Plane crash near Decorah injures three people
A single engine plane crashed about six miles north of Decorah near Locust Road and A38 shortly after 1 p.m. three aboard sustained serious injuries. A Mayo Clinic helicopter aided one victim in Rochester Minnesota while another is taken to Gundersen in La Crosse Wisconsin and a third to Winneshiek County Memorial in Decorah. Denise Baumler witnessed the low flight and crash and called 911 as the craft rolled onto its top in a west ditch after skimming a bean field. The flight originated from Decorah Municipal Airport and FAA investigators were expected to arrive.
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Decorah
Locust Road
A38
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Mann
Gunderson Lutheran Hospital
la Crosse
Wis
Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital
Denise Baumler
Baumler
Decorah Municipal
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Mike Connell
Federal Aviation Administration
Connell
ISU Students Experience Weightlessness at Johnson Space Center
Five Iowa State University students traveled to the Johnson Space Center last spring to test weightlessness as part of their space experiment. The trip was described as successful and enjoyable, giving the team firsthand insight into living in a weightless environment.
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Iowa State University
Andrew Tekippe
Dave Shoemaker
Johnson Space Center
Houston
William Dillon
Ye Gazette
Q* Ova State University
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ISU
Iowa Students Build CyCADET Cube for Pico Satellite Project
The CyCADET testbed, a 12 inch plexiglass cube, tests de tilting and attitude control for CySat. Students aim for a roughly 4 inch microsatellite under 1 kg with a camera to capture Earth images.
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Tion
CySat
Earth
Electric co op helps students connect with government
A group of 38 rural electric cooperative sponsored students from Iowa visited Washington D C for a five day trip. Jeremy Richert of Maquoketa Valley Electric Cooperative said interactions on Capitol Hill showed the teens they can influence government. Grace Brehm and Jessica Heacock were among the selected juniors who wrote essays on cooperatives and learned history through monuments and meetings with representatives.
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Marlene Lucas
Washington, D.C
Jeremy Richert
Maquoketa Valley
Richert
Grace Brehm
Epworth
Jessica Heacock
Dyersville
Maquoketa
Vernon Kuhn Drives Dream Covered Bridge In Benton County
In Spencer's Grove Iowa Vernon Kuhn 67 leads relatives and neighbors to build a 42 foot long 11 and a half foot tall covered bridge over a driveway into the back of his property The project named The Bridge of Benton County involves his sons in law and other local workers and has progressed from digging eight years ago to deck placement four years ago with salvage wood from an old barn.
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Benton County
Vernon
Derrel
al Stein
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