Deere official warns Iowa in global competition
Cedar Falls Iowa Deere & Co chairman Robert Lane urged resisting protectionist thinking and embracing global markets at the Hoover-Wallace Dinner. He noted Iowa exports above 3.6 billion annually and urged state colleges to boost job training as Deere employs 47 000 with 11 000 in Iowa. Lane praised Iowa for nonpartisan districting and encouraged continued skilled trades education to sustain growth amid global prosperity pressures.
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Wuss
Cedar Falls
Iowa
John Deere
Cedar Falls’ Park Place
Deere
Robert Ray
Lane
U.S
Deere & Co
Repairs Slow After Fire Damages Historic Black Hawk Hotel
Davenport fire damaged the Black Hawk Hotel, now under slow repairs for smoke and water damage. Isle of Capri Casinos owns the hotel. No cost estimate given. Two suspects, John P. Heberer and Melissa Elias, face first degree arson and drug charges tied to meth production in an eighth floor room.
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Blackhawk
John P. Heberer
Melissa Elias
Victoria, Ill
Second Farmer Killed by Bull Near Bellevue
The 63 year old Goepfert of Bellevue died after a bull attacked him while milking on his farm about 10 miles southwest of Bellevue. He was taken to Jackson County Regional Health Center in Maquoketa after the 6 30 a m incident. The bull was destroyed. A separate incident left John W Wilson 65 of Cresco dead after a farm bull charged through a fence during milking.
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Cresco
Rheta
Pat
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Rheta Wilson
Finalist calls for tuition tweaks at UNI replacement race
Cedar Falls scene features Stephen Lehmkuhle, senior official from the Missouri system, visiting to discuss affordable predictable tuition as one of three finalists to succeed retiring UNI president Robert Koob. Other contenders are Benjamin Allen and John Folkins. visits continue next month. A second item notes Earth Day prairie rescue volunteers sought near Monticello to remove small trees and shrubs at Breen Prairie Farm from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on April 22.
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University of Northern Iowa
Stephen Lehmkuhle
University of Missouri System
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Franklin
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Lehmkuhle
Board of Regents
Robert Koob
Benjamin Allen
Iowa State
John Folkins
Bowling Green State University
Monticello
Iowa
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
Breen Prairie Farm
Sumac
Rural Wellman Mobile Home Fire Destroys Structure
A Sunday afternoon fire in rural Washington County destroyed an empty 35 year old mobile home on 170th Street about five miles south of Wellman. Fire Chief Jim Seward said an old electrical system likely sparked the blaze which firefighters fought for over an hour. The structure, used only for storage, was valued at about $500.
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Washington County
Jim Seward
170Th
Seward
Gazette, News Services
Lottery results brief from Iowa Illinois draws
No one won the latest drawings across multiple games. Sunday picks include Pick 3 1-8-3 and Pick 4 9 0 4 2. Powerball and Powerball variations produced no winner. jackpot rises to 198 million with a 3x play. Illinois Little Lotto and Hot Lotto numbers also listed with Hot Ball 8. Next jackpot 220 million.
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