Iowa City study weighs municipal power vs MidAmerican
A study by Latham & Associates compares two municipal buyout projections from MidAmerican Energy for Iowa City. Savings range from 2% to 2.5% in year one, rising to about 10% by 2029, with buyout costs and rate impacts explored. MidAmerican disputes assumptions while proponents see potential significant savings and caution about public awareness. Local officials note Kalona and Wellman also involved. Kalona’s June franchise vote looms.
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Latham & Associates
Iowa City
Iowa Utilities Board
MidAmerican Energy
MidAmerican
Todd Raba
MidAmerican Energy Company
Kansas City
Black & Veatch
Raba
Bob Haug
Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities
Haug
Saul Mekies
Citizens For Public Power
Washington County
Kalona
Wellman
Alliant
Alliant Energy
Doug Morgan
Farmers Rural Electric Cooperative
Frytown
Morgan
Detainees at Abu Ghraib may hold multiple IDs says Rumsfeld
Pentagon sources note detainees have several identifications from different countries, complicating nationality and purpose. Western involvement in Iraqi resistance could further blur group lines. Reports tie in foreign fighters with al Qaeda and recall Lindh in Afghanistan. In Tikrit, 4th Infantry Division killed two Iraqis and wounded two during a gunbattle near an ammunition dump. one suspect captured, two fled.
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Saddam Hussein
Pentagon
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Saddam
U.S
al-Qaida
John Walker Lindh
Afghanistan
Taliban
Lindh
4Th Infantry Division
Tikrit
Josslyn Aberle
Swan swan nesting pairs hit regional goal milestone
Swanlowa swan project reports 13 free flying nesting pairs with two Iowa produced pairs in Wisconsin and 47 chicks hatched this year. An additional 120 chicks hatched in Iowa by 37 clipped-wing pairs. The National Zoo noted Honker and Nellie hatched Bruiser and three other cygnets in May.
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Bruiser
Andrews
Iowa
Wisconsin
National Zoo
Honker
Nellie
Trumpeter Swan Returns to Western National Parks
A trumpeter swan, named for its deep far carrying call and distinctive all black bill, grows to 5 1/2 feet with a 10 foot wingspan and weighs about 26 pounds. Found across mild to cold North American regions, it neared extinction but has staged a comeback in western US and Canadian national parks. Na tional Zoo researchers like Talbott support global conservation while aiding birds in her home state. Contact writer Orlan Love at Gazette Communications.
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North America
United States
Canada
Talbott
National Zoo
Coralville hotel portion adds risk to conference center plan
Oswald report warns proceeding with the conference center without the hotel risks operating deficits and funding. The council approved a dirt-delivery contract while design remains incomplete for a 250-room Marriott hotel and 60,000 square feet of adjacent convention space. Opponents question the need amid weak tourism and fear bond-funded redevelopment, while petitioners press for a public vote on a $10 million bond to acquire land around the center.
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Oswald
Delong-Keith Construction
Washington
Marriott
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Coralville
Richard Clinite
Convention Center
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