Electronics expert tests reliability of police radar in Iowa
An Ames electronics consultant testified that Des Moines radar readings can be distorted and may fail to distinguish a speeding vehicle from others. The hearing before Judge Thomas Renda considered excluding radar evidence from four Des Moines men’s speeding cases and left the decision unsettled.
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DES Moines
Polk County
Gerald Johnson
Ames Electronics
Thomas’ Renda
Kristine Fasano
Fasano
Iowa
Renda
David Stoller
Johnson
Florida
Ms. Fasano
State Appeals Court
Supreme Court
Frank
Abbas Ghanatabadi
William Keathley
Charles Brinkerhoff
Ankeny businessman chosen GOP nominee for Iowa Senate
Gary Baugher, 37, owner of Mel-Ray Mobile Home Park, won the Republican nomination for the Iowa Senate seat vacated by Earl Willits. Don Kerr withdrew, leaving Baugher to face Democrat Thomas Mann Jr. in a November special election after Willits resigned to become an assistant Iowa attorney general.
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Des Moines
UPI
Ankeny
Iowa
Senate
Earl Willits
Gary Baugher
Mel-Ray Mobile Home Park
Donald Kerr
Kerr
Des Moines Area
Baugher
Thomas Mann Jr
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Willits
State urged to recover seven wildlife art pieces
The Iowa Association of County Conservation Boards backs efforts to regain seven wildlife paintings taken by former director Fred Priewert. The set, worth about 5000, includes Maynard Reece works once used as duck stamp models. The group also opposes a land trade at West Okoboji Lake and may pursue legal action to reverse it.
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Des Moines
Iowa Conservation Commission
Fred Priewert
Iowa Association of County Conservation Boards
Priewert
Maynard Reece
Association
Iowa
Commission
West Okoboji Lake
State Executive Council
Wapsi River Flood Recedes as Johnsonville Evacuations Begin
Flooding across northeastern Iowa forces evacuations in Johnsonville and nearby areas after the Wapsipinicon River tops 15.35 feet in Independence, the highest since 1968. Red Cross and Iowa National Guard aid planned for evacuees while wells were contaminated and electricity shut off. Nearby towns report record river levels and damaged dikes along the Winnebago in Mason City and Fertile dam concerns.
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Independence
Wapsipinicon
Johnsonville
Little Wapsipinicon
Littleton
Buchanan County
Algona
Iowa
Des
Red Cross
Buchanan County Sheriff's Department
Iowa National Guard
Don Parrish
Civil Defense
Bob Bergman
Bergman
Fertile
Worth County
Winnebago
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Gop
Taun
Edgewood Road
1St Ave. N.W
Peck
Northrup King Lawn Food
Kentucky Bluegrass
Center Point Road
Wapsi
Mason City
Jim Beam
Kentucky
James B Beam
Clermont Beam
TEE Worlds
JM Beay
Amana Coffee
U.S
Smulekoff
Cedar Rapids
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