Iowa public school enrollment tops 500000 for first time in 12 years
Iowa’s public schools report 500,920 students enrolled in 390 districts, up 0.79 percent from last year. RAMIREZ notes a six year enrollment rebound, with 24,000 more students since 1988-89, and rural districts showing double-digit gains aided by the Iowa Communications Network.
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Rod Boshart
Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Iowa
State Department of Education
DOE
al Ramirez
Ramirez
Amana
New Hartford
Council Bluffs
Iowa Communications
Iowa to Phase In Air Permit Fees Next Month
Iowa Environmental Protection Commission approves a phased in air operating permit fee plan to start next month. The schedule charges $24 per ton per pollutant with a $4000 cap while the DNR adjusts staffing and budget for fiscal 1995 and may collect half the fees in November.
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Rod Boshari
Des Moines
Iowa Environmental Protection Commission
Iowa
Allan Stokes
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Commission
DNR
Tap Water Blues study warns contaminants in Midwest supply
The Environmental Working Group and Physicians for Social Responsibility release a report in Washington stating that herbicide runoff may contaminate tap water for as many as 65,000 Midwest children. The Cedar Rapids data show atrazine at very low levels, while EPA limits remain unmet in some seasonal readings.
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Jazette
Midwest
Washington, D.C
Environmental Working Group
Physicians For Social Responsibility
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Louisiana
Kentucky
Chesapeake Bay
Cedar River
North
EPA
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EPC
Michael Murphy
Bay
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Cedar Ray
Iowa City
GeIintee
Wolfe Clinic
WoLfFre
Wolfe Goog
13Th Street
Marshalltown
West
Fort Dodge
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Estherville
Union
Carroll
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