Washington County moves to five supervisors by petition
Washington County voters may decide in November whether to increase the board from three to five seats after petitions totaling 1 160 valid signatures, well above the 1 069 required. Petitions filed last August by James R Humpton and Merle Hagie aim to improve representation and fiscal oversight.
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Dick Hogan
Gazette
Linn County
Board of Supervisors
Washington County
Bill Fredrick
Fredrick
James R. Humpton
Merle Hagie
Humpton
Kalona
Hampton
Larry Delong
University of Iowa Public Safety Department
Dave Machacek
Alburnett
Machacek
Linda Langston
Cedar Rapids
Verdict expected Monday in Barrett murder trial
The non jury first degree murder trial of Tonie Lee Barrett in Fayette County will yield a verdict Monday at 1 45 p m at the Fayette County Courthouse. Barrett 41 of Oelwein is charged in the death of Marie Ferrell 28 also of Oelwein whose body was found in a shallow grave near the Crystal Distribution Center in Waterloo. Prosecutors say Barrett choked and struck Ferrell in Oelwein in May 2005 then moved the body to the Waterloo site found June 28. If convicted he faces life in prison without parole.
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Tonie Lee Barrett
Fayette County
Barrett
Oelwein
Marie Ferrell
Ferrell
Crystal Distribution Center
Cedar River
Waterloo
Lottery results and big prizes listed for Iowa and Illinois
Friday drawings show Iowa $100,000 Cash Game numbers and Pick 3 7 9 1 6 7 1 1 6. Pick 4 7 5 7 7 and 9 2 1 8. Illinois Little Lotto 5 7 10 17 25 and 6-of-48 jackpot at $3.25 million. Mega Millions numbers 16 29 32 36 55 with Mega Ball 12, jackpot $30 million.
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Illinois
Regional Roundup Two Fatal Crashes Across Iowa
In Toolesboro Isaac Benjamin Wiley 25 of Wapello died after a 1:49 a.m. single car crash on Highway 99. Passenger Bryan Ellis Harris 26 of Wapello was treated at University Hospitals Iowa City. both were airlifted to hospital where Wiley died. In Grinnell Carl L Schoonover 71 of Chanute Kan died in a one vehicle crash on I 80 south of Grinnell at 9:47 a.m. after losing control veering into the median and overturning. he was not wearing a seat belt.
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Toolesboro
Isaac Benjamin Wiley
Wapello
Louisa County
Sheriffs Office
Bryan Ellis Harris
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Wiley
Grinnell
Carl L. Schoonover
Chanute
Kan
Schoonover
Iowa State Patrol
Dubuque Grandmother Called to Serve in Iraq
Janet Grass 52 a Dubuque grandmother and Cascade special education teacher with 19 years in the U S Navy Reserve is called to deploy to the Middle East. She left from Dubuque Regional Airport amid emotional goodbyes from her four children and six grandchildren and will replace her son Tim who served in Iraq in 2003.
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Dubuque
Janet Grass
Cascade
Iraq
Grass
Cascade Elementary School
Boy, 3, Dies After Minivan Collision in Ottumwa
Ottumwa police report Leonardo Castillo, 3, died after being thrown from a minivan in a two vehicle crash. The minivan driven by Juan Hernandez, 25, failed to yield, causing it to flip and eject the child. Dorothy Canny, 79, was the other vehicle's driver. The boy was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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Ottumwa
Leonardo Castillo
Dorothy Canny
Juan Hernandez
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