Last-Gasp Push to Save TouchPlay Machines
Businesses seek legislative authority to keep TouchPlay lottery devices running until September 1 and reroute the state's proceeds to a relief fund. A Polk County judge denied an injunction Tuesday, forcing shutdown of all 6,400 machines by 11:59 p.m. If lawmakers act, operations may continue briefly and funds diverted to aid 82 small Iowa businesses.
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Gazette Des Moines
TouchPlay
Senate
Mike Gronstal
Council Bluffs
TouchPlay Machines Shut Down Timetable Released
Iowa Lottery sets 8 a.m. today as start of shutdown for TouchPlay machines with 11 59 p m deadline to turn off all devices and a 12 01 a m Thursday cutoff for offline status, new ban takes effect.
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Iowa Lottery
Iowa farmer uses hog manure to cut fertilizer costs
Randy Lackender of Iowa plans to build a hog housing facility on his land to produce manure for fertilizing 200 to 250 acres. A cooperating pork producer will own the hogs while a neighboring young farmer tends them, reducing reliance on chemical fertilizer amid rising fuel and fertilizer costs.
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the Gazette
Owa
Randy Lackender
Lackender
Ron Stutsman
David Lienemann
Morris Swenka
North Liberty
Highway 6
Tiffin
Swenka
Penford Products
Genencor International Inc
Cedar Rapids
English health beats Americans in middle age study
A Chicago AP report outlines research showing white middle aged Americans across income and education levels have higher rates of diabetes heart disease strokes lung disease and cancer than peers in England. The findings challenge stereotypes about health in both countries.
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Chicago
England
U.S
Vilsack explores state built Whirlpool plant to save jobs
Gov. Tom Vilsack said Iowa could consider building a state-of-the-art Whirlpool plant if the company keeps its Maytag plants in Newton and Amana. He described the plan as hypothetical and a showcase of the state’s willingness to preserve jobs.
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WG Uaound
Cedar Rapids
Tom Vilsack
Whirlpool
Iowa
Vilsack
Gazette
Maytag
Newton
Amana
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