State Government Bonuses Rise Amid Austerity in Iowa
Nine agency heads received bonuses and salary increases totaling 221000 over three months as Iowa faced cuts. Governors office defended bonuses to attract and keep top executives to run departments. Critics call it a slap in the face to workers while pay remains frozen or trimmed.
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Des Moines
Tom Vilsack
Jan Corderman
Council 61
American Federation of State
Ted Stillwill
Stillwill
Ellen Gordon
Department of Public Defense
Vilsack
Gary Maynard
Maynard
Steve Gleason
Corderman
Iowa agency directors exceed salary limits with bonuses
The Iowa Department of Administrative Services lists top agency directors whose annual compensation, including bonuses, exceeds set limits. Names include Michael Blouin of Economic Development and Cynthia Eisenhauer of Management at caps, with substantial bonuses noted plus several others across departments and the Law Enforcement Academy.
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Iowa
Michael Blouin
Department of Economic Development
Cynthia Eisenhauer
Department of Management
Steve Gleason
Vilsack
Ellen Gordon
Department of Public Defense
Alien Harris
Department For the Blind
Gary Maynard
Department of Corrections
Ted Stillwill
Department of Education
Kevin Techau
Department of Public Safety
Penny Westfall
Law Enforcement Academy
Iowa Department of Administrative Services
Navy Buddies Reunite After 50 Years At Iowa Campground
Hank Motter Jr. of Mason City and LaVerne Childers of Roland, both 1951 USS George M. Randall sailors, met by chance at a Cole area campground while tattoos helped identify them. The pair, who transported Korea’s war dead in 1951, shared memories and vowed to stay in touch.
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Mason City
Iowa
Hank Motter Jr
LaVerne Childers
Cole
Childers
Motter
Roland
USS
George M. Randall
Korea
Motter and Childers
San Francisco
Japan
South Korea
Taiwan
China
DNR Expands Air Stations Across Iowa Farms
The Iowa DNR operates six air sampling stations at a Atlan tic dairy farm Clarion Williams Woodbine swine farms Sioux Center and Mal com poultry farm amid plans to add four more. Stations test hydrogen sulfide and ammonia from manure while lawmakers debate regulations and setbacks.
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DNR
Bryan Bunton
Des Moines
Atlantic
Clarion
Williams
Woodbine
Sioux Center
Malcom
Bunton
McCarthy
Legisla
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