Fire destroys abandoned farmhouse near Benton Linn line
An early Sunday fire, deemed suspicious, consumed an abandoned farmhouse near the Benton Linn county line. Fire Chief Gary Lange said a motorist on Highway 30 saw the orange glow and smoke at about 2 a.m. Firefighters from Atkins Shellsburg and Palo saved a nearby liquid propane tank, and owner Paul Roths was dismantling the 1%-story structure after a prior propane explosion. No significant dollar loss due to prior damage and utilities were shut off. Lange said the cause remains uncertain, with no lightning or other factors found.
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Benton
Linn
Atkins
Gary Lange
Highway 30
Lange
Shellsburg
Palo
Paul Roths
Trial to Begin for Iowa City Stabbing Death
Keith Jackson 37 of 620 S. Dodge St. faces trial in Johnson County District Court for stabbing his brother Raymond 39 to death on November 4 during an argument tied to a third brother Odella. Prosecutors call multiple witnesses including a building resident. defense plans self defense and intimate testimony from the victim’s and defendant’s mother.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Keith Jackson
S. Dodge St
Raymond Jackson
Odella Jackson
Keith
Marion Bypass Paving To Resume In Marion
The Iowa Department of Transportation says paving on the Marion bypass will resume today at the 22nd Street intersection, with 22nd Street closed for about two weeks. Traffic signals at East Post Road will allow bypass traffic to cross safely while East Post Road staging and a new connection are built, and paving is expected to finish in the fall.
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Marion Bypass
Iowa Department of Transportation
22Nd Street
East Post Road
College Community considers $9.1 million bond and 1996-97 budget
Cedar Rapids district updates on a $9.1 million bond for Prairie Middle School expansion and Prairie Crest Elementary renovations plus land and athletic facility improvements. The 23.4 million budget raises property tax rate to 13.32 per 1000 and includes a planned technology sharing dissolution with Linn-Mar. Board eyes Sept. 10 agenda for bond action.
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Prairie Middle School
Prairie Crest
Linn-Mar
Surveyors Reflect Iowa’s Early Mapping For Sesquicentennial Exhibit
Iowa professionals Frank Bellon Jr Jim Lichty and Dennis Kunze study 1832 to 1860 surveying history for a display by the Professional Surveyors of Eastern Iowa. They recount old methods dangers winters Indians and the enduring grid of rural roads and farm boundaries.
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Frank Bellon Jr
Skogman
S. Bellon
Jim Lichty
Ament Engineering Associates Inc
Dennis Kunze
Iowa Department of Transportation
Iowa
Hervey Parke
Burlington
Parke
James Marsh
Des Moines
Marsh
Iowa Survey Boundary Markers Defined by Mound and Axe
Survey crews divided Iowa into townships using markers left by a mound man and an axeman. Few remain as roads later followed survey lines. From 1824 to 1851 tribes ceded lands for 11 cents per acre, where government sold to settlers at about $1.25 per acre.
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Iowa
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Cedar Rapids
By Marlene Lucas
State Historical Society of
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Lowa
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Township Corner
Stone
Prairie du Chien
SAC & Fox
White Breast Boundary
Washington
Black Hawk
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