Ohio man faces fines for double legal truck load
Evansdale Iowa AP A Trenton Ohio man Eugene Ledbetter 43 was stopped for driving a truck weighing 165000 pounds double the 80000 pound limit. He was charged with 14 violations and released from jail. The truck carried a printing press and was registered to Jimmy Jackson Trucking Cincinnati.
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Evansdale
Ohio
Jeff Franzen
Iowa Department of Transportation
Waterloo
Franzen
Eugene A. Ledbetter
Trenton
DOT
Curtis Reinhardt
Ledbetter
Iowa
Jimmy Jackson
Roadblock shows sting of game laws
Marshalltown based AP reports a Saturday roadblock checked 146 cars with 338 hunters. Officer Dave Tierney says minor, unintentional violations get leniency. five Minnesota hunters faced a choice over 17 pheasants, two taking the second option and splitting a $195 fine. Total violations were 32, mostly invalid licenses rather than fish and game infractions.
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Marshalltown
Dave Tierney
Tierney
Minnesota
Iowa sheriffs group investigated over pamphlet mailing
Iowa ethics chief Kay Williams says the Iowa State Sheriffs and Deputies Association may have violated law by using public funds to mail a 70 000 copy four page pamphlet urging Des Moines area voters to reject Polk County government reorganization. The pamphlet costs 11900 and features Polk County Sheriff Bob Rice who opposes the plan which would shift the sheriff auditor recorder and treasurer from elected to appointed status.
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DES Moines
Iowa State Sheriffs and Deputies Association
Polk
Iowa
Sheriffs and Deputies Association
Kay Williams
Iowa Ethics and Campaign Finance Disclosure Commission
Polk County Commonwealth
Polk County
Bob Rice
Commonwealth Plan
Organic farming seen as future for Iowa farms
In 1992 organics rose 16 percent from the prior year and influence grows beyond farms. Dole formed an organics division and Cascadian Farm was acquired by Welch's to push organic products. Welsh notes big companies invest in organics and premiums rise for producers while chemical use declines. Farmers fear yield drops if chemicals are stopped, but lower input costs can sustain or improve profits.
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Dole
Cascadian Farm
Washington
Welch's
Welsh
Iowa
Branstad Campbell ramp up final statewide campaign blitz
Gov. Terry Branstad and Democrat Bonnie Campbell pushed final day blitzes across Iowa urging turnout for Tuesday's midterm election. Polls showed Branstad with a lead amid Campbell's dismissal of the survey as an anomaly. Both campaigns emphasized getting supporters to vote as they court voters in Des Moines Cedar Rapids Davenport Sioux City Council Bluffs and other cities.
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DES Moines
Terry Branstad
Bonnie Campbell
Branstad
Campbell
Phil Roeder
Tom Harkin
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Des Moines Register
Roeder
Uesday
TV 9 News
Branstad and
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Linn County
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C J. McCaimant
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Gee
2Nd Ave
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Atiseme
Ken Perry
Alee O' Lau
Citizens For
Perry
Common Sense
Richard Responsibility
Dick Johnson
Lowan
Treasury
Richard Johnson
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