And senate in the form the president prefers . What steps can be taken at the state level to support the valele plants around the country, including the ethanol plant in hartley, iowa, kicked off their annual United Way Campaign this morning. Employees were taught the importance of giving back to the people in their areas by donating to the united way and completing Community Service with different organizations. We want the communities where we do business to be proud of having valero in their communities, said bill day, the valero spokesman. We want the employees who work for us to be proud that they work for valero. And while valero takes pride in its Community Service efforts, a Company Spokesman says it also takes pride in how well the plants are doing, espqcially the one in hartley, iowa. Ethanol margins which is basically like the profit that you get from making ethanol are down compared to last year, said day. Last year was an excellent, excellent year for ethanol. This year is
Mayor rod koch says using this gasifier will save the city 40,000 a year in electric costs. It saves us from having to dispose of trees that are eventually going to die anyways because of this emerald borer ash, said rod koch. The unit will be much larger than this and will be placed here near the scenic park. As you can see they dont have the actual sifier yet. The bioenergy unit is going to be hooked up to these transformers and the grid stem which means the electricity is not just going to be used for campers or people in the park here, it could be used in households as well. Were going to have about a ton and half capacity in their feed hopper, said chris jeffries. Jeffries says upkeep is s sy and the e it would only need f fling about once a week. In south sioux city, nebraska, sam curtiss, ktiv news four. The city used a grant to pay for most of the project. They hope to have it up and running before christmas. Valero renewables operates 11 ethanol plants in the midwest. Four of
Storm lake, iowa residents Abel Medina Rios and his two children, 28yearold raquel and 26yearold abel. Troopers seized about 55 pounds of marijuana and a loaded. 32 caliber handgun from their car. All three were taken to jail. The Utah State Bureau of investigation then contacted the Storm Lake Police department. Investigators in storm lake searched three locations and quantities of marijuana, crystal methamphetam ine, drug packaging materials, cell phones and over two thousand dollars in cash. The investigation is ongoing in both iowa and utah. Police in sioux falls, south dakota say no one was seriously injured in a rollover crash that pinned both the driver and passenger underneath the vehicle early this morning. The accident happened just before one oclock. Police say the car was head north, when it drifted into the southbound lane and into a ditch. The vehicle then went through a barbed wire fence, vaulted over a creek and landed in a tree. Both the driver and the passenger were p
Certified peace offjcers. What many people may not realize, is those working for smaller departments have to pay the department if they leave within four years. If the city is going to come up with the cost for educational training at the Police Academy that they stay long enough to get the benefit of that training and generally its about four years. Cedar rapids does not require such contracts, but many smallererepartments in eastern iowa do. Those contracts are typically on a sliding scale, with 100 percent reimbursement for an officer who leaves the first year to 25 percent after the third year. A woman who was acting as a guardian for a 3 year old when he died faces a first degree murder charge. 31 year old Kashenna Tucker was rested yesterday by the Utah State Bureau of investigation in midvale, utah. Shes in the Salt Lake County jail on a half a Million Dollar bond. Ottumwa police say this started investigation in january of 2014. 3 year old wysdomomvans died at university of iow
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