EPC votes on bottle deposit scale back and recycling rules
Iowa Environmental Protection Commission declined to broaden 5 cent bottle deposits to non carbonated juices and waters and to require recycled newsprint. The panel approved a 1993 environmental funding package and a rule for large apartments to provide recycling space.
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Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
State Environmental Protection Commission
EPC
State Department of Natural Resources
Nancylee Liebermann
Court halts sale of living trusts in Iowa case
Attorney General Bonnie Campbell says Dallas County court blocked the sale of living trusts by Robert Christensen of Atlantic and Daniel Johnson of rural Chariton. Defendants, selling as Beneficial Living Trust and Beneficial Estate Planners, must refund 13495 to 10 Iowa buyers. 40 to 50 more may be eligible. Courts action cites misleading materials and overstated probate costs. Consumers urged to seek independent advice before purchasing.
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Rusty Laird
Iowa Soft Drink Association
Wine and
Liebermann
Iowa
Bill Monroe
Iowa Newspaper Association
Monroe
EPC
Richard Hartsuck
DNR
Des Moines
Bonnie Campbell
Dallas County
Robert Christensen
Atlantic
Daniel Johnson
Rural Chariton
Beneficial Living Trust
Beneficial Estate Planners
Campbell
Bond set for Des Moines arson suspect in fatal fire
Daniel Philip Butler, 27, appeared before Associate Judge A Patricia Houlihan in Polk County Court with arraignment set for November 30. He faces two counts of first degree murder and one count of first degree arson for the Saturday fire that killed John Emerick and his daughter Christine, with 2 other residents dead and many others escaping. Bond totals 232500 as he remains jailed. If convicted, life sentence without parole. Police linked the incident to a prior break in report at the girlfriend’s apartment in the same building. The girlfriend and children survived.
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DES Moines
Daniel Philip Butler
A. Patricia Houlihan
Polk County District Court
Butler
John Emerick
Emerick
Christine
Polk County
Counties Face Vote on Recorders Office in 1998 Ballot
In Carroll and Woodbury counties voters decide whether to end the county recorder’s office. Proponents say clerical duties can be moved to the courthouse and technology replaces paper records. Opponents warn limited savings and reduced local options.
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Woodbury
Nancy Pudenz
Carroll County
Pudenz
Betty Sheehan
Mose Yanney
Earle Grueskin
Sue Pierce
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