Severe cold hits Iowa and neighboring plains
A broad cold air outbreak drives temperatures down from the 50s to the 20s across Iowa. Western North Dakota and South Dakota report record snowfalls and high winds with several deaths and widespread travel disruptions.
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Iowa
Burlington
Mercury
Paul Waite
Waite
North Dakota
Williston
Litchville
National Weather Service
Ed Schlenker
South Dakota
Wall
South
Bill Cobb
Rapid City
Nebraska
Havre
Mont
Miles City
Billings
Glasgow
Great Falls
Helena
Lander
Wyo
Mississippi floods pause barge traffic at Davenport
Barge movement halted on the swollen Mississippi River as Davenport reports an 18.2 foot crest on Sunday, slightly below forecast. Downtown parking is underwater while officials note no major damage and anticipate delays as dam lock equipment is kept dry for a few more days.
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Davenport
Davenport Emergency Services
Bud Whitfield
City urged to shield concert fans from trains at Five Seasons Center
Cedar Rapids railroad officials asked the city to act after fans gathered for rock concerts risked injury while near trains. Yardmaster Michael Watson cited long festival lines and fans climbing on cars, urging fencing, better gates, more center supervision, and added police protection to prevent tragedies.
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Mark Grenn
Five Seasons Center
Michael Watson
Cedar Rapids
Chicago and North Western Transportation Co
Watson
Floyd Bergen
Donald Canney
Quaker Oats Security
James Williams
G Avenue
First Avenue
Fourth Street
Quaker Oats
Seventh Iowan receives heart transplant in Des Moines
Richard Lee Kelley, 38, a Navy veteran, became Iowa's seventh heart transplant patient. The 34 hour operation at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines used a privately flown heart and Kelley was awake and alert afterward. He had prior heart problems and had been at the VA Hospital since March 21 before the transplant. His heart stopped over the weekend and doctors revived him.
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Des Moines
Lake City
Richard Lee Kelley
U.S. Navy
Iowa
Kelley
Mercy Hospital Medical Center
Veterans Administration Hospital
Mercy
Baldwin
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Norfolk
Brian Richter
Jim Dooley
Mississippi
Clinton County
East Side
New Life Fitness World
Railroad
City
Safety Committee
Bergen
Blue Room
Blue
Hoscite
10Th St. S.E. Cedar Rapids
Republic
Republic Airlines
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