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DRI HAS CREATED AN UNSAFE WORK ENVIRONMENT FOR ELDORA EMPLOYEES

DES MOINES – AFSCME Council 61 President Danny Homan issued the following statement following a town hall meeting with employees of the State Training School at Eldora: “It has become clear to me that recent reports…
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City Clerk for Webster in Hot Water for Questionable Financial Transactions

A state audit shows the former city clerk of a tiny town in southeast Iowa made some questionable financial transactions. State Auditor Mary Mosiman says her office's investigation of the City of Webster covered just…
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Iowa Corn Growers Association Releases Top State and Federal Policy Priorities for 2018

JOHNSTON, IA – December 20, 2017 – The Iowa Corn Growers Association (ICGA), one of the most effective, longest-standing agricultural associations in the country, released today its final list of state and federal policy priorities…
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Shots Fired on Dec. 19 in Oskaloosa

On the night of Dec. 19, just before 10:30 PM, officers with the Oskaloosa Police Department were dispatched to a call for service involving shots being fired. It was reported that 26-year-old male Deon Freeman…
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FSA Welcomes Julie Van Waardhuizen Back to the Mahaska County Committee

Oskaloosa, Iowa – December 18, 2014: The Mahaska County Farm Service Agency (FSA) Office is pleased to announce that Julie Van Waardhuizen has been re-elected to serve a three-year term on the County Committee (COC).…
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Attorney says DCI Worked Unfairly Against Knoxville Man in Civil Trial

The attorney for a Knoxville man who was charged with murder days after a civil trial found him liable in his mother's death, says his client was treated unfairly. Attorney Steven Wandro says law officers…
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Persons Arrested for Thefts from Multiple Vehicles

On Friday, December 15, 2017, the Ottumwa Police Department received several reports of unattended vehicles that had been rummaged through and items stolen from the vehicles. The crimes occurred in the area of Pennsylvania Place…
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Man Arrested for Burglary and Impersonating an Officer

On Saturday, Dec. 16 shortly before midnight, the Ottumwa Police Department responded to a Burglary in progress call. When police arrived it was determined that a suspect, later identified to be Joshua Michael Barnes, had…
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Corps to maintain fall water levels at Lake Red Rock through February

Based on a request from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved a temporary deviation to Lake Red Rock’s authorized water control plan which will result in the…
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Hardin County Delays Iowa Select Expansion

On Wednesday, Dec. 13, the Hardin County Board of Supervisors voted to delay a decision on an Iowa Select factory farm expansion just a few miles SE of Eldora. Hardin County residents said it was…
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