Arson Cited In Iowa City Modular Home Fire
Firefighters say a kitchen fire in a model modular home at 114 Paddock Circle was set arson. Damage estimated at 25 000 with heavy smoke throughout. investigators treat as isolated for now. An unrelated arson arrest occurred in a July 25 vehicle fire at 1000 W Benton St.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Fire Department
Brian Greer
Greer
Paddock Circle
Saddlebrook Park
Coretté A. Clark
Bartlet Rd
W. Benton St
Marion Woman Injured After Highway 100 Collision
A Marion woman Alayne Overly 56 was injured when her car struck a vehicle driven by Terrance Lynch 39 after Lynch stopped to avoid a deer on Highway 100 at South 31st Street. Overly was in Mercy Medical Center trauma unit. Jerry Overly 60 cited for following too closely.
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Marion
South 31St Street
Alayne Overly
Marion Airport Rd
Mercy Medical Center
Overly
Jerry Overly
Terrance Lynch
39Th St. Pt
Linn County
Evansdale Man Sentenced in Meth Trafficking Case
Daryl G. Waters, 47, was sentenced to seven years in prison without parole by U S District Judge Michael Melloy in Cedar Rapids for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. He must serve five years of supervised release after prison and admitted trafficking between 1990 and 1993. Waters transported meth from Marshalltown to the Waterloo area, delivering over 3 kilograms to more than ten customers and buying from Jerry Van Brocklin of the Sons of Silence.
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Evansdale
Daryl G. Waters
Michael Melloy
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Melloy
Waters
Marshalltown
Waterloo Area
Waterloo-area
Jerry van Brocklin
Sons of Silence Organization
Grand Mound Woman Leaves $500000 to Two Churches
Lulu Perry of Grand Mound died at 92 on January 3 leaving nearly 500000 to De Witt United Methodist Church and St Pauls United Methodist Church of Grand Mound. Each church receives 225000 designated for capital improvements and maintenance.
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Iowa
Grand Mound
Kurt Dohse
de Witt
Lulu Perry
de Witt United Methodist Church
St. Paul’s United Methodist
Heartland pork boss opens farms to media and critique
Alden based Heartland Pork Enterprises Inc. chief Bruce Rastetter invites reporters to his hog farm, arguing big pork fuels growth and jobs in Iowa. He defends environmental care, manure as fertilizer, and contracts with farmers to expand production amid aging farming population.
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Marlene Lucas
Alden
Bruce Rastetter
Heartland Pork Enterprises Inc
Des Moines
Kent Krause
Heartland
Krause
Rastetter
Iowa
J.D. Schlieman
Decorah couple fuels Vesterheim with Norwegian American art
Harry and Josefa Andersen fuel the Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum collection in Decorah. The pair, longtime collectors and donors, guided hundreds of works into the museum including a Brooklyn altar painting later linked to the Smithsonian. Their network of dealers and language skills drive the decades long mission.
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James Q. Lynch
Iowa
Decorah
Harry Andersen
Josefa Hansen
den Norske Kafe
Chicago
Vesterheim
Andersens
Charlie Langton
Westerheim
Langton
Harry
Seamans’ Church
New York Borough
Brooklyn
Weaees
Balling
Smithsonian Institution
Norwegian Arts and Crafts Club
Azette
Harry and
Josefa Andersen
Bernhard Berntsen
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