Governor dennis duguard. [ applause ] [ applause continues ] thank you very much. Thank you, Lieutenant Governor. Youre outstanding. Thank you all for being here today. To begin, i would like to recognize two new legislators, first, doug bartell. Appointed him to replace don hager. Doug spent his career in Law Enforcement, including 12 years as due pauls chief of police. He was here last month and sworn in. Lets welcome him again. Doug where are you . There he is. Welcome. [ applause ] second is mike dedrick. I appointed mike last month following the loss of our friend, craig teasen. Mike has served three terms in the 80s and 90s. I appreciate his willingness to serve, especially on short notice. Please join me in welcoming mike. [ applause ] today, i would like to look back at some of the things weve accomplished together over the past seven years, and update you on some progress. Ill also offer new proposals to consider this year. I would like to start today by talking about workforc
The people of south dakota listening and viewing this, please welcome the honorable governor dennis daugaard. [applause] applause continues ] [ applause] governor daugaard thank you. Thank you, very much. Thank you, Lieutenant Governor. Youre outstanding. Thank you all for being here today. To begin, i would like to recognize two new legislators, first, doug bartel. I appointed doug to replace don hager. Doug spent his career in Law Enforcement, including 12 years as due pauls chief of police. He was sworn in last month. Lets welcome him again. , where are you . There he is. Welcome. [applause] second is mike diedrich. I appointed mike last month following the loss of our friend, craig teasen. Mike has served three terms in the 1980s and 1990s. I appreciate his willingness to serve, especially on short notice. Please join me in welcoming mike diedrich. [applause] today, i would like to look back at some of the things weve accomplished together over the past seven years, and update you
Easy this time. Beth, grassleys margin of victory in past reelection campaigns ranged from a low of 30 percent to more than 40 percent. Latest polls show the six term republican senator with a much lowerdouble digit lead over democrat patty judge. Grassley thinks republicans will keep control of the senate, but he also thinks its going to be close. Iowa senator Chuck Grassley hasnt needed elections. But he had it today. West virginia senator Shelley Moore capito helped out in this waterloo stop. Both capito and iowa senator joni ernst appeared with grassley earlier in cedar rapids. Grassley says even if hes ahead, this isnt the year to ease up. This is such an unpredictable year, im going to work up, ive got this schedule. Even the monday before the tuesday election. Control of the u. S. Senate would four if clinton defeats trump. Grassley expects republicans to keep control. But one political scientist at coe college says polls might have agreed a few weeks ago, but now gives democrat
The gm is confident riders will see improvement. Reporter in a room chock full of elected leaders, metro employees, and media, gm paul wedefeld charting a new course that quite simply caters to the rider. What they want is the trains to run on time and the buss to run on time. Thats what they want. The big message is i want i customers to know that i get it. That you get it. That we get it. At metro. Reporter all throughout this speech the gm feeling confident that metro will turn it around. So what are the specifics . Were going to put a much greater emphasis on customer experience, particularly with regards to reducing the number of delays due to track issues, the delays due to car issues, then were going to improve the environment, particularly in the stations. Reporter heres a little bit more on the Transit Agencys goals. Get metro back to good. Thats their plan. Theyll do that by focusing on rail cars, specifically to make sure theyre running smoothly the system will become those
This year shows it had 426 full time employees. They say this will not affect the launch of its new pancreatic Cancer Therapy drug. Theres a deal to combine Outdoor Companies bass pro and cabelas. Bass pro would pay cabelas shareholders 65 and a half dollars in a 4 point 4 billion dollar deal. But this deal creates uncertainty about jobs, and its not clear how many jobs might be lost. This week the American Red Cross is opening people impacted by flooding in eastern iowa. A center in vinton at Benton County Emergency Management is open from 11 am to 8 pm today. Workers there have cleanup kits. They include shovels, rakes, bleach, mops and more. Officials are also on hand to help with paperwork needed for flood recovery. The red cross will open two more centers. Tuesday and wednesday theyll be in cedar falls, and thursday rains any time soon. But can we expect any rain at all this week justin . Low clouds near the eastern fringes of iowa will break up, while the rest of the area enjoys