Unemployment error. Hundreds of iowans who incorrectly collected thousands of dollars in unemployment checks may not have to repay the money. Why Officials Say it would cost more than its worth to collect it. Buck of a lifetime. Thats what an iowa man thought he got after a hunting trip in 2014. Did it caused controversy. How state legislators could now change the way iowans hunt of spring. Where theyre causing problems along the Des Moines River right now. From who hd iowas high channel 13 news at nearly three quarters of a Million Dollars in unemployment checks paid out mistakenly by Iowa Workforce Development Last year. May never be recovered. Good evening. Im lynn melling. Thank you for joining us has been a member of the workforce created should be able to keep those checks because it wasnt their mistake. Money its worth. Mike dasilva has the story. 02 12 2735 it was really workforce developments fault. Iowans came forward and pointed it out and said i want to return the check and
Forward and pointed it out and said i want to return the check and they said no. thats why state senator bill dotzler believes the iowans who received unemployment checks in 2014 due to an error by Iowa Workforce development. Should be allowed to keep that money. Even though they got money that they werent supposed to. Dotzler, whos a nonvoting member of the Iowa Workforce development board, is proposing that iowans should not have to pay the money back. 02 12 1729 you cant get blood out of a turnip and when somebodys been laid off and they dont have any resources, youre gonna have to go through procedures of garnishing wages and all that. Andy roberts of the plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union 33, is the chairman of of the Iowa Workforce development board. Roberts is in favor of dotzlers proposal. 01 50 1524 i just feel that what its gonna cost for the state of iowa taxpayers to recuperate this money is far more, outweighs the amount that youre gonna receive back in. both dotzler an
Then the teacher did stop. Heres a look at post incident pictures taken by his parents. Now, todd boley, the attorney for k. G. s parents, says after the incident, the district failed to conduct an objective investigation. Boley says similar incidents occur across the country. Children with disabilities are vulnerable to abuse to a degree much greater than the general student population, said attorney todd boley. Now, we reached out to sergeantbluff Luton Community School District. Superintendent rod earleywine said quote i do not have a comment concerning this issue. Robert, why was this case filed in federal court . Boley says this case violates federal laws including the american with disabilities act and rehabilitation act. Matt . A storm lake, iowa, farmer has filed a federal lawsuit against swiss biotechnology company, syngenta. James stein accuses syngenta of depressing genetically modified strain of corn called mir 162, also called viptera. Its a corn seed genetically modified
Some northwest iowans, mainly east of sioux city, will see the last of any snow early this morning before it exits to the east. Once the snow moves out, the clouds will follow close behind it and provide most of the area some sunshine this afternoon with highs in the low to middle 30s. See graphics. Wx timer 40 the snow has finally stopped falling in siouxland. Many people were able to get out and about yesterday. But first, siouxlanders had to dig their way out of the 7 inches of snow. Ktivs tommie clark checked in with some local residents to see recent snowstorm. The cold weather is believed to have contributed to the death of a farmer in kossuth county. Sometime late on thanksgiving day, a relative found the body of 63 year old gerald dreesman beside his pickup in a ditch. Kossuth county authorities believe he froze to death after getting out of his vehicle and was unable to get back inside. He was found 2point5 miles from his farm northwest of titonka. The kossuth county sheriff s
I235 22nd i235 euclid first on 13. An iowa man is suing the organization that made him a multimillionaire this morning. Larry dawson won six million in cash thanks to one Lucky Lottery ticket. But now his attorneys say hes entitled to more. They say its because of this man eddie tipton. In november 2010, the former lotto security executive rigged the hot lotto game to get unearned winnings. The next year, dawson bought a ticket good for six million in cash. But his lawyers say it good for sixteen million. They say after tiptons illegal win, the jackpot was wrongly reset to one million dollars. When it should have continued growing. 16 34 1432 what were asking the court to do is to award larry the amount of the jackpot immediately prior to that drawing, because frankly everybody who played in the december 29th game, played in a rigged game and any dollars that contributed to the jackpot for that particular game shouldnt be larrys it should go back to those people. tipton is now serving