Woman Raises Funds to Refurbish Terrace Hill Mansion
Betty Millen, 63, a Farmington native now in West Des Moines, leads the Terrace Hill Society and has helped raise over 225000 for the governor's mansion. She scrubbed floors, overseen fundraisers, and served on the Terrace Hill Authority as restoration nears completion.
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Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Betty Millen
Terrace Hill
Iowa
Farmington
Millen
West Des Moines
Terrace Hill Society
Hubbell
Floyd
Iowa House
Grover Hubbell
Dows
Millens
B.F. Allen
England
Robert Ray
Billie
Marilyn Smith
Branstad Signs Iowa Incentive Bill With Tax Guardrails
Gov. Terry Branstad signed a business incentive measure for Iowa aimed at attracting industry and training workers through area community colleges. The program uses certificates funded by incremental property taxes or employer payments, with a 1.5 percent income tax withholding credit for employees and possible area-wide levies as a last resort. Branstad will monitor property tax effects and push for explicit levy limits and coordination with Job Training Partnership Act funds.
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Branstad
Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Iowa
Area School Board of Directors
State predicts million dollar Black Velvet sale in Iowa stores
Iowa officials expect to sell nine months of Black Velvet Canadian whiskey in two weeks starting June 16 at a net price of 8.03 per bottle and a 45.4 percent discount. The sale could top 24 000 cases with 6 bottles each, reaching about 1 million dollars in revenue.
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Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Beer and Liquor Control
Rolland Gallagher
Gallagher
Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Council
Beer and Liquor Control Council
Center Point Road
Cedar Rapids
Legislative Rules Review Committee
Elderly couple, cyclist die in separate Iowa crashes
An 85 year old man Merrill Myers and his wife Cleo Myers 72 died when their car rear ended a parked tank truck on a country road north of Rose Hill Mahaska County. A 27 year old cyclist Jon Richard Clute died after swerving to avoid a deer and colliding with a car on Highway 218 near Mount Pleasant. The other driver Lisa Ann Gardner 20 of Ottumwa was treated and released.
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Associated Press
Iowa
New Sharon
Rose Hill
Mahaska County
Merrill C. Myers
Cleo
Beal
Herman
Jon Richard Clute
Keokuk
Highway 218
Mount Pleasant
Iowa State Patrol
Lisa Ann Gardner
Ottumwa
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