Task force backs counties taking over state road maintenance
A governor task force recommends counties assume maintenance of state primary roads with funding. Linn County official LeRoy Soukup says extra money and more workers would be needed, noting 58 road crew employees and only 270 hard surfaced miles in the county. The plan also urges IDOT planning reform and eventual county control of snow plowing and pothole work.
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Linn
LeRoy Soukup
Linn County
Iowa
Soukup
Iowa Department of Transportation
County Boards of Supervisors
IDOT
Iowa tax mix seen as middle of the pack in study
An Iowa examination finds high rates on income property and fuel taxes yet low on sales and corporate taxes, placing the state near the national median. The report notes income tax remains the largest revenue source and that overall tax and fee revenue rose in 1982 to match the U.S. average.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Steven Gold
National Conference of State Legislatures
Gold
South Dakota Eyes Missouri River as Cash Crop
Iowa reports Rep. Philip Davitt says South Dakota seeks to cash in on Missouri River water via irrigation and sales while support grows for a 10 state Missouri Basin Compact to regulate river use. He notes protests and a lawsuit by Iowa Nebraska and Missouri against a sale to ETSI Wyoming and urges broader regional action. Davitt cites balancing basin interests and criticizes South Dakota’s short sighted planning.
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Des Moines
South Dakota
Missouri
Philip Davitt
D-St. Charles
Davitt
Iowa
Congress
Missouri Basin
Etsi, Inc
Wyoming
Nebraska
Yankton
S.D
Omaha
ETSI
Gulf of Mexico
McAninch to be mothballed in Des Moines
McAninch Corpora tion will lay off 175 workers and auction most equipment. The Des Moines based firm will not close but be mothballed until the construction market and economy improve. It will finish current projects then exit the construction business by mid 1983. The company has worked on Eastern Iowa projects including Interstate 380.
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Des Moines
UPI
McAninch Corporation
Dwayne McAninch
McAninch
Pocahontas Man Faces Hearing in Double Homicide
Roger Van Hoff 27 appears after a domestic disturbance at his home in Pocahontas County. He is charged with fatally shooting his father Clarence Van Hoff 75 and his son Cory Van Hoff 8. Preliminary hearing set for Nov 19. bond $100000. He remains jailed after initial court appearance.
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Pocahontas, Iowa
Pocahontas County
Pocahontas
Roger van Hoff
van Hoff
Clarence van Hoff
Cory van Hoff
Davenport lawyer disbarred by Iowa Supreme Court
Davenport attorney Michael Lipes 32 pleaded guilty to sexual assault and abduction in Richmond Virginia and was disbarred by the Iowa Supreme Court after consenting to license revocation. He was convicted November 4 1981 and received a suspended sentence.
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DES Moines
Davenport
Michael Lipes
Virginia
Iowa Supreme Court
Lipes
Richmond
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