Bertram Rope Pull Attracts Teams In Festival Competition
Jim Hanson of Cedar Rapids strains in the Bertram Boozers rope pull as Joe's International Airport from Mount Vernon wins the event for a second straight year. The Bertram Bums finish second, Cohn's third, and the Boozers fourth. The festival features rides hog roast beer tent games raffles and a Moonshine band. A bathtub race billed as the largest wet T shirt contest adds water balloon crowds. Proceeds fund Bertram city park development.
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Jim Hanson
Cedar Rapids
Bertram Boozers
Dave Argotsinger
Joe's International Airport
Mount Vernon
Bertram Bums
Cohn’s
Moonshine Band
Bertram City Park
Two couples hurt in auto wreck near New Hampton
Two couples from New Hampton were hospitalized after a two vehicle crash on Highway 63 near the city, about 8:30 p.m. Leonard Liddle and Robert Weber rear ended each other, with Liddle’s wife Arlene and Weber’s wife Joan also involved. All but Joan Weber were released. damage estimated at $20,000. An investigation continues.
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New Hampton
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Highway 63
Chickasaw County
Arlene Liddle
Joan Weber
Fredricksburg
Speed Watch radar checks scheduled across four zones
Radar enforcement will occur this week in four areas: Northeast quadrant includes Interstate 380 Weing Road Coldstream Avenue and Council Street. Northwest quadrant covers Stoney Point Road West Post Road Broadmore Road and Wiley Boulevard. Southeast quadrant includes Memorial Drive Sunland Drive Fourth Avenue and 14th Avenue. Southwest quadrant lists Waconia Drive Kirkwood Boulevard 29th Avenue and 33rd Avenue.
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Interstate 380
Weing Road
Coldstream Avenue
Council Street
Stoney Point Road
West Post Road
Broadmore Road
Wiley Boulevard
Memorial Drive
Sunland Drive
Fourth Avenue
14Th Avenue
Waconia Drive
Kirkwood Boulevard
29Th Avenue
33Rd Avenue
Raffle boosts Discovery Village with Hawkeye Sports Package
Knights of Columbus announce a raffle benefiting Discovery Village third group home for mentally and developmentally disabled adults. Ken Goldsmith wins first prize a bundle of Hawkeye sports tickets and Iowa Gold Cards. Other winners include Don Lumby Maurice Breen and Jim D White winning pairs of tickets or Gold Cards.
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Discovery Village
Hawkeye
Knights of Columbus
Ken Goldsmith
Kenswick Ct
University of Iowa
Iowa
Dotty Cummins
Don Lumby
Exercise craze reaches American farm in Des Moines poll
In an AP report from Des Moines, Successful Farming magazine finds 17 percent of farmers exercise at least 30 minutes three times weekly, up from 10 percent last year. About 200 runners from the Midwest will compete in the second annual Farmers' Fitness Run at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, with Dick Beardsley the favorite.
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Des Moines
America
Midwest
Cham
Smuggling Hacksaw Blades Behind Bars Triggers Jail Break
Two Sioux City men Thomas Smith and Chester Vanderlinden were charged with conspiracy for sending hacksaw blades to inmates at Woodbury County Jail. Inmates used saws to cut bars during a February escape. Smith, Barbee, and Wilson fled briefly before capture. Wilson faced murder charges. Barbee and Smith were recaptured soon after.
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Sioux City
Woodbury County
William R. Smith
Chester Vanderlinden
Vanderlinden
Smith
Greg Jones
Woodbury
William J. Barbee
Rick L.wilson
Barbee
Wilson
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Joe Edens
NEW Hartford
Sartori Memorial Hospital
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Patrol
Jimmie Zacharias
SPEED
Poll
Pion Dick Beardsley
Minnesota
Beardsley
The
Farmers’ Fitness
Iowa State Fairgrounds
Clinique
Aly
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