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
EAU CLAIRE — As local author Nickolas Butler announced his candidacy for a state Assembly seat, incumbent Rep. Warren Petryk announced he would not seek re-election.