Former lottery IT security director Eddie Tipton’s former coworkers looked at the video from the store at which a winning Hot Lotto ticket was purchased and said it was Tipton buying the ticket. One of the witnesses said the video made him feel sick because he had helped Tipton get a job with the lottery. Tipton is on trial for fraud. He’s accused of rigging a lottery computer so he could buy the winning ticket.
Dallas County voters will make a decision next month on the construction of a proposed 16-million dollar jail. The jail administrator says the current jail outgrew itself years ago, and the new site would be almost 11 times larger. It’s the third time the jail has come up for a vote.
Des Moines Water Works gets its day in federal court a year from next month, as it challenges the drainage districts of three upriver counties. Water Works says the districts are moving nitrates from farm fields into the river…which affects the drinking water of half-a-million residents in greater Des Moines.
Bondurant is joining other cities in central Iowa in doing a special census to get more federal road dollars. They’re looking for workers to canvas the community. The special census will start on August 17th.
Boone County’s GOP is putting together an Eisenhower Summit Social next month. The gathering will be August 7th at the Fareway Education Center in Boone. They’re hoping to get a strong presidential candidate turnout for a non-structured setting.
A trio of energy conservation projects for the University of Iowa have been deep sixed, thanks to a tighter budget. The projects would have improved energy efficiency for many campus sites, but administrators say they want to decrease student expenses first.
The state’s second-largest power company is drastically cutting pollution at its coal-fired power plants. Under a deal with the EPA, Interstate Power and Light is installing cutting edge pollution controls in Ottumwa and Lansing….and it’s making changes at five other plants.
Iowa corn growers are in Washington DC this week to talk about the future of ethanol with lawmakers. They want to persuade the EPA not to dial back the renewable fuel standard, because it could hurt the corn industry, especially in Iowa.
The head of IDOT says they’re waiting on 600-million dollars’ worth of transportation projects that are supposed to be funded in part with federal highway dollars. Congress has an August 1st deadline to make a decision on the highway funding program.
American workers are optimistic about their future, according to a new survey from The Principal in Des Moines. It found only 4 percent think of themselves as physically unhealthy, and 52 percent say they’re making good progress toward their financial goals.
A Nebraska food company is recalling Hy-Vee American Macaroni Salad because it was incorrectly labeled. The salad may contain undeclared milk and wheat gluten, which could harm folks with allergies.
Drake University is now giving applicants a chance to do an interview instead of sharing their ACT score in the application process. The vice president of admissions at Drake says standardized tests don’t make a difference in a Drake classroom.
The annual Clive Festival kicks off today at the Clive Aquatic Center and runs through Saturday. It features music, food, inflatables and a fireworks display Saturday night.
