Prairie Meadows seeks wider simulcasting through July
Iowa’s Prairie Meadows asks the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission to expand simulcasting to 12 races per week through July 31 beginning with this Saturday’s Kentucky Derby. If approved, at least two telecast events per race day and up to four on Thursdays would boost daily racing to 11 or more televised events.
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Wes Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission
Commission
Mick Lura
Prairie Meadows
L.C
Bud” Pike
Grundy Center
Lura
Terry Branstad
Racing Commission
Altoona
Dubuque
Waterloo
Council Bluffs
Leo Monaghan
Manchester
Pike
Omaha
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Nuclear plant performance sets record nationwide in 1989
U.S. nuclear plants ran at a record 65.2 percent availability in 1989, with output totaling 529.4 billion kilowatt hours. The industry cites 112 licensed plants, including Shoreham and Seabrook, and notes nuclear accounted for 19.1 percent of electricity, behind coal.
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Dale Kueter Newn
Cian
U.S
U.S. Council For Energy Awareness
Shoreham
Seabrook
U.S. Department of Energy
DOE
USCEA
Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
Duane Arnold Energy Center
Palo
Commonwealth Edison
Chicago
Cordova
Ill
Quad Cities
Palo nuke license extended four years to 2014
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. to extend the Palo nuclear power plant operating license by four years to February 21, 2014. The NRC had earlier granted a 40 year license tied to the 1970 start of construction with actual operations beginning in 1974.
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The
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Palo
NRC
Garden shops warn of frost risk after warm spell in Iowa
Cedar Rapids stores report no frost damage by Monday afternoon but forecast a freeze into the 30s. Gardeners advised covering tender annuals and vegetables, with broccoli cabbage and cauliflower more resilient. Water washing frost off before sun heats may save plants, said Lynn Burrell and Ken Peckosh.
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Cedar Rapids Garden
Lynn Burrell
Frontier Garden Center
Burrell
Ken Peckosh
Peck's Flower and Garden Shop
Cedar Rapids
Burrell and Peckosh
Aflatoxin Hazard Halts DNR Pruess Corn Case
The Pruess farm corn pile tainted with aflatoxin faces state action to hire a hazardous waste firm for disposal on a concrete slab, with Werling issuing an injunction to pause DNR possession until the hearing. Pruess seeks a cheaper, safer alternative and argues the state plan could bankrupt his business. DNA lawyers note Farmers Home Administration share of disposal costs.
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Natural Resources
Pruess
Werling
DNR
Chicago
DNA
U.S. Farmers Home Administration
Pryor
Okla
Fmha
William Norton
London
Stahr
Hammond
University of Iowa
Louis Licht
Morris Preston
Gas prices seen slightly lower this summer in Iowa
Iowa motorists may avoid the usual price surge as falling oil prices offset higher demand. State DNA analyst Larry Dombrowski says motorists could see gasoline about 10 to 15 cents per gallon cheaper than last year.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Bureau
Iowa
Larry Dombrowski
State Department of Natural Resources
OPEC
Dombrowski
Alaska
Illinois man dies in ADM grain dryer accident
Clinton police said Steven Shadle 38 of Morrison Illinois was fatally injured while repairing a grain dryer at the Archer Daniels Midland plant. He died shortly after 4 p.m. Sunday from multiple injuries as plant officials said the investigation is not yet complete.
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Clinton
Illinois
Steven Shadle
Morrison
Ill
Archer Daniels Midland
Salvador Borja
Clinton County
Shadle
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