Minnesota firm to build nuclear microscopes in Iowa town
Taasco, a Minnesota company, will manufacture nuclear microscopes in the Maple Valley school building in central western Iowa. The firm bought the building on eBay for 10,000 and plans 30 local employees within five years, servicing 13 to 15 nuclear microscopes in Iowa hospitals including one in Carroll. The district faced an 80,000 demolition cost.
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Maple Valley
Iowa
Taasco
Carroll
Steve Oberg
State board orders Canadian Drug Outlet to close
Iowa Board of Pharmacy Examiners says Canadian Outlet LLC in Mason City opened in June dispensing prescriptions without a pharmacist license. An injunction petition filed in Cerro Gordo District Court seeks closure and bars using the word drug in advertising, cited as present through July.
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Fireworks Cause House Explosion Injuring Man in Sioux City
Police say a home made fireworks mishap caused Tuesday’s explosion that hurt Jeffrey Burlison, 30, as he tried to combine smaller fireworks into a single casing. Investigators do not believe a bomb was intended. charges have not yet been filed.
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Jason Allen
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Crop duster pilot killed in plane crash
A crop duster pilot died when his yellow biplane crashed into a corn field near Moville while spraying a field. The sole occupant was killed. the pilot's name was not released by the Woodbury County Sheriff's office.
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Sioux City
Moville
Woodbury County
Iowa rolls out GPS 911 call location tech nationwide lead
Des Moines AP reports Iowa will test new technology to pinpoint wireless 911 callers by latitude and longitude. By year end 62 of 125 dispatch centers will be upgraded, with half able to map locations, promising faster rescues and reduced delays.
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Iowa
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Urbandale
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Daughter's gift gives mom new life in rare liver transplant
Renea Steele donated two thirds of her healthy liver to her mother JoAnn Schable at Mayo Clinic. Three months later Steeles liver regrew to near normal size and both women face ongoing risks but feel renewed hope. Schable credits the life saving transplant to her daughter and medical team.
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JoAnn Schable
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Schable
Iowa
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Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Mayo
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Iowa Community College Tuition to Rise About 7 Percent
Iowa 78,200 community college students will see tuition climb about seven percent this year, with full time tuition up an average of 183 dollars. Officials cite lower local property tax support and rising costs, warning it may deter low income students from enrolling.
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Iowa
Iowa State Board of Education
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Iowa Association of Community College Trustees
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Iowa Community Colleges
Six charged in North Carolina Iowa investment fraud scheme
A federal grand jury indicted six people Darrell Witherspoon Thomas Jacobs Russell Barber Billie Witherspoon Carl Johnson and Clarissa White in a 32 count case accusing them of an investment and money laundering scam that defrauded North Carolina and Iowa investors of more than 1.6 million The scheme began January 2001 and offered absurd returns and perks while claiming a billion dollar California civil suit had been settled.
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N.C
North Carolina
Iowa
Darrell Witherspoon
Thomas Jacobs
Russell Barber
Billie Witherspoon
Carl Johnson
Clarissa White
U.S
Gretchen Shappert
California
Iowa Supreme Court limits double disability payments
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a worker who is partially disabled from an on the job injury and later found totally disabled after another injury cannot collect both partial and total disability payments. Larry Sands of Le Mars argued the case after back injuries followed by a 1997 fall.
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Iowa Supreme Court
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