Agency to rehabilitate abandoned strip mines
The U S Soil Conservation Service will start a federal Rural Abandoned Mines Program project at the Van Polen mine near Bussey in Marion County Iowa. The 70 foot drop from Iowa Highway 156 endangers motorists and erosion threatens the highway. The plan includes filling pits flattening slopes reseeding grass and forming a low grade pasture with help from a scientific team from Iowa State University.
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Ames
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Iowa
The
Conservation Service
Bussey
Marion County
William Brune
Iowa Transportation Commission
van Polen
Brune
Soil Conservation Service
USCS
Iowa State University
State museum plan clears Capitol panel amid Gardens dispute
The Capitol Planning Commission approved an $8.5 million plan for a state historical museum south of the Iowa Statehouse despite opposition from lawmakers who favor keeping the Japanese Gardens on the site. Legislators granted $100,000 for studies and designs, with concerns over funding speed for construction.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Statehouse
Capitol Planning Commission
Lawrence Pope
Pope
Two Injured In Palo Car Motorcycle Collision
A Vinton man jailed on a drunk driving charge after a late Tuesday collision near Palo left Rodney Overbey 23 hospitalized in fair condition with a head injury and his wife Rhonda 16 serious with shoulder elbow and forehead lacerations at St Luke's. Kent 28 charged with drunken driving and failing to stop in a safe distance.
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Vinton
Cedar Rapids
Palo
St. Luke’s Hospital
Rodney Overhey
15Th Ave
Rhonda
St. Luke’s
Overbey
Linn County
Mikel R. Kent
Kent
Myra S. Voshell
Memorial set for Charles VanBlaricom in Belle Plaine
A memorial service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Randolph Access scene of a boating accident on the Iowa River near Belle Plaine. Charles VanBlaricom, 51, is presumed drowned after falling from a boat June 17 while fishing with a friend. body not recovered after a large search. Reverend Robert Barnett will officiate. the American Legion will provide an honor guard.
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Belle Plaine
Charles VanBlaricom
VanBlaricom
Iowa River
Randolph Access
Iowa Highway 212
Greta Alexander
Delavan, III
Robert Barnett
Lunar total eclipse to light early morning sky
Des Moines AP reports a total lunar eclipse on September 6 visible across much of the United States. Drake University physicist Dr. Lawrence Staunton notes the moon will appear a deep burgundy as it passes through Earth’s shadow, with viewing conditions and timing in the pre-dawn hours.
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Des Moines
Lawrence Staunton
Drake University
United States
Staunton
Iowa
Drake
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