Odell Embraces Iowa Secretary of State Role
Mary Jane Odell, newly installed Iowa secretary of state, says she likes the job and finds it inspiring. She plans a slow, careful start while studying the Iowa Code and learning staff roles, with no plans to add or cut personnel. She notes she has signed about 2,000 documents in five days and will oversee corporate and election offices along with the executive council.
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Reagen denies bid favoritism in state computer system
DSS Commissioner Michael Reagen refutes claims by NCR and Harris that the department drafted specs to favor IBM. He notes broad involvement, hearings, and federal participation, with 80 percent federal funding support proposed and bids opened from Honeywell and others for an integrated system to improve aid programs.
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Hoeven remembered as elder statesman of northwest Iowa
Former congressman Charles B. Hoeven 85 of Alton died Sunday in Orange City. A Republican who led Iowa's 6th District from 1943 to 1965, he was praised for loving his district the Floyd River flood control work and service on the Agriculture Committee. Funeral set for Wednesday in Alton.
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New film to shoot in Dubuque Pennies from Heaven comes to town
Filming for a new comedy musical set in the 1930s will begin in Dubuque in January marking the city’s third major movie project in four years. The cast includes Steve Ma uu Ava Bernadette Peters. Previous Dubuque shoots include F.L.S.T. in 1977 and Take This Job and Shove It last summer. On this date in 1979 the Justice Department ordered deportation of Iranian students as American hostages began their first week in Iran.
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Wisconsin and Utah men vie for Iowa conservation director post
Three finalists for the Iowa Conservation Commission director position are identified as Douglas Morris sette, 45, Wisconsin DNR natural resources administrator. Kent Klepinger, 46, Wisconsin DNR deputy director. and Larry Wilson, 41, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources southeastern region supervisor.
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