Punctured gas line blamed for Hudson apartment blast
Investigators said a punctured underground gas line caused an explosion that leveled most of a 10 unit Hudson apartment building and injured two residents. Fire officials described ground freezing and thawing splitting a 5 inch pipe 244 feet underground, with gas seeping into a crawl space beneath the unit rented by Wanda and Jerry Corkery. Wanda Corkery, 21, and Vera Brandhorst, 81, were injured. Corkery remained at University of Iowa Hospitals burn unit, Brandhorst released from Scholtz Memorial Hospital. Authorities from multiple agencies conducted the probe. damage estimates were not yet available.
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Chris Manahan
Gazette
Hudson
Russ Bell
Wanda
Jerry Corkery
Bell
Wanda Corkery
Vera Brandhorst
Corkery
University of Iowa
Brandhorst
Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Francis Fink
Iowa Public Service
Russ Garling
Hudson Fire Department
Hudson Police Department
Black Hawk County
Jesup weighs state disaster aid after July blast
At a July 22 explosion in Jesup cost an estimated 1.6 million dollars in damage to six businesses two homes four apartments and the St. Athanasius school gym. City officials consider applying for the states eminent disaster fund while noting delays in federal aid and Red Cross options. Five people were injured, three released from hospital, and the area remains closed as insurance handles claims with a final damage report possible in six to eight months.
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Jesup
Ken Lind
Iowa Northland Regional Council
Waterloo
Lind
William Good
St. Athanasius School
Good
IDs needed to get, use food stamps
Des Moines report notes Iowa residents using food stamps must carry identification when picking up stamps at the post office. The state agency reminds recipients the cards are not required by stores, but federal guidance urges periodic ID checks at retailers. Two forms of ID, including a photo ID, are needed at post offices for stamp delivery.
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Judy Daubenmiergazette
Des Moines
Bureau
Iowa Department of Human Services
Michelle Clark
Department
Bureau of Support Services
Clark
Reagan
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Food and Nutrition Service
Iowa
Hoover Reagan compare in memorial for 109th Hoover birthday
At West Branch memorial service for Herbert Hoover Stanford's W Glenn Campbell draws parallels with Ronald Reagan noting honesty courage and belief in limited government Campbell proposes a Reagan library at the Hoover Institute and recalls Hoover's engineering era aid to relatives while addressing about 150 attendees including library trustees Dee Jepsen read Reagan's message. Taps closed the ceremony with wreaths and trees placed by youth and veterans groups.
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Ronald Reagan
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
W. Glenn Campbell
Hoover Institute of War, Revolution and Peace
Stanford University
U.S. House
Tip O’neill
Reagan
Campbell
Herbert Hoover Library Foundation
Iowa
Illinois
Tampico
Hoover Institute
Stanford
Palo Alto
Calif
Dee Jepsen
Roger Jepsen
Girls
Scouts
The
American Legion
Andrew Hoover
Herbert Hoover III
Taps
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