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...older drivers are licensed is changing too. Iowa has introduced a requirement that drivers age 70 and older renew their licenses in person. If a DMV official suspects a problem, drivers may be asked to take a road test. They may then choose between taking the standard test or a newly devised "local" test. If they opt for the latter, an examiner will evaluate them on their usual route--to the store, to church, to the doctor and so on. Those who pass the local test are licensed only on that route and may also be restricted to lower speeds...
...local license has been a godsend to retired farmer Clair Leo Maguire, 74, of Danbury, Iowa, a town of 450. He loves driving to the restaurant, the newsstand and the post office, and he never goes outside his limits. "It's a pleasure to drive," he says, "but the farthest I go is five blocks to town--all paved streets...
Lola Barner of Monticello, Iowa, is not so fortunate. The retired schoolteacher, 72, failed her local test and has no way to get to her garden and crafts clubs. "It made me feel like I was hardly a person anymore," she laments. Although senior vans fill the gap in some communities and other alternate transportation programs are being created, their availability--especially in rural areas like Barner's--lags far behind the need. Her embarrassment at having lost her license, she says, holds her back from asking others for rides...
...Newton, Iowa, Maytag's home since 1893, news that the troubled appliance maker would be sold has stirred up a host of emotions. "It's a fear of the unknown, and there's plenty of unknowns around here these days," says resident Jim McCleary. Maytag is weighing bids from Whirlpool and a private-equity firm, Ripplewood Holdings. Meanwhile, many of the 2,800 Maytag employees in Newton--18% of the population--are worried that they will lose their jobs. Others are sad to watch the Maytag legacy go on the block. Mary Ergenbright's father was a Maytag clerk...
...third recipient of the Ash Institute’s awards were the Iowa Charter Agencies, a collection of six state departments that operate under charters that hold them financially accountable while exempting them from many bureaucratic restrictions...