States seek firm Missouri River boundary amid shifting waters
Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota officials meet in Sioux City to decide the Missouri River boundary dispute with the goal of confirming the middle of the river as the line and assessing surveys and financing. The effort involves SIMPCO and state legislators, addressing land ownership, fishing licenses, compensation, and Indian reservation boundaries amid historic river realignments.
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Neb
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Missouri River
Siouxland Interstate Metropolitan Planning Council
Simpco
Sioux
Don Meisner
Winnebago
Congress Free Mail Frenzy Drives Mass Campaigns Before Vote
The deadline suspending franking privileges pushed lawmakers to flood mailboxes with non political newsletters. Senators Grassley and Harkin and Representative Tauke mailed hundreds of thousands of pieces to constituents, while ethics panels review and sometimes challenge promotional content including a dog diaper invention sponsored by Iowa officials.
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GaZew
Washington
Charles Grassley
Riowa
Congress
Tom Tauke
Iowa
House Franking Commission
Senate Ethics Committee
Ethics Committee
Harkin
Governor’s Office
State Office of Education
Education officials warn of misleading test scores
Iowa education officials cautioned that interpreting SAT and ACT results is risky and warned against using scores to portray state performance. They noted long term trends show improving minority outcomes and strong Midwest results, while emphasizing study of broader data over single scores.
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DES Moines
John Martin
Iowa
Martin
Upper Midwest
David Crockett
Disaster loan meetings set for drought areas in Iowa
Good response in the first round of sessions to counsel owners of small businesses about eligibility for low-interest drought related disaster loans has prompted scheduling of another round this month. Iowa and Missouri were designated economic disaster areas. Cedar Rapids sessions run 8 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. Sept 19 22 at the Linn County Administration Building. Mount Pleasant meetings run 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. today through Friday at the Henry County Courthouse.
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Washington
Jim Leach
Iowa
Small Business Administration
Agriculture
Richard Lyng
Missouri
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Administration
First St
Mount Pleasant
Henry County
Iowa Co op Not Subpoenaed in Andersen Probe
Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative of Wilton Iowa does employ Arthur Andersen & Co but has not been subpoenaed. An AP report mislisted it among 11 cooperatives subpoenaed in a USDA investigation. the government confirmed 11 subpoenas but did not identify them. Corn Belt Power Cooperative of Humboldt was the other Iowa listing.
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Atlanta
Associated Press
Iowa Light and Power Cooperative
Wilton
Iowa
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Arthur Andersen & Co
Arthur Andersen
Corn Belt Power Cooperative
Humboldt
Two men arraigned on embezzlement and conspiracy
In Des Moines federal court on Friday James Trainer III and David K. Rittman were arraigned on embezzlement and conspiracy charges after an August indictment accusing them of using their roles at Total Group Services of Iowa Inc. to skim 266000 from employee benefit plans for Iowa companies Bar-B Management and Cramer Brothers Construction.
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DES Moines
James Trainer III
Florida
David K. Rittman
Urbandale
Total Group Services of Iowa Inc
TGSI
Iowa
Bar-B Management Inc
Cramer Brothers Construction Co
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