Iowa oil pipeline plan paused as firm seeks restart
Northern Pipeline Co. of Delaware Inc asked the Iowa Commerce Commission to drop its current application for the nine county crude line through eastern Iowa. The company aims to refile and restart the process while still pursuing a southern Illinois to Twin Cities route despite legal challenges and landowner opposition.
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Northern Pipeline Co. of
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Iowa Commerce Commission
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Twin Cities
Northern RCO Route Delayed as Hearings Restart
Northern plans to restart hearings on the 162 mile crude oil route through Minnesota and Iowa. The Iowa change would dodge potential leaks while Minnesota seeks state health input and a final DNR decision. RCO leader Jim Levi calls the delay a partial victory while pledging continued opposition.
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Minnesota
Iowa
Department of Health
Department of Natural Resources
Chickasaw County
Winneshiek
Howard
Fayette
Frederick Hansen
Wichita
Hansen
Arlington
Jim Levi
RCO
ISEA survey finds 20 percent plan program cuts in Iowa schools
Iowa State Education Association president Robert Gilchrist cites a survey of 348 superintendents showing 20 percent plan to eliminate or curtail programs in 1977 78. Reductions in academic courses and innovative programs are common, with staff cuts and higher pupil teacher ratios also reported.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Education Association
Robert Gilchrist
Gilchrist
Bottoms found guilty of lesser assault count in jail incident
Michael Bottoms, 19, of Cedar Rapids, was found guilty by an Iowa County jury of assault with intent to inflict great bodily harm in an incident at Benton County Jail that struck Sheriff Kenneth Popenhagen with a water closet lid. Sentencing was set for Thursday.
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Bottoms
Marengo
Michael Bottoms
Cedar Rapids
Iowa County
Benton County
Kenneth Popenhagen
Popenhagen
Iowa City
Donnan Mayor Porter Is Re-elected in Tiny Iowa Town
In Donnan population 13, Mayor Matt Porter, 60, will serve a 23rd year at 24 dollars annually after being overruled by all eligible voters. Every adult in the town holds some municipal office, and Porter's 12th term includes planning the town centennial.
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UPI
Matt Porter
Iowa
Porter
Prairie du Chien Shooting Ties to Marijuana Ring
Four men are charged with armed robbery and five with conspiracy to purchase marijuana after a shooting, beating and abduction near Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. The incident centered on a plan to buy 25 pounds of marijuana for four thousand dollars with suspects meeting at a bar and proceeding to Mondell Bluff where a shotgun was fired and a suspect fled to a residence. Bonds range from five thousand to one thousand dollars with preliminary hearings set for next Tuesday.
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Crawford County
Michael Holman
Beloit
Keith Loney
Michelle Loney
Waterloo
Iowa
Mark
Greg Gifford
Allison
Mark Overland
Lentz
Mondell Bluff
Holmann
Mark Gifford
Overland
Sheriff's Department
William Fillbach
Richland Center
Keith
Wisconsin tightens amphetamine rules reaching toward Iowa
Wisconsin becomes the first state to ban most prescriptions and sales of amphetamines effective immediately. Iowa officials including Paul Crews of the Board of Pharmacy Examiners see the move as overdue and discuss potential Iowa follow up, while federal action and medical groups weigh in on stricter controls and enforcement.
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UPI
Wisconsin
Iowa
Paul H. Crews
State Board of Pharmacy Examiners
State Board of Medical Examiners
Crews
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Ronald Saf
Board of Medical Examiners
Pharmacy Board
Saf
Eldon E. Huston
Iowa Medical Society
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