Articles Tagged: Iowa State Auditor

Mary Ann Hanusa and Todd Halbur vie in June 7 primary

The special investigation was requested after the discovery of apparent improprieties involving financial transactions related to federal grants.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Auditor Rob Sand said Monday he was the target of an attempted email scam in which someone pretended to be him and unsuccessfully tried to move his paycheck deposit to a different bank account.

The Iowa state auditor has found $17,146.65 in misused or missing donations and gifts meant for University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics patients and families — largely those battling cancer — and evidence a former administrative specialist was behind the misuse.

Auditor of State Rob Sand says there’s a long record of noncompliance with a 1990 Clean Water Act provision.

Alan Ostergren, a conservative lawyer who argued on behalf of many of the challenges, said some of the petitioners now may contest some of the panel’s rulings in court.

Also, Democrat Rob Sand officially filed to run for re-election as state auditor

ANAMOSA, Iowa (AP) — A state audit has found nearly $86,000 in questionable spending of public money in the Iowa State University Extension Office in Jones County, including thousands spent for personal travel, alcohol, groceries and a video game console.

Mary Ann Hanusa drops bid for Congress