks on commercial vehicles, yielded 212 citations 461 warnings 90 false equipment tickets three warrants served and 28 motorists assisted. A similar I-80 saturation occurred on March 4.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Department of Transportation
University of Iowa seeks agoraphobia volunteers for trial
University of Iowa College of Medicine researchers seek agoraphobia patients to test a potential treatment. Professor Russell Noyes explains panic attacks involve sudden fear and physical symptoms and that sufferers may become housebound. The study will test Alprazolam as a possible blocker of panic attacks.
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Iowa City
UPI
University of Iowa
College of Medicine
Russell Noyes
Noyes
Midwest Stupid Contest Offers 2000 Dollars Prize
Davenport event promoted by KFMH FM awards 2000 dollars in cash and prizes for three minute acts of stupidity. Contestants perform on stage at a Davenport tavern on April 1 with rules banning nudity animals and obscenities.
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Davenport
Muscatine
Kfmh-Fm
Midwest
Steve Bridges
Bridges
Grain bin fumes claim life near Oskaloosa Iowa
Robin Critchlow 21 of Oskaloosa died after being overcome by grain bin fumes on a farm 10 miles southeast of the city. He dropped a tool inside the bin and attempted to retrieve it before dying at the scene per Mahaska County sheriff officials.
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Oskaloosa, Iowa
Robin Critchlow
Oskaloosa
Critchlow
Mahaska County
Income surtax to bail out low a jobless fund dead
Iowa House Speaker Donald Avenson said an income surtax to fund the jobless-benefits program is dead and sought quicker fixes within two to three years. Republican leaders criticized Democrats for no clear plan, while the fund remains more than 125 million in debt and backed by federal borrowing.
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Des Moines
Friday
Donald Avenson
D-Oelwein
Avenson
House
Roger Halvorson
R-Monona
Iowa
Midwest
Senate
Halvorson
Terry Branstad
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