Iowa AG says gas tax can fund bicycle lanes and paths
Judy Datworm notes an Iowa AG opinion permitting gas tax revenues to fund bicycle lanes or bikeways as part of highway projects when reasonable to improve safe and efficient bicycle travel. The ruling cites past cases and highway design guidelines, with Rosenberg and Krogmeier referencing utility moves and state precedents.
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Judy Datworm
Gazete
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa
Charles J. Krogmeier
Ralph Rosenberg
Attorney General
Rosenberg
Krogmeier
State Patrol speculates on Springville crash cause
State Patrol tentatively blames a spring thaw soft shoulders on a gravel road near Springville for a head on collision that killed two brothers, Paul Caes and Ralph Caes. The crash on Martello Road east of Linn Grove Road remains under investigation with distractio n and inattention cited as possible factors. Karen Koutny survived with a broken knee and two teens treated and released from Mercy Hospital.
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Springville
Doug Mollenhauer
Paul Caes
Lowdon
Ralph Caes
Knoxvile
Karen Koutny
Sville
Mercy
Koutny
Mollenhauer
Suit over a hospital drowning in Des Moines
The parents of Risa Lynn Nolting, a 19 year old Ellsworth Community College student from Waterloo, sue Des Moines General Hospital Harold Hughes Women's Recovery Center and physician Larry Richards for 2.2 million in Polk County District Court. Nolting was found underwater in a hospital bathtub in August 1985 and died August 19 after being treated for drug abuse.
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DES Moines
Waterloo
Risa Lynn Nolting
Ellsworth Community College
Iowa Falls
Des Moines General Hospital
Saoe
Harold Hughes Women's Recovery Center
Nolting
Wendell
Janice Nolting
Polk County
Larry Richards
Creston man charged with attempted murder in acid incident
Larry Barton, 34, of Creston is charged after allegedly grabbing drain acid from Sheridan Egg Co storage, attacking co worker Robert Conley, 20, of Lenox in a plant bathroom and attempting to pour the chemical on Conley’s face. Conley fought back and avoided injury. Barton remained in Taylor County Jail.
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Lenox (Ap
Creston
Sheridan Egg Co
Lenox
Larry Barton
Robert Conley
Conley
Barton
Taylor County
Bedford
Bodies Found In Iowa Rivers In Weekend Dives
Two teenage girls found the body of Marvin L. Sharp 70 years old in the Cedar River near Charles City after he had been missing three weeks. Heather Bass 17 and Shawn Davies 18 alerted authorities as they circled the boat ramp area. Nora Springs firefighters recovered Duane Harris 30 from Liberty Square Care Center in Nora after he drowned March 10 when a snagged line prompted him to rise and step over the railing.
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Iowa
Cedar River
Charles City
Marvin L. Sharp
Gerald
Heather Bass
Shawn Davies
Nora Springs
Shell Rock River
Floyd County
Duane Harris
Liberty Square
Nora
Old Bridge
Harris
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