Independent candidate Jim Roberson campaigns on anger in Iowa district
Cedar Rapids resident Jim Roberson, 50, running as an Independent in Iowa's 2nd District, refuses campaign funds and attacks incumbents and party politics. He lives in subsidized housing, relies on disability pay, hitchhikes for trips, and vows to shake up politics if elected.
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Jim Roberson
Mike Blouin
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Jacelyn Dr. NW
Blouin
Tom Riley
Cedar Rapids
Cedar County
ADC
Dubuque
Mount Vernon rejects rezoning to highway commercial
Mount Vernon City Council votes 3 2 against rezoning 12 acres of Edleman property from agricultural to highway commercial south of Highway 30. Ford dealer move blocked by cost and strip zoning worries. septic plans noted. Mayor authorized to contract library service with Cornell College library. typical fees cited.
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Mount Vernon
Planning and Zoning Commission
Robert Edieman
Highway 30
Dave Taylor
al Atherton
Dale Sargent
Nick Berry
Cecil Dam
Janet Dumbaugh
State Department of Transportation
Ford
Edleman
Taylor
Dick Peters
Cornell College Library
Jepsen Attacks Clark Spending Record At Davenport Plant
In Davenport Roger Jepsen a two term lieutenant governor and Senate candidate criticized Senator Dick Clark over spending voting. He told workers at M A Ford Manufacturing that big government outlays cut paychecks and fuel inflation. He argued wage price guidelines won’t curb inflation and called tax cuts misleading noting a 1813 date reference.
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Davenport
Senate
Roger Jepsen
Iowa
Dick Clark
Clark
Jepsen
M.A. Ford
Carter
Washington
Congress
Steel shot rule lifted on upper Mississippi River
Iowa Conservation Commission Director Fred Priewert says the U S Fish and Wildlife Service has lifted the steel shot requirement for waterfowl hunting on the upper Mississippi River north of Davenport. Steel shot remains required in Fremont and Mills counties and at DeSoto Bend Wildlife Refuge.
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DES Moines
Iowa Conservation Commission
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Mississippi River
Davenport
Commission
Fred Priewert
Fremont
Mills
DeSoto Bend
Iowa
Iowa Woman Dies After C Section Birth In Crash Near Rochester
Donna Trom 28 of Dakota City died at St Marys Hospital after a two car crash on Highway 30 near Rochester on Oct 7. She was eight months pregnant and underwent a Cesarean section to deliver a baby boy named Edward who remains hospitalized. Her husband Wayne 33 and two children sustained minor injuries. He and the infant are named in hospital reports.
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Rochester
Iowa To Receive $1 Million For Juvenile Justice Programs
An Iowa Crime Commission spokesman said Iowa now has close to one million dollars for juvenile justice programs. The Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration announced an additional 138000 for juvenile justice money. Dick White said the state already had 834000 set aside and the extra funds come from unspent federal monies. The money will fund alternatives to detention.
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Iowa Crime Commission
Federal
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Iowa
Dick White
Iowa Commission
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