Public TV probe head misled on firings before resignation
Iowa Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. William Palmer says IPBN Executive Director Thomas Ditzel assured him no staff firings would occur during the probe, yet Ditzel fired fundraiser Michael Feld just days before his resignation. Feld alleges retaliation for cooperating with investigators. The inquiry by a special panel follows long-standing mismanagement allegations at IPBN.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Public Broadcasting Network
IPBN
Thomas Ditzel
William Palmer
Ditzel
Palmer
Senate Budget Committee
Legislative Council
Des Moines Democrat
State Educational Radio and Television Board
Michael Feld
Feld
Panel debates Feld dismissal amid network operation concerns
State auditors and fiscal bureau staff join the comptroller and network officials to raise concerns about IPEN operations. He hopes Ditzel will testify later to discuss Feld's dismissal and related administration issues. Classified section notes a Home of Your Own listing.
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Ipen
State Auditor’s
Legislative Fiscal Bureau
State Comptroller’s Office
Ditzel
Feld
Iowa City group seeks nuclear security report
Environmental group Free Environment filed a legal appeal to obtain the NRC study on alleged irregularities at the Quad Cities Nuclear Generating Station in Cordova Illinois. The Iowa City group also asked the Illinois attorney general to release the report, with investigations by the NRC and FBI on lax security following prior guard allegations.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City Group
Iowa City
Quad Cities
Cordova
Free Environment
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Illinois
FBI
Jan Strasma
Glen Ellyn
Ill
Vinton forms utility board to run municipal electric system
The Vinton City Council approved a utility board with six year, four year and two year terms for members Jim Peterson Vern Simon and Dale Rommann. The council also signed Benton County Mutual Aid Agreement ensuring regional disaster assistance and state and federal aid. A plan to zone the fairground south of Vinton for a county home was discussed for later review.
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Vinton
Gerald Pederson
Jim Peterson
Vern Simon
Dale Rommann
Pederson
Roy Stiegelmeyer
Benton County
Hope Rogers
Benton County Board of Supervisors
Planning and Zoning Commission
Rock Island aims to resume Iowa property tax payments
William Gibbons the bankruptcy trustee for Rock Island Lines says the railroad seeks to restart paying about 1 million dollars in local property taxes annually in Iowa and other states. He notes approval from U S Bankruptcy Judge Frank McGarr is required and earlier tax forgiveness will be resolved in the final settlement.
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DES Moines
UPI
William Gibbons
Rock Island Lines
Gibbons
Rock Island Shippers
U.S
Frank McGarr
Iowa
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